Peanuts & Popcorn

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn,  the two peas in the podcast talk about life in Illinois as we hold in place. As we always do, we remain dutifully socially distant as we talk about Chris Sale’s upcoming Tommy John surgery as well as some of the other problems the Red Sox face.  You too can steal the opposition’s signs and The Athletic shows you how.  Would you have Rogers Hornsby on your baseball team?  We talk about the Cubs and the White Sox, and our classic movie discussion is on Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon.

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn, we talk about the COVID-19 outbreak and very little else at this point.  We ask what happened to the digital strike zone? Barry Bonds says he’s in baseball limbo and it looks like Trevor Bauer is learning to be a good teammate.  All this and our classic movie discussion is on John Huston's Key Largo.

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn, we discuss the Christian Yelich extension as well as dish on an excellent series in The Athletic by Jo Posnanski on the top 100 players of all time. We recall Luke Apling’s home run in an old-timers game, at the ripe age of 75.  Chris Sale is hurt and Trevor Bauer is intentionally tipping his pitches. The White Sox lock up their third baseman for the next seven years and they make Dallas Keuchel trim his beard. Then Keuchel takes everyone to dinner.  We chat about the latest at the Chicago Cubs camp and our great movie discussion is on The Shawshank Redemption.

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn, we discuss baseball’s moral compass while the Houston Astros are STILL stealing signs; Madison Bumgarner has an unusual side gig.  The New York Yankees lose Luis Severino for the year; the Mets have a new manager, and at least one of us will be rooting for them.  We congratulate Kerwin Danely on being named the first African-American crew chief…in 2020.  We talk about the Chicago Cubs and the White Sox, and warming up in the bullpen is our classic movie discussion on the movie, 12 Years a Slave. 

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn, the self-righteous tour continues as the Houston Asterisks aren’t getting a whole lot of sympathy. Rob Manfred sticks a hunk of metal in his mouth, as David Ortiz finds a way to ruin his credibility. Still no punishments announced for the Boston Red Sox, can we please get on with our lives? A Rod Serling revival in Cincinnati has a connection to the Cincinnati Reds. We’ll have a chat about the Chicago Cubs and our great movie discussion is on another Kubrick classic, Dr. Strangelove.

This week on Peanuts &Popcorn, the Houston Astros meet the press and the results are less than satisfactory. A former Major League pitcher files a lawsuit against the Astros, we can expect more of the same. A new playoff format has been proposed and Trevor Bauer hates it. Friend of the show, Bartolo Colón is back in the news and a Tigers minor league invitee has some odd housing this spring. The Cubs open their camp and they talk about… the Houston Astros! We’ll have all that and our film discussion is on the Stanley Kubrick classic, Paths of Glory.

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn (P&P), disgraced former Astros manager, AJ Hinch gives a one-on-one interview with MLB Network, the Red Sox may have arrived on a replacement for Alex Cora, we’ll also have the latest on the Mookie Betts trade. Jessica Mendoza resigns from the New York Mets, and Pete Rose applies for reinstatement. We’ll discuss the passing of Roger Kahn as well as speculate as to the impact of the three-hitter minimum rule for relievers. The Cubs add yet another reliever and our movie discussion will be on our favorite and least favorite Best-Picture winners.

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn (P&P), the two P’s in a podcast will talk about the Houston Astros choice to replace AJ Hinch, Jayson Stark and Eno Harris explain to what extent the Astros improved due to sign-stealing. The Reds keep getting better, but are they a playoff team? The New York Mets replace Carlos Beltran with Luis Rojas.  Aubrey Huff shoots his mouth off again.  One of baseball's nicest guys, Curtis Granderson retires. We discuss the Cubs offseason progress and we cover off on the Best Picture Nominees for next week's Oscars.

This week on a special edition of In The Wheelhouse, we examine the sign-stealing scandal that may go far deeper than any of us realized.  The Modern Era Baseball Committee will vote later today on overlooked veterans from 1970-1987. The Sox sign Yasmiani Grandal to a big contract. The Cubs round off their coaching staff for 2020 and we take a look at the William Friedkin classic To Live and Die in L.A.