Shaggin' Flies

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1 – Podcasting and ENDURANCE and performing

3:30 – I'm TIRED

5:15 – Anne Arundel County

7:45 – NO PLUGS

11:15 – TV News is wild

12:30 – Bamboo Bernie's!

16 – Fascinating Uber rides

19:30 – Maryland seafood, of course

22 – What the hell is the Illinois state flag?

25 – The Dark Side of the Moon

33 – Why baseball?

37 – Don't ask about the Coors Field popcorn

40 – The Yoán Moncada Defense Segment

42 – Tiger Stadium and Robert Fick

49 – In praise of Scary Movie 3

52 – The Order of Operations Trifecta!

55 – Ben has a fixation

1:00 – Pick your ear

1:01 – Tesla is cool, Elon is not

1:07 – Would you fly if it took the same energy as running?

1:14 – The Full Count!

* Michael's Book Recommendation: Game of Shadows

* Michael's Food Recommendation: Red Curry Pad Thai

* Michael's Movie Recommendation: Narc

* Michael's Music Recommendation: Things Are Great by Band of Horses

* Michael's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Cymbal Cases

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1 – On a floor 😯

2 – Hawaii!

5 – To Fear The Water While Living On An Island

7 – Naming some guys: Erick Aybar; Gary DiSarcina; Darin Erstad; Tim Salmon

10 – Alex Chamberlain, Math Guy

19 – Mark Buehrle love, always worth noting

24 – Zach is a child

26 – Chad Moeller? Yankees backup catcher Chad Moeller?

29 – Taking AP Chem remains one of my biggest regrets

32 – Jim Edmonds inspiring kids to practice diving catches

34 – Freddie Freeman is the second most famous baseball-related alumnus of Alex's high school

37 – Chris Davis is the modern day Bobby Bonilla

39 – In favor of ballpark food out of a helmet

43 – Mike Trout robs a Grand Slam, and Alex Chamberlain becomes a national hero

47 – Rob Manfred makes $11 million?!?!?

52 – In favor of bullpen carts

55 – The Order of Operations Trifecta! (PEMDAS)

1:00 – No ghosts, but disembodied heads are scary

1:03 – Alex's daughter escapes

1:06 – The Full Count!

* Alex's Book Recommendation: Someone Who Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael-Bob Waksberg

* Alex's Food Recommendation: Japanese Cuisine

* Alex's Movies/TV Recommendation: Forgetting Sarah Marshall/MacGruber/Bob's Burgers

* Alex's Music Recommendation: The Wonder Years

* Alex's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Slovenia

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Ben and Zach are fortunate enough to be joined this week by Sean Anderson, former producer at Chicagoland radio station 670 The Score and current host of the Locked On White Sox Podcast, to talk about a million different things that can't possible be condensed into a single paragraph but include, among many other things: hot dogs, Esteban Loaiza, Captain Crunch Berries, why Field of Dreams sucks, and being told at a young age that, plot twist: you're not gonna be a pro sportball player.

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1:30 - Paul Pierce and Derrick Rose buzzer beater bank shots in the 2015 Eastern Conference Playoffs

3:45 – Pink mics

6:15 – A cat or a squirrel?

9:30 – Being told at age six that you're not gonna make it as a sportball player: the Sean Anderson origin story

14 – Dane Dunning love

19:15 – The best New Yorker in North Carolina

21:30 – College radio

23:15 – Get Back reviews and Paul McCartney's granny music

29 – Ranking Springsteen

35:30 – Christmas Shoes?

38:30 – Why baseball? Leaving it alone.

43 – Sammy Sosa, Chicago White Sox outfielder

45 – Esteban Loaiza's windup

46:30 – Hot dog and other essential ballpark foods

53 – Commissioner for a Day

1:01:30 – Order of Operations trifecta!

1:07 – The utterly pathetic Chicago Blackhawks organization

1:15 – A long rumination on baseball movies, the Sandlot, Major League, and Field of Dreams

1:28 – Jesus Christ resurrected outside the 670 The Score studios

1:37 – Ghosts, or lack thereof?

1:42 – The Full Count!

* Sean's Book Recommendation: Joe Posnanski's Top 100 Players

* Sean's Food Recommendation: Mac n' Cheese

* Sean's Movies/TV Recommendation: Die Hard/Deadliest Catch

* Sean's Music Recommendation: Faye Webster

* Sean's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Madden

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Shaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach

In lieu of a guest this week – and because we need to keep the lights on somehow – we put together some of our favorite deep cuts from the first 22 episodes of Shaggin' Flies. Some of our highlights include, in roughly chronological order:

-Michael Ajeto calling the cops on himself

-Janice Scurio calls the Cubs flatulent

-Sung Min Kim on Tinder

-Repeatedly being interrupted by live sports

-Scott Chu gets stopped by idiot immigration officials at the Canadian border and then tells us about sign language

-Bradford William Davis reminisces on Queens and canceling Cookie Monster

-DJ Short on culture and dad jokes

-Ghost stories from DJ, Pat Ellington, and Ellen Adair

-Sarah Griffin on getting pulled over as a result of the Mookie Betts trade

-Sara Sanchez brings a funny story in which you can't laugh

-Ellen Adair on acting

-The long awaited Cereal Supercut

Enjoy!

