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Bat Flips Does Baseball Episode Two: Opening Day

April 12, 2020 Ben Carter Baseball

With the fake rosters created in Episode One, our Bat Flips Does Baseball adventure motored on, as I relinquished control of our new expansion teams and allowed fate to run its course. Fate, as it transpires, loves a trade. Joe

Bat Flips Does Baseball Episode One: Roster Creation

April 5, 2020 Ben Carter Baseball

In the absence of any baseball – or indeed sport – across the world at the moment, I decided it was time to take matters into our own hands. Quite literally in fact. Whilst there are plenty of people out

Max Kepler On Baseball in Europe: Past and Future

November 21, 2019 Ben Carter Baseball

This is one big dude. That’s the first thought I have as 26-year old Minnesota Twins star Max Kepler walks into the room and shakes hands. It’s not a very original thought. He’s a 6’4 professional athlete. Those guys tend

Who to support in September if your team has been eliminated

September 2, 2019 Ben Carter Baseball

Games matter more in September. They don’t of course. But they also do. As chances to make up deficits grow thinner and the magic numbers trickle down into single digits, the spotlight shines bright on teams on the precipice –

Will there be a London Series after 2020?

July 22, 2019 Ben Carter Baseball, London Series, Opinion

You might think it a little premature and probably quite ungrateful to be talking about baseball in the UK beyond 2020. We literally just had a series in London for the first time ever and the only thing I care

Jackie Bradley Jr drops into London!

December 14, 2018 Ben Carter Baseball, London Series

As part of Major League Baseball’s ongoing promotion of next year’s London Series, Boston Red Sox outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr jetted into London on Thursday evening and spent the following 24 hours starting on a weekend of media obligations that

Ranking all 30 MLB stadiums on the basis of their names alone

December 11, 2018 Ben Carter Baseball

BONUS EXTRA STADIUM (31) 31. London Stadium BORING BANK SPONSORS (30-25) 30. Suntrust Park 29. Citizens Bank Park 28. Comerica Park 27. PNC Park 26. Chase Field 25. Citi Field We get it. You needed cash to pay for the

The Official MLB Playoffs Survival Kit

October 4, 2018 Ben Carter Baseball

Pinch-hitting with the Playoffs Survival Kit that we need this month is recurring contributor (and dare we suggest rather nervous Red Sox fan) Adam Perry. Its that time of year again, when baseball fans up and down the country enter

The Anthony Rizzo slide: a comprehensive breakdown

June 1, 2018 Ben Carter Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

Making his Batflips and Nerds debut, we welcome guest writer Jason Toms, a Pirates fan who – shockingly – has a few things to say about Anthony Rizzo’s slide… I’m going to try to remain objective here, but it’s difficult.

Let’s watch Jorge Alfaro dominate with his arm

May 31, 2018 Ben Carter Baseball

“Toolsy but raw” is a label we often see applied to prospects, scouting lingo for ‘he could be really good but he also could suck’. It was a term applied to Mike Trout (25th overall pick) and Donavan Tate (3rd