[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.

Links:

⁠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

Please enjoy this 'Moneyball' watchalong commentary track, unlocked from the Tipping Pitches Patreon, while Alex and Bobby take the week off from the feed to recover from the chaos of Billionaire Hunting. 'Moneyball' is currently streaming on Netflix in the United States.

Bobby and Alex discuss the sale of the Baltimore Orioles to billionaire hedge fund manager David Rubenstein. Then, in one of their most unhinged efforts ever, they run through the Forbes list of the 100 richest people in America to try and find a new owner for the Oakland Athletics.

Links:

Michael Baumann on the sale of the Orioles

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Songs featured in this episode:

Parquet Courts — “NYC Observation • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

Bobby and Alex banter about a World Series between the most likable teams, then discuss the bubbling age fraud story in the Dominican Republic and its fallout, run through a grab bag of listener topics, and float an idea for how to raise the stakes of the Hall of Fame selections.

Links:

Age fraud in the Dominican Republic 

Adrian Beltre gets the call to the Hall 

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Songs featured in this episode:

Jess Williamson — "Hunter" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

Alex and Bobby try and parse Amazon’s rescue of Diamond Sports Group and what it means for the future of broadcasts, then discuss Jerry Reinsdorf’s quest to make his mark on the South Side with a new stadium, and dive into what Sports Illustrated’s untimely demise means for the future of the media landscape (it’s not great!).

Links:

Amazon investing in Diamond Sports Group

White Sox in “serious talks” for new stadium 

Matthew Trueblood on Jerry Reinsdorf’s stadium dreams 

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Songs featured in this episode:

The Mother Hips — “White Falcon Fuzz” • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

You know him, you love him. It's FanGraphs writer Michael Baumann's fifth time appearing to assess the state of labor in baseball, which this year features a macro-analysis of the minor league CBA, a final consensus on whether deferred money in player contracts matters all that much, and predictions over whether streaming's collapse will have adverse effects on labor in the future.

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Links:

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Songs featured in this episode:

Desaparecidos— “Mall of America” • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”

New year, same Tipping Pitches. Alex and Bobby ring in 2024 by running through some REAL baseball news (the contents of Jeff Passan’s Twitter account) over the last few weeks, including a pair of moves from the Red Sox, even more rule changes, and Harrison Bader (that’s right). They also make some New Year’s resolutions, field some listener questions, and start planning out Alex Rodriguez’s presidential campaign. 

Links:

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Songs featured in this episode:

Indigo Moiré — “Whole, Again” • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”