Aaron Judge – Bat Flips and Nerds

New York Yankees: My love of baseball

March 31, 2023 Guest Contributor Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Well, here we are again baseball fans. The opening week of the season. That time of year we all look forward to. Where anything can happen, and we can all have hope. No matter what team we support. My love

Build A Perfect Franchise: Not As Easy As You Think

January 14, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

The premise is simple; create the perfect baseball franchise from scratch. The idea was suggested by The Athletic’s MLB senior managing editor, Sarah Goldstein, but bizarrely, she did not invite Bat Flips & Nerds to participate, instead favouring The Athletic’s

San Francisco Giants: Carlos Correa is a Giant*

December 14, 2022 Ash Day Baseball, Team Contributors

* Update: A week after publishing this post, Correa’s introductory press conference in San Francisco was postponed. His medical exam raised an issue that made the Giants reconsider the deal and before you knew it, Correa was off to the

2022 Retrospective Series – New York Yankees

November 25, 2022 Russell Eassom Baseball

On the surface you would say this was a good season for the Yankees, they comfortably won the division which wasn’t the prediction of many pundits going into the season. But it ended in a sweep to their new arch-rivals

Episode 297 – QUALIFIED

September 23, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

The team go deep on Great Britain Baseball’s historic qualification for the 2023 WBC, including the tensest game of baseball we have ever watched and hat tips for a bunch of new heroes as well as some old ones. Oh,

Episode 289 – All Caps*

July 5, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Russell and Darius break down the first proper baseball brawl for years before marvelling at Aaron Judge and the Yankees. They then go in-depth on the All-Star voting and, more importantly, All-Star cap designs. Listen to “Episode 289 – All

The Curious Case of Selecting an A’s All-Star

June 28, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

In recent weeks, the A’s social media channels, along with Glen Kuiper and Dallas Braden during the A’s game broadcasts on NBC Sports California, have been encouraging fans to vote on which A’s player should go to the All-Star game.

So you think you know the Yankees?

January 14, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Quiz

Fantasy baseball Friday: Hitters who tend to start Hot

April 2, 2021 Guest Contributor Baseball, Fantasy Baseball

With Opening Day getting underway, I wanted to have some fun and look back at the last four full seasons (2016-2019) to see who are some guys that historically get out to hot starts. To define hot starts, I looked at

Early season MVP candidates

August 12, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Assuming that the season plays out and that the trophy for Most Valuable Player is awarded, then here is a quick look at that current favourites. Fernando Tatis Jr. The WAR leader has launched eight homers with 15 runs and