Bat Flips And Nerds

Bat Flips & Nerds

A British take on Baseball. John, Tom, Ben, Darius, Rachel, Russell and Rob guide you through the goings on in MLB, Team GB and baseball around the world.

Part of the MLB Europe Fan Network.

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427 episodes
Updated April 11
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May 26, 2020 · 51 min
Episode 178 - Justin Nicolino Joins the Show
Guest hosts Helen Atkinson and Sarah Briggs chat to former Miami Marlin and current Rakuten Monkey Justin Nicolino about life in Taiwan and his career in the bigs.
May 21, 2020 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 177 - Baseball Bucket List
John is joined by Darius, Rob, Russell and Tom to talk through their baseball bucket list. There were five categories to stop them going way off-topic, they were: - Item To Own - Player To Meet - Experience - Collection - Baseball Skill Well, the...
May 18, 2020 · 46 min
Episode 176 - Brad Balukjian on The Wax Pack
Brad Balukjian, author of 'The Wax Pack', joins Rob to talk about how the book came together, his epic 11,000 mile journey to find all the players, and his elaborate scheme to meet Carlton Fisk.
May 14, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 175 - KBO Special #2 with Eric Hacker
Eric Hacker spent six seasons in the KBO with the Dinos and the Heroes - there's really no better guy to introduce the culture of baseball in the country and some of the top players he played with over his time out there. He also goes deep on the...
May 10, 2020 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 174 - Darin Downs Joins the Show
Former Detroit Tiger and Houston Astro Darin Downs, a man who has won baseball championships on three continents with the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League, the Melbourne Aces in the ABL and the Monkeys in Taiwan's CPBL, joins John to chat...
May 6, 2020 · 1 hr 12 min
Episode 173 - Introduction to the KBO
Loving the KBO, but need the inside scoop? We've got you! English language KBO guru Dan Kurtz of My KBO, and Josh Lindblom, one of the best pitchers in the league's recent history join John for a potted intro to your newest favourite baseball league!
May 4, 2020 · 22 min
Bonus Episode - Craig Counsell, Milwaukee Brewers
Milwaukee Brewers skipper Craig Counsell joins John to discuss his playing career in various new baseball markets, coming home to Wisconsin, the role of a baseball manager vs a soccer manager, and Wade Miley (obviously).
Apr 30, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 172 - In Conversation with Mike Lowell and Boog Sciambi
Great friends Jon 'Boog' Sciambi and Mike Lowell join John to reminisce about their time with the World Series Florida Marlins franchise, Mike's triumphs over adversity and some of the great baseball characters they worked with in Miami, and for Mike...
Apr 28, 2020 · 1 hr
Episode 171 - Perry Barber
Russell and Rob talk to legendary umpire Perry Barber (@perrybarber) about her path into baseball umpiring, what umpire school is like, how umpiring took her around the world, and how the landscape has changed for female umpires.
Apr 24, 2020 · 1 hr 28 min
Episode 101 - Baseball Room 101
Episode 101 arrives just 70 episodes late as the gang take turns to attempt to consign their least favourite elements of the game we love to history's dustbin, overseen by the arbiter of taste - Darius.
Apr 21, 2020 · 58 min
Episode 170 - Meredith Wills
The baseball astrophysicist Meredith Wills joins Russ to chat about her work on MLB's bouncy 2019 balls and a whole loads of other trends in baseball analytics.
Apr 18, 2020 · 57 min
Episode 169 - Introduction to the CPBL
Live baseball is back in Taiwan, and being piped into our homes every morning via the wonders of the internet! Like everyone else in baseball world, we've been bitten by the CPBL bug and thought it right to devote a whole podcast to all of our new...
Apr 15, 2020 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 168 - Trevor May, Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins stud reliever Trevor May joins Russell to discuss his dual life as a Big League pitcher, and an elite gamer. And to talk about setting up the MLB The Show 20 tournament, obviously...
Apr 13, 2020 · 23 min
Bonus Episode - Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic & Fox Sports
In this bonus mini-pod, The Athletic's star baseball reporter Ken Rosenthal talks to John about the MLB London Series, and the impact of 2020 crises on the sport - the Astros 'banging scandal' and the COVID-19 epidemic.
Apr 10, 2020 · 1 hr
Episode 167 - Ty Kelly, New York Mets & Philadelphia Phillies
Rachel chats to former Mets and Phillies infielder Ty Kelly about his career in the bigs, his time with Team Israel and missing out on the Olympics, his efforts to improve Minor League pay and sweet potato fries.
Apr 7, 2020 · 52 min
Episode 166 - Brad Marcelino
GB Baseball coach, and freelance MLB hitting consultant Brad Marcelino joins John to chat about his career with the national squad, his time coaching Kris Bryant at University of San Diego, his friendships with Trevor Hoffman and Manny Ramirez and his...
Apr 4, 2020 · 1 hr 26 min
Episode 165 - Dallas Braden
Former Athletics pitcher turned baseball broadcaster Dallas Braden joins Russell to chat about his career from high school to the bigs, his show Starting 9 with Jared Carrabis and the changing face of baseball players in the 2020s.
Mar 31, 2020 · 52 min
Episode 164 - John Thorn
Rachel chats to baseball historian John Thorn who offers tales of Mickey Mantle, Ken Burns, Babe Ruth and everyone in between. They also talk about shortened seasons, why it's called the World Series, and John offers his take on baseball books and films
Mar 27, 2020 · 47 min
Episode 163 - A Cup of Coffee with Jacob Kornhauser
Rob is joined by Jacob Kornhauser, author of 'The Cup of Coffee Club', to talk about those players who only ever got one game in the majors.
Mar 24, 2020 · 48 min
Episode 162 - Lane Adams, Minnesota Twins
Current Minnesota Twin, and former big leaguer with the Royals and Braves joined John to chat everything from the upheaval to Spring Training caused by COVID19, the fight for better pay for Minor Leaguers and his lousy MLB The Show skills.