Regular visitors of this website, or followers of our Twitter account already know about my
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Why are the Yankees so tight?
There are many reasons why the Oakland Athletics continue to fail to win the World
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...and the rest
Exclusive: Joe Buck on the London Series
The old adage goes that every time you go to the ballpark, you’ve a chance of seeing something that has never happened before. This is as true of someone taking in their first game as it is for a seasoned
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Chasing Wade
Regular visitors of this website, or followers of our Twitter account already know about my obsession with this image. I post it at least twice a month. Whether it’s in response to “What’s the greatest moment in sports history?” or
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Why are the Yankees so tight?
There are many reasons why the Oakland Athletics continue to fail to win the World Series during Billy Beane’s tenure. One much-talked about suggestion is that the postseason is a “crapshoot”. Randomness has a bigger influence over the short 5-game/7-game
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The Beautiful Cruelty Of Baseball
Ryan Ferguson makes his BFN debut to tell us all about why he loves baseball. You can find more of Ryan’s excellent work here. Twitter (@RyanFergusonHQ), Facebook (Ryan Ferguson HQ), Instagram (ryanfergusonnn) and LinkedIn (Ryan Ferguson). To the uninitiated, baseball
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An Analytic Glance at the first “Half”
We have just started the second “half” of the MLB season. The reason for the air quotes is that the definition of half a season in MLB is determined by if a game was played before or after the All-Star
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Flops of the first half
We know that Mike Trout is a God, Ketel Marte is finally living up to the hype and Cody Bellinger & Christian Yelich are going yard for fun, but who are the players that have most disappointed in the first
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Episode 125 – Ben Lindbergh – The MVP Machine
Darius and Tom are joined by Effectively Wild host, The Ringer writer and author of The Only Rule is it Has To Work and The MVP Machine, Ben Lindbergh. They cover the book in detail, including the controversial topic of
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2019 MLB Pythagorean Theorem – Predictions for the rest of the way
Martyn joins us to make his debut for Bat Flips and Nerds, you can read his fantasy baseball musing here, on Twitter. Bill James’ “Pythagorean theorem” is a key feature for baseball bettors, fans & fantasy baseball players. It basically
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Why I Love Baseball
Ryan Ferguson makes his BFN debut to tell us all about why he loves baseball. You can find more of Ryan’s excellent work here. Twitter (@RyanFergusonHQ), Facebook (Ryan Ferguson HQ), Instagram (ryanfergusonnn) and LinkedIn (Ryan Ferguson). “Baseball was, is, and
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Shrimp, Turtles and Baseball
Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Rob Pritchard… It is three decades since Kevin Costner first introduced a British audience to the magic of Minor League Baseball, first as ‘Crash’ Davis in Bull Durham, then, a year later, as Ray
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Two Days in Wonderland – the Magic of the London Series
A warm welcome back to George Martin of UK Astros Fans… Looking back now, it was like a dream wasn’t it? The sun shining gloriously upon a combined weekend capacity of ~120,000 at the London Stadium as we saw a
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