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Episode 281 – Cory Gearrin Joins the Show

May 19, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Nine-year big leaguer across seven franchises, Cory Gearrin, joins John to talk about his storied career in the bigs and his re-birth as a baseball and mental health guru on Twitter. His path includes a journey through the minors with

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Los Angeles Dodgers 2022 Season Preview: Bullpen

April 5, 2022 Freddie Law-Keen Baseball, Team Contributors

The Dodgers’ bullpen looks very different to last year, with three key senior pieces leaving in free agency. Kenley Jansen, the long time established closer, Joe Kelly, a high-leverage flame thrower and famed Astros hater, and Corey Knebel, the most

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The Joy of The Closer

April 16, 2021 Richard Hampson Baseball, Team Contributors

I absolutely love watching a dedicated closer pitch.  The sheer drama that goes with it is, to my mind, fantastic.  It becomes a baseball game in a microcosm almost, with the result boiled down to a single half-inning (I know it

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Investigating Sophomore Slump

March 26, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Analytics, Baseball

This is Chris Gauthier’s debut article for Bat Flips and Nerds. He’s a college student and a Mets fan. If you’re a dedicated sports fan, chances are at one point or another, you’ve heard the term “sophomore slump,” referring to

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My path to joining The Crew

February 16, 2020 Bat Flips Admin Baseball

I have always been a football fanatic. My earliest memories involve watching men on the TV running around against a green backdrop. I played the game from a tender age, and I collected cards, completed sticker albums and acquired shirts

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A decade of baseball in 101 useless stats

January 13, 2020 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

On Sunday 4 April 2010, Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett induced weak contact from New York Yankees Derek Jeter in the first MLB play of the decade. Here are 100 more useless snippets of information for you. Unless

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Cubs - trio of stars

10 things you need to know about the Chicago Cubs

November 27, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, London Series, Opinion

Legacy. It’s a strange word. In the build-up to the 2012 Olympics, it became a byword for legitimising £9 billion of expenditure. But what is the legacy of London 2012? Do we have more kids participating in athletics? I doubt

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Episode 103 – The One Where They Had Nothing To Talk About

February 6, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Darius and Tom break down the Ken Rosenthal article on the major changes proposed in MLB, some as soon as this season! They then answer listener questions on Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, Dallas Keuchel and Craig Kimbrel – plus many

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Cubs' Jason Heyward

What is the collective noun for a group of terrible contracts?

February 2, 2019 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

My first thought was an albatross. These sort of contracts used to be called “player-friendly”, but now they are dismissed by clubs and the media as bad deals. We can all see that as teams become more analytically savvy, fewer

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How to measure a pitchers overall performance?

December 1, 2018 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball

The question of how good someone is at a task extends beyond baseball. In professional sports where there are now very large sums of money involved in player development and contracts, it has become a question people want to be

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