Audio sounds like shit because we recorded live together and I was drunk while operating the mixer. I also didn't edit it much because I'm busy and tired. Whatever it's still good I'm sure. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround to sign up for the premium extra content for every episode. This week we made a tier list of Target Field scran, it's almost as long as a normal episode.
Morning episode! Early in the week episode! Weird energy for us. Joe Girardi fired. Keelhauling. Rays Pride Night debacle. Which Jesus roots for which MLB team. Players to Be Shamed Later: Twins Edition. The Pederson/Pham/Trout fantasy drama. How to pick out a hat. Then on the patreon side we Couch Around about two episodes of Bob's Burgers. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround to sign up.
We get into some extremely Batting Around shit and spend pretty much the whole main part of the show talking about the underground cheesesteak eating competitions at Citizens Bank Park. It's awesome, but it's also kinda gross. Then on the Patreon side we have an excellent Players to Be Shamed Later segment where we blaze a new trail and do some predictions for upcoming Ps to Be S'd Later. It's pretty much just baseless speculation and slander. We also talk about how you could get us to compromis...
We're joined by author P.E. Moskowitz to talk about how they got into baseball, Steve Cohen's forced feminization workplace scandal, being a queer baseball fan, the Mets, and some real good mailbag questions. Then on the patreon side we have more Players to Be Shamed Later and a more serious discussion of the Josh Donaldson's racism. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround for the extra content. Check out former guest Jayson Buford's piece in Hell Gate. https://www.hellgatenyc.com/yankees-baseball-power...
Doink (@doinkpatrol on twitter) of The Pesky Report and The Sunday Morning Podcast is here to tell us how the Boston Red Sox are turning it around. We also finally have a good Player to Be Shamed Later and do some mailbag. Then on the Patreon side we blaze a new trail into the supernatural side of psychosabermetrics and talk about Lauren's mathematical ranking of no-hitters since 2010. Jane is sick so you can't get mad at her if the editing is bad. If you want to hear the premium side of this ep...
We dive into the NL West, not the boring stuff about the Dodgers and the Padres but an analysis of the Diamondbacks and Rockies. The Reds are really really bad. Can the Angels keep this up? Red Sox bad. Mets good? Mailbag. Then on the premium half (go to Patreon.com/BattingAround for access to this part of the episode and more) we talk about the Joe West podcast, the new Star Trek show, sending weapons to the IRA (PARODY! NON-ACTIONABLE!), and the Batting Around co-host union.
This is the free version of the show, for the full episode sign up at Patreon.com/BattingAround and add the RSS feed to your podcast app. Thank you to everyone that has already signed up. We've got returning guest Liz Roscher of Yahoo News to talk about the Phanatic and the Phillies, Mets, the Yankees letter, good vibes in Toronto, the breaking of a disgusting record, eating raw seafood at stadiums in July and mailbag. Then on the premium side we're doing another edition of Couching Around for t...
*STICK AROUND TO THE END OF THE EPISODE FOR A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE SHOW* Bonafide YouTube star Bailey Freeman of Foolish Baseball is back on the show and we're talking Guardians, the feral cats taking over the Oakland Coliseum, and since it's Lauren and Bailey talking there's some real analytics sicko and video editing suite stuff in there too. Also a new psychosabermetrics segment, and the potential death (or maybe salvation?) of Stephen's Player to Be Shamed Later. Some...
We talk about Joe West's upcoming podcast, add our first real entries into Players to Be Shamed Later, then do a huge mailbag segment that covers just about everything that happened in the second week of the 2022 MLB regular season. FanGraphs article on sample size: https://library.fangraphs.com/principles/sample-size/ Lewis' twitter: https://twitter.com/pigeonize
We're talking opening day, asses, parachuting mascots, John Smoltz, NPB and KBO update, bad owners, mailbag and we debut our new segment "Player to Be Shamed Later."
It's the MLB regular season preview episode! You know what to expect from those. Lauren gives us a look into her new baseball philosophy, Stephen pronounces poutine weird, some other fun stuff. Check out twitter to join our discord!
