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.

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427 episodes
Updated April 11
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Mar 7, 2017 · 30 min
Episode 18 - While John is away...
BASEBALL IS BACK! Tom is incredibly excited, Darius less so, but seeing as Tom is hosting the chaps talk Spring Training. The WORLD baseball classic and it's lack of coverage available in the UK is laughed at. Tim Tebow (obviously) gets a mention...
Mar 5, 2017 · 19 min
Season Preview - Los Angeles Angels
Joe Hulbert (@HulbertJoe) joins Ben Carter (@UkBaseballBlog) to talk all about the Los Angeles Angels. They discuss the back end of the rotation, why Mariners fans should be cautious of Jerry Dipoto and the quick fire questions to finish. Which...
Mar 4, 2017 · 21 min
Season Preview - Tampa Bay Rays
Rob Noverraz (@RobNoverraz) joins Tom to talk all about the Tampa Bay Rays, the fragility of their team every year and who broke David Price (This was before we all found out he was fixed). The pod finishes with another round-up of silly questions...
Mar 3, 2017 · 34 min
Episode 17 - Cricket vs Baseball
New Zealand Test cricketer Daryl Tuffey joins John to discuss the crossover between his sport and baseball, how fantasy baseball brought together the NZ squad in the mid 2000s, his love of the Minnesota Twins and his enduring rivalry with 'arch...
Mar 1, 2017 · 25 min
Season Preview - Milwaukee Brewers
Craig Hurring (@CraigHurring) joins Tom to talk all about the Milwaukee Brewers. They get all poetic and sentimental about this sport we all love, before deciding that Ryan Braun should stay at home, unless he's playing.
Mar 1, 2017 · 29 min
Season Preview - San Francisco Giants
Jasmine Baba (@__baba) joins Tom to talk all about the San Francisco Giants, their 2016 fragile bullpen and lack of hitting, then they soon shift onto 2017 and who has the smoothest face in the lineup. This is the sort of content Giants fans want.
Feb 27, 2017 · 23 min
Season Preview - Washington Nationals
Mike Witcombe (@MikeWitcombe) joins Tom to talk all about the "playoff curse" Washington Nationals. Mike has hopes for 2017, but not much beyond the year. All this hope is on the rotation staying healthy and Jayson Werth keeping garlic chilli mayo out...
Feb 26, 2017 · 39 min
Season Preview - New York Yankees
Mark Blakemore joins Tom to talk about Tom's least favourite subject, the New York Yankees. The conversation shifts quickly from what happened last year to what will happen this year, then finally onto the mighty team the Yankees could have in 2018.
Feb 25, 2017 · 45 min
Episode 16 - Chris Berset Interview
John is joined by Great Britain, and former Cincinnati Reds AAA, catcher Chris Berset to discuss his career with the GB squad, holidays with the grandparents in London and the craft and psychology that goes into being the busiest man on the field.
Feb 23, 2017 · 40 min
Season Preview - San Diego Padres
Alex Hoad of Kent Online joins Tom to talk all about the San Diego Padres. But before the chaps get down to that, Alex reveals he once competed in the NFL combine, then proceeds to make a wild AND bold prediction about Jered Weaver. Don't miss this one!
Feb 22, 2017 · 21 min
Season Preview - Seattle Mariners
On the second episode of the season previews, Tom is joined by BFBS DJ Hal Stewart to talk all about the Seattle Mariners. He begins by admitting he should have never chosen them and finishes by saying he hasn't seen the Adam Lind fart. In between...
Feb 21, 2017 · 19 min
Season Preview - Philadelphia Phillies
Kicking off our series of season preview pods, Tom is joined by Hampshire based Phillies fan Dave Shaw. They talk the team's hopes for 2017, and round off with some very UK specific looks at the roster.
Feb 19, 2017 · 34 min
Episode 15 - A Loria, Loria Laughs
Ben Carter and Darius Austin join to preview pre-season, picking out our sleeper teams, players and fantasy picks for the 2017 MLB season. Meanwhile, John goes off the long run-up at Jeffrey Loria...
Feb 2, 2017 · 1 hr 1 min
Episode 14 - Dave Kaufman Joins to Talk Expos
London newbie and Expos Nation stalwart joins John to talk about his beloved team, growing baseball in the UK, the role of the Blue Jays in Canadian sport and what it felt like to be present for THAT bat flip.
Jan 23, 2017 · 44 min
Episode 13 - Jenny Fromer, Baseball Softball UK
Jenny Fromer, joint-CEO of national development agency Baseball Softball UK, joins John to discuss their plans to grow the game UK wide, develop elite talent and how the mooted MLB London series might help boost the Great Britain baseball squad's...
Jan 6, 2017 · 53 min
Episode 12 - Chubby Funster Bartolo Colon
Tom hosts as John and Ben duke it out over how MLB needs to pitch its much discussed London series. The team also introduce the Bartolo Colon Game.
Nov 20, 2016 · 49 min
Episode 11 - Simon Crosse Joins the Show
Simon Crosse, Blue Jays fanatic and sports producer for BBC, Channel 4 and BT Sport joins John to discuss the offseason in Toronto and the state of baseball broadcasting in the UK.
Nov 3, 2016 · 47 min
Episode 10 - Jason Holowaty, MLB Europe
John and Tom chat to MLB's Director of Market Development for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Jason Holowaty on his journey to the UK, how MLB found and developed Max Kepler and the next steps for the game in the UK.
Oct 25, 2016 · 50 min
Episode 9 - It's Not All About the World Series (Some Of It's About Domestic Violence)
Tom takes the host's chair as he and John discuss a few potentially quirky World Series stories before nailing their colours to the mast and predicting a particularly big series for a very big man - Joe West. They then turn to the issue of domestic...
Oct 5, 2016 · 52 min
Episode 8 - ESPN's Thomas Neumann and Pennywise the Clown
Thomas Neumann of ESPN International joins John and Tom to discuss the GB Baseball squad's WBC heroics. Things then go rapidly downhill as Ben Carter joins John and Tom to mock Tim Tebow (again) before the stakes are upped - World Series predictions,...