Rain Delay Theater

Jack and Jeremy head to Wrigley Field for an NL Central showdown this week and there was plenty of drama on and off the field! The intense game between the Cubs and Brewers served as a great backdrop to a couple of incidents in the stands as Jeremy finally almost comes to blows with an unruly, rowdy fan and maybe now they're sorta buds...? Jack angers a curmudgeonly season ticket holder with his Brewers enthusiasm. And Jeremy has another boneheaded event on his way to the field - one of dire magnitude that almost kept him from getting into the game! Tune in to hear all about it! This was an animated ep, as both Jeremy and Jack had A LOT invested in the game. In fact, the game analysis doesn't get cooking until about the 1:06:50 mark, so skip all the way to that if you want to go straight to the game talk. But the stories at the top are well worth a listen! Enjoy!

In a game that was marked on the calendars since Spring Training, Japanese baseball star Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Angels come to the southside to take on the White Sox! And Ohtani, torn UCL and all, delivered! Hear Jack and Jeremy recap the entire Ohtani Experience, including Jeremy getting on a Red Line train heading in the wrong direction out of pure overexcitement. The guys also discuss a final(?) pitiful ending to the Big Fly game on the video board for this season, they try to figure out if anyone is ever going to be the player to be named later in the Felix Pena trade, and we hear from a knowledgeable father who begs to differ with his kids' proclamation that Mike Trout is the best player in baseball. And one final chaotic and catastrophic parting shot to our White Sox trips this season takes place in the bathroom before heading home. If this was the last White Sox game of the year for Jack and Jeremy, they ended it in a fitting way, so tune in to hear their Southside adventures come full circle!

Jack and Jeremy are back out at the ballpark to see none other than Michael Kopech in his 3rd major league appearance! And...well, the baseball gods would have nothing of it because after 3 innings of Kopech, we were treated to our very first rain delay of the Rain Delay Theater podcast. We talk about what to do during a rain delay and we get a chance to comment on more of the White Sox video board presentations..and we maybe have some nice things to say about them for once...? Plus, hear about how Jeremy decided to pull a stunt on Jack by also wearing his Expos hat unbeknownst to Jack. Good times were had at the battle of the Sox, so tune in, won't you?

Ever wonder who Jack thinks is the Biggest Greaseball in the majors? Want to know who Jeremy picks as baseball's Biggest Hunk? Well tune in to this week's minisode to find out! Jack and Jeremy run through a list of made up awards ranging from Most Annoying to Nerdiest Player to Coolest Dude! We really let some people have it, including newest Cubs acquisition Daniel Murphy! For a fun time, give this episode a listen, folks!

Jack and Jeremy run down the top 10 highest paid players this year and give their take on whether they're worth their contract or not. What do the guys think of David Price, Zack Greinke, and Jason Heyward, tune in to find out! But before that, Jeremy and Jack call out the Yankees announcers for their incredibly stupid take on the Adam Engel catch from last week. Watch out Ryan Ruocco and Ken Singleton because shots were definitely fired! With some hot takes and hard looks at the stats, this one is a little baseball nerdy, so come along for the ride!

Winter is Coming®...hey! wait a minute, no it's not! It's only August and there's still plenty of shoddy theme night promotions at Guaranteed Rate Field! So Jack and Jeremy take in Game of Thrones night on the southside as the New York Yankees take on the Chicago White Sox. The guys jam pack a lot into this episode including plane crash survivors throwing out first pitches, more ridiculous video board presentations, sexy Larry Rothschild photos, the world's biggest A.J. Cole fan, Matt Davidson straight clowning Giancarlo Stanton, and a legitimately awesome catch by Adam Engel! This and so much more in this week's Rain Delay Theater! Check it totally out!

Jack and Jeremy make their long awaited return to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field this week! In a first for the podcast, we find a Jeremy who's actually angry about baseball gameplay and not the fans...though, there's some of that too. We get a lengthy rant from him about Joe Maddon's bullpen and starting pitcher mismanagement. We hear a story from Jeremy about the late, great Yosh Kawano and a fake autograph ring perpetrated by himself, a childhood friend, and the friend's dad. The guys also talk about ballpark proposals, aisle etiquette, and some jerk who used the seats next to us as his own personal footstool. All this and more on this week's episode of Rain Delay Theater!

The guys are joined this week by friend of the show Ben Perkins (@allusedup2 on Twitter) to watch and discuss some of their favorite Baseball Videos! We run down some of the great baseball meltdowns, rants, and drunken moments captured for our eternal listening and viewing pleasure! Wally Backman and Terry Collins losing their minds, Lou Piniella ranting on Steve Stone, Rick Sutcliffe drunk on air, and THE classic George Brett video are just some of the videos we talk about in this ep! Jack, Jeremy, and Ben run them all down and give their insight on these audio gems. In what's becoming an alarmingly routine warning, things get a little graphic when discussing the George Brett video, but how could it not?! Heavy dudes-being-dudes alert for this one, but, hey, t'was all in good fun!

For links to all vids covered in this ep, please visit raindelaytheater.com/notes/episode-14-notes-baseball-videos

Jack and Jeremy head to Wrigley Field this week for the 2018 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game featuring the country's top high school stars! And the game did not disappoint, unfortunately, the unruly droves of inattentive, beer-sniffing little league parents did! Children running wild, adults behaving worse than the kids they paid so little attention to, and a put upon beer vendor whose knowledge of his own trade was being questioned right to his own face. These were some of the indecencies witnessed by the guys this week in the stands. Hear all about it in the animated, sailor-mouthed first half of the podcast (13:30). Before that, Jeremy has an unpleasant autograph seeking incident with a former MLB pitcher who was not having any of it (1:40). And finally, after addressing to the likes of "White T-Shirt Dad" and "Poodle Man", the guys moved their attention to the talent on the field and give their scouting reports on the numerous players in the game that could be potential 2019 MLB Draftees (36:45). The guys get in depth on impressive showings from potential #1 Draft Pick Bobby Witt Jr., Riley Greene, and Hunter Barco. For the uber-scouts out there, this one has it all, but we recommend jumping ahead to that 36-minute mark if you want to skip the profanity-laced tirades against the bad fans endured by Jack and Jeremy!

The well never runs dry on the southside of Chicago and this week the guys meet, hands down, their biggest baseball weirdo to date - "The Informed Interloper"! Armed with a scorebook, an Oakland Athletics hat and lanyard, and a Yairo Munoz Cardinals shirsey, this ballpark oddball sidled his way next to Jack while Jeremy was up on his second dollar dog run of the game and what unfolded would be podcast fodder richer than Jack and Jeremy could ever dream of (8:24)! Hear all about our adventures with this uninvited guest, including a very human moment where the guys were forced to confront a fight or flight situation. Jack and Jeremy also chime in about the tv star of the game, "The Mustard Man", a couple of foul balls to a very sensitive area for Marcell Ozuna, and another Daniel Palka/Salsa mishap? The guys also react in realtime to the breaking news of the Cardinals' firing of manager Mike Matheny. This is a good one, folks! Tune in!