Batting Around Podcast

Fangraphs' Michael Baumann is here to talk about the 2025 Fan Exchange Program. We also talk about another weird Dbacks game, Taylor Walls' helmet tap ejection, and Willi Castro: Probably Trans Ally.

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Fangraphs Exchange Program: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2025-fangraphs-fan-exchange-program-introduction-and-entrance-survey/

It's just Jane and Lauren again and we did a great job staying on topic because there was a ton of great baseball stuff to talk about. Dbacks have another weird game, this time giving up nine runs before recording an out. Jose Ferrer learning to play saxophone in the bullpen. Yankees/Dodgers. Paul Goldschmidt is having a great season. Twins/Mariners series is outrageous so far and Cal Raleigh is dumping dingers all over the place. MLB makes an investment in Athletes Unlimited. Then of course we had to talk about Pride Month and a terrible Pride article from Outsports.

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This is a reupload from our patreon and we're making it available to everyone for Pride Month. We'll have a regular episode out in a few hours as we normally do, but enjoy this one as well. If you like it head to patreon.com/battingaround and sign up to support the show.

some baseball news but a lot of Lauren talking about the muppets.

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Rivalry weekend, another weird DBacks loss, broadcast booths getting existential about mortality and the nature of time, a touching tribute to the POOP scorebug, the Twins have the longest win streak of the season, new Green Monster city connects are good, and some mailbag.

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Derek Shelton fired, White Sox Pope, Keith Hernandez weird, Rockies bad, sweater Crocheted.

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A cool new cheering section at Giants games, high tech toilets in the Dodgers clubhouse, two hot mic moments from games this week, Austin Wells gets his own burrito at Yankees Stadium, and Lauren asks if she's allowed to wear certain ballpark giveaways.

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Unsanitary beer drinking by Padres fans, another weird Diamondbacks game, Tommy Pham makes a crude gesture to a fan, and everyone needs to freak out a little less because it's not even Memorial Day.

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The Cubs and Diamondbacks were both Batting Around, one player is way more intense than necessary when the benches clear, another Tim Robinson lookalike does some fan interference, Stephen tried the blue cotton candy fries, and more.

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The fascism is bad but the baseball is still pretty good.

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