It’s always a holiday when we get to pick boyfriends. For CLE, Pottymouth has her first Noel and Patti picks a postseason star, then we find some Clemeni and some long game with the PHI. We throw some love to Jake Burger’s baby, and admire how Pottymouth sweeps an outfield. Cashman backpedals on Duck Dynasty and Manfred shares some lock out thoughts with a tinge of threat.  The WBC qualifiers feature a pod favorite, Yu Chang, and we learn that Andre and Steffi made a baseball player! Patti crosstrains with romance novels and wants you to read The Prospects for some trans athlete affirmation and stunningly accurate baseball details. In related coping strategies, Pottymouth recommends Chatting Practice. And we both recommend the president shuts up and dribbles.

We say, “Sir, you have no jurisdiction here,” “I think he may be able to out-drink me,” and “So Kardashian-ish.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.