Batting Around Podcast

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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?"

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Outtro: Shaggy by RVIVR

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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