Batting Around Podcast

This week we are joined by returning guest Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated and Fangraphs' Michael Baumann to talk about the end of the regular season and what's coming up in the postseason, and I promise we did talk about baseball, but we also talked about divorce, overrated and underrated ballparks, and then Emma brought back her popular Gabe or Goop statement where we try to guess whether a quote is from Gabe Kapler or Gwenyth Paltrow's Goop.

Outro: The 101ers - Keys to Your Heart

October is postseason baseball so it's a great time to go to Patreon.com/BattingAround and sign up. We have some great bonus episodes, including one tomorrow with the Blocked Party guys, and we're going to be doing at least three watch alongs this month including one this upcoming Saturday!

It's another weird energy Sunday morning recording! It's also our version of a "beach episode," the calm before the storm that is the MLB playoffs. We bring our dear friend Manu AKA @ManuclearBomb

onto to the show to talk about TV for a while, specifically the new Star Wars, Dragon Show, and Hobbit Show. We also talk about regional accents and Metal Gear, then get into some actual baseball stuff including the Cubs, Pujols getting to 700, and a little bit of talk about the upcoming playoffs.

Outro: Mike Oldfield - Nuclear

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Canada lifting the vaccination requirement, the playoff picture, making people the angriest they've ever been, mourning the queen, the MVP debate, then a real fun mailbag segment.

October is almost here and that means playoff baseball! sign up for the patreon to join in the many Watch Alongs we'll be doing during the postseason at Patreon.com/BattingAround

outro: The Flatliners - The Rat King

Writer Marc Normandin is on the show to cover MLB (seemingly) voluntarily recognizing the minor league players union, rule changes for 2023, how to turn baseball into a deck building game, Tony La Russa, and a just a *little* bit more harping on how bad the AL Central is. We do a quick Players to Be Shamed Later then have a great mailbag segment and plug more sandlot pickup games around the country.

Marc's linktree: https://linktr.ee/marcnormandin

Outro song: David Bowie - Diamond Dogs

We talk about Lauren's trip the Vermont AKA Lib Arkansas, then we wade into the cesspit that is the AL Central, Dylan Cease's almost-no-hitter, and the Phillies. Jane talks about a punk baseball league she found this past weekend, and we answer a bunch of really good mailbag questions.

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Outro: Eddie and the Hot Rods - Get Out of Denver (Live)

The FanGraphs article Lauren mentioned: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/why-are-the-orioles-playoff-odds-so-low/

We're unlocking this episode for everybody in time for football season. We'll still be releasing a normal episode on Wednesday. To hear the rest of our patreon episodes and get other benefits go to Patreon.com/BattingAround

Jane and Lauren sit down for a very funny conversation with the Athletic's Vikings writer Arif Hasan about football. What is it? Who are the teams to watch? What specific kind of freaks are the owners? What really happened on 9/11? Even if you're not a football fan you'll like this one.

Outro: Direct Hit! - Paid In Brains

Bobby and Alex from Tipping Pitches join us on their victory tour to talk about the surprise news that the MLBPA is taking steps to unionize the minor leagues. Then we talked about the Korea and Mexico City series that have been announced, and have a non-actionable mailbag segment where we DO NOT threaten Zack Hample with violence.

Outro: John K. Samson - Fantasy Baseball At The End Of The World

A preview clip from our very funny patreon episode on football with Arif Hasan. To hear the full episode and more go to Patreon.com/BattingAround

Part one is just Jane and Stephen having a little Sunday morning chat. Then Stephen talks about going to a gay rugby tournament, we talk about the standings for a bit and Stephen gets to be an angsty Phillies fan for a bit. We also finally learn what Blaseball is. Part two is Jane and Lauren doing a Couching Around for the new A League of Their Own TV show.

SONGS

Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns - Don't You Just Know It

Martha - Baby, Does Your Heart Sink?

We'll have a bonus episode going up exclusively for our Patreon subscribers later this week. go to Patreon.com/BattingAround to sign up.

40x Jeopardy! winner Amy Schneider is on the show to talk about the legacy of the Cincinnati Reds. We also ask her about throwing out the first pitch at a game, some Players to Be Shamed/Praised Later, and mailbag. Stephen and Lauren got nice new mics so of course Jane had to accidentally record with the wrong mic. Sorry about that messed up audio. The episode is otherwise incredible, I promise.

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Outtro: Lil Mama - Lip Gloss