Colorado Rockies – Bat Flips and Nerds

A tale worthy of the Bard himself

August 14, 2020 Gavin Baseball, Opinion

It is Friday 14 August 2020. We are about one-third of the way through this bizarre season. For many reasons, 2020 has not been a good year, so we are in need of an upbeat, feel-good news story. And they

An Application of Expected Stats

May 6, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball, Beginner's Guide

Welcome back Christopher Gauthier Have you ever been at a game and a player smokes a ball right at someone? Like, had that ball been hit a little more to the left or the right of the fielder, it’s a

Colorado Rockies 2020: Reasons for optimism

February 22, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Previews, Team Contributors

What happened in 2019? 2019 was a season that Rockies fans would probably rather forget. Hopes were high that they could follow back-to-back playoff appearances in ’17 and ’18 (a franchise first) with another postseason run. Those hopes took their

Your new favourite Colorado Rockies player

February 16, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Guest writer

One of the beautiful things about baseball is how well it lends itself to a certain level of romanticism. There’s an otherworldly feel to a baseball story. It’s easy to look at the story as presented, and think “well, this

Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening

Baseball chinwag with Al Melchior

March 6, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Fantasy Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

If baseball analysts had nicknames, Al Melchior would be the professor, so it was not surprising to discover that he is a former political science professor from Florida International University. Al has been writing about fantasy baseball since the turn