Ep. 62 — Alex and Bobby open with the shocking revelation that Bryce Harper cut his hair (does he listen to the pod? It’s possible!). Then they break down the Mets-Mariners trade that is sending Robinson Canó back to New York, and take a look at the new plans for an A’s stadium in Oakland. Then they try to understand the motivations behind MLB donating to a racist Senate campaign and what it says about them as a business. Finally, they bid farewell to Adrián Beltré, whose long and storied career will surely land him in the GIF Hall of Fame — and the real one, too.

Links:

Bryce Harper’s new ‘do

Plans for the new A’s stadium

Songs featured in this episode:

PUP — “Dark Days” • The Coup — “The Guillotine” • Alvvays — “Adult Diversion” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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Ep. 61 — Bobby and Alex banter about the Marlins annual uniform redesign, how newly minted Cy Young Award winners Jacob deGrom and Blake Snell broke statistics forever, and how maybe baseball isn’t dead yet. Then they go down the rabbit hole that is Bryce Harper’s hair routine, complete with some surprising discoveries made live on the pod. Then they look at Glassdoor reviews of baseball teams by former employees and actual players. Finally, they welcome the Amarillo Sod Poodles into the minor league family, and look back in history at the best named now-defunct minor league teams.

Links:

New Marlins uniforms

Blind Barber

Amarillo Sod Poodles Anthem

Songs featured in this episode:

Smino — “L.M.F.” • Illuid Haller — “PACO” • Illuid Haller — “PARIS” • Asher Roth — “I Love College” • Carson Leverett — “Amarillo Sod Poodles Anthem” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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Ep. 60 — Alex and Bobby banter about a team-less Bryce Harper on the cover of MLB The Show and dismantle Bill James’s suggestion that all baseball players are replaceable. Then they look at what the Indians’s offseason plans say about the state of ownership in baseball, and try to parse through the allegations of racism and sexism thrown at the Mariners by a now-former trainer. They end things on a high note with the news that the Prodigal Son Tim Tebow has risen…to AAA.

Links:

Bryce Harper wears a hoodie

Bill James is ~the worst~

Seattle Mariners? Also not good

Songs featured in this episode:

ROSALÍA — “DI MI NOMBRE” • Earl Sweatshirt — “Nowhere2go” • Funkadelic — “Can You Get To That” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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Ep. 59 — With the 2018 baseball season officially over, Bobby and Alex take a look back at the World Series and discuss their main takeaways. They talk about new Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen — if only to say his name many, many times — and what the hiring says about the state of the franchise. Then, because the misery of one team wasn’t enough, they each randomly adopt a new team to follow in the coming year to get out of their “coastal” “elite” “bubbles” and find some new and interesting storylines. Finally, they revisit their all-GIF teams from the beginning of the year to see how their players fared, and review their hot take predictions for the season.

Links:

The 2018 All-GIF Draft

Songs featured in this episode:

Joji — “SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK” • Cypress Hill — “When the Shit Goes Down” • The Mescaleros — “Johnny Appleseed” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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Ep. 58 — Alex and Bobby bring out the ol’ Bad Take Dramatic Reading, this time with a column (if you can call it that) about a “fake” “stat.” They banter about the Mets’s futile GM search, the Wade Miley move that set the baseball world ablaze, and Chris Sale’s belly button. Then they dive into the weird Astros cheating scandal and wonder why they couldn’t do better than Kyle and an iPhone, and look at the way that Manny Machado’s behavior has been assessed by fans and the media. Finally, to preview the World Series, they come up with their best tabloid headlines to match the possible outcomes.

Links:

Bill Welt is Mad Online about fake stats

Songs featured in this episode:

Modest Mouse — “Polar Opposites” • Cloud Nothings — “Another Way Of Life” • Childish Gambino — “Feels Like Summer” • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

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