Rain Delay Theater

The 2019 baseball season starts for real this week as Jack and Jeremy head out to their first live game action of the season and bring you a SUPER-SIZED episode! First the guys head to the southside to see the White Sox take on the Royals. It was barely 2 innings into the game when Jack and Jeremy got their first taste of classic White Sox rowdy fan behavior! They also answer some major cliffhangers from the 2018 season about the return of scorecards, the Big Fly, and Brewing with Ricky - and meet some new friends, like the Gangsta Beer Vendor!

Then it was onto Wrigley to see the Cubs battle the Diamondbacks. It was a brutal windstorm and the guys barely made it out alive. On the northside, Jeremy reconnects with Catfish Man, they encounter a ruthlessly seat-kicking kid, and meet a goofy nerd who puts money where his mouth is, literally!

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Jack and Jeremy check in after one week of the 2019 MLB season. Jeremy laments Carl Edwards Jr. and the Chicago Cubs bullpen, Joe Maddon's future, and addresses how new Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy is baseball Marc Trestman. Jack weighs in on his 2019 Brewers and Josh Hader's durability. And the guys look around the league to discuss Pete Alonso's debut, Noah Syndergaard's complaining, and potential 1st round pick Adley Rutschman of Oregon State's hot start to the college baseball season.

Jack and Jeremy call an emergency podcast recording session to check in on the eve of Opening Day 2019. The guys touch on the surprise promotions of Eloy Jimenez, Pete Alonso, and Fernando Tatis Jr. for opening day, some quick outlooks for 2019, and an announcement about Rain Delay Theater's first trip (or trips) out to the ballpark for this season! Join in on this quick minisode!

Here it is: the conclusion of the Uniform Number Tournament, round 2 through the championship game! Tune in to hear the stunning conclusion of the tournament! Did I say stunning...? Well, just tune in to hear for yourself. Some real deep dives into the stats of some all-time greats. Man, I'm really pulling for my boy Rick Reuschel in this one...

In honor of March Madness, Jack and Jeremy conduct a March Madness tournament of their own consisting of players who wore jersey numbers 1-64. See who the guys pick to represent each jersey number and have them do battle in an ultimate tournament to see who is, um, the best...uniform...guy...? However it turns out, this is a fun one where the guys actually give their opinions on some of baseball's all-time greats and take a deep dive into their stats!

Can baseball hurry up and get here already?!? This week Jack and Jeremy try to kill the time by going back and re-evaluating Rookie of the Year voting from 2005 to 2015 to see if they got it right or overlooked a future Hall of Famer. At the top of the show, the guys pay tribute to a great comedian and baseball fan, Steven Brody Stevens, who passed away a few weeks ago. Check it out and afterward be sure to check out some Brody Stevens clips online. He will be missed!

The countdown to the 2019 season is underway as Spring Training is starting up and Jack and Jeremy are here to take a look at some of the Non-Roster invitees. How else could the guys have an excuse to rag on some major leaguers hanging on by a thread so early in the season? Before that, Jack and Jeremy spend a little time weighing in on the Manny Machado signing and the futility of the White Sox's pursuit of him. Get excited, baseball is on the horizon!

This week Jack and Jeremy escape the polar vortex of Chicago all the way north to Caledonia, Wisconsin to see 17U high school prep baseball as the White Sox Amateur City Elite players take on the Class of 2020 Hitters baseball team! This is the same travel team that #6 pick Jarred Kelenic played on last year! The guys arrive at a wrong address for the facility and are creeped out by Wisconsin back roads - but finally make it to the right place! Tune in to their recap of this really fun, cool, and unique indoor winter baseball experience. There's some salty coach/umpire chirping, some impressive prospects, and some odd ground rules! Also, Jeremy clarifies the Sammy Sosa bad acting commercials he mentioned on last ep. They also touch briefly on an effective way for the Cubs to erase the stupid Joe Ricketts email leaks (hint: it involves signing Bryce Harper). This is a fun one - tune in!

Before the 2019 Hall of Fame voting results are announced, Jack and Jeremy chime in to run down the '19 ballot and give their votes for this year's class of baseball greats. Along the way you'll be treated to Jack and Jeremy's thoughts on allowing steroid players in the HOF, a throwback yelling at Lance Berkman story, and some vocal impressions of Sammy Sosa in his various commercial appearances. It's soooo reeeeaallll! Tune in!

For this week's episode, Jack and Jeremy provide a very thorough recap of their viewing of the 1996 Tony Scott movie "The Fan" starring Robert De Niro and Wesley Snipes. As you can imagine, the guys have some choice criticism of this baseball movie masterpiece. They discuss the main character's odd obsession, not only with baseball, but also with the Rolling Stones, the classic theme of a young boy's fondness for knives, and the senseless murder of John Kruk in the movie's climactic final scene. Jeremy takes another shot at Steve Lyons and Jack ponders what the ultimate purpose of this film was. Watch the movie for yourself and check out the recap right here!