Lets Get Two

(Open) I talk some of my favorite bobbleheads and the sad realization of what life might be like if we lose the MiLB as we know it.

(0:05:13) Holler and a Swaller: We've got a great pilsner from Friends and Allies Brewing in Austin, TX: Sportsball Pilsner.  https://friendsandallies.beer/

(0:08:13) Go GO Astros/Big League Chew: Scott and Andy are back! We talk about the season so far, the quarter of a season that's left and we talk"
-911
- Lou Brock
- Roberto Clemente.

(0:36:19) Ballpark and Chill: We've got Rob Fontenot from Astros Baseball Podcast and Sunday Stros.

(0:47:29) Raider of the Lost Diamond: Andrew Nelson helps us unearth baseball in Duluth, MIN.

(01:02:53) Closing It Out: My 9-11 story. 

(Open) Labor Day was this week. It’s usually the last day for the MiLB season This year, there was no season and, for some teams, it might be their last day.

(0:03:22) This Just In: MiLB President Pat O’Connor resigned. Jess joins me to discuss what it might mean.

(0:10:44) Show. Me. The Merch: We’ve got some great gear from the Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders.

(0:14:50) Who’s On First: We’re joined by Kevin Watterson of the Keene Swamp Bats to talk his career, the Swamp Bats and their fundraiser to help keep things moving for the team. Check it here.


(0:33:09) Tearing the Cover Off: We’re talking to Will Geoghegan about his book SUMMER BASEBALL NATION. Check it out here and support local bookstores:

(0:47:01) Closing It Out: A reminder about the Keene Swamp Bats fundraiser and a Happy 20th Anniversary wish for my wife.

(Open) Jessica and I are celebrating our 21st dating anniversary today. Baseball has always been a big part of our lives. Find out how.

(0:07:14) In The Dugout With Darien Sills-Evans: Darien's first game as a baseball fan saw Tom Seaver on the bump with his Mets. We talk about it.

(0:14:25) Ballpark and Chill: We're joined by host of the Breaking Balls Pod, Emily Nyman. Her pod is amazing. Get to know her and check out the show. 

(0:26:05) The Big League Chew:  Scott McEntire and I look at the positive of the 2020 season and we both love Charlie Blackmon. 

(0:37:48) Go Go Astros: Andy and I talk about the state of the Astros. 

(0:50:26) This Just In: I talk about this ESPN article that paints a pretty accurate picture of where we are in the MLB/MiLB negotiations. 

(0:52:58) Closing It Out: I connect the movie RED DAWN to the MLB HBP scandal through some weird fever dream. 

(Open) We’re on the field in Joliet IL!

(0:02:13) Show. Me. The Merch: We’ve got gear from the Louisville Bats, the Joliet Slammers and the Normal Cornbelters via the Kernel Collegiate League. And…MORE GNOMES!

(0:09:52) The Minor League Mind:  Jess and I break down the new MLB proposal to the MiLB. The MLB essentially offered to shoot the MiLB in the face….

(0:25:46) From The Bleachers: Jessica and I break down our trip to the Joliet Slammers. Our last trip of the Summer but boy o boy was it worth the wait. Record store lines, a cool firehouse and live, on hair, I ‘get’ why they play “KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF” during the 7th Inning Stretch. 

(0:32:47) Who’s On First: The GM on the Fond Du Lac Dock Spiders is here to talk about their 2020 championship and what 2021 might look like. 

(0:43:32) Ballpark and Chill: We’ve got Kailee and Dani from Belles of the Ball on the show. Check them and the show out! Find the show here. 

(0:56:13) Holler and Swaller: We’re out in Joliet and my drinking problem continues. We’re having a Pincher’s Pale Ale from Migraine Brewing and an Alarmist Brewing Le Jus .

(0:57:08) This Just In

• We talk a little Chadwick Boseman and Jackie Robinson and people telling players what ‘Jackie would have wanted.’
• A guy at the Joliet game was less than thrilled about a Slammers player kneeling.
• We got a ball from the Rocket City Trash Pandas. These teams need your support.
• I got a very special gift from the very famous NY Yankee hat of the day guy, Spencer Schwartz. 

(1:03:51) Closing It Out: Good bye from Joliet. 

(Open) Sports have reacted to another example of racial injustice in a way that we’ve not seen since, maybe, the 1968 Olympics. Then someone had the audacity to tell me how to feel about players kneeling during the anthem…

(0:09:31) Go Go Astros: We recorded Wednesday since Andy was in the path of Hurricane Laura. So we break down the 1st 30 games of the Astros.

(0:28:02) Show Me The Merch:
We’ve got gear from - 

• AF Custom Shirts
• Peoria Chiefs
• Rocket City Trash Pandas
• Follow MiLB Promos for a great resource in finding more teams and specials on gear.

(0:34:01) The Big League Chew: Scott is here to talk about the very abbreviated and weird trade deadline. 

(0:39:17) DugOut With Darien: Darien is back to talk sports in  a time when we’re at a crossroads as a country.

(0:58:34) Closing It Out:

• I’m still mad about the kneeling thing
• But here, we’ve got the rest of the Let’s Get Two Awards. We discuss:

The Slugger Award: Guest of the Year - Emma Tiedeman

Indie Club of the Year - Joliet Slammers

Collegiate Club of the Year - Normal CornBelters

GM of the Year - Tyler Stamm of the Sugar Land Skeeters

Executive of the Year - Jeff Lantz

Fan of the Year - Don Gillingham

Players of the Year:

AJ Hamilton

Ryan Hernandez

Anthony Silkwood

Luke Almendarez

Open: The Let’s Get Two team has chosen their awards for the season. (We define the season with the end of the MiLB/CSL seasons) and we announce some here, including our Twitter follows of the year! Stay tuned for more.

