In a previous post for Bat Flips and Nerds, I looked at 10 records in baseball which appear to be unbreakable. It is disappointing to think that some prestigious achievements in the game will likely never be bettered, for a
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Quarter Season Review: The 82 win St Louis Cardinals
Kurt Wilks joins us again to talk about his St. Louis Cardinals and throw some shade our way for the preseason predictions! After listening to the Bat Flips and Nerds guys out of hand dismiss the Cardinals as a team
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The Padres Outfield Situation and Travis Jankowski
The Padres started the 2018 season with multiple questions, one of them was “How do seven outfielders fit into six spots?”. The protagonists were: Manuel Margot, Franchy Cordero, Jose Pirela (who technically can play other positions but isn’t great at
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Top 10 unbreakable baseball records
Baseball is a sport which is rich in history and with that illustrious history come many records. Even those with a simple passing interest in the sport will likely be familiar with names such as Pete Rose, Ted Williams and
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NCAA College Baseball tournament, a crash course on understanding the craziness of baseball’s biggest attraction in June
Alexander McLeman joins us for the first time to educate us all on the College World Series. I for one, needed this. ^Tom What do you get when you mix a 130-day, 64-team baseball tournament with metal bats and warm
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A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: Is it really Ninety Percent Mental?
Paddy Johnston returns for his second column, “A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books”. Read his first here. “Point is, some nights in the big leagues, flowers work. Others, you need beer. Whether you’re Jon Lester, Roger Clemens, or me. But
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Player Profiles – Baseball’s Most Underrated
Here with a profile of Jim Rice, it’s Greg Forbes… It’s a well known fact that the world absolutely cherishes an underdog. So it goes in baseball. The story of one of the Red Sox’s all time greats, and one
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Betting Tips: Will the Mariners Leake runs tonight?
The Oakland A’s are back at home tonight, after a tough 10-game road trip which saw them face three AL East teams. The A’s were bats were hot, scoring 60 runs which enabled them to finish the trip .700 (7-3).
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The Shop Is Live!
You asked for t-shirts? Well you have them! Head over to the shop now and get buying your British Baseball Fan clobber right away! Big thanks go to Robbie Turner for his fantastic design skills and making this happen. www.batflipsandnerds.com/shop
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How MLB got it all wrong when not thinking about the weather
Jack Brown is talking Yankees again, but this time it’s more about the weather… So this week as a Yankee fan I got to watch from Monday to Thursday a total of 5 ½ innings of baseball due to the
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