Sometimes Baseball

Kerry rejoins Trout this week and offers his take on life as a Cardinals fan, how to work around eating salad leaves, and how managers are becoming the intermediaries between the clubhouse and the media. They chat about how Mike Yastrzemski is good, the Red Sox pitching staff is not, and take accountability for their preseason predictions. One of the best drafts thus far causes the guys to go to the end of their ropes with creative scouting reports. Kerry is stumped on trivia and offers his take on a Coldplay lyric. They bring it all home with a discussion around the extremes of temperatures.-0:00 – Introduction, Catch-Up, and Agenda -3:16 – Life as a Cardinals Fan at the Moment -6:00 – Whatcha Been Thinkin? -9:00 – Today in Baseball History -15:17 – Takeaways from the Fourth Week of the Season -19:59 – Accountability Time -27:44 – Draft – Disney Princesses We Would Want to Back Us up in a Fight -34:44 – Trivia -37:21 – Song Lyric/Movie Quote of the Day -40:35 – Trending Twitter Topic

David, Bobby, and Trout are back at it for a second week in a row with a deep dive into how expensive cars should NOT have bumper stickers, the power of the playoff beards, and Bobby gives an impassioned take on the shortcomings of two Cleveland pitchers. The guys help to distinguish between good and great from some of the big names of the early 2010s, and they offer some thoughts from the last week of baseball. They take stock on some league leaders and pick whether the leaders will hold up throughout the rest of the season. Bobby brings the draft idea (team uniforms) and the trivia question (Which college has the most players on active rosters?). They bring it all home with song lyrics and a movie quote and end with a conversation about Blockbuster.-0:00 – Introduction, Catch-Up, and Agenda-2:14 – Whatcha Been Thinkin?-9:48 – Today in Baseball History-30:56 – Takeaways from the Third Week of the Season-35:07 – Buy/Sell/Hold on League Leaders and Playoff Teams-47:54 – Draft – Baseball Uniforms-1:05:65 – Trivia-1:08:37 – Song Lyric/Movie Quote of the Day-1:12:38 – Trending Twitter Topic

Trout and David's friend, Bobby, joins the show! He shares the story of how he acquired game-worn cleats, the guys all imagine which players they would like to see in their primes, and they offer their takeaways from the second week of the season. They then dive into a conversation about baseball in the Olympics, create a dream team of Americans, and draft weird sports from the Olympics. They bring it all home with trivia, song lyrics, and a conversation about fast food. -0:00 – Introduction, Catch-Up, and Agenda -2:17 – Whatcha Been Thinkin? -5:31 – Kevin Newman’s Cleats -9:50 – Today in Baseball History -14:39 – Takeaways from the Second Week of the Season -21:37 – MLB Players in the Olympics -26:05 – USA Baseball Dream Team Roster Construction -35:05 – Draft – Weirdest Olympic Sports -46:56 – Trivia -49:38 – Song Lyric of the Day -53:06 – Trending Twitter Topic

David and Trout offer their thoughts on whether to head to the future or past, on how interesting it would be to see their parents in high school, and the impact of free agency on baseball. They have to update their playoff predictions due to the addition of 3 additional teams in each league. They draft baseball movies, offer their favorite movie quotes, and bring it home discussing what designs they would go with for custom cleats. -0:00 – Introduction, Catch-Up, and Agenda -2:01 – Whatcha Been Thinkin? -7:27 – Today in Baseball History -13:56 – Takeaways from the First Week of the Season -18:28 – Updated Playoff Predictions -32:56 – Draft – Baseball Movies -49:49 – Movie Quote of the Day -53:05 – Trending Twitter Topic

Have an idea for a fun stat we should track this year? DM us a suggestion or email [email protected], and we'll select the best one on our next episode to keep track of along with our other three stats! -0:00 – Introduction, Catch-Up, and Agenda -4:28 – Whatcha Been Thinkin? -7:43 – Fun Player Predictions in a 60 Game Set -14:18 – What is a Fun Statistic We Should Track this Year? -18:45 – Awards Predictions -28:45 – Playoff Predictions -42:43 – Draft – Ice Cream Flavors -1:00:00 – Song Lyric of the Day -1:04:01 – Trending Twitter Topic

-0:00 – Introduction, Catch-Up, and Agenda-2:09 – The Start of Smashletes -6:09 – Ryan’s College Baseball Experience -10:35 – Which MLB Field Would you Love to Play on? -12:55 – Whatcha Been Thinkin? -21:20 – Today in Baseball History -23:40 – As Commissioner for the Day, What Would You Add/Subtract/Change? -35:55 – Hot Takes for the 2020 Season -48:29 – Trivia - How Many Innings was the Longest Game in the 21st Century? -50:48 – Draft – Worst Hours of the Day -1:01:11 – Song Lyric of the Day -1:05:05 – Trending Twitter Topic – Summertime in Three Words

-00:00 – Introductions and Catch-Up-02:00 – Whatcha Been Thinkin?-05:14 – Today in Baseball History-07:08 – 2020 New Rules & Impact-25:30 – Over/Under on Team Win Totals-36:22 – Divisional Predictions-36:44 – NL East-37:25 – NL Central-39:28 – NL West-40:24 – AL East-41:30 – AL Central-42:32 – AL West-44:14 – Wild Card Predictions-46:10 – Song Lyric of the Day-48:47 – Trending Twitter Topic

0:00 – Introduction and Catch-Up 2:26 – Whatcha Been Thinkin’? 7:29 – Today in Baseball History 9:45 – Discussion of Playoff Structure 11:49 – NL & AL West Breakdown -11:57 – Arizona Diamondbacks -16:04 – Los Angeles Dodgers -20:10 – San Francisco Giants -26:07 – San Diego Padres -30:04 – Colorado Rockies -32:17 – Houston Astros -34:27 – Oakland Athletics -37:29 – Los Angeles Angels -40:13 – Texas Rangers -42:35 – Seattle Mariners 44:16 – Trivia Question -Which player led 2019 in jersey sales, and which player was announced as the leader in all-time jersey sales? 51:20 – Song Lyrics 53:40 – Trending Twitter Topic

Kerry joins the show as he and Trout share their random thoughts and talk through their actual thoughts on losing the DH. In a combo of the "Today in Baseball History" and "Baseball Trivia" segments, Kerry pitifully loses at trivia multiple times, which is followed by an extended look at each of the ten teams in the NL and AL Central divisions. Then, Kerry connects the dots between Santa's reindeer and Nicki Minaj, and Trout gives a shoutout to the worst song of all time. They finish it off by reminiscing on their favorite childhood video games.

Trout brings his dad on the show for this special episode. They converse about why cold showers are the worst, learn a bit about Tony La Russa, and take a deep dive into the extended coaching career of Trout's dad. He then wins at trivia and shares a cool memory around the final game at RFK for the Washington Senators in 1971. The two then, for the most part, attempt to draft DC baseball moments and share their nostalgia around the game and the meaning of those moments. The show wraps up with a fun Tom Petty story and a quick conversation about Superman.