Matt Smith (@MattBaseballGB) joins Tom to talk all about the Oakland Athletics. They cover the Sonny Gray injury, the hopes for 2017 and Matt leaves everyone with an image of an Oakland A sitting in a gutter, eating a kebab.
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Season Preview – Toronto Blue Jays
Mike Shipley (@99Xenon99) joins Tom to talk all about the Toronto Blue Jays. Mike stays positive, even when talking about Jarrod Saltalamacchia and his potential time at the plate. To Toms disappointment, Josh Donaldson doesn’t feature in the silly questions
Read moreSeason Preview – Detroit Tigers
Jed (@TigersJUK) joins Ben to talk all about the Detroit Tigers in detail, Jed remains pessimistic throughout the pod until the wild and bold prediction.
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Welcome, to the all new BatFlipsAndNerds.com!
Well, that was rather rapid! In less than a year we have produced 47 blog posts, 27 podcasts and more page views, podcast listens than we thought imaginable. This would only be possible by you lot encouraging us and contributing,
Read moreEpisode 18 – While John is away…
BASEBALL IS BACK! Tom is incredibly excited, Darius less so, but seeing as Tom is hosting the chaps talk Spring Training. The WORLD baseball classic and it’s lack of coverage available in the UK is laughed at. Tim Tebow (obviously)
Read moreSeason Preview – Los Angeles Angels
Joe Hulbert (@HulbertJoe) joins Ben Carter (@UkBaseballBlog) to talk all about the Los Angeles Angels. They discuss the back end of the rotation, why Mariners fans should be cautious of Jerry Dipoto and the quick fire questions to finish. Which
Read moreSeason Preview – Tampa Bay Rays
Rob Noverraz (@RobNoverraz) joins Tom to talk all about the Tampa Bay Rays, the fragility of their team every year and who broke David Price (This was before we all found out he was fixed). The pod finishes with another
Read moreEpisode 17 – Cricket vs Baseball
New Zealand Test cricketer Daryl Tuffey joins John to discuss the crossover between his sport and baseball, how fantasy baseball brought together the NZ squad in the mid 2000s, his love of the Minnesota Twins and his enduring rivalry with
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Why I Watch
It’s Thursday afternoon in March, I’m sat at the desk in the standby room at my place of work. On the desk is a laptop, a half drunk cup of coffee and some podcast notes. Next to me I can
Read moreSeason Preview – Milwaukee Brewers
Craig Hurring (@CraigHurring) joins Tom to talk all about the Milwaukee Brewers. They get all poetic and sentimental about this sport we all love, before deciding that Ryan Braun should stay at home, unless he’s playing.
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