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For the first time in Strong Words With Ian Strong history, Ian and Mark Shuey are here to do a mid-season edition of "Iantentional Talk." In this edition, Ian and Mark recap the first half of the 2026 season, the all-star game, the home run derby, give their opinion on how the implementation of the ABS system has worked out, catch you up on the ongoing labor negotiations between the players union and the owners and more before revisiting their pre-season predictions to see how they're tracking and predict what they think will happen for the rest of the year.

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In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian continues to the second stop a three-city road trip in which he saw his favorite baseball team, the Atlanta Braves in 2025. This stop goes to Kansas City, Missouri in which Ian saw a couple of Braves games, toured Kauffman Stadium, got a private barbecue food tour of the city, and more!

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In this episode, which is a continuation of the conversation from yesterday's episode, Brandon Youngblood, "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet, and Ian talk about the current WWE product: its over-commercialization since being bought by TKO, its reliance on celebrity and influencer appearances and their affect on the product, and more before previewing this weekend's Wrestlemania 42 by discussing the build for each match and predict who will win every match on both night's cards.

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With Wrestlemania 42 coming this weekend, Ian talks about the current professional wrestling product for the first time on the show. Joining him was supposed to be the former co-hosts of "Falls Count Anywhere With Youngblood and Manny," but instead, is going to feature the returning Brandon Youngblood, and "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet. In part one of the discussion, the three guys break down their thoughts on the non-WWE wrestling promotions in the United States including New Japan, Ring of Honor, NXT, TNA, and AEW while sharing their thoughts on what they like, what they don't, who to watch, how the products can improve and more.

Look for part two tomorrow where the discussion concludes with a deep dive into the WWE and an in-depth preview of this weekend's Wrestlemania!

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In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian visits the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas to see his favorite baseball team, the Atlanta Braves take on the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington. While there, Ian toured Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys), went on a walking food tour in Deep Ellum, saw the world's biggest eyeball, sampled the food at the Crossroads, and more!

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With the Major League Baseball season kicking off this Wednesday night, Ian and Mark Shuey return to talk baseball in a segment now being dubbed, "Iantentional Talk." In this edition, Ian and Mark recap the 2026 World Baseball Classic as well as the biggest off-season news including free agent signings, trades, discuss next year's potential work stoppage, the hall of fame inductees, and more before giving you some milestones to look out for this year as well as predict every division's winner, wild card teams and who they think will play in and win the World Series!

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For the first time since returning from hiatus, "Ranking Roundtable" is back to rank the albums by one of Ian's favorite bands, System of a Down. Joining him on the panel to discuss the compiled rankings of 8 die-hard fans are his co-worker Jared (who Ian saw SOAD with back in the summer) along with ranking roundtable staple, "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet. Together, they reveal the ultimate ranking of the five albums and give their takes on the best albums, songs, and concert experiences!

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In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian returns to Atlanta, Georgia to cross the number one item from his bucket list: see a World Series game in Atlanta. In this episode, Ian talks about the last minute trip (that he almost missed his flight for), the disgusting hotel room he booked, going to game 3 and hanging out outside the stadium and the game 4 experience in the stadium that you may have seen on TV and he will never forget.

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In this featured volume of "Shot Glass Diaries, recorded years ago and never released, Ian invites his sister Cortney and his brother-in-law Josh onto the show to recap when Ian came to visit them when they lived in Illinois. While there, Ian and Josh saw a ballgame between the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and describe the sights, sounds, and tastes of the ballpark while Cortney took her kids with Ian's late wife, Amy, in the city for a kids-friendly activity.

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JB, Dan, and Ian's brother-in-law Josh (filling in for Phil) return to go "Balls Deep Inside the NFL"  and talk about the '25-'26 season and preview this Sunday's Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Together, they'll recap the biggest news stories of the season, talk about the 10 head coaches who lost their jobs, preview the big game by predicting the final score, and addressing each team's biggest needs in the return of the segment "5 words or less."

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