Pinch Hitting – Bat Flips and Nerds

Confessions of a Baseball Snob

February 24, 2021 Mark Strange Baseball, Team Contributors

I have been an avid baseball fan for over a decade now. My first game was actually in 2004 at Tropicana Field when the Devil Rays took on a star-studded Yankees team featuring the likes of Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez

San Francisco Giants Spring Preview: The Rotation

February 23, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

As Julie Andrews once sang amidst the picturesque mountains of Salzburg, I simply remember my favourite things, and then I don’t feeeeeeeel so baaaaaaad. And with that optimistic approach firmly in mind, I bring you our San Francisco Giants spring

Boston Red Sox: Can Fresh and Refreshed faces trigger bounce-back?

February 23, 2021 Greg Desrosiers Baseball, Team Contributors

Pitchers and catchers are playing catch, and position players are taking hacks and shagging fly balls. Spring training has arrived (on-time, at that!) and it’s time to welcome new faces into the Red Sox clubhouse and wonder if any of

Why James Paxton is the perfect piece for the Seattle Mariners process

February 20, 2021 Bamos Appleby Baseball, Team Contributors

I like to give my wife intermittent updates on the state of the Seattle Mariners. I don’t know if she likes hearing them, but I figure it’s nice for her to know what I’m focusing my attention on instead of

San Francisco Giants: Who’s on first?

February 13, 2021 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

It hasn’t sunk in yet, that we get to see our favourite baseball teams and players soon. This month in fact, if the global pandemic permits. The San Francisco Giants are busy preparing themselves for Spring Training in their Scottsdale,

Miami Marlins: This is fine

February 6, 2021 Tomi Korkeamaki Baseball, Team Contributors

“That’s a strike and the count is now 3-2 to Brian Anderson here in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game Seven in the 2024 World Series. Blue Jays up by three runs but the Marlins have the bases

It’s been a while! So let’s talk everything Mets

January 18, 2021 Alex Worth Baseball, Team Contributors

So, it’s been a while since I wrote anything about the Mets for Bat Flips and Nerds. So while the optimism is sky-high for Mets fans right now, why not write an article to summarise the madness that these last

San Francisco Giants: The return of Buster Posey

December 20, 2020 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

When an injured player is set to return in the world of football, managers love to refer to the player as being “like a new signing.” It became one of Arsene Wenger’s catchphrases at Arsenal, such was his fondness for

San Francisco Giants: Quintana, Odorizzi and Archer to SF?

November 25, 2020 Ash Day Baseball, San Francisco Giants, Team Contributors

The lack of free agent movement so far indicates most teams are unenthusiastic to commit their precious dollars to available players. With the Covid-19 shortened 2020 season significantly impacting team revenue, owners have been hesitant to splash the cash this

The Return of Cora

November 16, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Jack Hinchliff is making his BFN debut. Yet to find a team to follow, why not hit him up on Twitter and peddle your team to him? Do Damage! Do Damage! A slogan that epitomises the all-conquering 2018 Boston Red Sox and their first year manager