Sam and Joel talk MLB free agency; Joel's love of salty candy; the World Cup: Joel's trip to the Dominican Republic; Jose Abreu; the Boston Red Sox; and College Football.

Sam and Joel are joined by special guest Luke (@BrewHandLuke) to talk this week in sports! They wrap up the MLB season and the Houston Astros winning the World Series, discuss free agency, talk about Kyrie Irving's latest scandals, and Sam is incredibly bored byJoel and Luke's talk about college football. Also: MLB Award Season!

It's the World Series! The Phillies lead 2-1, and is Bryce Harper finally making his stamp as a superstar? The White Sox have hired a new manager; Thomas tells his story about going to the ALDS; and Tony Gwynn was really good at baseball. Also: Avatar, The Movie: Not So Great.

We're back with our World Series preview of the Phillies (Rocky Balboa) vs. the Astros (Ivan Drago). Also: Thank god that the Yankees lost ... Dave Dombrowski is back in the World Series

Fuck feeling sorry for the Dodgers; Gerrit Cole is the Donald Trump of MLB; Yankees-Astros is the ALCS only Rob Manfred could love; I hated Josh Naylor before it was cool to hate Josh Naylor.

Sam and Joel review the Division Series and look forward to the Championship Series! We're all getting on the Phillies bandwagon now; the Mets managed to botch their 101-win season; can the Mariners stave off elimination? (no); and Joel feels the pain of Chicago Bears fans.

Sam and Joel are back to talk postseason baseball! Our White Sox and Red Sox suck, but the Mariners are back in the playoffs. The NY Mets may end up being a 100-win wild card team. Tony La Russa announces his retirement. Aaron Judge gets home run 62. And also: Lake Talk! We talk lakes! All kinds of lakes!

Queen Elizabeth has died, and we think that that should trigger a Game of Thrones style battle for the English throne! Also in sports news: Also, the US Open concludes, and we're ready for a changing of the guard. Tony La Russa continues to be absent from the Chicago White Sox. Also: Hot take: Liam Neeson needs to stop convincing old guys that they can do anything they want.

Supervillain Rob Manfred is back, imposing new rules designed to make baseball fans as miserable as he is. Also in this episode: We watch Minor League Baseball and middle school baseball; Tony La Russa was worse than even we thought; Sam gives a U.S. Open update; and Rings of Power > Game of Thrones.

We. are all aboard the Mariners bandwagon! The White Sox and the Red Sox are toast. Jon Gruden will always have a job. Julio Rodriguez got a massive contract. Serena Williams is going for her last dance.