It is the baseball offseason. A time for checking the heat on the hot stove every few hours, counting down the days until pitchers and catchers and devouring any baseball related content to get us through the winter. Well, we
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Tag: New York Yankees
From Britain to the Bronx – Why I Chose the Yankees
Jonty Fletcher makes his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, explaining to us why he chose the Yankees and why he loves baseball. Growing up in Britain, it’s not so easy to follow American sports. Many look at baseball and think
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2019 MLB Schedule Answers London Series Questions
Since the news that MLB was scheduling a marquee series between the Yankees and Red Sox at the London Stadium on 29-30 June 2019 a couple of key questions have circled. How will the league compensate teams for the travel
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Episode 86 – San Diego Padres, Phil Hughes interview
Our very first active Major Leaguer, Phil Hughes, joins Tom just before he “ships out” to Miller Park to face the Brewers and attempt to take the series. They talk about Phil’s favourite team growing up, his World Series championship in
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What can Lebron James, Jacoby Ellsbury and Jon Heyman tell us about player pay in baseball?
On Sunday this week, LeBron James’ agency Klutch Sports, announced that ‘The King’ had decided to play out the twilight of his basketball career in Los Angeles, with the sport’s signature franchise, the Lakers. The nuts and bolts were revealed
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Ken Rosenthal and Peter Gammons weigh in on the London Series
We’re now less than a year away from Major League Baseball being played on English soil. It’s a really exciting time to be a British baseball fan. And one excited British baseball fan, in particular, got to canvas the opinion of
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Why the MLB London Series matters
Regular readers of this site over the last couple of years will have seen plenty of coverage of the MLB’s attempts to carve a small foothold in the consciousness of the British public. From initial fan engagement events, through to
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What could change in baseball before the London Series?
One year from now, baseball fans on this side of the Atlantic will converge on London to take in the historic first MLB series on European shores. Even with a year to go, excitement is at a major high as
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Tom’s Bumper Fantasy Baseball Style MLB Standings Extravaganza
I recently read a tweet that the Padres had the best record of the NL West since the 1st of May. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK IS HAPPENING?? pic.twitter.com/bvywoY10Jm — Roy, Co-Lord of the StatBoyz (@Zippy_TMS) June 8, 2018 There
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The Freddy Adu of Baseball?
Who remembers Freddy Adu? I was reminded of the once-wonderkid by a flurry on social media last weekend after he’d scored his first goal for new club Las Vegas Lights FC. For those of you who don’t know, Freddy Adu
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