It is the baseball offseason. A time for checking the heat on the hot stove every few hours, counting down the days until pitchers and catchers and devouring any baseball related content to get us through the winter. Well, we
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Category: Pinch Hitting
From Britain to the Bronx – Why I Chose the Yankees
Jonty Fletcher makes his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, explaining to us why he chose the Yankees and why he loves baseball. Growing up in Britain, it’s not so easy to follow American sports. Many look at baseball and think
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Who is the best Postseason team since 1995?
It’s just your regular question you ask you mates down the pub. “Who is the best Postseason team since 1995?” They stare at you blankly for what feels like a lifetime, one friend finally speaks. “Are you talking about baseball
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Old Rivalry, New Ground
Hannah Tomlinson makes her Bat Flips and Nerds debut, as she visited one of MLB UK’s 108 Sessions in London. So, there it was, in an abandoned warehouse-cum-brewery-cum-music venue, the first sign of major league baseball in London. The 108 sessions,
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1st Half Vs 2nd Half Comparisons – Hitters
In MVP voting, recency bias is going to be a factor and that can’t be helped. With that in mind, I wondered who were the top performers for the first half of the season vs the second half. Fangraphs has
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Is there really a need for Game 163?
It seems that the solution in Major League Baseball for two teams being tied for a divisional crown after a 162 game season is to… play one more game. But is that really the best solution? Admittedly, it was exciting
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Battle Of The Bad
There has been plenty of talk about the Triple Crown this season. With the Boston Red Sox outfielder J.D. Martinez as the now lone candidate to potentially win the crown, for the first time since Miguel Cabrera in 2012. Martinez is currently
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Planning your baseball viewing over the next week? First-time contributor Gavin Tramps has you covered… Despite some intriguing matchups, it is not a great week to be an MLB fan in the UK. Unless you subscribe to MLB.TV, there are
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The Power, the Beer and the Glory – Baseball in Mexico City
Welcome back the brilliant gonzo talents of Geoff Enderby… Sunshine by Danny Boyle is probably his most forgotten work, but not by me, and certainly not today. This is because after almost twelve years of life in the sun-drenched Mexican
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TOM’S BUMPER FANTASY BASEBALL STYLE MLB STANDINGS EXTRAVAGANZA – JULY UPDATE
Are you ready to be confused? I SAID, ARE YOU READY TO BE CONFUSED? Well, I’ll try and stop that by letting you know a full explanation of what we’re doing here can be found in the original post. Right
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