Pinch Hitting – Page 5 – Bat Flips and Nerds

Gary Sanchez and the Yankees may just be in David Price’s head

May 17, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

So the Yankees and Red Sox made the headlines last week by announcing a series next year will be will be held in OUR capital city, London. This is massive news for all UK baseball fans, not just Yankees and

The Next Perfect Game

May 16, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Tuesday 15th May 2018, something very special nearly happened. Pitching for the San Diego Padres was Jordan Lyles, he was working through 7.1 innings of perfect game baseball as Trevor Story stepped up to the plate. This would have been

Why baseball?

May 16, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Greg Forbes makes his debut for Bat Flips and Nerds, you can follow Greg and his discovery of baseball right here. Let me tell you. I’m not an expert on baseball, in fact I know very little of this incredible game.

The time has come for the Orioles to face facts

May 15, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Matt Clough joins us to look into the Orioles and the tragedy that is taking place. Follow him on Twitter to live the experience with him. Infinity is a concept which has simultaneously fascinated and frustrated millions of the world’s

Only Sox and Pinstripes – New York, Boston, Stratford

May 11, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Making his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, it’s Les McCaughan. Who can be found on twitter @Lez_Mets, usually in despair over his out-of-lineup-order Mets. After years of wondering if it ever could, should or would happen, not only is it

Baseball By Committee Meetup 2018 – London

April 12, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

On a chilly Sunday evening in London, the Baseball By Committee crew met in Belushi’s bar close to London Bridge. The crew — consisting of Dave Shaw, Adam Harnischfeger, George Martin and Hannah — were all in attendance approximately 90

We Were There: The joy of the rebuild

March 29, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Aaron Murray joins us for the first time to write about the joy of a rebuild. He submitted this post via the “Contribute Here” page above. Want to write for us? Do the same as Aaron! We’re hours away from

T20 Baseball: Solving Baseball’s Greatest Problem – Less Time, More Action

March 6, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Chris Brown thinks MLB should take a leaf out of T20 cricket’s book… Right, Rob Manfred are you listening? Pace of play is the number 1 issue that us Brits have with the game apparently, so in advance of the

Starting with the Samurai: Australia v Japan

March 5, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Baseball Brit, Pinch Hitting, Reviews

Returning to BF&N with the first dispatch of his globetrotting year, it’s BaseballBrit… On March 3rd, in front of a boisterous crowd of 33,748 at the Nagoma Dome, the second best baseball team in the world, Samurai Japan, beat the

Player Profiles – The Splendid Splinter

February 24, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

This post by podcast guest Mark Blakemore,originally featured on Bases Loaded in 2014. Check out his other player profiles The Big Unit, and The Kid I once bumped into Ted Williams. Not figuratively or metaphorically but literally bumped into him. Our interactions