Bobby and Alex are joined by Hannah Keyser to run through a grab bag of topics, including the Shohei Ohtani/Ippei Mizuhara investigation updates, the state of the Designated Hitter across the league, why pitchers are not more...anxious, whether Jordan Montgomery leaving Scott Boras portends anything, team slogans, and more.

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The billionaire behind the scenes in White Sox’ stadium plan

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Songs featured in this episode:
At the Drive-In — "Lopsided" • Jimmy Eat World — "Christmas Card" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

Alex and Bobby break down the quote that's got them saying "Let's Go Brandon" and check in on some news items regarding a Sacramento baseball team and a recent rash of elbow injuries. Then they take stock of MLB's current bedfellows by ranking this year's jersey patch sponsors based on their benefit (or lack thereof) to society. We're talking grocery stores and oil spills, baby!
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Songs featured in this episode:
Madonna — "Material Girl" • The Saints — "Know Your Product" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

Bobby and Alex preview the 2024 season (three days into the season) by putting together a bingo card of some off-field events they'll be watching for this year, including billionaire shopping sprees, the encroachment of sports betting, political donations, Twitter settings tweaks, and more. Play along with your own card at the link below!

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A-Rod, Marc Lore and Glen Taylor clash publicly over Wolves, Lynx ownership

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Songs featured in this episode:

Smirk — "Violent Game" • Booker T & the M.G.'s — "Green Onions"

Return of the pod! Alex and Bobby are back to kick off the 2024 season with this year’s banned topics, a list which includes a media member, a sport, an oft-repeated lie from owners, a uniform decision, and more. Plus, some discussion of a couple small stories from the last week involving Shohei Ohtani and the MLBPA. Everything is fine here! 

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Players move to oust Bruce Meyer from union 

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Songs featured in this episode:

Thin Lizzy — “The Boys Are Back In Town” • Gulfer — “Clean” • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

[From April 20, 2020]

Alex and Bobby are joined once again by Washington Nationals closer Sean Doolittle to break down Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. It’s a game that features plenty of dingers, plenty of Hall of Famers, and vintage Pedro Martínez in the tightest pants imaginable. Plus: a dive into the story of Albert Belle and the greatest heist in baseball history.

Follow Sean on Twitter at ⁠@whatwouldDOOdo⁠.

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Songs featured in this episode:

Jamiroquai — "Canned Heat"  • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

[From Dec. 9, 2019]

For their 100th episode, Alex and Bobby take a look back at the 2010s by picking a player from each year who best represented the decade as a whole. The resulting list is a collection of players who were not necessarily the best, but who made the biggest cultural impact in the last 10 years, or who changed the way that we as fans consume the game. Does Yasiel Puig make the cut? Listen to find out…

Songs featured in this episode:

Lorde — “Supercut” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

[From Jan. 17, 2022]

Bobby and Alex are back with a very special episode this week. They’ve invited on their friends Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman of Céspedes Family BBQ to do the unthinkable: draft the owners who they would actually want — or wouldn’t hate — to have running their team. Some of the choices may surprise you and some may not, but the episode reveals the colorful history of some of baseball’s lesser known owners and is sure to give you a better understanding of the billionaires who run the sport we love to hate and hate to love.

Follow Céspedes Family BBQ on Twitter at @CespedesBBQ.

Songs featured in this episode:

H.E.R. — "Do To Me" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

[From Feb. 19, 2018]

On this episode, Alex and Bobby banter a bit about baseball’s resident dad Mike Scioscia, the return of The Freak, and Hunter Pence’s board game/video game/comic book/live streaming/podcasting café in Houston (a.k.a our new recording studio). Then they bring on writer and prolific tweeter Eireann Dolan to talk about activism in baseball, a painfully slow offseason, baseball reality shows, and how she met her husband Sean Doolittle (spoiler: it was Twitter). She also has some great ideas for how we should monetize. Follow Eireann on Twitter ⁠here⁠.

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⁠Pedro Moura on Ohtani/Scioscia ($)⁠ / ⁠the Scioscia quote⁠

⁠Hunter Pence’s foray into the coffee business⁠

Songs featured in this episode:

X — “Los Angeles” • Japanese Breakfast — “Everybody Wants to Love You” • Jeff Rosenstock — “Nausea” • The Eagles — “Already Gone”

[From March 12, 2018]

Inspired by an article by Zach Kram at the Ringer last year, Bobby and Alex take a deep dive into the history of “Backyard Baseball,” the kids-video-game-turned-cult-classic that they grew up with. They bring on Nick Mirkovich, one of the game’s co-creators, to talk about the game’s inception and its evolution through the years, and speculate on why the game remains so firmly embedded in the minds of this generation. They dive into the colorful personalities of each character and reminisce on what made the game so special in the first place. It’s a full-on nostalgia sesh, featuring real gameplay and cameos from Sunny Day, Vinnie the Gooch, and the one and only Pablo Sanchez.

Hi everyone,

We'll be taking a small hiatus from the show. In the meantime, we'll be running old classics and hidden gems from before many of you were subscribed. Thanks for your understanding, we look forward to being back with new episodes soon!

—Alex and Bobby