Baseball is back, baby! No more of this TV bullshit! Jane and Lauren check in from the convoy, then we go over the hot stove stuff since the lockout ended, and close it out with the return of mailbag.
WE RECORDED THIS BEFORE THE LOCKOUT ENDED! It's another Couching Around, this time about three fantastic episodes of Sunny. The lockout is over, so this is probably the last one where we can pretty much totally avoid talking about baseball, but we'll probably still do more TV stuff.
MLB is still in owners' lockout so we're still watching TV, and this time we're back to our anime comfort zone with the baseball episode of Samurai Champloo. it's a good show, go watch it.
idk man, we were in a mood
No Cartridge's Trevor Strunk (@Hegelbon)joins us to talk about anime, specifically the baseball anime Ace of Daimond, as well as final fantasy and Japanese delinquent gangs. See if you can count how many times we get the name of the anime we're discussing wrong in this episode.
We're back from our break and talking hot stove, cutting open baseballs, the lockout, whether or not Scherzer will survive being a Met, the Beatles, and of course a little bit of Star Trek.
We wrap up the World Series, talk about the CBA negotiations, Reds tanking, qualifying offers, and since it's just Lauren and Jane there's several different Star Trek discussions.
World Series stuff, Biden talks baseball with the pope, Luis Robert's anime lambo, Steve Cohen's tweets used against MLB in court, a Gabe Kapler impression, then some Metal Gear and LotR stuff in place of Star Trek stuff this week.
Dune, Wes Anderson, Joc, Eddie, a bad Bob Nightengale piece, CBA negotiations, ass in the jackpot, fandom calvinism, then of course some good Deep Space 9 riffs.
We manage to talk about the postseason, but also ren fairs, how to stop the chop, Boston accents, the announcement about the new housing requirement for minor leaguers, Mets GM drama and Stephen's solutions, then a really fun mailbag segment. we promise there's no broadway in this one but fuckable Star Trek characters talk is back .
What a thrill! KHive Stephen (aka Punished Stephen aka The Legendary Faggot) is back as we talk about the postseason so far(which has been pretty good?) and the MLB broadway promo (which Jane forced everyone to watch). Some good mailbag stuff in there, including the return of which Star Trek Characters Fuck Good.
Defector's David Roth is back for a third time as we try to stay positive about the this postseason, taking the redbird pill, the prose of Kyle Schwarber, nightmare scenarios, player nicknames, and how Steve Cohen is feeling about his life. As with all Roth episodes, this one is absolutely not to be missed.
Stephen gets stuck in the Wade Boggs statue at The Trop', the "Sister Cities" plan, Rays/Jays scandal, Joe West retiring?, a bad piece about Jeff Luehnow. Oh also this is our 50th episode which is pretty neat.
We try to figure out what's behind the Cardinals' September run at the wildcard and determine how they're doing it. Lauren of course gives a well researched, scientific, and rational explanation while Jane and Stephen blame God and magic. We also discuss Philly Twitter Sports Psychosis, some minor leaguers taking a stand against their poor compensation, and plenty of other stuff in the mailbag. This is one of the funnier ones we've done in a while.
We capitalize on the Tipping Pitches bump by talking about not caring about the Hall of Fame, caring very much about the AL wild card hunt, and what Star Trek characters fuck. Sorry. Go listen to us on the latest episode of Tipping Pitches. They were kind enough to let us on their really good show and we only said the word "cum" one time.
It's just Jane and Lauren this time. Talking about being trans at the ballpark, Ted Lasso, a little bit of baseball talk I guess, then some mailbag.
Lauren's back and of course we're talking about the goddamn Mets again. Then we try to lay out the state of the playoff races going into September, but all of us are fucked up from various maladies (Lauren got surgery, Jane doing backbreaking labor, and Stephen playing a schoolyard game).
Lauren is recovering so her wonderful sister, Mellie, fills her shoes. Listen in as three idiots try to sound like they know about baseball when the smart one isn't around. Topics include Miggy's 500th home run, NL wildcard race, bummer Jays, annoying Yankees, and CBA developments. Then we get into a really fun mailbag that goes off the rails in the best way. This isn't one to miss!
wow. one whole year already. really makes you think. damn.
