It’s midnight, in midsummer 2020, and the witching hour holds nothing but worry and anxiety and an insatiable urge to raid the fridge. The pandemic lockdown is in full swing in London. Scrolling Twitter aimlessly, the app being particularly fruitful
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Darren Fletcher, the voice of football on BT Sport and BBC Radio 5Live, joined Russell to chat about calling the MLB London Series for the UK broadcast, his own baseball fandom, and becoming a viral sensation Stateside. Listen to “Episode
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Russell talks to Derrick Goold, Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the team’s efforts to become an international brand, Derrick’s love of London, and his participation in a world record. Listen to “Episode 150 – Derrick Goold,
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Baseball fans are everywhere. We are not freaks obsessed with a minority sport. We are young, old, athletic, sedentary, analytical, illogical. We are boys, we are girls, we are women, and we are men. Baseball fans come in all shapes
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Stephen Jones from No Cryin In Baseball makes his Bat Flips and Nerds debut, where he talks about his journey into baseball. It’s not the usual story when it comes to Yankees merch. I became interested in baseball around 2006
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With fewer than 180 days until the London Series 2020 between the St Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, we continue our build-up to this historic clash. Hopefully, you have already read our article on the Cubs, if not you
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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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Tom is an idiot, we know that. So when the opportunity to take on a 2ft hot dog, solo, Tom jumped at the chance. John however, was not so sure, but because Tom needed someone to race against, he knew
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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
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You’ve heard from everyone else who contributes to Bat Flips and Nerds, you’ve probably heard some team podcasts also talking about the series, but you haven’t really heard from the four of us here at Bat Flips and Nerds. We
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