Tom gets a short notice call to get his ass up to the bigs, as John is a late notice scratch from the lineup. Without any prep, Tom welcomes back Darius. Tom attempts (Badly) to update Darius on all the baseball
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Episode 75 – Divisional Chat (AL East)
Tom is joined by Matt Clough (Orioles), Mike Shipley (Blue Jays) and Rob Noverraz (Rays) to talk all about the AL East and the “exciting” division that it is. Matt starts us off and makes us feel like we’re kicking a puppy by making him talk about
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Podcast Episode 74 – Cricketer Benny Howell and Mets Author Brian Wright
It’s double interview trouble! Ben is joined by Gloucestershire cricketer Benny Howell to discuss his passion for baseball, his unconventional ‘knuckleball’ and what the two sports could learn from each other. Then, Tom chats to author Brian Wright about his
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Episode 64 – Listener Questions & The Street Furniture Draft
John and Tom are back, this time they answer all your burning questions. They start by looking at the Red Sox and their recent moves, tackle the Rays teardown/rebuild/who knows, they speculate free agent training camp, they draft street furniture (feel
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Episode 62 – Slow Offseason, faster games?
Tom and Darius talk about the revamped Milwaukee Brewers, including the Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich moves, then discuss the many reasons suggested for the general lack of free agent activity. The new pace of play improvements are then critiqued,
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Brit Sox And Nerds Episode 3 – Bryan Joiner
Bryan Joiner (Baseball Prospectus Boston and Over The Monster) joins Tom to talk all about how he got into writing, wiriting for BP Boston and Over The Monster, the recent SB Nation critism, why he hates writing lineups and how
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Episode 44 – GB Baseball’s Liam Carroll
John is joined by Great Britain baseball coach Liam Carroll, making his fourth (including cameos) appearance here on the pod. Liam talks about the experience and impact of MLB Battlegrounds on the GB programme and gives the rundown on the
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Episode 43 – The Live One
Tom and John join forces for the first live Bat Flips And Nerds show (There was another one, but we will never speak of it again). The boys talk Manchester Meetup, the dangers of democracy, Erie SeaWolves, U23 Baseball Championships,
Read moreEpisode 42 – Roy Keane is Chase Utley
Ben and Darius break down the very exciting news of MLB regular season games coming to the UK in 2019 and 2020, before brainstorming ideas for the UK Night being held on August 16th by Official Minor League Affiliate of
Read moreEpisode 41 – Emergency Pod Crew, Assemble!
Tom and John join for a very quick podcast to talk about why they didn’t record on Thursday and planned to record on Sunday. It’s a tale of hope, elation, desperation and finally despair. They then tackle the very difficult
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