Forced to find the good in the Yankees, Pottymouth is clearly won over by new BF Estevan Florial . Patti gives the nod to impeccably groomed Giancarlo Stanton and his “fricking forearms.” For the Cardinals, Pottymouth flies like an eagle with Edmundo “Mundito” Sosa and Patti cheers Noots-not-boos for Lars Nootbaar . We note that it is the lockout, not CBA negotiations, forcing a delay in spring training games and we catch you up on the latest proposals. We ponder the sheer size of the deal Juan ...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 238
Superb Owl Sunday was the greatest cross training day of our lives. We discuss the problematic boys vs men conversation in Olympic hockey and then immediately reference baby goalies, and Patti gets uppity about her alma mater. This week brings the longest police blotter of all time, featuring domestic abuse , assault , a class action suit , and controlled substances . We are very quick to judge, but that’s the beauty of us. Pottymouth has had her eye on new Red Sox boyfriend Jarren Duran all thr...
Feb 15, 2022•57 min•Season 5Ep. 237
CBA negotiations heat up a notch as the League tries to bring in the Feds while the Players instead bring in the fans. Cowboy Joe hangs up his chest protector and yet still no women umpires in sight. Pottymouth adds a prize to her Hernandez collection, naming Teoscar as her Blue Jays boyfriend. Patti puts in a bid for beer with the Biggios with her pick of Cavan . For the Reds, Pottymouth Blind Sides us by selecting Kyle Farmer , and Patti is swayed by qHAR, Mookie, and a wacky career path to pi...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 236
Patti and the Pottymouth make plans to join Big Papi at Cooperstown for the impending zoo and a voting makeover. There is some movement on both sides of the CBA negotiations but the stated willingness on the part of the league to miss games is Very Disappointing. The Minors will start on time and eyes will be on the mandated housing for players and the newly un-mandated vaccine situation. Pottymouth makes a one of these things is not like the other game of her Mariners BF choice Kevin Padlo , wh...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 235
Today’s episode features a surprising number of references to Roberto Clemente, awkward puns, and post-production inserts. Pottymouth goes full Criollos for this week’s boyfriend picks – Vimael Machín for Oakland and no-no catcher Victor Caratini for the Padres. Patti’s A’s guy is Skye Bolt for many reasons that are not his name, and exercises her once a year forever boyfriend option on Padre Jake Cronenworth . Pottymouth and Big Papi both give Boston writer Dan Shaughnessy crap for his HoF snub...
Jan 25, 2022•59 min•Season 5Ep. 234
We celebrate declaring boyfriends for the Guardians instead of “The Cleveland Team.” Pals Pottymouth and Patti choose pals Yu Chang and Bobby Bradley . For the Mets, Pottymouth looks to Yadi fan Tomás Nido , while Patti goes local with Adam Jones fan Khalil Lee . International Signing Day brings a phenomenon to the Nationals and “Little Altuve” to the Blue Jays. The League brought a disappointing economic proposal to the player’s union making it even less likely spring training will start on tim...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 233
That’s where we find ourselves in lockout land. Coaches can get jobs (yay, Joey Cora !), but players can’t get jobs as coaches (Sorry, Adam Eaton !) There are rumors of new economic proposals but no one seems to be in a hurry to get this done. We learn that sleeping in your car at an intersection is not a crime. Pottymouth selects Captain America-level nice guy David Fletcher as her Angels BF for this season. Patti gets a little weepy over Brandon Marsh ’s family and is all-in on this center fie...
Jan 11, 2022•56 min•Season 5Ep. 232
Anzoátegui is the new “adorable.” Pottymouth’s favorite word to say not only comes up in our international baseball segment, but sneaks its way in to this week’s boyfriend picks for the Tigers and the Cubs! We begin and end with some winter heartwarmers of Minor League owners and hockey fans changing lives for the better, and we break those warm hearts a little in between. The Iowa Cubs sold to Endeavor and then surprised all of their full-time staff with a share in the profits. Kyle Seager goes...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 231
It wasn’t a spider bite or gamma rays that gave Pottymouth her Red Sox fandom superpowers, it was her Dad. Hear Bob’s stories of Ted Williams, childhood trips to watch the home team from the bleachers, brushes with fame, and the nice Jewish boys playing for the church league. He confirms the till now urban legend of pulling young Pottymouth from the Fenway stands to protect her from the salty language, gives in to our awkward attempts to get him to say “Schwarber,” and becomes the only guest we’...
