David Morgan owner and editor of the excellent The Planet Of Baseball, joins us to ensure we don’t forget about the Indians post-streak. For many years the fans of professional team sports in the city of Cleveland, Ohio had very
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Tuckin’ Hell – Part 16
When I first started writing about the Padres, I imagined I would be seeing some good young hitting, a tidy bullpen and finally some hit and miss starters. Overall, it would be a team that loses more games than it
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The Chosen Game
Adam Perry (@Peza100) returns to Bat Flips and Nerds to look at Jewish baseball players in the US. I am not a religious person, in fact the only time I look for divine intervention is when the Red Sox are
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MLB UK Community – London Meetup July 30th
Following the success of MLB Battlegrounds (and our own little meet up event) two Southern based fans – Dave Shaw and Adam Christopher – have taken the awesome step of setting up a regular forum for fans to get together
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The Unwritten Rules Of Baseball
Baseball has a lot of rules. A LOT of rules. Somewhere between 70 and 110 depending on how you count them. Whilst many people will not be fully aware of rule 7.03 (c) whereby ‘a game shall be forfeited to
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Tuckin’ Hell – Part 14
Tom Pringle (@PedroiasFace) will be covering the Padres during the season. His updates won’t be game-recaps, more like weekly or monthly recaps. If you don’t get the twist on words in the title, you’re dead to him. What Happened? It’s
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Episode 38 – Dispatches from MLB Battlegrounds
A special episode this week with John and Darius live on site from MLB Battlegrounds. We hear from MLB legends Cliff Floyd and Shawn Green, Italian sensation Federico Celli, GB coach Liam Carroll, MLB UK’s Charlie Hill and most importantly
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Tuckin’ Hell – Part 12
Tom Pringle (@PedroiasFace) will be covering the Padres during the season. His updates won’t be game-recaps, more like weekly or monthly recaps. If you don’t get the twist on words in the title, you’re dead to him. What Happened? The
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71 Reasons to Love Baseball
Lists are great. Here’s Adam Perry debuting on the blog with a great list… There are 162 games in a regular season, so there is always tomorrow. You can also watch every game live (for a modest fee) They don’t
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Episode 31 – Bundesliga Baseball, Barry Bonds, and Bernie Brewer’s Water Slide
John talks to Great Britain player Jordan Edmonds of the Hamburg Stealers about his baseball career and life in the Bundesliga. Then Darius and Ben discuss whether Mike Trout should get the Barry Bonds treatment, if Chris Sale is on
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