Episodes

  • The Most GIF-Able Players of the 2021 MLB Season

    The 2021 baseball season is upon us, which means that all eyes are on the titans in Southern California and New York, everyone else is fighting to be 16th best, and the Orioles are about to introduce you to some pitchers you’ve never heard of before. But wherever your team’s prospects of success lie this…

  • The 11 Most Important MLB References in Rap History

    You’re not here for a long explanation of why we’re doing this (even though the explanation isn’t long, it’s just that Alex went down a rabbit hole on Rap Genius one night). So let’s cut to the chase: it’s the Tipping Pitches Superlative Awards for the best (or most esoteric, or most personally intriguing to…

  • Tipping Pitches Is Available Wherever You Get Podcasts

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  • The 2020 All-GIF Draft

    It’s going to be a short season this year (and who knows how long it will last), but as long as there’s baseball, there will be GIFs. And so, to preview which players we’ll have our eyes on this year, we present to you: The 3rd Annual All-GIF Draft! Those of you who’ve been with…

  • Could Fans Own a Team?

    Bobby and Alex talk about their experiences watching the KBO, Scott Boras’s misunderstanding of 9/11, and whether baseball in 2020 makes sense. Then, they explore the idea of publicly-owned baseball teams, the precedent for such a concept and what it would look like in practice. Links: Ben Clemens on watching baseball in Korean Dave Zirin…

  • Tipping Pitches Classics

    Here at Tipping Pitches, we look to baseball for a comforting rhythm. It’s the salve from a winter full of anxiety, the constant through hectic summers. Though it is low on the actual list of important things affected by COVID-19, the postponement of Major League Baseball’s season has underscored the ominous national mood in a…

  • The 2019 All-GIF Draft

    With the return of baseball nearly upon us, it’s time to preview the season the only way we know how: by picking the players who are going to produce the best GIFs in 2019. Welcome to the second annual All-GIF Draft! In case you missed last year’s edition, here’s a quick refresher on the format.…

  • The 2018 Playoffs Have Been a Lesson in Baseball’s Resistance to Change

    The second baseman readies himself. Crouches down low, his glove brushing the dirt, leaning forward, a cat preparing to pounce. The pitcher sets and delivers. The batter sends the ball in motion, a swift ground ball that glides over the sea of infield grass, one hop, then another, straight as an arrow. The second baseman…

  • About Tipping Pitches

    Tipping Pitches is a podcast built on three things: Baseball is essential. Baseball should take itself less seriously. Down with private ownership in baseball. We’re the podcast that is going to uncover Joe West’s spoken word country music album, draft a team of guys likely to produce Hall of Fame worthy GIFs, and spend a…

  • The 2018 All-GIF Draft

    It’s about that time. Everyone and their mother are doing 2018 season previews. Will the Mets starting rotation stay healthy? Will Byron Buxton continue to be an above-average hitter? Will anyone ever challenge the Dodgers for the NL West crown in our lifetimes? We ignored all of that, and instead, decided to preview the 2018…

  • A Love Letter To Backyard Baseball (And How To Play It Yourself!)

    , Follow @tipping_pitches 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 All-Gentrification Team

    While watching the playoffs this year, we noticed that a handful of players definitely looked like they could be our neighbors in Bushwick and tell us that “their older stuff was better.” So, in the spirit of past similar endeavors, we decided to pull together a list of players to create the very first All-Gentrification…