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Shaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach

Ben and Zach are joined this week by their Pitcher List and South Side Sox Colleague Chrystal O'Keefe (@chrystal_ok) for a delightful and rambling several hours that begins in Indianapolis, Indiana and instantly turns every which way imaginable. 

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1 – Opening with Star Wars

7 – SciFis everyone should watch!

10 – Meeting the Firefly cast

14 – What to do in Indy

17 – The Chicago Bulls All Have Covid

21 – Name-a-Pacer

24 – Writing!

25 – Murder?

30 – Writing a kids book

34 – The great hot dog debate part 224

38 – Gino's East > Lou Malnati's

41 – Michael Ajeto once again finds himself in reference, this time for the crime of liking Malort

42 – Why baseball?

43 – Other sports don't have Tim Anderson. Also, family, writing, and Andrew McCutchen!

50 – Stadiums and food!

52 – Go to Pittsburgh and get a pierogi

55 – Churro love

1:03 – Ben messes up the Order of Operations Trifecta

1:06 – Field of Dreams sucks

1:10 – Toothpaste?

1:15 – A conversation with Carrie Fisher if we could

1:17 – A really genuinely unsettling ghost story

1:25 – Relitigating the windshield wiper self consciousness debate

1:29 – The Great Concert Wishlist (Nirvana, Prince, David Bowie)

1:32 – Writing advice: skip the replies

1:40 – Kids are weird and funny

1:45 – The Full Count!

* Chrystal's Book Recommendation: Breath

* Chrystal's Food Recommendation: Garlic and Breadsticks

* Chrystal's Movies/TV Recommendation: Pen15

* Chrystal's Music Recommendation: The Metallica Collection

* Chrystal's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Take Care Of Your Face

1:55 – Fading out to Miley Cyrus and Wayne Coyne

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Shaggin' Flies with Ben and Zach

Zach is joined for a special solo session with Howard Megdal (@howardmegdal) of Baseball Prospectus, The IX, and the Next for a lovely ninety-minute conversation about women's sports, Bard College, the Mets, New Jersey, and plenty more baseball. 

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3 – Working in politics, but then not

5 – Mouse!

7 – The Next [https://www.thenexthoops.com/] and The IX [https://www.theixsports.com/]

10 – A nearly half-hour tangent about the wonderfulness of women's sports and the criminality of their underfunding

31 – Name and Image Likeness

33 – Loving sports at Bard College

35 – Sending angry emails to KenPom

37:30 – Leon Botstein does have a Wikipedia

40:30 – Campaigning the backup center for D3 player of the year

42 – Why baseball?

47 – Basketball is a shot, baseball is an IV

49 – The Baseball Talmud!

52 – Coolest games ever: 2015 World Series, David Cone, and Johan Santana

58 – Alex Bregman and flawed replay

1:02 – Analytics talk

1:06 – Cat!

1:07 – The enemy is certainty

1:09 – Order of Operations trifecta!

1:14 – The consistency of toothpaste as it hits the teeth

1:15 – A conversation with Abraham

1:17 – No ghosts, but Justin Turner is unexplained

1:20 – The Full Count

* Howard's Book Recommendation: Katherine Heiny [https://katherineheiny.com/]

* Howard's Food Recommendation: South Jersey Pretzel [https://www.sjpretzel.com/]

* Howard's Movies/TV Recommendation: The Third Man [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041959/]

* Howard's Music Recommendation: Bria Skonberg [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ahtSggrsy1v2oJuKfmzGm]; Veronica Swift; [https://open.spotify.com/artist/0YyqJ4bcQqxXdsdpgQPwtl] Emmet Cohen [https://open.spotify.com/artist/3kyGmsyTEpjopA521SSlLT]; Good Jazz and Good Food (in general)

* Howard's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Flannel pants

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Shaggin' Flies:

1 – Barbie!

3 – From Madison to the Bay

4:30 – Boo Daylight Savings

6:30 – DVR is Of Earth

11 – Witnessing the rise of fantasy live from RotoWire

14 – What If We Kissed In The Combination ESPN Zone/Hard Rock Café

19 – The different vibes of fantasy and gambling

22 – Tales from Sam's Club

27 – Reflections on Oracular Spectacular

31 – Why baseball? Accessability!

