The Barbecast

The Barbecast episodes:

• 12.14.2022

  Episode 113: This Is Not the Baseball Bar-B-Cast, but Thanks For Searching For Us!

  Hello friends! We have noticed a good number of people subscribing to/downloading pods from this feed, presumably in search of our new podcast, Baseball Bar-B-Cast over on the SiriusXM podcast network. Consider this a clarification on where you can actually...

  
• 05.07.2020

  Episode 112: No, the Barbecast is not back (but we have a podcast again!)

  Hi friends! Just wanted to pop into this dusty ol' podcast feed to let you know that we're starting a new baseball podcast with The Ringer! It won't be like the Barbecast, but we think you'll enjoy it. Thank you...

  
• 06.12.2017

  Episode 111: The Barbelast

  Welcome to Barbecast 111. This is the last Barbecast. As you may or may not know by now, we are transitioning to Tha BBQ Part II, aka the part where we work for MLB Advanced Media. You can read all...

  
• 06.02.2017

  Episode 110: The Podultimate Pod

  Welcome to Barbecast 110! And yes, you read the title right...it's the second-to-last Barbecast as you know it. Why? We still can't really tell you. Anyway, our special guest this week (at 22:15) is Brace Hemmelgarn, official team photographer of...

  
• 05.25.2017

  Episode 109: Trail Mix

  Welcome to Barbecast 109! No guest or B-Ref (or really even e-mails) this week, we just wanted to check in and let you guys know how things are not that are college days are officially behind us and the terrifying...

  
• 05.04.2017

  Episode 108: Sidearm Special

  Welcome to Barbecast 108! We've got two special guests this week. First up (at 24:30) is Tom Hackimer, professional side-armer in the Minnesota Twins organization. Tom is both a) our kind of guy; and b) almost everything Jake aspires to...

  
• 04.19.2017

  Episode 107: That's What He Is

  Welcome to Barbecast 107! We have two special guests this week. First up (at 17:25) is Steve Gerken, Average Dude from Austin, Texas. Who the hell is Steve Gerken? Good question! Steve sent us an e-mail for Barbecast 106...

  
• 04.10.2017

  Episode 106: Welcome Back, Baseball

  Welcome to Barbecast 106! A lot has happened since the last Barbecast, so we decided to take this episode to reflect on all that has gone on over the past 6 weeks or so -- mainly, baseball is back, and...

  
• 02.20.2017

  Episode 105: Everything Was Done as Fuzzy

  Welcome to Barbecast 105! Two special guests this week, as has become fairly customary. First up (at 23:30) is Anthony Castrovince of MLB dot com and Sports On Earth. Anthony is one of our favorite writers and we knew he would...

  
• 02.12.2017

  Episode 104: Did You RSVP to Spring Training Yet?

  Welcome to Barbecast 104! Two special guests again this week, one repeat and one podcast rookie. First up (at 20:00) is Mariners pitching prospect Andrew Moore, making his third Barbecast appearance in three years. We've watched Andrew grow from a...

  
• 01.25.2017

  Episode 103: D-III Dreams and Lactose Intolerance

  Welcome to Barbecast 103! We have two special guests this week. Hope that's cool with you. Our first special guest (at 25:15) is Cody Ponce, one of the top pitching prospects in the Milwaukee Brewers system, as well as a...

  
• 01.07.2017

  Episode 102: Tales from Tbilisi

  Welcome to Barbecast 102! We have two special guests this week -- two very different ones. First up (at 27:15) is Phillies prospect Rhys Hoskins, who we first met over the summer when he was mashing dingers with the Double-A Reading Fightin' Phils,...

  
• 12.28.2016

  Episode 101: Go White Sox Go

  Welcome to Barbecast 101! After returning for our centurial extravaganza, we took another lengthy break to finish our fall semester strong. Now home for winter break and have more time than we know what to do with, another Barbecast...

  
• 11.20.2016

  Episode 100: We Seriously Did 100 of These

  Welcome to Barbecast 100! Wait, 100??? Yeah, 100. Only a few months late, we finally managed to find some time to record our centurial podcast. We assembled an all-star cast of past Barbecast friends/guests to help create this inordinately long...

  
• 10.04.2016

  Episode 99: Winner Plays Gary Sanchez

  Welcome to Barbecast 99! Our special guest this week (at 17:00) is Ben Lindbergh, of the world famous Effectively Wild podcast and The Ringer. Ben's Barbecast debut is long overdue, but we wanted to squeeze him into the first 100 episodes...

  
• 09.25.2016

  Episode 98.5: Jose Fernandez Appreciation Podcast

  Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez passed away on Sunday morning. He was one of our favorite people in baseball, let alone one of our favorite players. We had a lot of thoughts, so we did our best to share them...

  
• 09.20.2016

  Episode 98: 6 AM Waffle House > 6 AM Lifts

  Welcome to Barbecast 98! After a month-long hiatus for Barbecasting due to our busy transition into our senior years of college, we shook off the rust and churned out a podcast for the listening masses (our moms). Our special guest...

