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SeaWolves and Nerds

June 17, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Baseball Brit, GB Baseball, Official MiLB Affiliate

Welcome back Adam Perry, detailing his recent trip to the UK’s Official Minor League Affiliate, Erie SeaWolves… It was that time of (every other) year again, I was able to wave the family and work farewell to travel solo across

A Different Kind of Baseball Fandom

May 28, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball

Welcome to BFN, denizen of British baseball’s worst podcast, Jon Mackenzie… Hello. My name is Jon and I have embarked on a late-night love affair with thirty-something-year-old thicc men. It’s 1:34 in the morning and I’m watching Daniel Descalso on

Best of British – Europe: Baseball Played Here

March 27, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

Matt Smith is the chair of the British Baseball Hall Of Fame, Oakland A’s fan and founder of the excellent BaseballGB – the original British Baseball (And world baseball) website. For all the excitement at the thought of the upcoming

Could the Cardinals Migrate East in 2020?

February 9, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

Welcome back Kurt Wilks June 29th 2019, London Stadium. The first MLB regular season game will take place not only the UK but on the continent of Europe. Old news I know, but still hugely exciting 9 months or so

Editorial – 2019: a year for British Baseball to step up to the Plate

January 2, 2019 John McGee Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

Welcome to 2019, arguably the biggest year in the history of British baseball since the national team’s 1938 triumph in the sport’s inaugural World Cup. The year Major League Baseball brings its two biggest franchises – the New York Yankees

Fireball – Following Baseball from the UK and beyond Since 1986

December 11, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, Learning to Baseball, Opinion, Pinch Hitting

A welcome return for our Mexican correspondent, Geoff Enderby… “I didn’t know I was creating memories I just thought I was having fun” – Lemmy As a child in the latter part of the 1970s and during the early 1980s we would

2019 MLB Schedule Answers London Series Questions

August 22, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, GB Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

Since the news that MLB was scheduling a marquee series between the Yankees and Red Sox at the London Stadium on 29-30 June 2019 a couple of key questions have circled. How will the league compensate teams for the travel

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

Minoring in British – 2018 Roster Placements

April 6, 2018 Bat Flips Admin GB Baseball, Minoring in British

Welcome friends to another year tracking the GB eligible players in baseball’s minor leagues. Could this be the year we see a genuine, British rooting interest in ‘The Show’? Definitely maybe. There are some bullish roster placements for some of

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