Cleveland Indians – Bat Flips and Nerds

Pedro Martinez by Ash Day

June 26, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ash Day runs the excellent England Tribe and is a die hard Cleveland Indians fan. I was this close to being a Red Sox fan. Honestly. For some reason, Brits have been attracted to the Boston ballclub more than any

Joe DiMaggio – Ash Day

June 8, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

The excellent Ash Day returns to Bat Flips and Nerds to talk about Joe DiMaggio. Ash can be found covering the Cleveland Indians at England Tribe In the summer of 2017 I was lucky enough to find myself strolling through

Hot takes and overreactions

April 3, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

It is far too early to anoint Phillies as World Series champions or label Chris Sale’s contract a bust, or even start thinking that the Baltimore Orioles might be a good team. Here are some interesting snippets from the opening

Best Of British – Baseball: Shelf Awareness & The National Pastime

March 25, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK, Pinch Hitting

Ash Day writes about the Cleveland Indians at England Tribe and you can find him at @AshDay29 To fall in love with the great game of baseball, your average British fan must overcome numerous barriers when they first encounter the

Revisiting Baseball Brit taking on PECOTA

February 15, 2019 Gavin Baseball, Baseball Brit, Opinion

Hopefully, you read the previous article reviewing 2019 PECOTA projections, entitled “Just accept it, PECOTA hates your team”, and you are still in the mood for more discussion about projections. As you know, PECOTA is the algorithm from Baseball Prospectus

JUST ACCEPT IT, PECOTA HATES YOUR TEAM

February 10, 2019 Gavin Baseball, MLB UK, Opinion

Baseball Prospectus has just released their PECOTA projections for 2019, and you know what? They hate your team. The funny thing is, PECOTA is not opinion, yet MLB players, managers and fans take it personally. An acronym for Player Empirical

Player Profiles – Bob Feller

February 10, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Opinion

Welcome back Ash Day It can be difficult being a baseball fan when you live an ocean away from the sport you love. It is considerably more difficult when the majority of games begin and end when you really ought

Trading Away Your Best

January 23, 2019 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

The ‘Hot Stove’ that is free agency has been rather cold this year, with neither of the top 2 players (Harper & Machado) having signed at the time of writing. But there have been numerous trades and plenty of trade

What does each MLB club want in their Christmas stocking? Part One

December 10, 2018 Padraig Whelan Baseball, Pinch Hitting

Ho-ho-ho. It is that time of year again. Unfortunately for baseball fans though, Christmas comes at a time of year when, save for off-season signings and Winter Meetings, there is little happening in the sport. But that doesn’t mean anyone

What your team really needs this off-season. An alternative look. (ARI – MIA)

December 3, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, Pinch Hitting

There are plenty of posts out there telling you the moves your team should make, but what about the moves your team must make? There are quite a few essential things a Major League Baseball team needs to succeed in the modern era.