British Baseball – Bat Flips and Nerds

Baseball in the UK: What’s New in British Baseball?

February 26, 2023 Andy Moore Baseball, Baseball in the UK, GB Baseball

It feels like British baseball is in for a pretty pivotal year in 2023. The GB national team is competing on the world stage, the London Series resumes after a pandemic-enforced break, and the British Baseball Federation (BBF) is seeking

Episode 212 – Kevin Mahoney Joins the Show

March 2, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

In this joint-episode, John is joined by our great friend Matt Mutton of the British Baseball Podcast as they both chat to former New York Yankee, and Manager of the Knights of Britain franchise in the new European Super League

Bat Flips Does Baseball Episode Three: April

April 19, 2020 Ben Carter Baseball

After the excitement of the pre-season roster selection and a rollercoaster Opening Day, reality has set in for our two British-based expansion teams as they quickly settled into the grind of everyday baseball. Let’s see where things stand on May

Bat Flips Does Baseball Episode Two: Opening Day

April 12, 2020 Ben Carter Baseball

With the fake rosters created in Episode One, our Bat Flips Does Baseball adventure motored on, as I relinquished control of our new expansion teams and allowed fate to run its course. Fate, as it transpires, loves a trade. Joe

Never too old for baseball

February 3, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Can a complete novice turn up and participate in your training session on Sunday? Even if they’re in their 50s? Asking for a “friend”. Send. An immediate reply came back from Cambridge Baseball Club that of course, my “friend” would

London Series Day 2: Pre-Game – We Wait No More.

June 29, 2019 Thomas Pringle Baseball, London Series

It’s here, it’s really here. We are finally going to see if all the worries, concerns, fears, hopes, dreams, goals and much more will be realised in front of us this evening. With just over three hours to go until

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

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

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

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, 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

From Britain to the Bronx – Why I Chose the Yankees

October 22, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Jonty Fletcher makes his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, explaining to us why he chose the Yankees and why he loves baseball. Growing up in Britain, it’s not so easy to follow American sports. Many look at baseball and think