Ground Rule Trouble: A Baseball Podcast

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Marlins weren't an isolated incident, try to figure out if the Nats can recover in this shortened season, and look into what has gone wrong with Sean Doolittle.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the elephant in the room didn't wear a mask at a strip club, try to figure out if this experiment of a season can work, look into if the protocols are being followed, and peek a bit at this early season's troubles.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover all might not be lost, discuss the perfidy of ownership negotiations, try and figure out the mechanics of this season, and debate whether anything might happen at all.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover how to record when their mics are four feet apart, talk about the good things baseball is doing for the world, and try to figure out how to actually play a damn game sometime soon.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover if they can take a baseball pandemic seriously, talk about a slew of new extensions, figure out who's injury is the weirdest, and try not to overreact...to anything.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover Paul can't stop whining about owners lying about money in baseball, peel back a few Nats position battles, discover Madison Bumgarner's version of Clark Kent, talk about the end of baseball on the radio, and much more!

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover just how much they can be sad about baseball's current structure, Mookie is dealt in a double sided money scheme, we learn what is wrong with Manfred (again), and dive deep into how culpable the Astros' front office was in their nightmare.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover it does pay to cheat--if you are the Astros or Red Sox, try to figure out how the Nats didn't meet Donaldson's price, and welcome an MLB coaching first.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover Josh Donaldson has a limo but no date for the prom (that he wants), discuss the Nats Plan B signings, then talk about Hawkeye, competitive balance, and the Nats all decade team.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Nats can live without Rendon but not Strasburg, hope Gerrit Cole can count to 324, discuss the Wheeler/Bumgarner dynamic, look forward to Donaldson, and listen to Paul lose it over the Kluber trade.