Texas Rangers – Bat Flips and Nerds

Baseball’s unwritten rules, when tradition overstays its welcome.

April 18, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Cultural Relativism is the theory that beliefs, customs, and morality exist in relation to the culture from which they originate and are not absolute – in other words, what is moral in one society or culture, may not be moral

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

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical

What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part Two

December 13, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Welcome to part two of our guide to gifts for each MLB club. If you missed part one, be sure to check it out and if you caught it, welcome to the rest… Milwaukee Brewers The Brewers won a division

What your team really needs this off-season. An alternative look. (MIL – WAS)

December 2, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Previously we looked at all the teams from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Miami Marlins. Today, we’re continuing the alternative look from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Washington Nationals. MILWAUKEE BREWERS The Brewers have a famous English river mashing home

The 2019 World Series Winner Prediction Survey (Part 1)

November 30, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball

On the 30th October of this year, I asked you all to make your way too early predictions for the 2019 World Series. There were a few reasons for this: I wanted to see if people could be realistic about

How would a free agent club fare in 2019?

November 4, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

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

Episode 77 – Divisional Chat (AL West)

June 12, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Dom Clarke (A’s), Tom Young (Mariners), George Martin (Astros) and Nick Wright (Angels) join Darius on the second of our divisional roundtables to discuss the AL West, most notably whether the Mariners can push the Astros for the division, if

NPB to MLB – ‘Everyone But Ohtani’

December 13, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Transaction Analysis

With a run down on all the top pitching talent moving to the MLB from Japan, welcome back Joey Mellows… Miles Mikolas, Chris Martin and Kazuhisa Makita are three talented pitchers who have all recently plied their trade in Japan’s

‘He is Joy’ – Koji Uehara was a Feeling

October 22, 2017 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, He is Joy, Pinch Hitting

In the first of a new recurring series, John explains his love for the former Red Sox closer. Koji Uehara is 42 years old. He didn’t make the playoff roster in a battered and pilloried Cubs bullpen. Those two things