Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Rob Pritchard… It is three decades since Kevin Costner first introduced a British audience to the magic of Minor League Baseball, first as ‘Crash’ Davis in Bull Durham, then, a year later, as Ray
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Gambling’s influence on Major League Baseball’s approach to minor league pay.
There have been multiple reports that Major League Baseball may be changing it’s approach to the pay of minor league players. The latest statement below seems to be a change from their historic stance of doing everything they legally can
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Episode 107 – Emily Waldon
Emily Waldon of The Athletic Detroit and The Athletic MLB joins Tom to talk about her start in Baseball writing and Minor League Players rights. They talk about Ken Rosenthal and his Slack messages, juggling two jobs of Baseball writing
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Quit your job. Watch baseball.
Returning to Bat Flips & Nerds in the first dispatch from his baseball odyssey, it’s Baseball Brit… This is how… Depending on who you are, the above tweet may be viewed as an appalling life decision, or the most exciting
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To MiLB Europe and Beyond!
With a genuinely fascinating idea for cementing European fandom post-London, it’s Les McCaughan. It’s 2028: This is a hypothetical look at what Professional Baseball might look like in Europe in 10 to 20 years time, if the MLB London Series
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In Tebow, Minor League Baseball Stands on the Shoulder of a Giant
Why did we let John get his writing mojo back? It’s time to stop taking the high road and to admit – Tim Tebow is good for baseball, especially in the minor leagues. Yet another story surfaced this week about
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It’s been a great season
So much has happened over these past eight months, all starting with Madison Bumgarner smashing two home runs against Zack Greinke and the Diamondbacks — remember that? — and ending just last week with baseball crowning a brand new World
Read moreEpisode 25 – Greg Coleman, GM Erie SeaWolves
Greg Coleman, GM of the Official UK MiLB Affiliate Erie SeaWolves, joins the show to introduce the team and town, and talk about how much they all love the UK! http://ift.tt/2oBRQhM
Read moreEpisode 23 – The Official MiLB Affiliate of the UK
John and Tom are joined by ‘The Show Before the Show’ stalwart and ballpark chaser Benjamin Hill to decide the order for the Bat Flips and Nerds ‘Official MiLB Affiliate of the UK’ bracket.
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Official MiLB Affiliate of the UK – The Shortlist
*Update* Five is a bad number. Eight is better. Eight means a bracket. *Update* As if we aren’t already far enough down a rabbit hole here as UK based baseball fans, we’ve hatched a plan to take it to the next level.
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