Joe had to work this week, so James has a rotation of guests on this week. He starts the show with his dad and historian Steven Creange on for the Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week, AL West talk, and a game involving their favorite home run hitters (01:57 – 25:25). Jacob Bollinger, Armchair writer for the Pittsburgh Pirates, then joins the show to discuss the Chris Archer trade (25:25 – 40:05). The last guest for the week is Dan Smyth, host of A Bunch of Nuts podcast for Armchair, to talk about Giancarlo Stanton and do a Mount Rushmore of fantasy baseball players from the late 90s/early 2000s (40:05 – 1:05:05).
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Joe is back! After a one week hiatus to be with the Jets, Joe rejoins the show to deliver some piping hot sports takes. They start off the show by each presenting a Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week (1:58 – 12:03). Then, they spend some time talking about the teams that are vying for the two AL Wild Card spots (12:03 – 21:39). James’s dad joins the show in a pre-recorded segment for the Mount Rushmore of Baseball Plays (21:39 – 40:25).
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Joe was tied up with the Jets this week, so James was joined on the show by his dad and the Spurtability historian: Steven Creange (1:58 – 3:05). James introduces and gives out the inaugural Josh Hader/Sean Newcomb/Trea Turner Tweet of the Week award (3:05 – 7:32). The guys then dig deep into the MLB trade deadline and look at some of the best and worst trades (7:32 – 21:33). This leads into Roberto Osuna talk (21:33 – 27:53). They wrap up the show with some listener questions for James’s dad (27:53 – 36:00).
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On this week’s episode, Joe makes a really bad joke and James opens the show by handing out his Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week award (01:55 – 10:04). James quickly tells the story of how he got the cops called on him for “trying to break into his own house” (10:04 – 13:23). The guys then touch on a few baseball topics from the week while simultaneously breaking the news of the Zach Britton trade (13:23 – 19:23). They end the show by having a short catch up chat with the historian of the podcast Steven Creange and the three give their Mount Rushmores of Baseball Songs (19:23 – 34:12).
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Joe and James open up the show by answering a listener question about Christian Hackenberg (1:41 – 5:00). They then hand out the Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week award (5:00 – 8:31). James introduces a new game called “Kansas City Royal or Randomly Generated Name?” (8:31 – 12:24). James wants Manny Machado while Joe wants to keep Miguel Andujar (12:24 – 19:53). James’s dad joins this show for this week’s history lesson (19:53 – 21:14). The guys wrap up the show by talking about the All tar game and home run derby (21:14 – 26:25) and rounding out their All Star teams of players traded at the deadline (26:25 – 41:10).
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Joe and James open up the show by talking about the new Spurtability store *see link below* (1:47 – 5:57). They then jump into their Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week (5:57 – 7:57). Long time listener, first time caller Richie sends in a Yankees question for the guys (7:57 – 11:42). Before taking a break, James and Joe discuss the return of Shohei Ohtani (11:42 – 15:48). James’s dad joins the show for his history lesson of the week (15:48 – 17:22). The guys then talk about the flaws (or lack thereof) of the MLB All-Star game (17:22 – 24:29). The show wraps up with the guys selecting their All-Star team of players traded at deadlines past (24:29 – 39:37).
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Joe and James open the show by talking about MLB players wearing mics and handing out their Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week (01:48 – 15:23). Joe discusses seeing Ichiro still do warm ups despite the fact that he is retired (15:23 – 21:20). James’s dad joins the show to give his history lesson (21:20 – 22:29). The guys wrap up the show by talking about the travesty that is Tropicana Field (22:29 – 31:33) and the worst teams in the MLB (31:33 – 39:12).






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Joe and James start off the podcast by talking about how their takes became “sources” that writer’s used (1:50 – 5:53). James hands out his Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week Award (5:53 – 12:04). Joe leads a discussion about the NL Central; specifically delusional Cardinals’ fans and whether or not the Cubs are underperforming (12:04 – 20:20). James’s dad teaches his history lesson this week (20:20 – 21:30). Joe and James talk about the Kelvin Herrera trade and the odd ways of Mets’ fans (21:31 – 28:06). The guys wrap up the show by each discussing one of their favorite “bad trades” of the 21st century (28:06 – 40:29).






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Joe and James start off the show with their Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week (00:31 – 08:05). They then answer some listener submitted questions (08:05 – 20:27). James’s dad joins the show to give his history lesson of the week as well as give himself a birthday shoutout (20:27 – 22:48). Joe and James come back with a short Shohei Ohtani segment (22:48 – 27:56) before wrapping up the show by revisiting some of Joe’s award nominations from the first episode (27:56 – 36:47).

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On this week’s episode, Joe and James open the show by talking about some of their favorite reviews of the podcast as well as James’s Trevor Bauer Hot Take of the Week (00:27 – 09:18). They then take an indepth look at the Seattle Mariners and their strange early season success (09:18 – 16:07). James’s dad joins the show for a quick history lesson (16:07 – 18:01). James brings up three topics for Joe’s quick first takes to end the show: MLB buying Rawlings (18:01 – 25:17), Jordan Montgomery injury and possible Yankees’ trades (25:17 – 31:31), and Kyler Murray has a big decision to make (31:31 – 38:10).

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