Flipping Bats and Winning Games

In this episode, recorded mere hours before the start of World Series Game 5, Mitch makes a bold and accurate prediction! ...And then immediately walks it back for having been too bold. Hopefully this bodes well for our other discussion topics, like the Yankees' managerial search and much more!

To celebrate our podcastiversary, Ursula and Mitch bring you a lively discussion on the ALCS (and Mitch's sadness that the Yankees were eliminated), the upcoming World Series and how good it will be for baseball, and the spate of managerial/coaching staff changes that have been happening while the playoff teams have been busy, and much more!

For the first time, Mitch and Ursula are BOTH joined by a special guest! Mike Duncan, one of the deans of history podcasting, stops by to discuss the playoffs, replay reviews, his patriotic duty to hate the Yankees, the Mariners' future, and his new book The Storm Before the Storm! You can find Mike @mikeduncan on Twitter, or visit his websites at http://www.revolutionspodcast.com and http://thehistoryofrome.com

With Mitch away, the Mets fans will play! With the Mets-less playoffs underway, I recruited Roger from Good Fundies (pictured in our thumbnail)to discuss our respective bandwagons, salty fanbases, and the status of the Mets' dearly departed trade-ees.

We preview the wild card games and division series, talk about the Yankees' unexpectedly good season, and look at what the Mets will have to deal with over a sure-to-be-long offseason. (NB: There are some audio problems in this episode, and we sincerely apologize for that.)

We laud Oakland Athletics rookie Bruce Maxwell's decision to kneel for the National Anthem, discuss race in America and MLB, in addition to much else.

We discuss the end of Cleveland's historic winning streak, the need for Cleveland's baseball team to change their name, and much more!

With Ursula under the weather, Mitch flies solo to update y'all on the Yankees and rant about batting around.

We send our best wishes to Victor Martinez, discuss good and bad things that have happened to the Mets & Yankees, and discuss the recent David Wright injury news. (NB: The podcast was recorded before the announcement of Wright's upcoming rotator cuff surgery.)

In a jam-packed return to regular podcasting, Mitch and Ursula discuss Rich Hill's no-hitter that wasn't, Michael Conforto's tragic injury, and Mitch unloads his rantiest rant yet at the Detroit Tigers and MLB Umpiring Crew 2.