Bat Flips And Nerds

Darius, Russell and Ben join forces to overreact to the Yankees poor start to the season, reflect on whether no-hitters are still exciting and run through 2 Good 2 Bad with shoutouts for Bieber, Kazmar, Segura and Chisholm...

It's our second weekly roundup show! Ben, Rob, Russell and Darius debate MLB's mound-moving experiment in the Atlantic League and the merits of recent pitcher dominance, laud Freddie Freeman, Byron Buxton and Yadier Molina, while lamenting headhunting and replay review.

Tom is joined by MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince and Statman extraordinaire, Russell Eassom to begin the life of the greatest baseball stat every created.

People in 100 years from now will ask "Where were you when you first heard about PISS?"

Or..you know, they won't know what you're talking about and no one will ever say that.

Former Big League pitcher turned Mets analyst and all round good egg, Nelson Figueroa Jr, joins John for an awesome chat covering:

- The Amazins' chances for 2021
- Nelson's life-long romance with the Mets, and his enduring place in their history
- How he ended up making his Shea debut for their bitter rivals, the Phillies
- His globe-trotting exploits as a hired gun winner in Taiwan, Mexico and the Dominican

John, Rob and Russell are back with our first weekly MLB show of the season.

They spare praise for MLB's All-Star Game move, Shohei Ohtani, Akil Baddoo and Jazz Chisholm, but scorn the number of fun players already hit by injury, the handling of the Nick Castellanos situation and the utterly honking Miami Marlins.

The newest member of baseball's no-hitter club - Tim Melville of the CPBL Uni-Lions - joins us fresh off his 142 pitch history maker on Good Friday.

We talk about his route to the Majors with the Reds, Twins, Padres and Rockies; growing up in the Royals system alongside their World Series winning team; his incredible 2019 which started clearing tables in a BBQ restaurant and ended in the Rockies rotation; Joseph Daniel Votto and his already infamous post no-no MVP dance.

It's Opening Day! John, Rob and Darius consider their team's prospects for the upcoming season, consider which spring performances they're actually buying, and look ahead to some potential 2021 storylines.

Journalist, author and storyteller joins John to discuss his arc wit the Houston Astros - from Sports Illustrated Nostradamus of their World Series triumph, to chronicler of the secret of their success in his bestselling book 'Astroball' through their own personal Philip Marlowe via his extraordinary, groundbreaking podcast series - 'The Edge: Houston Astros'.

This is a fascinating conversation about the characters involved in baseball's greatest modern scandal, the edges of human ethics and baseball's gift for storytelling.

In the second of our 2021 prediction podcasts, the 'Founding Fathers' hand over to the 'B-Team' to offer a different perspective - and they do not disappoint.

Rob and Russell are joined by site editor, and fantasy baseball sage, Gav for a completely different look at who'll be 'in' first come Autumn. Which crew will end as the superior?!

Our mystery guest is unmasked!

ESPN National baseball writer Jeff Passan returns to the podcast to chat about his two game-changing off-season stories on Drew Robinson and Jared Porter, to talk about what league led 'ball tampering' says about the state of baseball and to make some predictions on the players to watch in 2021. He also gives insight into his own fantasy baseball team, and a forthcoming bumper profile of Juan Soto.

This is a banger.