Padres 2016 Record – 68-94 Top Prospects (Fangraphs 4/11/16) – Anderson Espinoza (RHP), Manuel Margot (CF), Cal Quantrill (RHP), Hunter Renfroe (OF) Notable 2016 Trades – Traded Drew Pomeranz to BOS – Received Anderson Espinoza So what happened to the Padres?
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Podcast Episode 8 – ESPN’s Thomas Neumann on GB Baseball
In this week’s podcast, John and Tom were joined by Thomas Neumann who covered the World Baseball Classic for ESPN. It’s a great conversation in which he gives a great endorsement to Liam Carroll and the GB programme. In Part
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So You’ve Decided to Follow Baseball – Playoff Special
Egads! It’s Darius Austin… So the season’s over, and the Cubs are the champions. Wait…what’s that? They have to keep playing? Yes, like all American sports, the end of the season means playoffs. If this is your first time following
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Thanks Papi – How David Ortiz (Sort Of) Saved My Life
I fell in love with baseball in 2004 – the year I had a nervous breakdown. The two weren’t connected. Back then I was an overly earnest 19 year old from a rural backwater struggling to find a sense of place at
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Editorial – On the Making of a Silk Purse
Two sad things happened for UK based fans of baseball on Sunday. One tragic, the other rather more tinged with light. The day that was to end in a winner takes all game between the young, vibrant Great Britain baseball
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Pitch Framing – Myth or Magic?
Back with a stonker is UK Baseball Blog‘s Ben Carter. Pitch framing began to enter the baseball lexicon around the 2011 season, and by the time Ben Lindbergh wrote this wonderful piece in 2013 most sabermetrically inclined baseball fans had
Read morePodcast Episode 3
We’ve been for a walk in the woods, and have been some time… Anyway, we made a thing:
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End The Camouflage Jerseys
I joined the Royal Air Force in September 2004, as a nation we were conducting combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. No longer were we focused on the iron curtain or the threat to the United Kingdom from the Irish
Read moreWhat are the Odds? Examining the early MLB Betting Markets
With the season starting to take shape, the bookies are still offering some interesting and stand out odds to the clever punter. Here’s our guide.
Read moreWelcome!
Bat Flips and Nerds will provide a cynical British take in the sport of baseball.
This blog will be the landing spot for our regular podcast which will get rolling in Spring 2016, but will also host a few pieces from the podcast team and invited guests.
Lookout for our first posts – a set of Divisional Previews – later this week.
The Team
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