Peanuts & Popcorn

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the MLB trade deadline is Tuesday, we’ll talk about the trades that have happened while speculating on those yet to come. How many of you know about the magic mud from the Delaware River that helps pitchers get a grip? We’ll reminisce about Will Clark and Greg Maddux and a time where pitchers didn’t try to conceal their mound discussions and Pete Rose will make an appearance in Philadelphia to commemorate the 1980 World Series team. We have the latest from the Cubs and Sox and finally, our popcorn discussion is at the 34:32 mark on the WC Fields classic: The Bank Dick. Next Week: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the Toronto Blue Jays part ways with their manager, while MLB ponders a possible way to combat shifting. As the trade deadline approaches, some big names are being thrown around. We compare two recent inside the park home runs, while the lion’s share of the Kansas City roster waves goodbye to their teammates on the tarmac as they play a road trip in Toronto...without them. We’ll talk about the Sox and the Cubs and finally, our popcorn discussion is at the 45:57 mark on the Emma Stone comedy, Easy A.  Next Week: The Bank Dick

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, We find popcorn in our peanuts as A League of Their Own turns thirty. Mark Appel makes his Major League debut at the age of thirty; some nine years after he was drafted as a can’t miss prospect. Josh Naylor nails down another thriller for the Guardians and we react to an ugly brawl between the Angels and the Mariners. Finally, our popcorn discussion is at the 43:11 mark on the John Huston, Humphrey Bogart classic, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.  Next week:  Easy A

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, an unemployed Joe Maddon says he wants to manage again, we ask where he might end up. Angel Hernandez sues MLB for denying minorities opportunities as crew chiefs, does he have a case? Dusty Baker is suspended while Madison Bumgartner gets surly after a Joey Votto milestone double. We’ll talk Cubs and Tony LaRussa's problems on the Southside; while our Popcorn discussion is at 38:43 and we discuss Kirk Jone's Waking Ned Devine.  Next Week: Rashomon

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we look at the players who are most likely to be traded at the deadline. Stephen Strasburg has pitched a grand total of 8 starts for the Nationals since he signed a $245 million dollar contract in 2019. Mike Trout talks about baseball’s most interesting Fantasy Football league and we re-visit our preseason predictions. Finally, our Popcorn discussion is at the 36:28 mark on the Akira Kurosawa masterpiece, Rashomon.  Next Week:  Gran Torino

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the Philadelphia Phillies fire Joe Girardi while the Los Angeles Dodgers use Pride Month as a platform to right an ancient wrong. Jim Kaat puts his foot in his mouth, again. We’ll talk about the Cubs and the Sox and in the wake of the passing of Ray Liotta---our popcorn begins at the 32:17 mark, as we discuss the Martin Scorsese classic, Goodfellas. Next week: Mediterraneo

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, tragic events in Uvalde, Texas move Gabe Kapler to stay in the dugout during the National Anthem. Fantasy Football leads to Tommy Pham bitch-slapping Joc Peterson. The 3-0 fastball has been replaced by the 3-0 slider and Josh Donaldson apologizes to the Robinson family while he languishes on the 15-day IL. The Cubs take the Red Line to the South Side to play the Sox and our Popcorn discussion begins at the 36:18 mark as we discuss the film, The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain.  Next Week: Goodfellas

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we mourn the passing of baseball literary giant, Roger Angell. The Red's Hunter Green and Andrew Warren of the Reds combine to no-hit the Pirates, and Cincinnati still loses. Matt 'Batman' Harvey pleads guilty to distribution of drugs, and we look at Tim Anderson's allegations against Josh Donaldson. We'll run the bases on Chicago baseball and our popcorn discussion starts at the 41:20 mark as we review Terrence Malik’s, The Thin Red Line.  Next Week's Movie: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain.

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the Mets and the Guardians come back from 6-run deficits to stun the Phillies and the White Sox. Reid Detmer of the Angels throws an unlikely no-hitter.  We discuss the King of Throws: Tom House.  We’ll talk about the Cubs and the White Sox and the weight of expectations. Our Popcorn segment at the 36:42 mark, our Movie of the Week is David Lean's Doctor Zhivago.  Next week: The Thin Red Line

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, after six games were postponed due to rain on Friday night, can MLB do anything about the weather? The Cincinnati Reds are currently 4-23. Will they go down in history as one of the worst teams of all time? Dusty Baker gets his 2,000th win as the Cubs and White Sox face off in the first leg of the Crosstown Classic. Our Popcorn segment at the 41:44 mark, our Movie of the Week is The Outfit. Next week: Doctor Zhivago