Baseball – Bat Flips and Nerds

Will there be a London Series after 2020?

July 22, 2019 Ben Carter Baseball, London Series, Opinion

You might think it a little premature and probably quite ungrateful to be talking about baseball in the UK beyond 2020. We literally just had a series in London for the first time ever and the only thing I care

Pittsburgh Pirates deadline dilemmas

July 21, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

On Wednesday 3rd July, the Pittsburgh Pirates came to bat at the bottom of the ninth inning trailing the Chicago Cubs 5-4. Elite closer, Craig Kimbrel was on the mound. He walked catcher Elias Diaz and then gave up a

Chasing Wade

July 18, 2019 Thomas Pringle Baseball

Regular visitors of this website, or followers of our Twitter account already know about my obsession with this image. I post it at least twice a month. Whether it’s in response to “What’s the greatest moment in sports history?” or

Why are the Yankees so tight?

July 18, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

There are many reasons why the Oakland Athletics continue to fail to win the World Series during Billy Beane’s tenure. One much-talked about suggestion is that the postseason is a “crapshoot”. Randomness has a bigger influence over the short 5-game/7-game

The Beautiful Cruelty Of Baseball

July 15, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ryan Ferguson makes his BFN debut to tell us all about why he loves baseball. You can find more of Ryan’s excellent work here. Twitter (@RyanFergusonHQ), Facebook (Ryan Ferguson HQ), Instagram (ryanfergusonnn) and LinkedIn (Ryan Ferguson). To the uninitiated, baseball

An Analytic Glance at the first “Half”

July 14, 2019 Russell Eassom Baseball

We have just started the second “half” of the MLB season. The reason for the air quotes is that the definition of half a season in MLB is determined by if a game was played before or after the All-Star

Flops of the first half

July 12, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Opinion

We know that Mike Trout is a God, Ketel Marte is finally living up to the hype and Cody Bellinger & Christian Yelich are going yard for fun, but who are the players that have most disappointed in the first

2019 MLB Pythagorean Theorem – Predictions for the rest of the way

July 10, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Martyn joins us to make his debut for Bat Flips and Nerds, you can read his fantasy baseball musing here, on Twitter. Bill James’ “Pythagorean theorem” is a key feature for baseball bettors, fans & fantasy baseball players. It basically

Why I Love Baseball

July 8, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Shrimp, Turtles and Baseball

July 8, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Rob Pritchard… It is three decades since Kevin Costner first introduced a British audience to the magic of Minor League Baseball, first as ‘Crash’ Davis in Bull Durham, then, a year later, as Ray