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Why the MLB London Series matters

June 29, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series

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

On Pride Night…

June 20, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion

With his final dispatch from his Stateside trip, John’s back… The line in the box score doesn’t do justice to Jalen Beeks‘ Red Sox debut. The zeroes and ones show he lasted four innings and gave up six earned runs

Farewell Hanley, Missed in Manchester…

June 5, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

It’s a week and more now since the shock news that the Red Sox were designating Hanley Ramirez for assignment. The opprobrium has subsided, replaced by phlegmatism in part thanks to Mitch Moreland‘s continued stellar form – capped by a

If Baseball was Football – Part 1: American League

June 3, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

A big welcome back to the Baseball Brit, Joey Mellows… Major League Baseball is coming to the UK! The London Series has been officially scheduled for June 29th & 30th in 2019 and this has sent die hard MLB UK

Give Hanley a Home!

June 2, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball

Making his BFN debut, welcome Dan Roach… Admittedly as a Red Sox fan the first couple of days dealing with the Hanley Ramirez news involved a lot of tears and cursing the names of Dave Dombrowski, John Henry, Alex Cora

Player Profiles – Baseball’s Most Underrated

May 22, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

Here with a profile of Jim Rice, it’s Greg Forbes… It’s a well known fact that the world absolutely cherishes an underdog. So it goes in baseball. The story of one of the Red Sox’s all time greats, and one

Baseball is coming to the UK; Report

May 3, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, MLB UK

Back in 2016, we asked questions of what, when and how Major League Baseball could work in the United Kingdom. In January 2017, John wrote how he doesn’t think the Red Sox and Yankees should be the first two in

Are the Red Sox ‘Managing’ Chris Sale?

April 21, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball

With another fascinating analytical piece, Russell Eassom… After no decisions in his first two games Chris Sale picked up his first win of 2018 receiving run support in a grand fashion. The team provided 14 runs against the Yankees with

Yankees, Red Sox Set to Lock Horns in London; Report

March 20, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, MLB UK, UK Meetup

Update: 10am, GMT – now includes quotes from Red Sox, Joel Sherman, YES Network video. 4pm, GMT – AP quotes from Aaron Boone, Greg Bird. Late last night the business website Bloomberg broke the latest in a series of mini-scoops

Is the Price Right For Bryce?

January 12, 2018 Blake Finney Baseball, Transaction Analysis

As the Hot Stove seems to be giving everyone the chills so far this off-season with the lack of activity (other than a few short moments, thanks to Jeter); a lot of attention has been turned to what could be