London Stadium – Bat Flips and Nerds

The London Olympic Stadium – Hitter or Pitcher Dream

June 27, 2019 Russell Eassom Analytics, Baseball, London Series, Pinch Hitting

A few weeks ago we learned the dimensions of the ballpark for the upcoming London Series. The all-purpose London Olympic Stadium is going be set at the following dimensions: Home plate to the foul poles – 330 feet (100 m)

London Stadium, the transformation

June 18, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

MLB have given us all an exclusive look at how the preparations for the upcoming London Series are going and it looks fantastic. Still no eyes on the club houses or dugouts yet, but I’m sure we’ll get a good

Your chance to win TWO tickets to MLB London Series!

June 6, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

We have two tickets up for grabs, to watch the Boston Red Sox face off against the New York Yankees on Sunday 30th June. All you have to do is follow the details in this tweet to be in for

London Series 2020 teams revealed?

February 8, 2019 Thomas Pringle Baseball, MLB UK

One of our alumni’s, Blake Finney, spotted a little gem via Newsday.com (Click here for an EU GDPR friendly link). According to The Associated Press, “Major League Baseball is considering one of two matchups for its 2020 series in London:

Game Makers 1 – Murray Cook

January 16, 2019 Bat Flips Admin Podcast

Tom is joined by MLB’s head groundskeeper, Murray Cook to discuss his role and the upcoming London Series. They start by discovering how Murray got into being a groundskeeper, then his previous projects and finally the London Series. They discuss

MLB London Ticket Dates Announced

November 19, 2018 Darius Austin Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

The day is finally here – details of when the tickets for next June’s games in London have finally been announced by the official MLB London Series account, and we might have a clearer indication of first pitch times as

First Pitch times for the London Series 2019 leaked?

September 20, 2018 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, MLB UK

It looks like we may have a start time for the MLB London Series 2019. Eagle eyed twitter follower Andy Hart sent us this tweet. @batflips_nerds look like they will be afternoon games. pic.twitter.com/qcOd4x6gxh — Andy Hart (@AJHart__) September 20,

London Series The Big Questions and Answers – Part 1

May 13, 2018 Thomas Pringle Baseball, London Series, MLB UK

The London Series announcement answered some questions, but not all. We have decided to try and pick some of the major questions and see if we can answer them. Timings As much as this may disappoint some people, I feel