Vape Shop Vibes with Tipping Pitches
Bobby and Alex from Tipping Pitches are on this episode and we're holding Stephen accountable for his crimes.
Aug 02, 2023•1 hr 6 min
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The Woke Mob is Trying to Cancel Schwarberfest
Big trade deadline episode! We've got a week until the deadline, so we go over where all 30 teams stand, who is likely to go, who needs what, who should push all the chips in and who should pack up and try again next year. Then we talk Barbenheimer a little bit and do some mailbag. On Wednesday, July 26th we'll be doing a watchalong in our discord for our patreon subscribers. Come hang out with the hosts of the show as we watch the Orioles play the Phillies at 6:05pm eastern. Go to patreon.com/b...
Jul 26, 2023•55 min
UNLOCKED: Stephen's Birthday Spectacular with Dave Raymond
NOW AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE! For more bonus episodes, sign up at Patreon.com/BattingAround I thought I'd do something special for Stephen's birthday, so had a conversation with the original man in the Philly Phanatic and the creator of Gritty, Dave Raymond, This was an incredibly fun interview, and we finally got answers to the questions that keep us up at night like "What's it like to fight Tommy Lasorda?"
Jul 21, 2023•47 min
I Now Live in Fear of an Omnipotent A-Rod
Glup Shitto
Jul 19, 2023•57 min
The 2023 Hot Guy Draft with Lewis, Alyssa, and Jeremy
Forget the actual MLB amateur draft, here at Batting Around we're concerned with professionals. Professional hot guys. It's back, and this time it's Batting Around (really just Stephen) vs. the guests Lewis, Alyssa, and Jeremy in a head-to-head draft of the hottest of the hot MLB players. Check out https://twitter.com/BattinAround to vote on which team is the hottest.
Jul 12, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Nine Faceless Homunculi with David Roth
Defector's David Roth is back to talk about the Mets (of course), then Lauren hosts a fun game where we have to guess if it's an old MLB player or garbage-tier Stan Lee character. Good mailbag in there, too. go to Patreon.com/BattingAround to help the show and get access to our bonus episodes and watch alongs.
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr
Furries with Foolish Baseball
Bailey of Foolish Baseball is back to talk about Andrew McCutchen's, let's call it "affinity," for furries and playing baseball near furry conventions. We also talk about the other news of the week, like the perfect game tossed Wednesday night, Orioles pride night, and ballplayers' hobbies. Good mailbag questions, too, except the one from Richard Staff. Be sure to sign up at Patreon.com/BattingAround to join us for Friday night's Watch Along on our discord. Outtro: Shaggy by RVIVR
Jun 30, 2023•46 min
All the Scrim You Can Shaw
I'm gonna be real with you here, this is the least we've talked about baseball on a main feed episode in ages. We mostly talked about the missing submarine and other nautical disaster, but it's really funny and we get around to baseball stuff eventually. Go subscribe at patreon.com/battingaround to hear our bonus episodes, including a great one from last weekend with Jeremy Koo about the A's moving to Vegas.
Jun 21, 2023•46 min
All the Little Nixons with Blocked Party
John Cullen and Stefan Heck of the wonderful Blocked Party podcast are back to talk about sponsoring a stock car, regional accents, a bunch of Blue Jays stuff, Jane handing out passes left and right, some breaking A's news, sad cameos, and our shared dream of Husbands and Boyfriends someday joining the ranks of Wives and Girlfriends. Support the show by signing up at patreon.com/battingaround. subscribers get access to our catalog of bonus episodes and access to our monthly Watch Along parties.
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 14 min
A Person of Gaming Experience with Patrick Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan of The Resleevables is here to talk about the Padres, working for Upper Deck, and baseball from the perspective of an experienced game designer. He also reveals his secret performance enhancing drug for Magic: The Gathering, as well as some tips for the Catholic Church's marketing department. A super fun conversation, you don't want to miss this one. Check out Patrick on twitter @BasicMountain and The Resleevables on youtube and patreon. To support the show subscribe to Batting ...
Jun 07, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Don't Look Up Who Owns Modelo with Adam Vilmin
Adam from Hobby Perverts and formerly of South Paws is here to tell us what the heck happened with the White Sox, then we touch on some other little fun things that happened since last week's show, and then we regrettably have to talk more about the Pride drama happening around the league.
Jun 03, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Organized, Low Level Torture with Emma Baccellieri
Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated is on the show to talk the explosion in organized home run celebrations across Major League Baseball, the Orioles' city connect uniforms, and the Dodgers walking back their disinvitation of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride night. Then we get into mailbag where we conclusively settle a question on baseball etiquette and then make a terrifying realization. On Friday night (5/26) at 7:05 eastern we're doing this month's Watch Along party in...
May 26, 2023•59 min
Crucifying Koroks with Michael Baumann
FanGraphs' Michael Baumann is back to talk about the news of the week, and we made him take point as the only straight man when we talked about the Dodgers' cowardly Pride Night scandal.
May 19, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Well...He Died Young
We cover Lauren getting into soccer, new international series announcements, the central divisions being terrible, Noah Syndergaard doing hypnotherapy, Akil Badoo getting tagged in the 'nads, and we also talked about what specific parts of the UK we don't like and what planets are bullshit. We're doing a patreon episode of nothing but mailbag this weekend so if you want answers to your pressing questions please send them to us on discord or twitter, or you can show up to our places of employment...
