Bush League Congregation

Was it planned for us to record hours after Manfred drops a BOMB on MLB fans worldwide? Nope. Were we even going to discuss the lockout today? Not at all. BUT...things change. The MLB is officially canceling the first 2 series of the 2022 season and it could end up being way more. Along with a heapin' helpin' of cursing Bobbo and the collective clown car that is this lockout we take some time to discuss a pretty major rule change in college sports before rapping about a couple badass people around the college diamond. Also big shouts to Ric Flair on his birthday as well as the New York Mets' brand new Director of Major League Operations in Elizabeth Benn. Pop in and listen up homies!

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After weeks of jumbled arguments and proposals, it looks like the team owners and player's union have gotten absolutely nowhere. So where does that leave us? Honestly in a pretty bad spot because now we get to sit here and reflect. Maybe the game really is changing. Or even worse, what if it already has. This week the guys talk into the universal DH, technology's place in the game, and of course some of the updates around the league in regards to the lockout. Self reflection is a beautiful thing...unless when the millions of fans are standing around waiting and picking apart every flaw the game has. 

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When the news hit about Jeremy Giambi's death, it shook the baseball world pretty hard. Not just in a way that makes us sad that someone who left their mark on the game was gone either. His suicide leaves all of us around the game wondering what could have led to such a dark ending. The steroid era ushered in some incredible stories and complicated feelings about players that used. Jeremy's story was very much that way. Between his death and the Eric Kay trial happening almost in tandem, we just had to make an episode talking through one of the game's dirtiest secrets. Drugs in sports are pretty prevalent but baseball is a different beast. Take a listen and let us know what you think. 

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P.S. Whoever you are...you are loved. Don't fight it alone. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is always a resource. 1-800-273-8255.

This year's Hall of Fame voting is now over and there is a new member joining this summer. Yeah that's right, just one dude. This week, we're going to take a deeper dive into the Hall and how it works. It's time to reevaluate the nearly 100 year old process and see if anything might need to change. After we voted for this year's ballot, our results were dramatically different. But then again, us at Bush League might think of the Hall in a different light than the baseball writers. We'll also touch on a huge update for Trevor Bauer's future before trying to make sense of the bombshell that just dropped about the Dark Knight, Matt Harvey.

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And we're back! 

The holidays are over and it's finally time to get back in the studio and try to make sense of the mess in the MLB. Back in December, Major League Baseball's collective bargaining agreement expired and the owners struck first, locking out their players while everyone works to resolve labor issues. CW, Chris, and Mike are going to run down each major issue that's keeping the work stoppage in motion. Some lines are all but agreed upon while others are dangerously tied up with jargon and legalese. With pitchers and catchers set to head to spring training this month, it seems all but imminent that games will be delayed in the 2022 season. Will these greedy millionaires work things out in time? Or will baseball fans everywhere have to find something else to do this spring and maybe even into summer? 

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What a weird and awesome time for baseball. This week the guys dig into the first 2 games of the World Series (of course) for a bit. Then all sorts of wild and wooly mess about famously odd superstitions in the great game's history...Wendall is a wildman. Also we check in on some coaching changes, good news from Manfred (for a change), and an interesting proposition from PETA? Check it!

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This week the gang takes a look into a pretty long standing Major League tradition...curses. Curses have been around just about as long as the game itself. Some seem legit, others are about snack food. There's even that one that involves a fast food icon. However weird or farfetched, they've left a mark on baseball. So let's get weird.

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This week we're going to change things up a little bit. Instead of talking about a bunch of news from around the league, Bush League is going to take a deeper dive into a bigger topic in baseball. This one is about the Hall of Fame and it's pretty juicy. The guys definitely don't hold back when it comes to the 2020 inductees, famous snubs, the writers, and possible ways to fix what seems to be a broken system. Turn it on and turn it up!

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This week we take a look at some teams and players that have taken a disappointing turn in 2021. From 2 division leaders who have fallen hard and fast to the some of Baseball's biggest names, we dig through some cautionary issues in the MLB at the moment. We also join the Phillies in praising a baseball legend as Philadelphia retires Roy Halladay's number forever.

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This week the guys take some time to wrap their heads around the MLB's wild trade deadline last week and make sense of some of it's biggest trades as well as it's biggest question marks. It was a total mess but damn it was fun to watch!

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