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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Nov 10, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 257 - Bye Bye Buster
Darius, Russell and Ben join forces for a post-World Series wrap (was it any good?), some Awards chat (DeGrom for Cy?!) and a brief tribute to Buster Posey (slam dunk Hall of Famer)
Oct 28, 2021 · 47 min
Episode 256 - Khan He Even Say That?
John and Russ chat about the week in baseball, taking a trip to the Arm Barn, a stop for some soft serve, a cakewalk with Albert, kicking it with Ken and the little matter of the World Series being on. Oh, and the Mayor of London got a bit carried...
Oct 20, 2021 · 1 hr 6 min
Bonus Episode - Sports Podcast Awards Transatlantic Takeover
In a very special bonus episode as part of the inaugural Sports Podcast Awards, John and Darius are joined by Brandon Warne of That 90s Baseball Pod to chat about their respective baseball origin stories, the state of the sport in 2021 and to learn...
Oct 15, 2021 · 1 hr 12 min
Episode 255 - The Muppets Championship Series
John, Russ and Rob look back on a competitive and fun first two rounds of the playoffs and ahead to two seemingly less well matched Championship Series. They get mad about bad announcing and Tony La Russa too, obviously. Plus ca change...
Oct 4, 2021 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 254 - Rays of Light or It's A Shame About Rays? (2021 Playoff Predictions)
John, Ben, Darius and Russ take turns to stump for each of this year's playoff field before almost coming to virtual blows as they fashion the official BFN 2021 playoff bracket. We give it 24 hours before this blows up in our face...
Sep 25, 2021 · 1 hr 4 min
Episode 253 - Good Innings, Russell
Rob and Russell go for a double header taking on 'Kiermeier-gate', the irrepressible St. Louis Cardinals, the AL Wild Card and the terror of 2021 Jake Arrieta.
Sep 16, 2021 · 39 min
Episode 252 - GB Baseball, European Championship Special
GB Baseball's Men's senior squad are currently playing out in Turin as part of the European Baseball Championship, and have made the quarter final stage for the first time in 14 years. Ahead of their clash with the Netherlands we hear from team...
Sep 2, 2021 · 53 min
Episode 251 - Baseball vs Pizza
Russell, Rob and Ben get together for another weekly roundup dominated by the amazin' New York Mets. They also discuss some exciting postseason races (don't jinx it!), that Jose Ramirez chain, hit by pitch records and how Russell fixed baseball.
Aug 27, 2021 · 1 hr 5 min
Episode 250 - Don't Take A Chance On Him
John, Darius and Russell dive into the early findings on the Atlantic League's experience in moving the pitching mound, the storming New York Yankees and the under-heralded Rays. They find plenty of time to praise and berate Yadi Molina, Vlad Jr,...
Aug 20, 2021 · 58 min
Episode 249 - Won't Someone Please Think Of The Billionaires
Russell, Ben and Darius convene for the latest MLB roundup and begin by discussing the latest leaked proposal from MLB: a $100 million salary floor. They can't help but talk about the Mets, discuss whether they're having a worse season than the...
Jul 29, 2021 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 248 - Grauniads of the Galaxy
John, Russell and Rob round up the first half of the season with some harsh words for the Minnesota Twins, the LA Dodgers and the treatment of Minor Leaguers, but garlands for the SF Giants, Trey Mancini and bae himself, Shohei Ohtani. But not before...
Jul 26, 2021 · 45 min
Episode 247 - Felix White Joins The Show
A special guest episode as Ben is joined by Felix White of Maccabees and Tailenders fame to talk his new book, falling in love with the New York Mets and what cricket can learn from baseball (and vice versa).
Jul 15, 2021 · 54 min
Episode 246 - All Star Weekend & Draft Recap
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...
Jul 14, 2021 · 1 hr 30 min
Episode 245 - History of Japanese Baseball - Blair Williams
Russell talked with @Razzball and @PitcherList writer @EverywhereBlair about the history of baseball in Japan. They covered the origins of NPB, Shohei, the Olympics and that some of what you might know and maybe read recently about Japanese baseball...
Jul 1, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 244 - Russell's Bunsen Burner
Darius and Russell are joined by a mystery man who has no place on a baseball podcast. It's Tom Pringle. They talk about the sticky baseballs, Bobby Bonilla, Eric Hosmer, the San Francisco Giants, the All-Star Game and what Russell's stat lab might...
Jun 17, 2021 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 243 - When I Wake Up
John, Rob and Ben are in our rotation this week. Regrettably they are back on the topic of rubbing balls. In happier news they have plenty to say about the history making Diamondbacks, the mega fun Toronto Blue Jays, lovely lil Frankie Lindor, Mr...
Jun 11, 2021 · 56 min
Episode 242 - Three's A Crowd
It's weekly round-up time and the nerds are left unsupervised! Russell and Darius discuss the planned enforcement of foreign substance rules, the Cubs' City Connect scrubs, Jarred Kelenic's demotion, before embarking on a bumper round of 2 Good 2 Bad...
Jun 7, 2021 · 1 hr 16 min
Episode 241 - More than Baseball (with Jeremy Wolf)
Former Mets minor leaguer and Director of Outreach for More than Baseball, the non-profit which supports the wellbeing and conditions of minor league baseball players, joins us to explain the work of the organisation, the need for structural change...
Jun 3, 2021 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 240 - One Man and His Dog
Matt Joyce! John, Darius and Rob chat about the scourge of sticky stuff and take a Will Craig inspired deep dive into the NL Central; they also have time to big up the Palm Beach Cardinals, Joey Votto and the Tauch, and to pour scorn on the Rays, the...
May 31, 2021 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 239 - Chris Colabello Joins the Show
Former Twins and Blue Jays slugger and self styled 'Indy Ball Hall of Famer' Chris Colabello joins John to chat about his long route to the bigs, the magical 2015 Toronto Blue Jays, growing up in Italy and representing the Azzurri internationally, and...