Dec 31, 2021•33 min•Season 5Ep. 230
Upon further review, Adalberto Mondesi gets the Royals boyfriend nod from Pottymouth and Patti makes another early, bold choice for ROY with Bobby Witt, Jr . For the Marlins, Pottymouth hopes for A+ with Avisaíl Garcia , and your hosts want to have a beer with the maternal grandmother of Patti’s pick, Jazz Chisolm . As the lockout continues, there’s more time to explore the economics of it all , discuss the effect on injured players, and fill that last remaining manager gig with the A’s promotio...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 229
NCiB is 100% Boosted! A photo of Pottymouth’s Twins BF pick, Mitch Garver , drinking a beer while wearing his baby in a sling, has us waxing nostalgic and digging for similar photos from our own collections, while Brent Rooker ’s Twitter feed is like a visit to the pop culture aisle in Patti’s brain. Showing her excellent judgment, Pottymouth sticks with Juan Soto as her forever BF when we get to the Nationals, while Patti goes hard against type with end of season breakout star Lane Thomas , son...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 228
Fueled by local distilleries and breweries , Patti and the Pottymouth present their new boyfriend selections from the Rangers and the Pirates, with a bonus of Pottymouth sharing her research strategy tips (hint: it involves googling the word “scandal”). Please welcome Adolis Garcia (made us say “ARod”), Corey Seager (also made us say “ARod”), Ke’Bryan Hayes (we want to have a beer with his dad), and Roberto Pérez (we want to have a beer with his mom). We propose a science project involving the r...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 5Ep. 227
Patti and the Pottymouth kick off a new round of baseball boyfriends with their picks for the Orioles and Diamondbacks. Pottymouth profiles comeback player of the year Trey Mancini , and homegrown utility player Josh Rojas . Patti finally celebrates Adley Rutschman Day and finds a way to tie it to labor negotiations . She also selects almost-Olympian Seth Beer , because we love our Beer here at NCiB. Advocates for Minor Leaguers announces a steering committee to create a collective voice, and fi...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 226
That’s how we define a successful boyfriend season -- some we picked too soon , some didn’t live up to the hype , some left town, many were all we hoped for and more , but nobody broke our hearts. We had a great time saying goodbye to our 2021 crew and making room for the new guys. Wander Franco makes a case for being a 2022 Rays boyfriend with his tremendous deal. We teach vocabulary words in English and Spanish this week, setting you up for the deadline to tender contracts to players with six ...
Nov 30, 2021•49 min•Season 5Ep. 225
There are two Guardian teams in town , and no one is saying but one of them may be a fairly wealthy roller derby team. Yasiel Puig settled a civil suit to make sexual assault go away, dropped Rachel Luba, earned Defender of the Year in LMB, and wants back into MLB. We are thrilled that MLB teams will now provide housing for minor league players . Check that box and move on to fair pay. Clint Frazier is DFA’d which allows us to explain making room on the 40 man roster. The Mets gain a GM but lose...
Nov 23, 2021•47 min•Season 5Ep. 224
Vote on the pants and hair. That’s how Award Season: Boyfriend Edition might play out. Our guys did well across the Silver Sluggers and Gloves both Gold and Platinum (Patti 13, Pottymouth 11, if anyone is keeping score -- we certainly wouldn’t do that), but our pre-season predictions don’t hold up . You can still vote for your baseball bfs for the All-MLB team . It was “ Business As Usual ” at the annual GM meeting, at least according to every single GM quoted anywhere. We do appreciate a good s...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr•Season 5Ep. 223
We cry a little into our brunch beer over Buster Posey ’s retirement. Our World Series wrap up includes Pottymouth’s dream job , Joc’s Mardis Gras moment, Freddie , Eddie, and Jorge , and a better way to honor 44 than just playing with numbers. Collective bargaining takes center stage so we talk potential lock-out both practically and optically. It’s officially Hot Stove time so we lay out themes to watch this week including qualifying offers, opt ins, and opt outs, Baseball is not over! Winter ...
Nov 09, 2021•52 min•Season 5Ep. 222
Our Halloween episode has Patti briefly revisiting 1995, a very scary year, in which she first built her sportsgrudge against the Atlanta Team. But now she loves “those Hammers guys” including effectively wild Ian Anderson, the magical Eddie Rosario, and the only Austin left standing. Pottymouth reminds us of the treasure that is Dusty Baker , the first manager to take five teams to the postseason, and possibly the only to prune his family vineyards *and* live through the Monterey Pop Festival a...
Nov 02, 2021•58 min•Season 5Ep. 221
Patti and the Pottymouth break down the evils of the World Series teams and the pros come down to I love Dusty vs. I love those guys. Yup, Pottymouth is in for the Trashtros and Patti throws down for the Hammers. In our efforts to show one team’s terrible is not quite as bad as the other team’s terrible, Pottymouth points out the small number of cheaters still left on the Houston team, and Patti suggests a 437 point plan to eliminate The Chop , including crosstraining with FIFA . Both LCS MVPs a...
Oct 26, 2021•45 min•Season 5Ep. 220
NCiB’s West Coast Correspondent and ace fantasy boyfriend baseball league manager Deborah guest hosts with Pottymouth while Patti hits the beach. She brings the boyfriend cred with a blast from Phillies past with a nod to Mike Schmidt and Greg Luzinski. There’s so much happening in Kiké Korner , from toppling postseason batting records left and right, to a Bold and Beautiful star turn. Current BFs in the postseason feature sexy defense and bats to the rescue from Late Night LaMonte and Chris Tay...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 5Ep. 219
We’ve got Postseason Boyfriends, current and former, and Postseason Grooming featuring Joctober pearls and pitcher qHAR. There’s a conversation about Postseason Moral Alignment -- who do you root for when you know too much? We praise Kiké’s bat and Logan’s arm and a double play for the ages . The Hank Aaron Award finalists are 93% NCiB Boyfriends. The Police Blotter updates the activities of usual suspects . NCiB is thrilled for the selection of Paloma Benach of DC Girls Baseball to the USWNT De...
