We fashjacket the Savannah Bananas, discuss some hecklers (mostly bad, but a few good ones), talk about Tatis' lawsuit against Big League Advance, look back on Dave Parker's life, and celebrate the downfall of Trevor Bauer. Check out Patreon.com/BattingAround to support the show.
Jane, Stephen, and Lauren talk about their experience 6/7ths of the way through the Fan Exchange Program, including Stephen's inexcusable breech of the rules. Stephen then gives a review of the Blue Jays' Pride Night. Chip Caray accidentally says a slur and it was pretty funny. More White Sox Pope stuff and Jane makes her case for why she should be the next Pope. More Devers drama as he makes his debut for the Giants and reports of the Red Sox using AI for job interviews. Then it's a bunch of st...
The Red Sox trade Devers out of nowhere, the Fangraphs Fan Exchange Week begins, the pope wears a White Sox hat and posts about sports, the Dodgers slide further into the bad kind of villainhood, Justin Turner caught on camera with prosthetic testicles, and Mr. Met and Mrs. Met aren't fooling us. Support the show by subscribing on Patreon.com/BattingAround and get access to bonus episodes.
Fangraphs' Michael Baumann is here to talk about the 2025 Fan Exchange Program. We also talk about another weird Dbacks game, Taylor Walls' helmet tap ejection, and Willi Castro: Probably Trans Ally. Support the show and get access to bonus episodes, including one we did with Charles Star on Friday, by signing up at the Slapdick Prospect level at Patreon.com/BattingAround. Fangraphs Exchange Program: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2025-fangraphs-fan-exchange-program-introduction-and-entrance-su...
It's just Jane and Lauren again and we did a great job staying on topic because there was a ton of great baseball stuff to talk about. Dbacks have another weird game, this time giving up nine runs before recording an out. Jose Ferrer learning to play saxophone in the bullpen. Yankees/Dodgers. Paul Goldschmidt is having a great season. Twins/Mariners series is outrageous so far and Cal Raleigh is dumping dingers all over the place. MLB makes an investment in Athletes Unlimited. Then of course we ...
This is a reupload from our patreon and we're making it available to everyone for Pride Month. We'll have a regular episode out in a few hours as we normally do, but enjoy this one as well. If you like it head to patreon.com/battingaround and sign up to support the show.
some baseball news but a lot of Lauren talking about the muppets. support the show by signing up at Patreon.com/BattingAround
Rivalry weekend, another weird DBacks loss, broadcast booths getting existential about mortality and the nature of time, a touching tribute to the POOP scorebug, the Twins have the longest win streak of the season, new Green Monster city connects are good, and some mailbag. Sign up at patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to our bonus episodes.
Derek Shelton fired, White Sox Pope, Keith Hernandez weird, Rockies bad, sweater Crocheted. Support the show at Patreon.com/BattingAround to get access to bonus episodes.
A cool new cheering section at Giants games, high tech toilets in the Dodgers clubhouse, two hot mic moments from games this week, Austin Wells gets his own burrito at Yankees Stadium, and Lauren asks if she's allowed to wear certain ballpark giveaways. Check out Patreon.com/BattingAround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.
Unsanitary beer drinking by Padres fans, another weird Diamondbacks game, Tommy Pham makes a crude gesture to a fan, and everyone needs to freak out a little less because it's not even Memorial Day. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround and sign up at the Slapdick Prospect level to get access to our bonus episodes, including our recent episode on baseball curses with Annie Parnell.
The Cubs and Diamondbacks were both Batting Around, one player is way more intense than necessary when the benches clear, another Tim Robinson lookalike does some fan interference, Stephen tried the blue cotton candy fries, and more. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround and sign up at the Slapdick Prospect level to get access to our bonus episodes and also claim a free month of the Tipping Pitches patreon.
The fascism is bad but the baseball is still pretty good. Sign up for our patreon at the Slapdick Prospect level or higher and not only will you get access to all our bonus episodes but you'll also get a free month of the Tipping Pitches patreon. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround
Charles Star is back to talk about a variety of stories from the week including the PNC Roberto Clemente controversy that bubbled up on twitter, Michael Kay talking about One Piece, a couple of stories about animals at ballparks, and Tyler Wells' frozen burrito ranking project. Our main topic is the piece in The Athletic where MLB players are asked about the ways they save money on little things and if that's frugal or cheap. Check out Charles on the ALAB and City Saint/Country Saint podcasts as...
We're promoting the patreons for our show and Tipping Pitches, so this bonus episode is also going in the free feed. Enjoy! Every November we record an episode with our sister podcast, Tipping Pitches, where we talk about the dumbest things that happened in baseball that year. This year is shaping up to be the dumbest year yet, so we decided to get in front of it an talk about the dumb things we're monitoring throughout the year. If you like our show and haven't listened to Tipping Pitches, chec...
It's opening weekend and there's plenty of baseball stuff to talk about. Go to patreon.com/battingaround to get access to our bonus episodes and support the show. Also, leave us some nice reviews on the podcast apps.
DoD erases Jackie Robinson, MLB attempts to quietly pull down its diversity program website, Tokyo series, new ballpark foods for the season, and some pre-opening day predictions for 2025. Support the show and get bonus episodes at Patreon.com/BattingAround
Mr. Met is upsettingly jacked now, Japan Series, Ohtani in Fortnite. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround and sign up to get access to our bonus episodes including the annual pride guide we just published.
The Yankees have elbow problems, baseball is having a moment in East Asia, and there are some dumb new hats. Go to patreon.com/battingaround and sign up at the Slapdick Prospect level to support the show and get access to our bonus episodes.
No more POOP scorebug, Trump's baffling Pete Rose diatribe, one player's carnivore diet, and scheming viziers chat. Go to patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.
The Yankees change their grooming policy, spring training games have begun and are using the ABS challenge system, Ozzie Albies gets a new 6,000 gallon aquarium, Bryce Harper gets a Phanatic tattoo, Justin Ishbia pulls out of buying the Twins to increase his stake in the White Sox. Support the show at patreon.com/battingaround and get access to our bonus episodes.
Can Stephen name three Miami Marlins? Can MLB players name new generation pokemon? Can salad kill you? All these questions, and more, answered on this episode of Batting Around. Go to patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to our bonus episodes.
President Xi, please make us the official podcast of The Chinese Professional Baseball League. Go to patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to our bonus episodes.
Some baseball news plus we struggle our way through basketball stuff. Support the show at patreon.com/battingaround
New Mets uniforms, Hall of Fame inductees, Orioles owner saying dumb shit, 11 year old finds Paul Skenes patch and denies Bob Nutting, sports subreddits banning twitter links.
We're back from our time in the holiday mines to talk about all the baseball stuff that happened while we were gone. Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus content and to help support the show.
Had to keep it short and sweet for this one but we get into all the big signings and trades that went down since our last episode. Sign up at patreon.com/battingaround to support the show.
Jane was really sick and we had some stuff going on with zoom so this one sounds weird.
We do eventually get around to baseball talk but first we had to talk about Conclave for a while. Support the show at patreon.com/battingaround and get access to bonus episodes.
We talk about the teams courting Juan Soto, where some other teams stand in their pursuit of free agents and trades, the faux outrage of anonymous MLB execs spreading rumors about the Dodgers, then we go over the big 2024 award winners and who we'd give down-ballot votes to if we had the opportunity. Subscribe at patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.
