In this episode we give a bumper intro to GB at this week’s World Baseball Classic Qualifier, including: John and Russ breaking down the rules and the GB roster Chris Knoblock checking in with players Alex Crosby and Vance Worley
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Episode 295 – Rob & Russ In Da Bungalow
In a change to our normal programming schedule, we’ve let the gruesome twosome loose for a two-hander. They pick up on everything we’ve missed during our summer holiday, dig into the news about the MLBPA looking to unionise the minors,
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2022 Playoffs – What if the season finished today?
With around 35 regular season games remaining, let’s look at the playoff situation. As you will recall, the 2022 postseason is a new 12-team format comprising the six division winners and the three wild-card teams for each league. Wild Card
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Fantasy Baseball Eliminator: The Final Cut
It started with 24 teams in March, and with today’s elimination of Rotoballer’s Jamie Steed, the field has been whittled away to create an elite selection of 12 finalists. This dynamic dozen will battle it out over the next five
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Apropos of nothing: The PED All-Star lineup
There are many reasons why I hate drug cheats but mainly because they fuel my scepticism of exceptional sporting performances. I don’t want to doubt the legitimacy of Shohei Ohtani‘s brilliance or Edwin Diaz‘s resurgence, or Aaron Judge‘s power surge,
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Episode 294 – Brewing Up a Stinker
John, Darius and Russell are joined by Nick Wright of LA Angels UK and MLB UK Community to break down a very weird trade deadline, dig into the misery of the Angels 2022 season and look ahead to the 2023
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World Baseball Classic: Can the GB National Team qualify?
Last week, we looked at the forthcoming World Baseball Classic, but before the tournament across three nations of Japan, Taiwan, and the USA starts in March 2023, there is still a little matter of final qualification. The GB National Team
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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?
Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The
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Trade Deadline Predictions: Who did best?
The trade deadline hype train is gathering momentum. We have a little over 48 hours before it pulls into the station of inactivity until after the World Series. Four of your favourite Bat Flips & Nerds personalities pit their wits
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Home Run Derby X: What a bunch of whining Brits
On Saturday, I stood in sweltering conditions for hours on end. It was 35 degrees in the shade, although as shade was at a premium, I don’t know how they recorded that. Refreshments from a makeshift bar involved a one-mile
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