Here’s a tale of woe from Tom Pringle. Follow Tom on Twitter @pedroiasface Let us go back in time to December 2000, I was 17, and bored. It was a Saturday afternoon, bitter cold outside and I knew the ground
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What are the Odds? Examining the early MLB Betting Markets
With the season starting to take shape, the bookies are still offering some interesting and stand out odds to the clever punter. Here’s our guide.
Read moreNoah CyYoungdergaard? Why the Mets’ number three starter might be the Majors’ number one.
With a pinch-hitting B&N debut, here’s UK Baseball Blog’s Ben Carter. The author takes no responsibility for his editor’s choice of title… After a somewhat surprising surge to the National League pennant in 2015, expectations for the Mets were sky-high
Read moreMLB in London? Answering the Big Questions
Here’s Tom Pringle with the right approach. And a warning for Commissioner Manfred… In October 2007, the Miami Dolphins hosted the New York Giants at Wembley Stadium in London, for the first regular season NFL game to ever be hosted
Read moreThis Year’s Jake Arrieta? Find him in Boston.
So much ink has been spilled about the make up of this year’s Red Sox pitching this week. David Price is ready. But no-one else is. Apart from Craig Kimbrel. Carson Smith is broken. Oh, and they can’t develop prospects.
Read moreSeason Previews – American League West
Okay, so the season’s started but technically there aren’t yet any notches in the AL West column so we’re fine. And hey, we get it, that’ll become more tenuous as the week goes on but guess what, who cares? Anyway,
Read moreThe Lesser Spotted Hyun-Soo Kim
With a tale of Spring Training woe in Baltimore, it’s Will Cook… The winter has been long. I’ve had colleagues suggest to me that the end of last season feels only like yesterday. I don’t feel like this at all
Read moreSeason Previews – American League Central
Okay, same deal – since you’re here, you know where to go to for a fulsome projection of farm systems and statistical breakdowns of the bench guys. So here’s a pithy take on what to watch in this year’s AL
Read moreSeason Previews – American League East
How better to introduce this new blog than with the oldest sporting chestnut there is – a set of pre-season previews and predictions?
Read moreWelcome!
Bat Flips and Nerds will provide a cynical British take in the sport of baseball.
This blog will be the landing spot for our regular podcast which will get rolling in Spring 2016, but will also host a few pieces from the podcast team and invited guests.
Lookout for our first posts – a set of Divisional Previews – later this week.
The Team
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