Bat Flips And Nerds
A British take on Baseball. John, Tom, Ben and Darius guide you through the goings on in MLB, Team GB and the UK domestic game.
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Episodes
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Russell is joined by Padres Baseball Operations Fellow Samantha Schultz to discuss her role in the San Diego front office.
Thursday May 30, 2019
Thursday May 30, 2019
Tom claims to have hit a home run during the first game of the Softball60 tournament. Ben, John and Darius do their best to ignore him while still discussing the event, as well as what's going on at the London Yards fan event, the ridiculous 2019 Minnesota Twins, and listener questions about Craig Kimbrel, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and the most mediocre player to have a transcendent postseason moment.
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Tom claims to have hit a home run during the first game of the Softball60 tournament. Ben, John and Darius do their best to ignore him while still discussing the event, as well as what's going on at the London Yards fan event, the ridiculous 2019 Minnesota Twins, and listener questions about Craig Kimbrel, Bryce Harper, Manny Machado, and the most mediocre player to have a transcendent postseason moment.
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Wednesday May 22, 2019
Red Sox big cheese Sam Kennedy joins John to chat about the bonds between the Red Sox and Liverpool FC, the club's strong desire to pioneer MLB's assault on Europe and the logistical hiccups the team is working on as they embark on new waters for the sport.
Sunday May 12, 2019
Sunday May 12, 2019
John chats to Andy Brown, the Korean based British baseball artist about how his passion for painting found a muse in the sport of baseball, his artistic career to date, his current quest to document all 30 MLB ballparks during the 2019 season and the role of artists like him in recording the history of the game of baseball.
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
John chats to former Brewers, and current Rangers pitcher - and social media pro - Tim Dillard about making the most of your talent, 'doing something' every day, the importance of kindness and his role as creative mentor to generations of minor league talent. This is a hoot.
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Wednesday Apr 17, 2019
Tom returns from his two weeks in Italy and begins by rambling about computer games.
Darius then agrees they really should talk about baseball and Tom rambles about the epic start from Steven Matz against the Phillies.
The guys talks about the potentially juiced balls, before solving the "During this break in the action..." problem, once and for all!
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
The guys get to grips with the weirdness of the new baseball season, in which Tim Beckham is apparently better than Chris Sale...
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
ESPN Wednesday Night Baseball play-by-play guy Boog Sciambi joins John to reminisce about his time calling the Marlins and Braves, to look forward to the new season and MLB London, and offer some reflections on the state of the game.
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
Mark and Ben offer insights into the birth of BT and ESPN's new UK baseball show 'Caps Off', including some behind the scenes stories from Spring Training, which players are obsessed with which Premier League teams and some familiar faces popping up on the show.
It airs this Thursday at 3.45pm on BT Sport 2.