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EuroBaseball 2025: Meet the Brits Aiming for Glory – Infielders
At Bat Flips & Nerds, our mission is to help fans back home get to know the players, so that baseball supporters in the UK feel more connected to the Great Britain national team. In the absence…
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September 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Pool games of #EuroBaseball2025 are done. The real excitement starts NOW.
Lots of info in this article. Stats on GB players, forthcoming fixtures, and even Adam Jones and the Ministry of Baseball get mentioned.
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Lots of info in this article. Stats on GB players, forthcoming fixtures, and even Adam Jones and the Ministry of Baseball get mentioned.
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EuroBaseball 2025: The Definitive Pool Stage Guide & What’s Next in the Championship
All 16 teams have finished their round-robin games, so let’s take a look at the current picture. Just a reminder, Groups A & B are the main seeded teams, and all eight teams are still in …
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September 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Pool games of #EuroBaseball2025 are done. The real excitement starts NOW.
Lots of info in this article. Stats on GB players, forthcoming fixtures, and even Adam Jones and the Ministry of Baseball get mentioned.
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Lots of info in this article. Stats on GB players, forthcoming fixtures, and even Adam Jones and the Ministry of Baseball get mentioned.
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EuroBaseball 2025: GB into the Quarter Finals with a win over France.
Gav with the deets
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Gav with the deets
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EuroBaseball 2025: Tant Pis! GB’s Resilience Leaves France Winless
Blue skies and a stiff breeze greeted the two teams on the secondary field at the Neptunus complex in Rotterdam on Monday. Great Britain had ambitions for a top-two spot to all-but-guarantee progre…
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September 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
EuroBaseball 2025: GB into the Quarter Finals with a win over France.
Gav with the deets
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Gav with the deets
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What is in the water in Ohio?
Wait, don't answer that, but Cleveland and Cincinnati are making this last week exciting.
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Wait, don't answer that, but Cleveland and Cincinnati are making this last week exciting.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What is in the water in Ohio?
Wait, don't answer that, but Cleveland and Cincinnati are making this last week exciting.
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/09/22/w...
Wait, don't answer that, but Cleveland and Cincinnati are making this last week exciting.
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/09/22/w...
EuroBaseball 2025: Brad Marcelino celebrates his first win as GB's Head Coach.
GB 16-1 Israel (mercy rule - 8th inning)
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GB 16-1 Israel (mercy rule - 8th inning)
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EuroBaseball 2025: Great Britain secure First Win for Brad Marcelino with Destruction of Israel
Picture a snowball triggering an avalanche, and you can see how Great Britain turned a cagey start into a Mercy Rule win. Brad Marcelino scored his first victory as head coach with an emphatic 16-1…
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September 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
EuroBaseball 2025: Brad Marcelino celebrates his first win as GB's Head Coach.
GB 16-1 Israel (mercy rule - 8th inning)
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GB 16-1 Israel (mercy rule - 8th inning)
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Great day for Great Britain baseball, even though the result didn't go our way.
Next up:: GB v Israel
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Next up:: GB v Israel
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EuroBaseball 2025: Dutch Experience Trumps Great Britain’s Youth
Great Britain’s campaign at the 2025 Euros got underway in Rotterdam on Saturday, and let’s just say it wasn’t exactly the dream start. The hosts, the Netherlands, ran out 9–3 winners in front of t…
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September 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Great day for Great Britain baseball, even though the result didn't go our way.
Next up:: GB v Israel
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Next up:: GB v Israel
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Gav’s Dilemma: Is it Safe to Watch the Chicago Cubs?
One of the many legacies of MLB London Series games is that non-baseball fans became interested in the sport. In the case of my brother, it became more than a passing interest; he got hooked. His a…
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September 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Five days until EuroBaseball 2025
Pool A & B are based in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Pool C has had a last-minute relocation to Novara (Italy)
Pool D will be held in Antwerp (Belgium)
#LetsGoGB
Pool A & B are based in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Pool C has had a last-minute relocation to Novara (Italy)
Pool D will be held in Antwerp (Belgium)
#LetsGoGB
September 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Five days until EuroBaseball 2025
Pool A & B are based in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Pool C has had a last-minute relocation to Novara (Italy)
Pool D will be held in Antwerp (Belgium)
#LetsGoGB
Pool A & B are based in Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Pool C has had a last-minute relocation to Novara (Italy)
Pool D will be held in Antwerp (Belgium)
#LetsGoGB
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DH: Shohei Ohtani
C: Shea Langeliers
1B: Nick Kurtz
Can you guess 2B, 3B, SS, OF?
