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September 26, 2021Episode 9 - Something for Everybody
Episode 9 - Something for everybody
In this episode:
Avoiding to swing too hard from current events, Jeremy and Jamal feature this year’s wildcard standings on this episode. Also, stay updated with the airing Mets documentary that features the ‘80s baseball scene.
Listen to Jamal and Jeremy tackling topics like what baseball historians discuss: once-in-a-lifetime strikeouts, and the commemoration of the Hispanic influence on the baseball community, as included in Jamal’s latest blog on Brotha on Baseball.
[02:45] Dinger of the week: Roberto Clemente from 1971 World Series, dingers on the Pittsburgh Pirates

[03:36] Dinger of the week: Seth Beer’s debut, home run in the 8th inning

[05:35] K of the week: Denny McLain’s Game 6 performance in 1968 World Series

[06:55] K of the week: Max Scherzer’s historical 3,000th pitch

[09:16] Do you truly embrace the 3,000th strikeout when he’s been only your team for about a month?

[20:03] MLB Wildcard Standings: Toronto’s the hot team right now

[26:47] MLB Wildcard Standings: Boston won the last two games, do you think that they’re going to eventually fizzle out because of their weakness aside from the pitching?

[37:51] Fair or Foul and an honorable strikeout of the week: Brewers had a little history of having no-hitter from Burnes and Hader; should a no-hitter only involve a single player?

[45:08] Mets Documentary: Once Upon a Time in Queens - Reaction; What’s going on in the ’80s?

[58:45] Brotha on Baseball: Hispanic influence on baseball

[1:04:23] Jeremy’s introspection about how his culture and childhood baseball heroes influenced his passion
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dingersandkspodcast/
Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedingersandks
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1 hr 14 min
September 21, 2021Episode 8 - You Can’t Write This Stuff
Episode 8 - You can’t write this stuff
In this episode:
A grand slam together with the greatest game ever pitched. Jeremy and Jamal discuss historical dingers and Ks together with Hall of Fame inductions. Which Hall of Famer do you think could play in today’s game like at the same peak?
Hosts also answer the question from Twitter “who’s your Cy Young vote?” While discussing the AL standings. Who do you want to see in the wildcard game?
[02:54] Dinger of the week: Game 6 of 1995 world series, David Justice batting against Jim Poole

[07:21] Dinger of the week: Abraham Toro’s winning grand slam against Kendall Graveman

[12:21] K of the week: 1956 WS Don Larsen Yankees vs Dodgers “The greatest game ever pitched”

[17:11] If you are starting a team right now with the option of selected prime players, where are you starting your organization and why?

[25:04] Insights about MLB Hall of Fame Inductions: which Hall of Famer do you think could play in today’s game like at the same peak?

[37:04] AL Wildcard Spot: standings and insights

[44:10] Twitter asks: Who’s your Cy Young vote right now?

[55:02] If you’re the Dodgers organization and the Giants are going to play at home, who do you want to see in the wildcard game?

[58:40] Honorable Dinger of the week: Albert Pujols home run after returning to St Louis
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dingersandkspodcast/
Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedingersandks
1 hr 1 min
September 03, 2021Episode 7 - Let's Try this again. Take 2
Episode 7 - Let's Try this again. Take 2
In this episode:
Classic Dingers and Ks featured this week! We are starting to see who is winning these deadline trades.. Perspectives about phenomenal players who also bring life to the show, as well as for some players who are in bad shape right now.
Jeremy and Jamal also talk about recent booing fans and how players responded to them. Is it fair or foul for fans to boo their teams? What are these fans trying to communicate with the players? How should a player respond?
[02:48] If there’s one player you could bring back to the Mets (who’s still playing recently in the league, who is it, and why?

[07:55] Dingers of the week: “Shot Heard 'Round the World” by Bobby Thomson in 1951, and Yoshi Tsustugo hits the walk-off home run, Pirates beat Cardinals

[14:20] Ks of the week: Bob Gibson’s 17th on the series of strikeouts in 1968 leaving Tigers no chance, and Mariano Rivera’s record-breaking save number 602 for Yankees

[18:03] Do you think that Kenley Jansen will enter the Hall of Fame at the end of his career?

[26:54] MLB Trades Good or Bad: When are they going to make an impact? We have an answer for one of those - Blue Jays DFA’d Brad Hand

[33:50] Last piece of Jay’s news: George Springer pulled out for precautionary reasons, coming back from a left knee injury

[38:46] Who are your 5 most hated teams? (not in any order)

[42:05] Fair or Foul: Is it okay to “Boo” your own team?

