This Week in Blernsball

Baseball may be back soon? Kinda sorta? Either way, we can debate the best baseball movie!

This week's starting lineup:

1) The Lake Havasu Classic

This week's Futurama Episodes: The Deep South (Ben), The Problem with Popplers (Jacob)

This week should have been Opening Day but instead, we're paying tribute to March Madness with our own bracket, the Best Baseball Film of All Time in Our Opinion Ever Bracket. We open up the tournament with the ranking showdown, where we seed 30 movies, and 2 TV shows into the ultimate showdown bracket to see which one will reign supreme!

There's a new feature this week! The retro game of the week highlights a game from the past you should watch to get over your lack of baseball blues. Ben recommends Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS, Jacob recommends Game 5 of the 2015 Toronto-Texas ALDS.

Futurama Picks of the Week: The Lesser of Two Evils (Jacob), Insane in the Mainframe (Ben)

So, we got really tangential on this one, maybe a bit too tangential for our own good

The starting lineup this week:

1) Last Week Tonight did our Philly Phanatic Bit!

Futurama Episodes of the Week: The 30% Iron Chef (Jacob),  The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings (Ben)

Jacob's Astros Article: https://www.jacobmorriscommunications.ca/blog/2020/2/28/assessing-the-astros

We've got 99 problems, and the Philly Phanatic is most definitely one of them...

This week's starting lineup:

1) Streaming problems

This week's Futurama picks: A Big Piece of Garbage (Jacob), Future Stock (Ben)

We really need to stop talking about the Astros, if only they would let us...

This week's starting lineup:

 1) The Astros' PR nightmare of a week

Your Futurama picks of the week: War Is the H-Word (Ben) and How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back (Jacob)

This week in Blernsball, a baseball show somehow from the future and also the past.

This week's lineup: 1) Jacob is off the market (Mazel tov!) 2) Mookie Betts traded to LA 3) New Playoff Format 4) Chris Bryant Union Grievance 5) Spring Training is in the air 6) Assorted musings 7) Futurama episodes of the week

Futurama Episodes of the Week: Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love (Ben), Fry and the Slurm Factory (Jacob)

We promise, it's not a robot simulation, it's all in your head! 

This week's lineup: 1) More Astros news. 2) Starling Marte trade analysis. 3) Who wants to make a trade for a superstar? 4) New rules for 2020. 5) Uni-watch. 6) Futurama picks.

Your Futurama picks of the week to help you understand the twisted minds who brought you this podcast: Fear of a Bot Planet (Ben) and Where No Fan Has Gone Before (Jacob)

The Hall of Fame results came out this week, so we debate the morals of letting in steroid users. The sign-stealing scandal keeps rolling along. The Blue Jays have sharp new uniforms and more!

0:00 - Ben finally saw the new Star Wars!

1:00 - Hall of Fame news

10:50 - The steroid debate makes us feel gross

12:45 - The black and white of sign stealing

23:30 - Free Agency News

30:00 - Games Abroad

32:00 - Blue Jays new unis

38:00 - Astros manager candidates

40:15 - 90s Cartoons

43:15 - Ben needs help choosing his hat for work

44:19 - Negro League throwback nights

This Week in Blernsball, a baseball podcast by nerds, for nerds.

0:00 - Astros punishment

21:20 - Free Agency

41:00 - AL West Breakdown

46:45 - Uni Watch

1:03:00 - Bold Predictions for the 2020s