  
• 08.19.2016

  Episode 97: The Yiddish Curver

  Welcome to Barbecast 97! Our special guest this week (at 15:50) is Evan Drellich, the Red Sox beat writer for the Boston Herald. Evan is one of our favorite beat writers, so it's unclear how it took this long to...

  
• 08.03.2016

  Episode 96: Gatorade Brewers

  Welcome to Barbecast 96! Our special guest this week (at 22:00) is Adam McCalvy, Brewers beat writer for MLB dot com. The Brewers made some interesting moves at the deadline and are at an odd place as an organization, so...

  
• 07.28.2016

  Episode 95: The Rickey Ro Show

  Welcome to Barbecast 95! After last week's guestless Carbecast on which we reminisced about the favorite parts of our roadtrip, we're back this week with two special guests. First up (at 17:55) is The Athletic Chicago's Sahadev Sharma, former Barbecast...

  
• 07.16.2016

  Episode 94: The Carbecast

  Oh golly. A wild barbecast appeared! No, we're not playing Pokemon Go, but we did manage to scrounge up a podcast for you fine folks.  For those of you that don't know we've been on the road writing for MLB.com...

  
• 06.22.2016

  Episode 93: Roadtrip Ramblings and Lana's Regretful Return

  Welcome to Barbecast 93! This is not a normal Barbecast -- it's shorter, there are no e-mails or B-Ref Battle, and OH MY GOD LANA BERRY IS BACK?!?! We wanted to record a quick podcast this week for two reasons:...

  
• 06.02.2016

  Episode 92: Lananna's Savannah Bananas Bandanas

  Welcome to Barbecast 92! Our special guest this week (at 17:20) is Mike Lananna, college baseball writer for Baseball America, and noted #1 fan of the Coastal Plain League's Savannah Bananas baseball team. Mike joined the show to talk about...

  
• 05.27.2016

  Episode 91: Aerospace Engineering

  Welcome to Barbecast 91! After a guestless episode last week, we've returned with TWO special guests for this week's pod, both currently inhabiting the Southern League. First (at 18:15 ), we talked to Twins minor league outfielder Daniel Palka. Daniel...

  
• 05.17.2016

  Episode 90: Free the B

  Welcome to Barbecast 90! There's no special guest this week, because we just wanted to record a full damn Barbecast and didn't have time to arrange a guest. So here we are! Instead of a guest, we did perhaps the...

  
• 05.08.2016

  Episode 89.5: MLB Draft Chat with Chris Crawford of Baseball Prospectus

  Welcome to Barbecast 89.5! This not your average Barbecast. There's not even Jake Mintz on this Barbecast :( But hey, it's still 45+ minutes of unadulterated audio content for your enjoyment. Finals week has made the recording of a full...

  
• 04.19.2016

  Episode 89: Joey Rickard!

  Welcome to Barbecast 89! We apologize for the lengthy delay since our last Barbecast, but it's great to be back. Before our special guest, we had a tremendous e-mail segment featuring the triumphant return of NAPOLEAN BOOKBINDERY (Note: Napolean last...

  
• 04.02.2016

  Episode 88: Confessions of a Pseudo-Canadian

  Welcome to Barbecast 88! Our special guest this week (at 17:00) is former major leaguer Mark Teahen! Mark came on to reflect on his career, including... getting drafted by the Moneyball A's getting traded as a prospect playing for the hapless late 2000's...

  
• 03.24.2016

  Episode 87: White Sox Scenario

  Welcome to Barbecast 87! Our special guest this week (at 18:42) is White Sox insider Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago. The Sox made some news recently with the supremely strange Adam LaRoche retirement saga, so we asked Dan to give...

  
• 03.12.2016

  Episode 86: The One With The Guy Who Put Us On TV

  Welcome to Barbecast 86! We return after several weeks with special guest Jesse Agler (at 21:08), Padres broadcaster and the brilliant idiot who thought it was a good idea to put us on television for a few minutes. We talked...

  
• 02.25.2016

  Episode 85: What These Pitchers Want

  Welcome to Barbecast 85! Our special guest this week (at 29:05) is Keith Law of ESPN! We've wanted to have Keith on for a while, so we let our conversation run a little long so we could cover as much...

  
• 02.04.2016

  Episode 84: Like Clayton Kershaw But Jewish

  Welcome to Barbecast 84! While we rarely mention any specifics from our pre-guest e-mail segment, this week contained an exception, as we presented our all-time Jewish baseball starting lineup, with pump-up music and everything. It was wonderful. Our special guests...

  
• 01.29.2016

  Episode 83: #GotYoBack and the JV Red Auerbach

  Welcome to Barbecast 83! Two special guests comin' at ya. Our first special guest this week (at 20:00) is Marc Carig, Mets beat writer for Newsday and lucky guy who gets to cover Yoenis Cespedes on a daily basis for...

  
• 01.20.2016

  Episode 82: Tuna Sandwiches and NBA Jam

  Welcome to Barbecast 82! Our special guest this week (at 18:10) is Jonah Keri, a prominent member of our personal Baseball Writer Mount Rushmore, among other things. Jonah is a baseball internet favorite and we've been wanting to have him...