DH: Shohei Ohtani
C: Shea Langeliers
1B: Nick Kurtz
Can you guess 2B, 3B, SS, OF?
MLB’s Hottest Hitters: Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh are Nowhere to be Seen
Who are currently the best hitters in the league? Some names might surprise you. I certainly was fooled by the best third baseman, so fooled that I had to re-run the report to ensure there wasnR…
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September 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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DH: Shohei Ohtani
C: Shea Langeliers
1B: Nick Kurtz
Can you guess 2B, 3B, SS, OF?
DH: Shohei Ohtani
C: Shea Langeliers
1B: Nick Kurtz
Can you guess 2B, 3B, SS, OF?
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👏Cracking offer from Home Run Travel to get more fans out to support Great Britain in the European Championships
#LetsgoGB
👏Cracking offer from Home Run Travel to get more fans out to support Great Britain in the European Championships
#LetsgoGB
Rotterdam awaits: Watch live as Great Britain seeks a hat-trick of European Championships
Fresh off the back of Great Britain’s success in the Under 23’s and the Women’s European Championships, the men’s senior team has the opportunity to make it a hat-trick of Champions of Europe for t…
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September 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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👏Cracking offer from Home Run Travel to get more fans out to support Great Britain in the European Championships
#LetsgoGB
👏Cracking offer from Home Run Travel to get more fans out to support Great Britain in the European Championships
#LetsgoGB
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Congratulations Prince Harry Ford ⚾️ - Are we all Seattle Mariners fans now?
Congratulations Prince Harry Ford ⚾️ - Are we all Seattle Mariners fans now?
Welcome to The Show: Seattle Mariners promote GB’s Harry Ford
Selected by the Seattle Mariners in the first round of the 2021 draft – the year that the Pirates took Henry Davis with the first overall pick – Harry Ford is/was knocking on the door o…
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September 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Congratulations Prince Harry Ford ⚾️ - Are we all Seattle Mariners fans now?
Congratulations Prince Harry Ford ⚾️ - Are we all Seattle Mariners fans now?
This Sunday, more MLB on BBC: New York Mets v Atlanta Braves
Whether you're a baseball nerd or baseball newbie, get your questions to the awesome commentary team of Melanie, Xavier, and Felix
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Whether you're a baseball nerd or baseball newbie, get your questions to the awesome commentary team of Melanie, Xavier, and Felix
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MLB on BBC: Can the Braves stymie the Mets’ playoff aspirations?
Such was the optimism going into the season that MLB’s Braves’ correspondent, Mark Bowman opined “Atlanta is more than capable of winning it all for the second time in five seasons.” It was hard to…
batflipsandnerds.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This Sunday, more MLB on BBC: New York Mets v Atlanta Braves
Whether you're a baseball nerd or baseball newbie, get your questions to the awesome commentary team of Melanie, Xavier, and Felix
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/08/23/m...
Whether you're a baseball nerd or baseball newbie, get your questions to the awesome commentary team of Melanie, Xavier, and Felix
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/08/23/m...
Saturday 16 August
🍺 @passyunkavenue (Waterloo)
📺CHC v PIT
Great food, cracking beers, mediocre baseball on the big screens.
Fans of all teams welcome. Come say hello to Sean @ThatLondonCub and Cubs superfan @BleacherJeff
🍺 @passyunkavenue (Waterloo)
📺CHC v PIT
Great food, cracking beers, mediocre baseball on the big screens.
Fans of all teams welcome. Come say hello to Sean @ThatLondonCub and Cubs superfan @BleacherJeff
August 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Saturday 16 August
🍺 @passyunkavenue (Waterloo)
📺CHC v PIT
Great food, cracking beers, mediocre baseball on the big screens.
