Skip to content
Bat Flips and Nerds

Bat Flips and Nerds

Baseball, with a British twist.

  • View batflipsandnerds’s profile on Facebook
  • View batflips_nerds’s profile on Twitter
  • View batflipsandnerds’s profile on Instagram
  • Home
  • OUR LINEUP
  • OUR PODCASTS
  • Social Media
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
  • Write for us
  • MLB Teams
    • Arizona Diamondbacks
    • Atlanta Braves
    • Baltimore Orioles
    • Boston Red Sox
    • Chicago Cubs
    • Chicago White Sox
    • Cincinnati Reds
    • Cleveland Guardians
    • Colorado Rockies
    • Detroit Tigers
    • Houston Astros
    • kansas city royals
    • Los Angeles Angels
    • Los Angeles Dodgers
    • Miami Marlins
    • Milwaukee Brewers
    • Minnesota Twins
    • New York Mets
    • New York Yankees
    • Oakland Athletics
    • Philadelphia Phillies
    • Pittsburgh Pirates
    • San Diego Padres
    • San Francisco Giants
    • St Louis Cardinals
    • Seattle Mariners
    • tampa bay rays
    • Texas Rangers
    • Toronto Blue Jays
    • Washington Nationals
  • London Series
  • World Baseball Classic
  • Team GB
  • College Baseball
  • Fantasy Baseball
  • Baseball in the UK
  • Our Pals
    • Andy Brown Painter
    • Baseball Softball UK
    • Birds with Balls
    • British Baseball Federation
    • British Baseball Podcast
    • MLB UK Community
  • Shop
  • Contact us

Tag: shohei Ohtani

ICYMI: Opening Weekend Top 10 Highlights

April 3, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

At the end of the opening weekend, we have three unbeaten teams (Minnesota Twins, Tampa Bay Rays, and the Texas Rangers) and three 0-3 teams (Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals). It is way too early to read

Read more

Los Angeles Angels: 2023 Season Outlook

March 25, 2023 Nick Wright Baseball, Opinion, Team Contributors

It’s happening again…IT’S HAPPENING AGAIN! As the famous football chant goes, once again, expectations are on the rise in Orange County. Any listener to Halfway Around The Halo, the LAAngelsUK podcast, would know about the range of emotions we go

Read more

World Baseball Classic: Russell’s Thoughts

March 25, 2023 Russell Eassom Baseball, GB Baseball, World Baseball Classic

The 2023 World Baseball Classic was a roaring success; there’s no other way to really describe it. It had upsets, thrilling knockout games and had an ending, which if scripted, would have been called too much. It’s not to say

Read more

Build A Perfect Franchise: Not As Easy As You Think

January 14, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

The premise is simple; create the perfect baseball franchise from scratch. The idea was suggested by The Athletic’s MLB senior managing editor, Sarah Goldstein, but bizarrely, she did not invite Bat Flips & Nerds to participate, instead favouring The Athletic’s

Read more

Remembering Roger Angell: A tribute to a legend

June 10, 2022 Joshua Edwards Baseball

Roger Angell went extra-innings. The famed essayist, novelist, editor and sportswriter passed away on 20 May at the age of 101 in New York. Doing the maths reveals some remarkable facts: Angell, a Manhattan native and later a graduate of

Read more

Sometimes, baseball is much more than just a game

May 19, 2022 Nick Wright Baseball, Team Contributors

As I sit writing this, staring at the gloomy London skyline, worlds apart from the Newport Beach bench I was watching the world go by on last week, I am struck by the magnitude of what my Anaheim trip meant

Read more

Stat kings: Early season stat leaders

May 12, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

With 30ish games in the books (120ish at-bats), we have enough data to give us a leaderboard for various statistical categories. HOME RUNS Aaron Judge is the only player with double-digit homers. The Yankees’ superstar, who becomes a free agent

Read more

The Best player in MLB is not in this photo

December 2, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

This article is not an argument over the MVP awards. I have no problem with Bryce Harper getting the nod ahead of Juan Soto in the NL. And I was definitely on the Shohei Ohtani side of the argument ahead

Read more

Ten Shohei Ohtani Fun facts that you probably already know

September 14, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Excuse the clickbait title, but Shohei Ohtani‘s 2021 is one of the most exciting campaigns in, well, perhaps ever. According to Baseball Reference, he has accumulated 7.8 WAR, thanks to 91 runs, 94 RBI, 23 stolen bases, and 44 home

Read more

Episode 246 – All-Star Weekend & Draft Recap

July 23, 2021 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Podcast

Ben and Russell team up for a two-man spin through the week’s All-Star festivities, from Shohei Ohtani’s eye-popping performances just about everywhere to Charlie Freeman’s adorable cameos. There’s also the usual two good, two bad chat, some MLB draft reviews

Read more

Posts navigation

1 2 Next Posts»
Tweets by batflips_nerds
WordPress Theme: zeeDynamic by ThemeZee.