This Week in Blernsball

We hate that we have to say this in the year 2020, but don't be a jerk. Baseball should be a fun, open, and inclusive place, but some stuff happened this week that ran pretty counter to those ideals. Cincinnati Reds announcer Thom Brennaman used an anti-gay slur live on the air during a broadcast and was rightly punished for it by losing his job. In Texas, the Rangers acted like crybabies over Fernando Tatis Jr. having some fun and the gods of baseball punished them with eight losses in a row.

On the more fun side of things, it's almost the trade deadline! Some teams are already wheeling and dealing this week, with interesting results! We're not sure if these are good trades, or if the trades are bad and they should feel bad.

Then things get completely off the rails. Let's talk DC Comics movies, because why not?

In a new segment that we're calling Connery's Corner, in honour of the king of movies so bad they're good, we review Highlander!

This week's Futurama Episodes of the Week: I Second That Emotion (Jacob), The Duh-Vinci Code (Ben)

Welcome to the podcast Slurm, the highly addictive future soft drink secreted from a giant alien worm! This week we talk about more fallout from the Mike Clevinger/Zach Plesac situation, the new Cincinnati Reds COVID scare and the Miami Marlins recovery process, including whether or not they should consider bringing back the players who got infected or just roll with the replacements they have.

In non-COVID news, Charlie Blackmon is chasing a .400 average for the season, even though it's severely shortened, and his teammate Daniel Bard is dealing after missing seven seasons due to mental health concerns. Somebody should get that dude a movie.

In our Uni-Watch segment, we tip our caps to MLB's handling of Negro League Day and Lovecraft Country's faithful recreation of Jackie Robinson's uniform.

Finally our Futurama Picks of the week: Attack of the Killer App (Ben), Murder on the Planet Express (Jacob)

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This Week In Blernsball comes to you live, across the fifth dimension, with video! Now witness Ben and Jacob talk about baseball, instead of just listening to them.

This Week's Starting Lineup:

1) Now with Video!

This Week's Futurama Picks: Mobius Dick (Ben), Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles (Jacob)

Video Link: https://youtu.be/SWSqblAAD-k

This podcast makes no sense. 

This Week's Starting Lineup:

1) A Céspedes for the Rest of Us!

Futurama Picks of the Week: A Head in the Polls (Jacob), Leela's Homeworld (Ben)

Well, at least we had one good weekend of baseball before everything fell apart... maybe a biodome would have prevented this.

This week's starting lineup:

1) Marlins fail

Futurama PIcks of the Week: The Cryonic Woman (Jacob),  Saturday Morning Fun Pit (Ben)

This episode brought to you by Mom's Friendly Robotics Company. Mom's - there hasn't been an uprising yet!

Baseball is back baby! We simulcast the Blue Jays - Red Sox exhibition game from Fenway Park on July 22nd.

This week's episode of This Week in Blernsball is brought to you by the Hypnotoad. ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD.

Can it be? Do we dare get excited? Baseball is coming back soon and we're so happy about it!

This Week's Starting Lineup:

1) We're excited about some intrasquad games!

This Week's Futurama Picks: Less than Hero (Jacob), Bender Gets Made (Ben)

You want stuff? We have stuff! Baseball stuff! Exciting news about real baseball potentially being played in the nearish future! 

This week's starting lineup:

1) We have a schedule!

Futurama Picks of the Week: Bendin' in the Wind (Ben), A Taste of Freedom (Jacob)

In One Shining Moment, it's all on the line. One Shining Moment, you're frozen in time. The TWIBlernsball Movie Madness Champion is crowned this week!

This Week's Starting Lineup:

1) Baseball is Back!

This week's Futurama episodes: Raging Bender (Jacob), Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV (Ben)

MLB IS BACK! In case you couldn't tell, we're excited that MLB has reached a conclusion of their labour disruption and is on the road back to a shortened season, maybe, so long as there are strict health protocols in place. This isn't looking so good already.

This Week's Starting Lineup:

1) BASEBALL!

Futurama picks of the week: The Series has Landed (Ben), A Fishfull of Dollars (Jacob)

Join us next week for the Gold Medal Match of the TWI Blernsball movie madness bracket!