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This week, Bobby and Alex take a second to consider the swirling perceptions about the Dodgers, competitiveness, the salary cap, payroll, revenue, free agents, and more and decide whether or not those myths stand up to scrutiny. Then, they answer your questions about Mike Elias, Jerry Dipoto, McKinsey, stadium leases, celebrity bake off, and more.…

Bobby and Alex are joined by Jordan Shusterman from Céspedes Family BBQ to reprise “Overrated/Underrated,” a segment in which they each bring up various topics from the baseball world and debate whether that thing is overrated by the baseball community or underrated by it. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipping Pitches merchandise ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Tipping Pitches…

Bobby and Alex discuss David Rubenstein’s Presidential Medal of Freedom and rebellious General Manager, as well as a grab bag of other topics, including: Juan Soto’s contract and the media’s annoying reaction to it, Dave Kaval’s resignation, Paul Skenes’ expanded role in the union, and more. Links: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipping Pitches merchandise ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

This week, in lieu of letting the feed go dark on a holiday week, we’re sharing the first 30 minutes of our ‘Angels in the Outfield’ watchalong — a commentary track meant to be played alongside the movie. You can get access to the rest of this episode and our whole bonus episode back catalogue…

For their final installment in Main Character Month, Bobby and Alex examine what has made up the DNA of a professional baseball owner over the sport’s long history, charting the evolution of the ownership class alongside distinct eras of the game and American history. All told, they choose five owners that are most emblematic of…

In their latest Main Character Month installment, Bobby and Alex are joined by writer and organizer David Hill to discuss the monumental legacy of Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association and one of the most important figures in the history of sports and labor. Among other things, they…

In their second installation of “Main Character Month,” Bobby and Alex zero in on longtime podcast frenemy Rob Manfred, plotting a 40 year timeline of his career — past, present, and future — to tell the story of how this Harvard lawyer turned MLB “fixer” became the de facto face of Major League Baseball and…

This week, in one of their most scholarly and unhinged endeavors, Alex and Bobby sift through years of A-Rod YouTube, podcast, and social media content to distill the Five Essential Rules to Life that the baseball and finance luminary lives by. Through a treasure chest of clips straight from the man himself, they take you…

At long last, Bobby and Alex are joined by enemy of the podcast Richard Staff to discuss his Defector feature on the shrinking of the minor leagues and the growing gap in competition between them and the majors. Afterward, of course they had to get into some shit talking and meme describing. Links: ⁠Richard’s Defector…