[51:00] As a Dodgers fan, would Jeremy be upset if they traded Cody Bellinger this off-season?

[56:24] Why Javy Baez booed by Mets fans and responding with a thumbs down - opinions discussed

[1:03:40] This player gets it - how to respond to a booing crowd
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Sportsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dingersandkspodcast/
Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedingersandks
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1 hr 11 min
August 27, 2021Episode 6 - Thinking Outside the Batters Box
Episode 6 - Thinking Outside the Batters Box
In this episode:
Phenomenal Dingers and Ks of the 80s, together with last week's big throws and swings, are going to have our episode full of smiles. Jeremy and Jamal will discuss how teams move forward in this year's MLB season and their opinions about proposed changes to the game.
Why are K's more likely happening today? What will happen if MVP awards changed to a new voting system? What's big about MLB's new salary floor and tax policies? In this episode, we’ll find out!
[02:40] Dingers of the week: NLCS Game 4 - the Mike Scioscia home run and Tim Anderson’s walk-off home run at the Field of Dreams

[08:19] Ks of the week: Beautiful Howard Johnson strikeout 1988, and the return of Chris Sale to the Red Sox

[15:08] MLB proposes $100 million salary floor and tax explained

[28:11] NY Mets owner Uncle Stevie came out and said the Mets need a hit: fair or foul?

[29:08] MVP Awards: Placing you vote every month throughout the year, what do you think about this?

[34:11] Fair or Foul: 20 Ks in a 9 inning game for a Starting Pitcher is more likely than a 4 Homerun game

[39:09] Breakdown of current standings of teams

[44:39] Dodgers vs. Mets series: latest updates about the game

[58:52] Brotha on Baseball: What would happen if MLB adapted the transfer system of football/soccer?
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dingersandkspodcast/
1 hr 11 min
August 20, 2021Episode 5 - Let’s Go Old School
Episode 5 - Let’s Go Old School
In this episode:
Our Dingers and Ks for the week features a strikeout and home run from the 1980 and 1971 All-Star Games brought to you by Jamal and the “absolute dinger” from Jeremy’s favorite team.
Aside from discussing standings of all divisions, let’s also discuss the Field of dreams and stadiums. Which stadium would you play in? How did they change from having offensive environments up to date?
[01:46] Dingers and Ks of the week - let's go old school, 1980 and 1971 All-Star Games

[11:38] Fernando Tatis is back but in a new position - why is it not a good idea?

[19:20] Field of Dreams: MLB has a new stadium in a cornfield in Iowa - is this movie a good idea?

[21:42] If there was a stadium you could play in, where would you play?

[23:48] Fair or Foul - The best offensive environment that ever existed in MLB dates back to the 1930s. There are big changes that happened, are the fields better now?

[27:38] AL East: Which direction is Tampa Bay Rays going?

[32:31] AL West: Does Oakland have enough to leapfrog other teams in the division?

[38:31] NL East: Atlanta - how are they catching lightning in a ball lately?

[44:30] NL Central: Kind of a wash right now - what is happening?

[46:33] NL West: Wildcard is unfamiliar territory for Dodgers

[50:15] If Kapler would be available, would you take him as the next Dodgers manager?
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dingers-and-ks/support
1 hr 1 min
August 10, 2021Episode 4 - No Longer A Little Ball Of Hate
Episode 4 - No Longer A Little Ball Of Hate
In this episode:
“I am no longer a little ball of hate,” says Jamal. The commotion is not about the steroid issues or great players moving from team to team, but about NBC and sports drafts.
Check out this episode of Jeremy and Jamal discussing how the future baseball games will change after big moves happen this year.
[01:47] Favorite Dingers and Ks of the past week: "NBC is killing my joy"

[12:40] NL West big news: Fernando Tatis hurts his shoulder again; where will the Padres go from here?

[18:13] Fair or Foul (formerly Judgement Call): steroid issues this week

[25:48] Dodgers vs. Astros Rematch: Is it possible for Jose Altuve to get in despite his 2017 scandal?

[31:55] Chris Bryant got picked up by San Francisco Giants: great move or not?

[36:41] New York Yankees made a “flash deal” to get Anthony Rizzo: great move or not?

[41:07] Craig Kimbrel moving over to the White Sox, creating a tandem with Liam Hendriks: should Dodgers watch out for this team?

[43:34] The Big Blockbuster: Nationals traded two all-stars Max Scherzer and his friend Trea Turner to Dodgers; great move, but what will happen to the teams?