May 11, 2023•51 min
Rick Hahn's 10,000 Year Reich with Charles Star
Charles is back to talk about what the heck is going on with the FIRST PLACE ON MAY 2ND Pittsburgh Pirates. Then we check in on the rest of the standings, talk about the Mexico City bombfest, and of course some mailbag.
May 03, 2023•1 hr 27 min
From the Caboose of a Leaving Train with Jeremy Koo
Returning guest and Oakland Athletics fan Jeremy Koo is here to trauma dump about the A's (probably) moving to Las Vegas. Unfortunately for him we're at our emotional capacity and helping someone else who's in crisis and dealing with our own stuff (all the 2022 Dodgers hitting it raw during the last all star break) and we can't hold appropriate space for him. Check out https://www.Patreon.com/BattingAround to hear our latest bonus episode on 1956 Japanese film I Will Buy You, a movie about the s...
Apr 27, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Stephen's Hyperfixation Corner
My cats kept fucking with me during this one but we stayed on track and talked about baseball pretty much the whole time, except the part where we talked about Hitler.
Apr 20, 2023•55 min
Baseball Country with Rachel Cholst & Bryan Ruby
Stephen, Lauren, and guest co-host Rachel Cholst of Rainbow Rodeo interview Bryan Ruby, a singer-songwriter in Nashville who, in 2021, became the first professional baseball player to come out of the closet while still in the game. Bryan Ruby https://hyperfollow.com/bryanruby Instagram: @bryanrubyofficial Proud to be in Baseball https://www.proudtobeinbaseball.org/ Twitter: @ProudBaseball Instagram: @proudtobeinbaseball Rachel Cholst Twitter: @adobeteardrops Instagram: @adobeandteardrops Rainbow...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 16 min
#DONTTHINK // The Return of Lauren
Lauren's back, regular season baseball is back, and most importantly we are so back. We catch up with Lauren for some takes she's had bottled up, then we talk about opening day, Bryce Harper's romance novel habit, Jack Flaherty being a Joker Guy, and a bunch of other stuff that's NOT the pitch clock and rule changes.
Apr 05, 2023•51 min
Off to the Glue Factory with Charles Star
Lauren is still out for another week but filling in for her is legal podcasting legend Charles Star (@ugarles). We all finally cancel each other in this one but Stephen gets it the worst.
Mar 30, 2023•51 min
Long Live the WBC
Jane and Stephen recap the WBC and all the discourse around it. Spoilers: they liked it (the WBC, not the discourse).
Mar 24, 2023•50 min
Partial Guidos with Liz Roscher
Yahoo! Sports writer and Hittin' Season host Liz Roscher is back and filling in for Lauren as we talk about everything that's happened in the WBC so far including the upsets and let downs, UK's jerseys and celebrations, appropriating Italian culture, Team Israel's twitter account being the biggest baby in the world, and all the cute stuff with the Czech and Japanese teams. Go to www.Patreon.com/BattingAround to hear upcoming bonus episodes on European baseball and a new Couching Around on Brockm...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 1 min
PitchCom Affirmations with Richard Staff and Sean Doolittle
Filling in for Lauren this week are returning favorites Richard Staff and Sean Doolittle. Don't need to say much more, they're all-timers.
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Happy National Weights and Measurements Week with Mellie
Mellie is back and filling in for Lauren this week. We're talking spring training, John Middleton, baseball anarchy, regional water use policies, and mormon conspiracy theories. Sorry for the audio issues, new hardware will be here before the next episode.
Mar 02, 2023•47 min
Terry Francona's Radioactive Dugout
Stephen's trip to Ireland. Jacob deGrom's NPC-style answers to basic questions. Another Terry Francona food nightmare. A minor leaguer comes out. Big Boss is back. Then we power rank all the WBC countries' hats and Lauren gives us some insight into the DR national team. This is the last free episode Lauren is going to be on for a few weeks because she'll be out recovering from surgery. If you want more Lauren sign up at Patreon.com/BattingAround because she'll be on our episode coming out next M...
Feb 22, 2023•1 hr 9 min
The Case of Crewchief22 v. Wikipedia
We keep remarkably on track even though spring training hasn't technically started yet. We talk Joe West's internet war, Joey Votto's local chess tournament fits, Bally's bankruptcy, and then Lauren does a deep dive on Japan's WBC roster. Keep an eye out on Patreon.com/BattingAround for a Couching Around on Eastbound and Down season one next week.
Feb 13, 2023•47 min
Pinkerton DEI Coordinator
Slow news week! Spring training is around the corner, and we really tried to stay on track but you know this podcast you know the score. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround and sign up because we've got bonus episodes coming up.
Feb 09, 2023•52 min
Vehicular Combat
the coolest episode we've ever done
Feb 02, 2023•49 min
WikiFeet Land Acknowledgement
Apologies to Sean Doolittle.
Jan 19, 2023•46 min
The 100 Episode Extravaganza
We made it to 100 episodes! We talk the hilarious (maybe?) end to the Correa saga, Cueto signing with the Marlins, and some WBC stuff. Then we play a bunch of voicemails from listeners and beloved guests who tell us how great we are.
Jan 11, 2023•55 min
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