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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

Over or Under? Projecting the 2018 season with PECOTA

February 26, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion

Our good friend Baseball Brit returns and this time he’s taking on PECOTA. The off-season can be a long and arduous wait for baseball-starved fans of the MLB. Not so for mathematically inclined nerds, however. Each year there are a

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

Episode 64 – Listener Questions & The Street Furniture Draft

February 22, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

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

Player Profiles – The Kid

February 3, 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 profile The Big Unit It takes a talented individual to not only make it as a major league baseball player but

The Great British and Irish Baseball Fan Survey Results – Part 2

January 25, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, GB and Irish Baseball Fan Survey

Part 1 of the survey can be found here We’re back, this time to learn about why and how we consume our baseball, if we have ever watched a game in person and lastly who our favourite and least favourite

The Tale Of A Third Baseman Called Traffic Cone

January 7, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

In 2015 the Boston Red Sox signed Pablo Sandoval to a five-year, $95m deal. If you missed out on what happened, well he was terrible. In his first season, he batted .245/.292/.366 with 10 HR (wRC+ 76). Not only was

Secret Agent Jeter? More Like Officer Dibble

December 10, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

A theory took hold last night, perpetuated by marks such as Boston superfan Bill Simmons and Marlins beat reporter Dan LeBatard, that Miami’s decision to trade Giancarlo Stanton to the New York Yankees for a package light of prospects but

Brit Sox And Nerds Episode 3 – Bryan Joiner

September 7, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

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

The Boston Red Sox – Turning Point

August 29, 2017 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

On the 24th June, the Boston Red Sox called up their number one prospect, Rafael Devers. On the 26th June the Boston Red Sox traded a couple of minor-league pitchers for the San Francisco Giants 3B Eduardo Nunez. Some of