No kidding, the Swing Off as the ASG tiebreaker is in the collective bargaining agreement. CBAs also show up when we crosstrain with the WNBA – players are getting crap for backing off social justice activism in favor of “business.” And by business they mean negotiating their CBA. Here to tell you, fair pay is a social justice issue. We’ve got ASG takes – mic’d up players, unis, bling vs meaning in fashion coverage, and a crayon bat to make a statement. PCA started a new club , Kyle won’t back d...
Jul 22, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 416
Again, we have publicly committed to predictions an hour before the (all NCiB Boyfriend) Home Run Derby begins, that you won’t hear until you already know who won. How’d we do? We also check in on our pre-season predictions on standings and individual awards and learn that while some are just as terrible as history has taught us to expect, we are surprisingly right on in some places. Those places are not the American League. We’ve got some pretty good running “ for a catcher, ” more benchmarks f...
Jul 15, 2025•58 min•Season 9Ep. 415
At this point we can’t tell the difference between crosstraining and the Police Blotter. We have travel bans , trans bans , international volleyball, collegiate swimming, and harmful decisions. We also have a WNBA player insulting Patti’s hometown, but Patti takes the high road and offers help with geography and, well, words. As we approach the All Star break we have Cal and Woody both doing Barry Bonds things. We’ve got Pete being veteran-level thoughtful and also playing impossible defense. Ko...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 414
Since last week we've been to Pride night, and Pottymouth has checked out the Smokies new ballpark, and crosstrained with Bananaball . Patti opted out on Bananaball because there are two kinds of people in the world. Although Cosmic Baseball could be a thing… The All Star Game is loaded with former boyfriends and just a few new ones, and the Derby could be all our guys. Congrats to Justin Verlander on what must be a very beautiful new baby , and thanks for the timing which let Brett Wisely back ...
Jul 01, 2025•55 min•Season 9Ep. 413
When it is a thousand degrees outside, Elly gets sick on the field and then homers, and we just stay in the air conditioning and curse climate change. Geaux Tigers! Congrats to LSU on their College World Series win, fair and square, unlike the suspicious victory in the Jello Shot Challenge for charity (we’re looking at you, Paul and Livy). The Dodgers just have so much going on trying to overcome the bad press about staying mum as the city burns. They are donating a million dollars , but for wha...
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 412
Feels like a Father’s Day episode what with weaponry gone awry , novelty shirts made from petroleum products, and Caddyshack references. PCA hits them high and low, and Woody hits them where they don’t usually go. Cutch passes Clemente, Manny sneaks up on 2000, and we’ve got more bfs on the IL than the bench. The Contreras brothers (Contrarians?) do something rare. Kiké speaks out even though the LAD do not , and we note how women’s leagues do not hesitate to take a stand. And we crosstrain by b...
Jun 17, 2025•59 min•Season 9Ep. 411
Did you notice that as soon as your favorite team has a series in Tampa or Sacramento, there is a “news” story that sounds like Yelp reviews of the non-major-league facilities? It would have been a 10 if not for the batter's box. Swirling and unpredictable. You get it. Pottymouth swears Junior has a sixth tool but she never comes right out and says what it is. It might be a camp! Or bobbleheads! Her pitching flock has been reduced to Diamondbacks in the rough . Patti is amused that there are sto...
Jun 10, 2025•54 min•Season 9Ep. 410
This episode fueled by cuxa in tiny teacups – perhaps a result of taking a clown visiting from Guatemala to an Orioles game and gifting him a “Relish” t shirt, or just another Sunday. Junior sets a record for under-22s. Woody sets a record for no more than 22s, and PCA (at 23) just sets the pace. Kids today! Kody with a K finds a home with MIN, and we sort out all the Victors. Oneil hits them hard and far, and Freddy hits the life-changers. The police blotter is overflowing what with the wife of...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 409
In which we declare “McCullered” a verb and Patti references songs from both 1862 and 1985. The merry, merry month of May gives us records set by both Pete Crow-Armstrong and Jasson Dominguez . COL and Pottymouth welcome the return of Ezequiel Tovar , and there’s just so much Soto to discuss. Liam Hendriks says the kind of death threats experienced by Lance McCullers are horrifyingly common and absolutely fed by sports betting. Underage drinking is now a part of the incident resulting in serious...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 9Ep. 408
I’ll take unlikely pitchers to strike out Shohei Ohtani for 200 please. We let Sally Jenkins and Jake Mintz take the lead on the “permanent ends when you're dead” rant re Pete and the other formerly permanently ineligibles. Will Andy Pages be the player that gets Pottymouth to manage her fantasy team more closely? Maybe! Patti’s team is again short a 3rd baseman but the math is working out. PCA’s newest stats are rivaling those of the new Pope for Chicago-based excitement. We thought the BOS gag...
