Pinch Hitting – Bat Flips and Nerds

How I got into baseball – Mark Buckton

April 20, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

My first baseball experience came in August 1994, almost… Working for a few weeks on Nellis Air Force Base just outside Las Vegas, Nevada as part of an RAF Harrier squadron, we had been told an MLB team would be

From The Press Box – April

April 19, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

Rachel Steinberg returns to begin a regular column. You can find her BFN debut here. Welcome to From the Press Box, a weekly attempt to round up the best of the UK media’s reporting on our favourite sport. I’m not

Baseball’s unwritten rules, when tradition overstays its welcome.

April 18, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Cultural Relativism is the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the culture from which they originate and are not absolute – in other words, what is moral in one society or culture, may not be moral

Swept Away in Japan

March 27, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

Hannah is one of the Baseball By Committee clan, who also contributes to the UK Oakland Athletics twitter account. According to her Twitter account she may enjoy some form of fermented beverage. As the dust settles and the jet lag

Best Of British – Spring has sprung!

March 26, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

Steve Klein set up a blog called Bush League Ramble a couple of years ago and has been writing sporadically about baseball on there (and for a few other sites) ever since. His latest undertaking is Reading The Game, a

Best Of British – Baseball: Shelf Awareness & The National Pastime

March 25, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

Ash Day writes about the Cleveland Indians at England Tribe and you can find him at @AshDay29 To fall in love with the great game of baseball, your average British fan must overcome numerous barriers when they first encounter the

Stud Flop Bingo

March 9, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ryan Owen is the founder of RotoTrix – A UK based fantasy baseball rankings, advice and musing website. He is also unfortunate enough to be in the same TGFBI league as our own Tom Pringle. One of the things that

Andy Green and Fernando Tatis Jr. Meet Tom Pringle

February 15, 2019 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

I like to think I’m pretty level headed and don’t get star struck. Well, I suppose there was that one time I asked the Commissioner of Major League Baseball — Rob Manfred — a question and then proceeded to black

Bat Flips and Nerds Does Pitchers and Catchers

February 15, 2019 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

My day job has many variables that can destroy plans in an instant, so forgive me if I milk this one a little bit but it’s rare the stars align and allow such a day to happen. I will finally

What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part Two

December 13, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Welcome to part two of our guide to gifts for each MLB club. If you missed part one, be sure to check it out and if you caught it, welcome to the rest… Milwaukee Brewers The Brewers won a division