You know when you’re watching a TV series and they do an episode where they start with the disaster and then show you the run up to said disaster using a normal day littered with foreshadowing and impending doom? This
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Tag: Wander Franco
Build A Perfect Franchise: Not As Easy As You Think
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
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The best Rays breakout of 2021 wasn’t Wander Franco…
2021 was a fantastic year for the Tampa Bay Rays – A franchise-best 100 wins, a Rookie of the Year campaign from Randy Arozarena and back-to-back AL East titles for the first time in the team’s young history. For such
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Outlaw Out? Should the Rays Move On From Kiermaier
Welcome to Bat Flips & Nerds, Pat Davenport…| Being a Rays fan has been pretty easy as of late. Three playoff appearances in a row, back-to-back division titles and a trip to the World Series have done more than enough
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Baseball chinwag with Scott White
Continuing our series of quick chats with our favourite characters in the baseball broadcasting and fantasy baseball world, we were very pleased to get the opportunity of a few minutes with CBS Sports’ Senior Fantasy Writer, Scott White. My love
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