May 20, 2025•52 min•Season 9Ep. 407
Yup, an actual text sent by Patti to the Pottymouth because the new Pope is a legit sports fan . And oh how Chicago is enjoying that! We’ve got some nods to Mothers Day – badass Veronica Alvarez is gifted maternity baseball pants, Jace and Josh’s mom gets to wear a split jersey to watch them face off on a major league field, and Pottymouth gets a hat. That Patti gets to wear. Jasson Dominguez overtakes a record previously held by Joe DiMaggio. Jackson Merrill says “daddy ball” and something myst...
May 13, 2025•56 min•Season 9Ep. 406
It’s the day Bradley met Adley, Pottymouth decides to reach out to Duran’s mom , we sort out the battery issues and we discuss the pros and cons of honoring Don Johnson via City Connect even though it’s working for Kyle. We report in on our terrific experience watching See Her, Be Her on the big screen and enjoying a star-studded panel discussing women playing baseball. We are amused that PCA trolled his dad about the Cubs as a child, and that Yadi and his brothers may be set to music – or at le...
May 06, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 405
*Not* a reference to Tommy Pham , but he does appear in Police Blotter for possibly a record-setting time. Our fantasy team infields continue to make news with Pottymouth contemplating Rice from Wong and Patti finally covering 3B. Christian Walker heats up, Eugenio Suarez makes some noise, Wyatt Langford is back with a bang, and Pete CA can’t stop taking it to the Dodgers. Again we make with the City Connect opinions including agreeing with Sweetart references and feeling groovy. We crosstrain w...
Apr 29, 2025•48 min•Season 9Ep. 404
Jackie Robinson Day came and went with Kareem calling out the President’s attack on DEI (although we don’t think it is a ruse for segregation, we think it *is* segregation), Mookie saying some hard truths about the LAD at the White House, and the commissioner saying some weak things and making questionable visits. Pottymouth got the Puk out of there and told us of fast boys , Patti’s flock is making with the Ks and she tells us how math works. Miranda has a bad day set to good tunes . Jazz stars...
Apr 22, 2025•44 min•Season 9Ep. 403
So many catchers in this snack size episode. We’ve got pinky injuries, rolled ankles, welcome back dingers with glasses , and only dingers against Toronto. The Orioles help build an outdoor classroom at Harlem Park Elementary with a donated playoff share, and players fill its library with their own favorite books. Pottymouth is well aware that she should roster her NYY bf but you can’t take the Boston out of the fantasy team manager. What happened to Mike Trout is NOT what happened to Mookie Bet...
Apr 15, 2025•43 min•Season 9Ep. 402
The reason torpedo bats are a thing is because they are not called bowling pin bats . Patti catches you up on all things torpedo . It seems like all the cool kids are getting contact extensions and we float a few more contenders . Pottymouth wants to complete her Walker set and Patti just wants a complete infield. Profar is a deep disappointment, and Ian Happ is still making us coffee 1000 games later. It’s that episode where we make our terrible predictions but we can’t not. Once again one of y...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 401
We made it to 400 episodes and celebrated in style. Kat D. Williams joined us to talk about her new book “ All The Way: The Life of Baseball Trailblazer Maybelle Blair. ” Kat is a terrific storyteller and took us along for the ride of childhood Maybelle demanding a girls’ team in elementary school, adult Blair playing professional baseball *and* softball, planning and executing the transporting (by ground) of a fighter jet through the streets of LA to the Air Force Base, escaping the raiding of ...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 9Ep. 400
It’s the week of Hopening Day! Patti’s infield is a mess and Pottymouth is looking at the centerfield version of second base but nonetheless we have our fantasy team starting lineups ready. This week’s rant is geared at the scrubbing of history in the name of the wrong definition of DEI. And maybe it took messing with J ackie Robinson *and* The Golden Girls but people are paying attention. Except that MLB is also doing some scrubbing of their own. Pottymouth thinks Ron Washington would make a gr...
Mar 25, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 399
MLB is just printing money now, with deals for bad hats , alter-egos for minor league teams, and gold patches that will turn into collectibles and replica jerseys. We really do buy all the things. It’s time to pick our pitching squads (flocks?) and weirdly we leave LAD alone. Pottymouth finds her ideal law firm, and inner 12 year old , in ARI and Patti says PHI is the place to be. The Dodgers and Cubs visit Japan for exhibition games and the official start to the season, while the kids enjoy the...