  
• 01.14.2016

  Episode 81: He Throws A Powerball

  Welcome to Barbecast 81! Our special guest this week (at 14:05) is Lance McCullers, right-hander for the Houston Astros. The last we heard from Lance was back on Episode 59, merely hours before his 2015 season kicked off with the...

  
• 01.09.2016

  Episode 80: #FreeLance

  Welcome to Barbecast 80! It's been nearly a month since our last installment of this audio venture, so it's great to be back. Our special guest this week (at 15:18) is Erik Malinowski, purveyor of Rule 1. and freelance writer extraordinaire....

  
• 12.11.2015

  Episode 79: Rocket League to the Big Leagues

  Welcome to Barbecast 79! We've got a couple special guests for you this week, but we decided to shift the format a tiny bit. So, after e-mails (at 19:40) will be the second installment of Jake and Jordan Talk 'Bout...

  
• 12.03.2015

  Episode 78: A BABIP Bouquet

  Welcome to Barbecast 78! Our special guest this week is Meg Rowley (at 22:05), new writer over at Baseball Prospectus and veteran writer at Lookout Landing. We brought Meg on to discuss her recent piece on baseball's impending situation surrounding...

  
• 11.17.2015

  Episode 77: Dress Like A Seat Day

  Welcome to Barbecast 77! We have two extremely different but equally special guests this week. First (at 25:30), we talked to Arthur Lenk. Who is Arthur Lenk, you may ask? Arthur is a Mets fan! Arthur is also the Israeli...

  
• 11.05.2015

  Episode 76: Drafting 2015

  Welcome to Barbecast 76! Our special guest this week is Sam Miller (at 18:07), he of 1,000 Pitch Bullpen Barbecast fame, as well as the EIC at Baseball Prospectus. As the co-host of Effectively Wild, Sam is accustomed to drafting...

  
• 10.26.2015

  Episode 75: You Lyin' So Much

  Welcome to Barbecast 75, Yoenis Cespedes Is About To Play In The World Series Edition. Our special guest this week (at 15:00) is Boog "Jon" Sciambi, ESPN broadcaster and one of the 100 best broadcasters nicknamed Boog in the 21st...

  
• 10.06.2015

  Episode 74: Passan Out

  Welcome to Barbecast 74! This is our super-special playoff preview podcast in which 30% of this 2+ hour long marathon is anything resembling a playoff preview. We have two special guests this week. Our first special guest (at 15:00) is...

  
• 09.23.2015

  Episode 73: Jays, Jews, and a Grandma

  Welcome to Barbecast 73! In the spirit of Yom Kippur, we're atoning for the sins of the previous 72 Barbecasts with two special guests and an inordinate amount of actual baseball talk. Our first special guest this week (at 19:55)...

  
• 09.17.2015

  Episode 72: Poo Slinger's Paradise

  Welcome to Barbecast 72! Our special guest this week (at 28:45) is Rangers prospect and Integalactic Defender of Unpopular Opinions, Mike Matuella. Mike was the Rangers' third round pick in the 2015 Draft out of Duke University just a couple...

  
• 09.06.2015

  Episode 71: Minor League Moses

  Welcome to Barbecast 71! Our special guest this week (at 24:55) is Ben Hill, minor league roadtrip aficianado and writer for MiLB.com. It's Ben's job to drive around America and document the ins and outs of minor league teams, from the...

  
• 09.01.2015

  Episode 70: Pacey Wingers and The Cool Kind of Girl Scout

  Welcome to Barbecast 70! You thought you'd get a break from this podcast with us being in Europe. You thought wrong. All the way from Manchester, England and Copenhagen, Denmark, it's a brand new Barbecast with two special guests and...

  
• 08.11.2015

  Episode 69: Nice

  Welcome to Barbecast 69, the nicest Barbecast yet. We have THREE special guests this week in honor of the special occasion. Our first special guest this week (at 25:53) is Jared Diamond -- no, not THAT Jared Diamond -- the Jared...

  
• 07.30.2015

  Episode 68: 5-Pitch Chex Mix and Game Day Hair

  Welcome to Barbecast 68! This week's show has two special guests: a minor league pitcher and a major league ballgirl. Our first guest (at 26:03) is Chase De Jong, a right-handed pitcher in the Dodgers organization who was recently traded...

  
• 07.16.2015

  Episode 67: The Best Podcast Money Can Buy

  Welcome to Barbecast 67! Our special guest this week (at 21:30) is the author of "The Best Team Money Can Buy", Molly Knight. TBTMCB is Baseball Twitter's favorite thing at the moment and we also enjoy it quite a bit, so...

  
• 07.09.2015

  Episode 66: 6'0'', 212 lb Little League World Series Champion

  Welcome to Barbecast 66! After last episode's 1,000 pitch festivities, we've returned this week with a fairly regular Barbecast -- at least, as regular as Barbecasts go. Our special guest this week (at 15:47) is Luke Ramirez, one of the...