For episode 57 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Emmy-nominated comedian Sean O'Connor to talk about Gallagher, his podcast Off The Records, terribly horny JFK, the voices of Gilbert Gottfried, Andrew Dice Clay's Instagram, Andrew Dice Gay, Sean's problematic Eric Andre Show role, unwarranted optimism for the Mets, not getting to throw a first pitch, calling Ghislaine, Harold and Goomar, and more! Listen and subscribe to Off The Records ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: S...
Jul 22, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 57
For episode 56 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Bailey of Foolish Baseball fame to talk about being watched in prison, getting your content stolen, celebrity controversies, VTubers, awful thumbnails, the sins of Oprah, Nick Solak on Bar Rescue, doing recon on Bar Rescue, hotelcore, being yelled at by Mr. Wonderful, Jon Taffer in the Bible, Jon Taffer in the Garden of Eden, Jon Taffer everywhere, and more! Subscribe to Bailey's YouTube NOW . Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest:...
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 56
For episode 55 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Baseball Prospectus' Craig Goldstein to talk about Casey McGehee's six BRef photos, why Craig has 1,000 names, Drew Carey in the Sims 1, what goes into an All Star vote, Clayton Kershaw's DEI accomplishment, throwing pies, regional accents, meeting Mad Dog Russo, #SheGone, Trot Nixon's son Chase, 2000s Twin or Congressman Who Died Between 1950 and 2000, Ken Harvey repeatedly getting horribly hurt, and more! Subscribe to Baseball Prospect...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 55
For episode 54 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by the returning Noah Kulwin of Blowback to talk about what cursed the Mets, Zohran the Destroyer, making Mrs. Met transition, Japanese Minor Leaguer Trevor Bauer, Hack going viral again, players taking the train, shutting up and hitting, the Sharia Mets, dying in plane crashes, and more! Subscribe to Blowback ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Noah Kulwin Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 54
For episode 53 of Staffcast, Richard and guest host Lindsey Adler are joined by FanGraphs' Jay Jaffe to talk about the Winchester House, Mookie Betts becoming a shortstop, Big Papi getting ghosted, the Fox Sports postseason panel, Frank Thomas' beer, eating ancient food, using ancient medicine, snob movies, Walter O'Malley ruining your vibe, passing your favorite media down, ranking the Beatles, and more! Read Jay's and everyone else's work at FanGraphs! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and gue...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 53
For episode 52 of Staffcast, the war is finally over. Trevor and Richard are joined by Bobby Wagner and Alex Bazeley of Tipping Pitches to talk about how Host Coach Sean is doing, the Hall of Woke, getting acquired by Major League Baseball, hitting Alex Blandino on purpose, Alex Rodriguez, Brian Wilson, brain aneurysm: a breakdown, the 9/11 parlay, Commissioner Trump, pitching in front of Bruce Willis, and more! Subscribe and listen to our new allies Tipping Pitches ! Follow your incredibly cool...
Jun 18, 2025•58 min•Season 1Ep. 52
For episode 51 of Staffcast, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by Media Matters' Andrew Lawrence to talk about the beautiful Tampa Bay Rays, what makes them so weird and good, Manny Ramirez's grandma repeatedly dying, Hildy getting his only postseason jersey back, watching Fox News for a living, the joys of franchise mode, shooting a gun to preserve your arm, preventing bad players from voting, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Andrew Lawrence Sean Doolittle ...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 51
For a very special episode 50 of Staffcast, I don't know what happened, I wasn't there! To mark this milestone, Staffcast has rid itself of Richard Staff with Tom and Lindsey Adler staging a hostile takeover to talk about a bunch of books, the intensity of baseball players, taking coaching feedback, having a crush on Napoleon Dynamite, Max Scherzer's strongest held opinion, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Lindsey Adler Sean Doolittle Trev...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 50
