Episodes

Alex and Bobby go over a few news items from the week, including Joey Votto being Joey Votto, Max Scherzer flashing the #wheels, Mark McGwire’s unnecessarily bold claims, the Astros and Yuli Gurriel, and a fantasy of Alex Rodriguez as a New York Met. Then they bring on Sung Min Kim, a River Avenue Blues…

In their first podcast with real baseball to talk about, Bobby and Alex banter about some Weird Stuff That Has Happened, including Bryce Harper’s fashion choices, an abundance of extra inning games, the Dodgers’ crappy luck, and a glimpse into our hell of a Facebook Future. Then they list off their favorite things from Opening…

The season is almost upon us! On this episode, Alex and Bobby briefly banter about how MLB and Congress want to keep minor leaguers criminally underpaid. Then they dive into the most important part of their season preview — The 2018 All-GIF Draft. Who will go first overall? What sleepers will pop up? Who will…

Alex and Bobby chat about some the (somewhat) recent signings of Jake Arrieta and Mike Moustakas, the Royals taking a hard-line stance on porn, Josh Donaldson making some relatively unsurprising comments about International Women’s Day, and a dumb pace of play experiment in the minors. Then they bring on Austin Zimmerman, their spring training correspondent…

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…

There’s actual, almost real baseball! Alex and Bobby dive into Spring Training, including our first look at Shohei Ohtani, Noah Syndergaard’s body, some Very Good Yankees, and the return of the Freak. They briefly discuss Derek Jeter’s hate-hate relationship with the Marlins’ sculpture in center field. Then they dissect two awful stories from the Braves…

Bobby and Alex banter about Joey Votto’s relatable offseason diet, throw out their own #hot #takes on the J.D. Martinez and Eric Hosmer signings, get baffled by the Rays, have another pace of play conversation for some reason, and talk about how long they could endure playing major league baseball. Then, they bring on ESPN…

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…

Alex and Bobby banter about some recent transactions, including Yu Darvish to the Cubs, Todd Frazier to the Mets, and — the biggest one of all — Russell Wilson to the Yankees. Then they dive right into the 5,461(!!!) words that Tom Verducci gave to Derek Jeter (no literally, handed the pen to him) about…

Bobby and Alex talk a bit of transactional news coming out of Oakland, and highlight Brandon Moss’s comments about the slow offseason and the responsibility the players need to shoulder. They throw out a few early dark horse MVP picks, and review the good-but-not-applause-worthy decision by the Cleveland Indians to FI-NAL-LY get rid of the…

Alex and Bobby do a rundown of where the Brewers stand after their eventful Thursday evening, doff their caps to the four newest Hall of Fame inductees (mostly to Vlad), and get irrationally upset at whoever vandalized the “Field of Dreams” field. They also discuss the prospect of a strike among the players and the…

Back on the same coast, Bobby and Alex discuss the Andrew McCutchen at length, dive down the rabbit hole of what a 50 inning baseball game would look like (not baseball, is the answer), take a bite out of Prince Fielder’s wonderfully bizarre food show, and answer a listener question — their very first! —…