Contributor of the Year: Jess Knaster

Content Creator of the Year: B4 The Pitch

Twitter Follows:

@mrsstealyobase
@Count2Baseball
@BaseballJason2
@CamDougharty
@Muzixndmd
@AstrosCounty
@HouCounterplot (and the fan fiction line is still there, thank Gawd)
@adams_at
Idaho Falls Chukars
@TheHitterSports

(0:10:53) Show Me The Merch: We’ve got some great gear from the Columbus Clippers.

(0:13:46) Who’s On First: The Macon Bacon have won it all! Brandon is here to talk about it. 

(0:23:34) The Minor League Mind: Jess Knaster and I outline the MLBs plan to contract the minors while we try to cut through the BS as the deadline draws near.

(0:43:27) Adjust Your Scorecards: Mike from SaveMiLB.org is here to talk about the “One Baseball” plan.

(0:56:53) On Deck: Round Rock Express president Chris Almendarez is our Benjamin Hill Award winner for our “Person Of The Year.”

(1:07:28) Holler and a Swaller: We’ve got a Patreon now. And we toast our first two contributors, Carlo Rodriguez and Hardy The Hat Guy

Check out our Patreon. 

(1:09:29) Closing It Out: More awards. 

Benjamin Hill Award Winner: Chris Almendarez

Entrepreneur of the Year: Megan Ellis

Baseball Spirit Award Winner: Erik Mertens

Open: I started out thinking about ranking some of my favorite hats, then I realized, isn’t it better to just love baseball in all it’s forms?

(0:04:12) On Deck: Emma Tiedemann, voice of the Portland Sea Dogs is our Guest of the Year! We check in on she and Dave as they settle into Maine life. 

(0:11:53) The Minor League Mind: Jess and I talk the changing nature of the MiLB/MLB 

(0:28:20) In The Dugout With Darien Sills-Evans: Darien is here to talk the season, what it’s looking like and the Reds. 

(0:39:54) Oppo TalkO: Stu gives us an update on the fires and the ‘unwritten’ rules. 

(0:49:06) The Big League Chew

(1:03:39) Go Go Astros: Andy and I talk injuries, the young guys and I chose a new theme song for the segment. 

(1:15:24) This Just In: We’ve got news from Normal, Illinois. 

(01:16:31) Closing It Out: Jessica joins me to reflect on the first 100 episodes of Let’s Get Two.

Open: I started out thinking about ranking some of my favorite hats, then I realized, isn’t it better to just love baseball in all it’s forms?

(0:06:39) On Deck: Benjamin Hill, the namesake of our Person of the Year award, is here to talk about how he’s kept up the writing in the face of the pandemic and no affiliated MiLB baseball.

(0:17:07) Megan Ellis, creator of Home Sweet Ballpark is excited to talk about her Padres and her new items. We even get a sneak peek.

(0:24:40) Donavan Jones from Friars on the Farm is fired up about his friars.

(0:34:46) Who’s On First: Matt Durkin of the Normal CornBelters is back to catch us up on what’s new in Normal. 

(0:40:27) Ken Robertson is FINALLY on the show this season after COVID canceled our big reunion.

(0:47:27) Stevie Proud is fired up for his Astros.

(0:57:52) Closing: Tatis is good. Let him be good. Media is often bad and we need to fix it. 

Open: The MiLB and the future of baseball is at risk. The story of MLB contraction has fallen out of view and that’s a bad thing for baseball.

(0:08:02) One Deck: Jeff Lantz, the Senior Director of Communications, MiLB, joins us to catch us up on the negotiations with MLB, the Innovators Summit and the look at 2021.

(0:19:55) Who’s On First: Victoria Huggins of the Fayetteville Woodpeckers joins us to show off some of her new BLING!

(0:29:35) B4 The Deuce: Scottie from B4 The Pitch fills us in on the Mets being the Mets and the Clint Frazier drama.

(0:46:07) Who’s On First: JD Davis from the Corpus Christi Hooks is here to talk the Hooks, Whataburger, and the Astros taxi squad.

(0:59:21) Who’s On First: Andrew Felts of the Round Rock Express talks the end of the TCL season and what’s next for Round Rock Baseball. 

(1:10:56) Closing It Out: The Indians and Terry Francona showed some integrity and did the right thing with Clevinger.

Open: Let’s just say I had a great outfit put together for Jimmy Buffet night at the Sugar Land Skeeters.

(0:01:48) One Deck: Co-owner and baseball fan Nathan Bybee is here for this first appearance of the 2020 season to talk COVID, going forward and what he’s missed about live baseball. 

(0:17:33) Holler and a Swaller: Tim and I are at Constellation Field and we’re throwing down some 8th Wonder Dome Fauxm and the St. Arnold’s Summer Pils.

(0:19:01) Who's On First: Erik Mertens, the ‘Peanut Guy’ from the Tri City Dust Devils talks the pandemic, the energy it takes to stay positive and how baseball gives back.

(0:33:11) Show Me The Merch: We’ve got great gear from the Salem Red Sox and the North Pole Reindeer!

(0:37:06) From the Bleachers: Scott McEntire and Timothy Dziedzic join me at Constellation Field for a double header and we talk about the show we kicked off almost two years ago.

(0:40:31) Adjust Your Scorecard: Don Gillingham joins us to talk his relationship with baseball.

(0:54:01) Closing It Out