For episode 49 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing and Kaitlyn Tiffany to talk about what Juan Soto is actually doing in the bullpen, baseball as reality TV, our beautiful Pete Alonso, vibing while kids suffer, horror stories of Mets past, asking to get stepped on, pandering Bryce Harper, Hack's first and only game as a fan, amendments on jerseys, naked streakers, and more! Listen and subscribe to Hits Different! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: E...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 49
For episode 48 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Sports Illustrated's Emma Baccellieri to talk about Richard Nixon and his awful first kiss, the White Sox Fan Pope, turning breakfast into a holy relic, getting into the X-Files 30 years late, Old Slop, SODA, the true origin of 7-Up, the real freaks of Quora, r/50Something, scoring games, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Emma Baccellieri Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 48
For episode 47 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Late Night's Sal Gentile to talk about YouCam5, the Mets becoming "cool", writing comedy about Donald Trump, eating concrete because of AI, how sick it is to be a baseball player, betting on late night television, going slowly insane with Seth Meyers, silly little voices, Spider-Men in Jamba Juice, the worst commercials to air on SNY, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sal Gentile Sean Doolittle...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 47
For episode 46 of Staffcast, Trevor and Richard are joined by All Elite Wrestling's Anthony Bowens to talk about the 2000s Giants, playing adult league baseball, what goes into performing live on television weekly, changing your gimmick, getting Jane's Addiction, hitting Abraham Lincoln with a chair, deserving a retroactive World Series ring, wrestling in baseball stadiums, the Godfather of Hockey Fights, the fifth starter on the 2002 Giants, Barry Bonds, and more! Go see an All Elite Wrestling ...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 46
For episode 45 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by David Roth to talk about John Rocker getting epic, cool and normal mayor Eric Adams, John Sterling home run calls, having a Wikipedia page, Bosch, low stakes scams, trillballins brands, the surprisingly-good Mets, making Yoenis Cespedes bench press a John Deere mower, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: David Roth Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 45
For episode 44 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Lindsey Adler to talk about baseball phrenology, transitioning...to pitching, asking every important person you come across to rank The Beatles, the new generation of Georgeheads, a Dan Flashes Party, two-tone summer, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Bill de Blasio, and more! Subscribe to Lindsey's Substack ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Lindsey Adler Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger ...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 1Ep. 44
For episode 43 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by MLB's Mike Petriello to talk about going back to school for a Baseball-Reference page, getting killed by a famous person, the best and worst stat abbreviations, Hack's bass, Grok spitting out garbage, the ability to change all recorded pitch classifications, tracking Babe Ruth's body, StatCast's new batter position metrics, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Mike Petriello Sean Doolittle Trevor Hil...
Apr 11, 2025•40 min•Season 1Ep. 43
For episode 42 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and guest host and artist Abigail are joined by SNY's John DeMarsico to talk about being around Gary, Keith, and Ron every day, the art of being a good director, experimenting with angles, the scourge of the K-Zone, losing games to national coverage, the weirdos in the crowd, bringing movies to broadcasts, hating Emilia Perez, accidentally putting boobs on TV, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: John DeMarsico Abigail Noy Se...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Welcome to the bullpen. As a special Opening Day bonus, Tom and Richard are joined by relievers Jerry Blevins, Anthony DiComo, Foolish Baseball, David Roth, and Scott Rogowsky, broadcaster Sam Lebowitz, and manager Jeff Passan in the world's first ever true to life Bullpen Simulator. Tom Hackimer - Reliever #1 Richard Staff - Reliever #2 Anthony DiComo - Reliever #3 Foolish Baseball - Reliever #4 David Roth - Reliever #5 Scott Rogowsky - Reliever #6 Jerry Blevins - Reliever #7 Jeff Passan - Mana...
