Five and Dive

Five and Dive

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Five and Dive episodes

  • Episode 382: Purple Reign
    In Episode 382, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about moving and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

    1. IL Communication: The Dodgers have a particualrly bad weekend, but they aren't the only likely playoff team dealing with injury concerns.
    2. I've got I-95 problems: What if a Yankees/Red Sox Sunday Night game happens and nobody really cares?
    3. Around the Horn: We explain Griamce to Patrick. Patrick explains the Jose Abreu release to us.
    4. What to Watch: Can we interest you in some NL Wild Card action? No? Where are you going?
    5. 382 episodes in, Craig finally crushes a game.

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music 

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    1 hr 27 min
  • Episode 381: The Run Differential of the Modern Mariner
    In Episode 381, Patrick and Jeffrey chat about lakes (again) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

    1.This is the sound of settling: The Mariners might just be the best team inthe AL West. Is that enough?
    2. The Medium Place: Is it better to be good, bad, or just actually interesting? It's a long season after all.
    3. Around the Horn: Cavan Biggio inevitably finds his way to Los Angeles, and that leads off a very slow news half week.
    4. What to Watch: Some good match-ups, plus one that's happened a bunch of times but you've never paid attention to. 
    5. Jeffrey struggles with knowing what year is which but otherwise acquits himself okay

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 7 min
  • Episode 380: What does it take to make a lake?
    In Episode 380, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's 90s CD collection and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.



    1. Ooh, baby, baby it's a wild card: With 100 or so games to go, we take stock of the NL Wild Card race, such as it is.
    2. Sorry We Missed You: The Bad Place: Some of our favorites are off to some rough starts.
    3. Around the Horn: Yet another blue city connect, plus some DFAs and call-ups.
    4. What to Watch: Well there are exactly two series between above .500 teams so...those.
    5. Jeffrey gets the tables flipped on him with his own game
    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotfy and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 31 min
  • Episode 379: Start Choppin'
    In Episode 379, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about celebrity lookalikes and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

    1. I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here: MLB hands down five suspensions for betting on baseball. Let's discourse about the discourse.
    2. Sorry We Missed You: The Good Place: Some great early season performances we've overlooked, and one we definitely haven't.
    3. Around the Horn: Wilyer sprains his ankle, two Astros pitchers go under the knife, and the Athletics are planning a vacation before their new house is even built
    4. What to Watch: London Baseball and NL West basbeall
    5. The games are like Outback now, no rules, just right. (Craig's still wrong).

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 44 min
  • Episode 378: Patio Cleaners to the (Baseball) Stars
    In Episode 378, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's latest baseball cad haul and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

    1. Sunday Afternoon is Also Alright for Fighting: The Brewers don't need much prodding to get into an on-field kerfluffle, but Tommy Pham is here to help anyway.
    2. Tork Wrench: Former first overall pick Spencer Torkelson has been optioned to Triple-A. Is there a way back? Also the irony-posioned older millenial hosts badly explain a twitter meme.
    3. Around the Horn: Mostly injuries, there's so many injuries
    4. What to Watch: An intercity sickos series and other, less sickos AL Central matchups. 
    5. Calorie counts and patio cleaning feature in this episode's game

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 19 min
  • Episode 377: Meet the Mess
    In Episode 377, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

    1. Because we are a Mets podcast: Well one of us already has a Mets podcast, but everyone has to suffer this week.
    2. Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa: The Rays are under .500, not hitting, and probably will just keep being the Rays.
    3. Around the Horn: Thoughts on MLB's absorption of Negor League statistics, the usual injury roundup, and an unusual issue with the new A's stadium.
    4. What to Watch: It's mostly sickos stuff
    5. Craig and Patrick test their knowledge of WAR

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 13 min
  • Episode 376: Quality Quantrill
    In Episode 376, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about taking children to minor league games, clean up some housekeeping, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.
    1. Where Angels fear to tread: Angel Hernandez retires abruptly, and he's a famous enough baseball figure to get his own segment.
    2. Acuña Cortada: Ronald Acuña tears his other ACL and we are all worse off for it.
    3. Around the Horn: Farewell to some outfielders, hello to a pitcher (and then good bye to that pitcher shortly after we recorded) and yet another uninspiring City Series jersey.
    4. What to Watch: A lot of central division games yet again
    5. WAR escalator, by request
    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM

    1 hr 32 min
  • Episode 375: Jeffrey has issues with ordinal lists of podcasts
    In Episode 375, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss upcoming lunches and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

    1. You might catch me in Atlanta, looking like a boss: Atlanta isn't bossing the NL East this year as their lineup has been pretty dang average.
    2. And we'll never be Royals: The Royals on the other hand...
    3. Around the Horn: The Cardinals sweep the Orioles, Nabil finds a new home, and the Yanks and Jays have some upcoming roster decisions.
    4. What to Watch: A pretty mediocre slate of games, but it's all Mets, all Sickos this week.
    5. Jeffrey lost track of episode numbers at some point so this game should have been played Monday.

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 33 min
  • Episode 374: Deep Garfield Lore
    In Episode 374, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig catch up on Wings of Desire and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 

    1. The Games are Inside the Computer?: This was supposed to be about the Roku Sunday baseball deal, is mostly about Garfield. 
    2. I’m shocked, shocked  to finding gambling going on in here: David Fletcher is linked to the ongoing California illegal book investigation, is this just the tip of the iceberg for MLB? 
    3. Around the Horn: Future All-Stars, current A's trade rumors, and we learn about city flags. 
    4. What to Watch: The Mariners again. The Astros for perhaps the first time.
    5. Remembering some free agent contracts


    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 20 min
  • Episode 373: Patrick is real and strong and he's my friend
    In Episode 373, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about middle-aged dreams, thank you notes from small children, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.

    1. Always an Angel, Never a God: Not a good week in Anaheim 
    2. Sorry We Missed You: Arizona Diamondbacks: We check in on the defending NL champs who are off to a scuffling start. 
    3. Around the Horn: The Rockies are hot, Nabil Crismatt is in limbo, and there's too many fake Ronel Blanco accounts.
    4. What to Watch: Jeffrey doesn't know what day Christian Scott picks, but you should watch it anyway, Craig has a homer pick, and Patrick goes for an AL Central shodown.
    5. The 700 Club, by request

    Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is [email protected].

    Our theme tune is by Jawn Stockton. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music

    Spotify: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_Spotify
    Apple Music: http://bit.ly/JawnStockton_AM
    1 hr 11 min

About Five and Dive

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A twice-weekly baseball news podcast from Baseball Prospectus, each episode will cover five topics of interest that come from either recent events, articles we’ve written, articles we’ve thought about…