As one of maybe two Nationals fans left in the UK (looking at you, Rob), I feel it’s my civic duty to perform the abhorrent and self-flagellating task of running down the season expectations for the Washington baseball team in
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Episode 304 – National League Offseason Review
Russell, Darius, Ben and Gav continue the Bat Flips & Nerds review of the offseason but this time for the National League teams. Each team is given a grade based on the traditional 80-20 baseball grading scale. Listen to “Episode
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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?
Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The
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A month in baseball. MLB Review: May 2022
Indulge me with five minutes of your time, and we will review the month in MLB together. Which team led MLB with 46 homers? Full marks if you said the Milwaukee Brewers, just ahead of the Los Angeles Angels with
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Stat kings: Early season stat leaders
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
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Episode 268 – 2022 NL East Preview
In the first of our 2022 season previews, we’re joined by: Ashland of the Mansplaining Baseball Everywhere podcast to chat Braves Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald on the Marlins Anthony DiComo of MLB.com on the Mets Ellen Adair on
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The Nationals have less than 48 hours and one task – sell.
Under 48 hours to sell, a COVID outbreak and speculation galore – where do the Nationals go from here? The Nats are clearly a team in dire need of a rebuild at this point. A farm system that often sits
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NL EAST: Early Spring Training Battles
Hot on the heels of the excellent Bat flips and Nerds podcast previewing the NL East, here are a few things we have picked up over the first week of spring training. Atlanta Braves: The fifth rotation spot is up
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Episode 214 – 2021 NL East Preview
The team are joined by a cast of experts to preview the 2021 NL East: AJC’s Gabe Burns on the Braves MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo on the Mets The Miami Herald’s Jordan McPherson on the Marlins Actor and fantasy baseball expert
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30 years of hurt never stopped me dreaming
My MLB journey began way back in 1986. While working in Dakar, Senegal, I took up playing softball with my North American friends. Their regular discussions around baseball led me to think the game was only played to create ever-more
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