Mar 27, 2025•2 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 41
For episode 40 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and guest host Laura Albanese are joined by For All You Kids Out There's Jeffrey Paternostro and Jarrett Seidler to talk about the disappointing half of duos, pitchers being proud of their hitting, Award Winner Richard Staff, criminal Italian cops, Idi Amin, morally reprehensible Hall of Famers, tricking God, awful tattoos, texting Anthony DiComo and more! Listen to For All You Kids Out There ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Jeffrey Pater...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 1Ep. 40
For episode 39 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by returning guest Jeff Passan to talk about felon coaches, e-sports, BeastMode getting one hit KO'd, sportswriter brawls, Bob Photography, John Cena betraying hundreds of make-a-wish kids, the loathsome Geoffs, playing catch with fast throwers, stepping on rakes for 30 seconds, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Jeff Passan Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 39
For episode 38 of Staffcast, Trevor, Richard, and guest host Laura Albanese are joined by LJ of ArtButMakeItSports fame to talk about page 250 of Janson's History of Art, "cheating" in art class, tweets reaching the subjects, the beauty of sports photography, the perks of the account, the universal dread of sports fans, the state of the Yankees, keeping artists alive forever, and more! Subscribe to ArtButMakeItSports on Substack ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: ArtButMakeItSports L...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 38
For episode 37 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by A Closer Look's Nate Fisher and Will Sennett to talk about broadcaster apologies, iPad players, the beautiful TV show Reacher, getting Sean's legs extended, striking out Timothee Chalamet, players fearing the train, their movie Eephus, and more! Listen to A Closer Look ! Go see Eephus ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests: Will Sennett Nate Fisher Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger R...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 46 min•Season 1Ep. 37
For episode 36 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by MLB dot com's Anthony DiComo to talk about getting yelled at on TV, Port St. Lucie's largest non-smoking billiards hall, AI slop, the death of X, The Everything App, the bright future of the Mets, Terminal Moneyball Brain, causing a big scene at the Chik-Fil-A drive thru, the wonders of hypotheticals, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Anthony DiComo Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger ...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 36
For episode 35 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by Taking Back Sunday's John Nolan to talk about his Mets fandom, the return of Pete Alonso, the baseballer to musician pipeline, the anxiety and adrenaline of being on stage, songwriting, hearing yourself at the grocery store, Bob Dylan's Christmas album, music superstitions, and more! See Taking Back Sunday on tour ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: John Nolan Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 35
For episode 34 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and surprise guest host Sean O'Connor are joined by Quiz Daddy Scott Rogowsky to talk about naming your audience, Make-A-Wish home runs, disgraced honorary Harlem Globetrotters, Sean and Scott's start in comedy, making pitchers better, baked baseballers, Neutral Drop, whether Roki Sasaki knows OJ, Trump on Wendy Williams, and more! Subscribe to Scott's Stubstack at Rogo's Modern Life ! See Sean and Nikki Glaser at the Beacon Theater ! Follow your incred...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 34
For episode 33 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by tortured Pirates fan Charles Star to talk about Sean's new glasses, winning a World Series because of cheating on eye exams, the horrors of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Nasty Bob Nutting, players going to external facilities, being relatable as a coach, throwing players into the meat grinder, and more! Listen and subscribe to ALAB Series and City Saint / Country Saint ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Charles Star S...
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 1Ep. 33
For episode 32 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by FanGraphs' Meg Rowley to talk about the great Decoy Ohtani conspiracy, Bryce Harper's raw milk, northwestern beer, Waymo, Meet Joe Black, the upcoming height apocalypse, Mormon rulings on coffee, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Meg Rowley Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy ( sympath...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 32
For a very special episode 28 of Staffcast, Sean, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by tech writer and podcaster Ed Zitron to talk about America's greatest cultural victory: baseball, spending 2024 becoming a baseball freak, what players talk about to pass the time, the worst people ruining the joy of the computer, AI slop, emailing Rockies owner Dick Monfort, and more! Subscribe to Ed's podcast Better Offline and subscribe to his Where's Your Ed At newsletter! Follow your incredibly cool host...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 28
For episode 31 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by writer Parker Molloy to talk about cars getting hit by trains, using sports as an outlet, the magic of attending games, ASMR walkup songs, Sean Doolittle Giving Up Absolute Bombs, betting with Literally Fanatics, pitching with intrusive thoughts, and more! Subscribe to Parker's The Present Age newsletter ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Parker Molloy Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard S...
Jan 14, 2025•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 31
For episode 30 of Staffcast, Sean and Richard are joined by Fox Sports' Deesha Thosar to talk about New Years resolutions, getting gifts from fans by the bullpen, getting ideas as a national writer, the best thing for a PitchCom to tell you, falling behind on the culture because of baseball, getting into The Sopranos way too late, feeling elderly, Deesha's favorite story of the year, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Deesha Thosar Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 30
For episode 29 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard spend the final day of the year with Newsday's Laura Albanese to talk about Tommy Hunter's bull semen, covering fights, being in the presence of Alex Rodriguez, Eric Adams using Girl Scouts as a shield, the Wilpon Mets, that time Regis dressed up as Shrek, and more! Subscribe to Laura's First Time Listener, Long Time Caller Podcast ! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Laura Albanese Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard ...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 29
