Bat Flips And Nerds

Ben and Tom join John in wondering how to pronounce Scooter Gennett's surname, whether anyone saw his four homers under that came uni, and to dig deep on the roasting hot Houston Astros. As ever, fan questions lead things to take a turn for the weird - apologies to Ryan Hanigan who looks like he could kill again.

Here's the Ben Lindbergh Astros piece we discussed:https://theringer.com/2017-mlb-houston-astros-searching-for-a-flaw-f73f4c8f774e?gi=776b54817f8c

Here's where to vote #AllStarllenCraig: https://www.milb.com/milb/news/voting-begins-for-triple-a-all-star-game/c-232404964/t-185364810

Ryan Hanigan's going to go across the street and bring you some orange sherbet: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hanigry01.shtml

Britain's top prospect Ben Carter isn't available tonight, so this time John leads the cause while Darius and Tom pull at his coat tails.

Tonights show consisted of:

Bryce Harper, Hunter Strickland, can anyone defend them? Does anyone care? What was the funniest moment of the whole shebang.

Mr Met, how many fingers does he have? Can he swear? Is it really an issue? Does he has a leg to stand on in court? John was a lawyer!? WTF.

The great comeback team of the AL East! The boys talk all about these plucky heroes and how much the public love them.

Something was announced about MLB in the UK. The boys weren't overwhelmed by the public response.

FINALLY, Tom pleads with the public to all vote for Allen Craig in the AAA All-Star game. #AAAllenCraig

Harper Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6tEO81kAY
Mr Met Finger: https://twitter.com/adelucia35/status/870360369402966016
MLB Battlegrounds: http://mlb.mlb.com/social/mlb-battlegrounds/
AAA All-Star Ballot: https://secure.milb.com/milb/events/asg/y2017/ballot/ballot.jsp

John talks to Great Britain player Jordan Edmonds of the Hamburg Stealers about his baseball career and life in the Bundesliga. Then Darius and Ben discuss whether Mike Trout should get the Barry Bonds treatment, if Chris Sale is on Clayton Kershaw's level, and what on earth is going on with Mike Leake and Andrew Cashner, before answering listener questions about player-themed areas at parks and baseball crushes.

Bundesliga stats site: http://stats.baseball-softball.de/
Sam Miller's Mike Trout article: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19451253/is-teams-treat-mike-trout-barry-bonds
Ben Lindbergh's piece on Kershaw's slider: https://theringer.com/2017-mlb-los-angeles-dodgers-clayton-kershaw-slider-improving-43d7492c00e3
David Schoenfield's suggestions for player-themed sections: http://www.espn.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/79832/every-team-needs-a-judges-chambers-section-and-here-are-some-suggestions

Tom takes over hosting duties while John is away watching Battle Bots and reading Harry Potter. The guys start the show with a very important guest, GB Baseball Head Coach, Liam Carroll. Liam tells us all about the upcoming All-Star game at Farnham Park on the 28th May. It's free so you all really should go!

The boys then get serious about baseball, baseball in the UK and end with some very serious and very silly listener questions.

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John continues his hosting duties, where he offends the returning Tom, the military, anyone who has died during active service, the Rockies, Julio Urias and all the UK Garage fans that are still standing.

The oracle that is Darius continues to feed us solid and serious information, except one vital point that could have stopped us offending Urias.

The lads actually manage to answer some genuine listener questions! Keep them coming please.

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It's #JeterWeek in the Bronx, so it's the perfect time to hear from the man who scored his most famous run - GB Baseball's recently retired outfield stalwart, Antoan Richardson. As well as discussing that run, Antoan talks linking up with GB and the future of baseball in the Bahamas.

John and Darius stick a fork in the Mets before casting an eye over the bona fides of two phenomena - Aaron Judge and the Minnesota Twins. Ryan Schimpf and Eric Thames prove that some guys are easier to nickname than others...

With Tom 'on manoeuvres' Ben and Darius join John to find a fitting nickname for phenom Eric Thames and to discuss which pitchers they love and love to hate. Health warning for fans of John Lackey, Big Degsy Jeter and Bruce Springsteen.

Greg Coleman, GM of the Official UK MiLB Affiliate Erie SeaWolves, joins the show to introduce the team and town, and talk about how much they all love the UK!

The boys are tired, which means they swear. So please be warned, John's potty mouth does go for it.

Tom hosts, John and Ben talk at different points, there is a loose structure to the pod, it soon falls apart.

The title isn't some funny joke, the boys do spend some time on the pod trying to name a Twins reliever.

Please forgive us.