Learning to Baseball – Bat Flips and Nerds

A history of fugitive hamsters (or, getting through the indefinite off-season)

March 31, 2020 Rachel Steinberg Baseball, Learning to Baseball

Here at Bat Flips and Nerds we sometimes get people who want to contribute but don’t know what to write. We often say to them, “Why not write about what got you into baseball?” I have never written one of

baseball – worth losing sleep over

February 6, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Learning to Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

A warm welcome to BFN, Rupert Lewis… Sleep is vital. According to the NHS it is “essential for a long and healthy life” and a consistent lack of sleep “puts you at risk of serious medical conditions, including obesity, (and) heart disease”.

Never too old for baseball

February 3, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Learning to Baseball, Opinion

Can a complete novice turn up and participate in your training session on Sunday? Even if they’re in their 50s? Asking for a “friend”. Send. An immediate reply came back from Cambridge Baseball Club that of course, my “friend” would

Your New Favourite Aspect of the Offseason

November 11, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, He is Joy, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Welcome back to BF&N Ash Day… The MLB offseason is pure torture. Fans long for the return of baseball and the warmer weather that accompanies it. The winter crawls by as we eagerly count down the days until pitchers and

Fireball – Following Baseball from the UK and beyond Since 1986

December 11, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

A welcome return for our Mexican correspondent, Geoff Enderby… “I didn’t know I was creating memories I just thought I was having fun” – Lemmy As a child in the latter part of the 1970s and during the early 1980s we would

A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: The Summer Game and Living Forever

September 6, 2018 Paddy Johnston Baseball, Baseball Book, Baseball Books, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Reviews

“Since baseball time is measured only in outs, all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive, and you have defeated time. You remain forever young. Sitting in the stands, we sense this, if only

A Brit learning Baseball through Books: A Drive into the Gap and the selflessness of Roberto Clemente

June 16, 2018 Paddy Johnston Baseball, Baseball Book, Baseball Books, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Reviews

“The problem with history is that every story has multiple witnesses, but no witness ever has the entire truth.” – Kevin Guilfoile A Drive into the Gap was one of the first books about baseball that I ever read. My

A Brit Learning Baseball Through Books: Why Baseball Matters

June 5, 2018 Paddy Johnston Baseball, Baseball Book, Baseball Books, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Reviews

“The game stands up and out in the lowest-common-denominator American culture of distraction, disruption, and interruption. For me, this distinction makes baseball the most intellectually stimulating, emotionally satisfying, and downright glorious pastime ever devised.” – Susan Jacoby It’s not likely

Official UK Indy Ball Affiliate – Introducing the Teams

April 16, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Baseball Brit, Indy Ball, Learning to Baseball, Official UK Indy Ball Affiliate

The following article aims to inform and help you decide which independent team to vote for during the next two weeks of battle. One of the most desired outcomes from this competition is to increase interest in independent baseball and

Is 2018 Looking Blue for the Jays?

December 1, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Learning to Baseball, Previews

A warm welcome for a guest blog to the proprietor of East Atlantic Outlook, James Dawne… After back-to-back ALDS appearances, 2017 saw the Blue Jays drop under .500 for the first time since 2013 (4th in AL East; .469, 76-86).