[52:02] Kyle Schwarber headed over from Nationals to Red Sox: exciting move?

[54:59] Jose Berrios traded for—what seems like a lot?

[59:47] Brad Hand moved from Nationals to Blue Jays: Great move or not?

[1:08:02] Brotha on Baseball - Sports drafts should not exist
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dingers-and-ks/support
1 hr 21 min
August 05, 2021Ep.3 Things Haven’t Been Going Right This Week
Episode 3 - Things Haven’t Been Going Right This Week
In this episode:
Listen to Jeremy and Jamal discussing Giancarlo Stanton’s “good morning, good afternoon, goodnight” and Cal Raleigh’s first Major League home run as favorite Dingers and Ks of the week.
This episode has big highlights including this year’s big moves, Cleveland Indians rename, players with good saves, and Dodgers' fans booing Kenley Jansen. Will the trades do great for the clubs? Could we see record-breaking pitches this year?
[01:49] Favorite Dingers and Ks of the past week - we’ll start off with Jamal’s K

[07:22] Thoughts about the new name of Cleveland Indians: Guardians

[14:47] Judgement Call: Among the three records discussed, which is the most unbreakable?

[19:38] Is it possible to have Nolan Ryan/Jamie Moyer pitches?

[22:54] Dodgers' fans booing Kenley Jansen fair or foul? Is he not a closer anymore?

[27:02] Jeremy presented 5 players with good save records: by guessing, who are your Top 5 relievers in baseball?

[32:13] Who would you take from the list?

[43:44] MLB Trades 2021 reviewed: Buy it or sell it?

[56:40] We have three big moves this year—what are your insights?

[1:05:28] Brotha on Baseball - How are the deals in the past few decades working for the clubs?
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today.
Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule’s first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dingers-and-ks/support
1 hr 15 min
August 02, 2021Ep. 1 The Start of the 1st Inning
Episode 1 - Dingers and Ks
In this episode:
It's live—Dingers and K's, for baseball fans by baseball fans!
Jamal and Jeremy from Sportsbumz are starting a new podcast to discuss all things baseball. In this episode, we'll discuss updates about Home Run Derby and All-Star Game.
Why is AL dominating? Is the All-Star Game feeling more NBA-ish? Will Shohei Ohtani's home run make him the face of today's baseball? Let's find out!
[01:28] Dingers and Ks: about the show and its hosts, Jamal and Jeremy

[03:48] Is Shohei Ohtani the face of baseball today?

[09:59] Marketing the game by making it more inclusive

[11:53] Favorite part of the Home Run Derby

[19:24] Is there anything that disappointed you about the Home Run Derby?

[21:49] Home Run Derby 2021 Updates

[25:51] Why is AL dominating so much? Is the All-Star Game feeling more NBA-ish?

[32:52] Opinions about the All-Star Game Jerseys?

[36:11] There are guys who didn’t make it there; who shouldn’t be in the All-Star Game?

[39:44] Will Bauer pitch again for Dodgers? Opinions about Houston not sending a guy at the game?

[43:07] Jamal’s blog: Brotha on Baseball - discussing All-Star’s bad teams and discussion about Field Independent Pitching
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today. Jamal is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy's first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dingers-and-ks/support
56 min
August 02, 2021Ep. 2 Hold up.. Did we get traded?
Episode 2 - 2021 MLB Trade
In this episode:
Listen to Jeremy and Jamal as they share their analysis and insights about the MLB trades this year. Which teams are buyers? Which teams are sellers? Who will move teams this year?
[01:20] Favorite Dingers and Ks of the past week

[08:44] Big trades Mets and Dodgers, who will change teams this year?

[12:39] Judgement Call: Among the three records discussed, which is the most unbreakable?

[20:51] MLB Trades 2021 - AL West: Which teams are buyers and sellers?

[26:32] MLB Trades 2021 - AL Central: Which teams are buyers and sellers?

[31:41] MLB Trades 2021 - AL East: Which teams are buyers and sellers?

[37:28] MLB Trades 2021 - NL West: Which teams are buyers and sellers?

[47:16] MLB Trades 2021 - NL East: Which teams are buyers and sellers?

[51:37] Brotha on Baseball - Who are moving?
Meet The Hosts
Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You’ll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today. Jamal is a baseball blogger from Spotsbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy's first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows.
Find Jeremy and Jamal here
Jamal’s Blogs on Sportsbumz: https://sportbumz.com/brothaonbaseball/
Trade your sports teams like stocks here: https://simbull.app/
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dingers-and-ks/support
1 hr 2 min

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