Rain Delay Theater

Jack and Jeremy decide to set their crosshairs directly on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball and, more specifically, Matt Vasgersian and Alex Rodriguez. These two have been putting out a nonsensical, babbling broadcast for awhile and Rain Delay Theater had to address this debacle by watching and (heavily) critiquing the June 13th broadcast of Cubs vs. Cardinals. Non-sequiturs, beer snakes, and Spanish Translation 101 are just some of the topics covered in this one. And, it goes without saying, that Jack and Jeremy had to address the Anthony Rizzo non-vaxxed news of this past weekend. The guys get deep into that in the first part of the show. Tune in and enjoy!

...And here's part two of the Rain Delay Theater double header: Cubs vs Padres from June 1st. In this ep, the guys talk about a group of One Direction wannabees sitting in front of them, a deteriorated Ryne Sandberg jersey, we meet a "climber", and perhaps a reprise of the close-walking duo trailing Jack and Jeremy on the walk back to the car...? Jeremy also gives an uncomfortable review of the bathrooms and Jack provides yet another impression in this solo bonus intro this week! Check it out!

Jack and Jeremy bring you an unexpected recap of the Cubs/Reds game from May 28th. These tickets were gifted last minute from Jeremy's work and luckily brought a whole episode's worth of material. In this episode, we hear Jack and Jeremy embroiled in a fiasco to acquire scorecards, a guy who was more into Craig Kimbrel's entrance music than Craig Kimbrel, and a horrific story of being tailed by two people leaving the game! (Listening note: we recorded this as one episode, recapping this Reds game and a Padres game from June 1st, but it ran pretty long, so we decided after the fact to break it up into two episodes. Padres game recap coming soon!)

This week Jack and Jeremy play a guessing game of unlikely teammates who overlapped for only a short time and seem to bridge together two generations of ballplayers. But the episode isn't all fun and games as Jack and Jeremy also lay into Tony LaRussa's handling of the Yermin Mercedes situation. This one is NSFW with the four-letter expletives, so be forewarned! And also, with the Cubs struggling to get to the 85% vaccinated threshold, the guys try to guess the anti-vaxxer Cubs! Fun!

In light of the recent unceremonious release of Albert Pujols by the Los Angeles Angels, Jack and Jeremy take a look at the final year stats of Hall of Fame players and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. The guys also touch on the David Ross's lovelife, the Wade Miley no-hitter, and some more Cubs postgame show analysis.

The Rain Delay boys are back at the ballpark again this week, one day later than expected, to see the defending World Champion LA Dodgers take on the (real) Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Hopes weren't high for this one being a good game, and, well, it was a lopsided affair, but not how you'd expect. Jack and Jeremy see Clayton Kershaw's shortest outing of his career - they also meet a verbose, heckle-challenged fan, a canned National Anthem, and confused food vendors. Plus, hear how Ildemaro Vargas and Jake Marisnick stole the heart of one of the hosts of the show. Fan catches, rookie home runs, and crunchy hamburger buns are all included in this one, so check it out now!

The day has finally come! Jack and Jeremy return for their first in-person baseball game in over a year and a half to see the Alternate Site South Bend Cubs take on the Alternate Site Schaumburg White Sox in the final Alternate Site game of the year (and maybe ever...?). Unpredictability is the name of this game as the Cubs team arrives 45 minutes late to the stadium, a player is chastised for not hustling in an unofficial inning after the outcome has been decided, and the guys see a COMBINED PERFECT GAME!!! You'll hear food recaps, travel mishaps, and good ol' fashioned fan rants! Hear the Rain Delay boys in their true form: two bums talking about other bums at baseball games! Tune in!

This week, Jack and Jeremy have a news and notes episode with a big announcement about returning to the ballpark for the first time since 2019! The guys talk Cubs/Mets, Chili Davis, Jean Segura's much celebrated 200th double, and Jeremy tells a story about meeting up with a man to trade baseball cards. Tune in!

Inspired by the recent Cubs/Brewers dustup, Jack and Jeremy run down many of the unwritten rules of baseball and give their opinions. Does Jack support bunting for a hit in a no-hitter? Does Jeremy like that the new guy in the bullpen has to wear a girl's backpack and carry the bubblegum? Does A-Rod get trashed multiple times? That's a definite yes. The guys also touch on the Carlos Rodon no-hitter and Brewers color analyst Bill Schroeder's comments on the Willson Contreras home run. This is just the beginning!

This week, Jack and Jeremy bring you their annual Over/Under predictions for the 2021 baseball season. How many brawls with the Cubs and Brewers get into this year, how many combined DL stints will Garrett Crochet and Michael Kopech have, how many games will Rain Delay Theater attend this season - all these predictions and more are made in this week’s episode! Also, Jack talks about midwesterner’s pride for cold weather, Jeremy talks about Trevor Williams’s dad, and the guys discuss the current Marquee Network commercial making fun of the suit-wearing policy last year. Enjoy!