Mar 18, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 8Ep. 398
Baseball boyfriends are by definition guys we like, but sometimes it takes a while to get to that part. Welcome to the show where we profile Yankees and Dodgers. LA brings us a defection story and a high profile international signing , and NY brings us a childhood Pesky pole situation and a putting one over on the parents with a dirty uniform . Spring training gives us Walkers and talkers , and Vegas tourism finds a way to put a city name on an As jersey. You too can own a baseball team, just as...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 397
It’s always a holiday when we get to pick boyfriends. For CLE, Pottymouth has her first Noel and Patti picks a postseason star , then we find some Clemeni and some long game with the PHI. We throw some love to Jake Burger’s baby , and admire how Pottymouth sweeps an outfield . Cashman backpedals on Duck Dynasty and Manfred shares some lock out thoughts with a tinge of threat. The WBC qualifiers feature a pod favorite, Yu Chang, and we learn that Andre and Steffi made a baseball player! Patti cro...
Mar 04, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 396
Thank you to brave governors and former NFL players for speaking truth to power. Spring Training is back and that means our guys are hitting bombs , speaking out of turn, gifting cars , and sneaking freshly baked bread into cubbies. We’ve got boyfriends on the Os and Pads including a once and forever, a guy that just wants to make us happy , and additions to our Jackson and Rosario collections. The NYY make some babysteps in allowing grown men to control their own bodies . The ABS Challenge Syst...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 395
We love a good anthem kerfuffle, especially when we get to cross-train with it. The big news is Bregs to Beantown and Pottymouth and her dad couldn’t be happier. The boys are back – from injuries and to Spring Training. We check in with Christian’s actual back, Freddie’s ankle, Shohei’s throwing arm, and Tito’s triggers. We’ve got new boyfriends with HOU and MIL, so you’ll hear about an addition to the Walker collection, Ohio and Mass boys, and a new forever boyfriend . Qualifiers start for the ...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 8Ep. 394
Yup, KC boyfriends get picked on Superbowl Sunday, but we throw in for the Eagles and back up our claim that they are a morally better team . This does not stop us from wanting to have a beer with a dad or Hunter Pence, Jr. Over at the NYM we pick a former LIDOM MVP and a little brother living up to the hype. The Serie was in fact in the Caribe , but it ain’t as Caribe as it used to be. The Police Blotter closes the book(ie) on Mizuhara and expresses some surprise at Pat Hoeberg’s questionable c...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 8Ep. 393
We’re in the middle of the arbitration window and of course we are keeping score . Find your way to honor Black History Month – maybe with a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum while the Royals are picking up the tab. Meet our boyfriends with the Tigers and the Hammers, including superheroes , little brothers, and donuts . Pottymouth rides the success of her Winter Ball teams and bf picks right on in to the Serie del Caribe . The Padres do not disappoint with the continuing soap opera , a...
Feb 04, 2025•57 min•Season 8Ep. 392
It was a helluva week. We do get to the baseball but we take a moment to remind you every day is a good day to join the resistance, and do what you can from where you are. Congrats to the new Hall of Fame class, but is Ichiro rewarding the wrong voter with a drink and a chat? Max and Christian provide an unforgettable afternoon for Little League families in fire-plagued Encino, and Jurickson , Anthony , and Charlie get new gigs. Meet our boyfriends on the Mariners and D’backs . Ippei Mizuhara ’s...
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 391
It’s how the Dodgers signed Sasaki -- well, that and acing their homework assignment. Patti invented a fennel-clementine-gin cocktail in the comfort of her own home, and Pottymouth enjoyed local brews in the great state of MA, and yet we still found the time to tell you stories of boyfriends on the Twins and the Cards . LA Strong continues to happen with wildfire relief actions at Dodger stadium, and the generous donations of Ohtani and others. Jake makes his new jersey number matter and Matt sh...
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 390
Justin , Freddie, and Chris are putting their money where their hearts are to support those fighting the LA wildfires, and those who have lost their homes. You can help too, through the LA Strong collaboration . We lay out all things arbitration deadline for you — who came out on top, and who has the biggest gap remaining. Boyfriends this week are from the Red Sox, where Pottymouth makes good on a promise , and the Cubs, where Patti gets to cross-train with hockey . Juan Soto comes to town to me...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 389
Not the opening line to a joke, but an intro to our Rays boyfriends . In addition to our TB infielders, we introduce you to our SF guys, where we find sexy defense and too many puns . The hot stove is pretty pitcher-centric with the Subject of our Sentence going to BAL for a year and the long term solution to ARI. Roki Sasak i is enjoying his film festival while evaluating offers from possibly 20 teams. LIDOM is full of winter ball star power and the Cardinales are rocking the LVBP. We cross tra...
Jan 07, 2025•54 min•Season 8Ep. 388
Happy New Year, Friends! We’ve got Mookie going full Pottymouth, Carlos with extremely bad but a little funny real estate issues, and Shohei letting us cross train with Babe Didrikson. Our TEX boyfriends include a Duran upgrade and a small town boy making good, and CIN brings us a viking and an NBA smackdown . The umpires’ union says sure to the electronic strike zone, and Dave Kaval cuts and runs from the Athletics. Yadi is rocking that LIDOM manager gig, Rougie is player of the week, and there...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 8Ep. 387