Oct 12, 2021•37 min•Season 5Ep. 218
We can't think of a better way to transition to the postseason than with a reminder of what we love most about baseball -- the players. Washington Nationals catcher Riley Adams joins us to share his stories from getting his first glove to getting his call up. We talk about what makes a great walk-up song (Riley's use of Blink-182's " All the Small Things " made him an instant favorite with Nats fans). Riley encourages kids to keep sports fun by playing a lot of them, and gets serious about minor...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 217
Patti and the Pottymouth propose a migratory bird name to replace the “Rays” if they move forward on the sister city plan, splitting time between Tampreal and Mompa . We throw in for Pottymouth’s forever BF Juan Soto ’s MVP bid. Her former forever BF Mookie Betts does right by Reds rookie TJ Friedl , a young player with qHAR potential. Meaningful gifts abound, as Patti’s forever BF Christian Yelich presents a pair of custom sneakers to Bob “Air” Uecker to celebrate 50 years announcing the Brewer...
Sep 28, 2021•52 min•Season 5Ep. 216
The NCiB Boyfriends are finishing strong in the record books, with Ryan passing Cal , BobbyD passing Ted,, and Salvy passing Johnny. Eric Hosmer is the answer to both of the Max Scherzer trivia questions from this week, Franmil hits #30 by request, and Christian Yelich fills the stands. Our BFs dominate the Roberto Clemente award nominations . Tony LaRussa makes a triumphant return to the police blotter but is quickly overshadowed by KBO pitcher Mike Montgomery ’s suspension for throwing a rosin...
Sep 21, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 215
Continental treasure Joey Votto , Yu Darvish, and Melanie Newman show us how to grow the game by focusing on the kids. It’s good to be a 10 year old baseball fan right now. Patti gifts Pottymouth a link to supercuts of the Soto Shuffle , because it goes well with whiskey and she deserves it. Ryan Mountcastle , Marcus Semien , and Wander Franco chase some history. Hunter Renfroe ’s sexy defense gets overshadowed by his assertions that MLB told the Red Sox to stop COVID testing, which the league d...
Sep 14, 2021•48 min•Season 5Ep. 214
We give Javy and Francisco thumbs up for their right to not like being booed, and reiterate our official stance that although fans have the right to boo, it is really bad form and should be avoided except in a few very specific instances. In our boyfriend report, Andrew Stevenson’s mullet gets some press and ups his qHAR, Yoshi Tsutsugo finds comfort in Chipotles, and Iglesias is released to make room for Junk. Four teams and the League itself institute COVID vaccination requirement s for non-pl...
Sep 07, 2021•43 min•Season 5Ep. 213
In NCiB Boyfriend news, Salvador Perez is having a career year, Franmil Reyes proves his boyfriend cred, and Ian Happ flashes some potential. Veteran Gregory Polanco is released by the Pirates to make room for Pottymouth’s bf Cole Tucker, and Will Smith credits his batting tear on no fear of failing. We take “not afraid to fail” to heart and present an edit-free episode. The COVID report is back with a vengeance. A positive test for Zach Eflin distracts the Phillies from his knee trouble, and ta...
Sep 01, 2021•40 min•Season 5Ep. 212
Hey Miggy! Miguel Cabrera is the 28th MLB player and first Venezuelan to reach 500 home runs. Patti’s pitcher pick Triston McKenzie is on a tear, plus extra credit for attention to qHar. Boyfriend highlights include Votto’s Abigal Effect , the return of Christian Yelich’s bat, Mountcastle’s streak, Cronenworth’s heroics, and an apology to Jo Adell . It’s Chipotle for everybody thanks to the work of Adopt a Minor Leaguer , the generosity of players Gabe Klobosits and Michael Wacha, and fans every...
Aug 24, 2021•43 min•Season 5Ep. 211
(Note to our regular listeners - this special interview with the fabulous 14-year-old Costa Rican baseball / baseball player Francela Verdura is in Spanish. If you understand Spanish - enjoy! If you don't, we recommend giving it a listen to see what you can grasp. Francela came to the US and played in the Baseball for All tournament while developing her English skills, so dear listeners, you now have the opportunity to develop your Spanish skills through listening to a “charla” about baseball.) ...
Aug 20, 2021•20 min•Season 5Ep. 210
Surprising no one, Patti and the Pottymouth celebrate their 200th episode with a rant. Turns out we have some opinions and suggestions regarding the Field of Dreams game: How to actually include Iowans in baseball , better uses for all that cash, meaningful alternative sites (including supporting the proposed International Women’s Baseball Center Museum and Activity Center at the home of the Rockford Peaches), and a nod to FiveThirtyEights ’ take on a modern FoD lineup. We celebrate Tyler Gilber...
Aug 17, 2021•57 min•Season 5Ep. 209