38 – Ballparks!

41 – In support of Ballpark Nachos

44 – The Homer Bailey no-no

46 – Order of Operations Trifecta

52 – Chalk up a W for the Sandlot Enjoyers

54 – Devin Harris shoutout

57 – Ben Palmer, Raccoon Murderer

1:00 – Roy Kent would NEVER

1:02 – The Full Count!

* Derek's Book Recommendation: Answers in the Form of Questions

* Derek's Food Recommendation: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Tacos

* Derek's Movies/TV Recommendation: Schitt's Creek/Tommy Boy/Jiro Dreams of Sushi/Bojack Horseman

* Derek's Music Recommendation: Little Neon Limelight by Houndmouth

* Derek's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Go on vacation somewhere cool

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Shagging Flies - Ben and Zach are joined by the wonderful and sharp-witted Matthew Roberson [https://www.nydailynews.com/matthew-roberson-staff.html] (@mroberson22 [https://twitter.com/mroberson22]), formerly of FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, and Lookout Landing but currently of the New York Daily News, for a typically meandering joyride around topics from Seattle suburbs, karaoke, the utility of flying, Mariners fandom, and countless other meaningless asides. Subscribe and enjoy!

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* As usual, on names (2)

* Sammamish Washington (3:30)

* Travis Pastrana (7:45)

* Every kid needs humbling (15)

* Having a cup of coffee at FanGraphs (23:30)

* Writers are weird (24:30)

* Tales from the college newspaper beat at the University of San Diego (27)

* Oh no, Charlie Morton (33:30)

* From Dominoes to New York (with some sales in between)

* On Comedy and Carrie Underwood [https://soundcloud.com/matthew-roberson-445238803/before-he-cheats-houston-astros-remix] (43)

* If you're doing karaoke, make sure you know the song (47)

* Phone drop! (1:00)

* Why would you have a roast for your birthday?

* Why baseball? (1:04:30)

* Stadium talk (1:11)

* Spending money? Me? A baseball franchise owner? (1:18)

* On Yankees fans and Boston fans (1:21)

* Hisashi Iwakuma love (1:25)

* Order of Operations Trifecta! (1:30)

* Concert of choice: Prince (1:37)

* Who in history would you talk to? (1:45)

* Not quite a UFO story, but not not a UFO story (1:48:30)

* Do birds know that flying is cool? (1:52)

* Matthew almost calls PETA as a child (1:55)

* The Full Count! (1:59)

* Matthew's Book Recommendation: Tonight I'm Someone Else by Chelsea Hodson [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/tonight-im-someone-else-essays_chelsea-hodson/18617597/?resultid=9727372b-1fdb-4071-92ff-51cf2c3db589#edition=19816994&idiq=28013729]

* Matthew's Music Recommendation: Sawayama [https://open.spotify.com/album/3stadz88XVpHcXnVYMHc4J]

* Matthew's Movies/TV Recommendation: Hacks [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]/ Catch Me If You Can [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0264464/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0]

* Matthew's Food Recommendation: Xi'an cuisine

* Matthew's Miscellaneous Recommendation: Going for a walk

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0 – Ben butters em up real good

5:30 – It is very much NOT all love, dammit

6:30 – Imagine seizing a team from a billionaire and putting it under control of the state via eminent domain

7:30 – We get to our tangent about owners sucking even earlier than usual, and the relitigation—literally—of the Rams' move from St. Louis to LA.

12 – Jerry Jones DEFINITELY has some really nasty stuff in his emails

15:30 – Married life!

20 – The Drew Silva story

30 – We interrupt the Drew Silva story to report that the STUPID RED SOX are going to the ALCS

32 – Somehow we wind up talking about Philistine foreskins again

36 – A question that starts with "As a Drake fan"

44 – Ben's favorite Drake album is SCORPION????

52:50 – Multiple curses

54 – Best concerts

1:02 – The joy of the two-monitor setup

1:04 – End of ad break?

1:05 – Why Baseball?

The Cardinals!

1:12 – I will **** on Indianapolis until the day I die

1:15 – Ben dodges a bomb threat at work (from someone in a panda onesie) while his parents are concerned with Cal Ripken's impending divorce.

1:18:30 – Ballpark foods

1:20:30 – ******

1:25 – Phish at Phenway

1:30 – In defense of watery Domestic Lite Beers

1:35 – Is an Opener a Starter?

1:40 – Bring a cricket announcer into baseball

1:41 – Order of Operations Trifecta!

1:51 – A deep and dark revelation from Ben

2:03 – Copying is good!

2:08 – The Full Count! (Recommendations To Be Added Shortly)

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