Fans of all teams welcome. Come say hello to Sean @ThatLondonCub and Cubs superfan @BleacherJeff
🍺 @passyunkavenue (Waterloo)
📺CHC v PIT
Great food, cracking beers, mediocre baseball on the big screens.
Fans of all teams welcome. Come say hello to Sean @ThatLondonCub and Cubs superfan @BleacherJeff
Prime Time Baseball on the BBC... TONIGHT!
Whether you're baseball nerds or baseball newbies, get your questions and comments into Melanie Newman, Xavier Scruggs and Felix White
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Whether you're baseball nerds or baseball newbies, get your questions and comments into Melanie Newman, Xavier Scruggs and Felix White
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/08/10/m...
Milwaukee Brewers v New York Mets: MLB is on the BBC again
We have MLB live on the BBC again today (Sunday 10 August) with an intriguing lineup between two teams, both with half an eye on the postseason but currently on opposite ends of the form chart. Mil…
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August 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Prime Time Baseball on the BBC... TONIGHT!
Whether you're baseball nerds or baseball newbies, get your questions and comments into Melanie Newman, Xavier Scruggs and Felix White
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/08/10/m...
Whether you're baseball nerds or baseball newbies, get your questions and comments into Melanie Newman, Xavier Scruggs and Felix White
batflipsandnerds.com/2025/08/10/m...
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Only 6 weeks until @GB_Baseball tackle the "Group of Death" in the Euros.
#EuroBaseball #EuroBaseball2025 #BaseballEurope #LetsGoGB
Only 6 weeks until @GB_Baseball tackle the "Group of Death" in the Euros.
#EuroBaseball #EuroBaseball2025 #BaseballEurope #LetsGoGB
EUROBASEBALL 2025: Great Britain and the cliché Group of Death
In just a few weeks, 16 of Europe’s finest baseballing nations will compete for the European Championship. In 2023, Europe’s most prestigious baseball event produced a cascade of excite…
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August 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Only 6 weeks until @GB_Baseball tackle the "Group of Death" in the Euros.
#EuroBaseball #EuroBaseball2025 #BaseballEurope #LetsGoGB
Only 6 weeks until @GB_Baseball tackle the "Group of Death" in the Euros.
#EuroBaseball #EuroBaseball2025 #BaseballEurope #LetsGoGB
🚨 NEW POD! 🚨
We’re talking London events, All-Star snubs, that Skubal guy and which teams should be buying or selling! 🤝
Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube! 📺 🎧
We’re talking London events, All-Star snubs, that Skubal guy and which teams should be buying or selling! 🤝
Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube! 📺 🎧
July 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🚨 NEW POD! 🚨
We’re talking London events, All-Star snubs, that Skubal guy and which teams should be buying or selling! 🤝
Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube! 📺 🎧
We’re talking London events, All-Star snubs, that Skubal guy and which teams should be buying or selling! 🤝
Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube! 📺 🎧
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Ok, I’ll bite:
1. Judge
2. Soto
3. Freeman
4. Ohtani
5. Lars Nootbar (just by name alone he could be in the top 3)
6. Rickey Henderson (I refuse to believe he’s dead and he may still be playing under an assumed name)
7. James Wood
8. Tarik Skubal
9. Vladdy Jr.
10. Cedric Mullins
1. Judge
2. Soto
3. Freeman
4. Ohtani
5. Lars Nootbar (just by name alone he could be in the top 3)
6. Rickey Henderson (I refuse to believe he’s dead and he may still be playing under an assumed name)
7. James Wood
8. Tarik Skubal
9. Vladdy Jr.
10. Cedric Mullins
May 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Ok, I’ll bite:
1. Judge
2. Soto
3. Freeman
4. Ohtani
5. Lars Nootbar (just by name alone he could be in the top 3)
6. Rickey Henderson (I refuse to believe he’s dead and he may still be playing under an assumed name)
7. James Wood
8. Tarik Skubal
9. Vladdy Jr.
10. Cedric Mullins
1. Judge
2. Soto
3. Freeman
4. Ohtani
5. Lars Nootbar (just by name alone he could be in the top 3)
6. Rickey Henderson (I refuse to believe he’s dead and he may still be playing under an assumed name)
7. James Wood
8. Tarik Skubal
9. Vladdy Jr.
10. Cedric Mullins