Episodes

  • On The Game That Broke The Scale

    The best baseball games happen when whatever Higher Baseball Beings there are — if you believe in those sorts of things — treat a sold-out crowd like their personal snow globe. An unwitting fanbase sits on the edge of their seats, hoping for 27 easy outs and getting rammed by a blizzard along the way,…

  • More Puigs, More Teams, More October Things

    Alex and Bobby bring you their first bad take dramatic reading series, in which they dissect a column arguing against fewer “Yasiel Puigs” in baseball. Preposterous. They also banter about a stolen Ken Griffey Jr. bat, baseball’s power of healing following Northern California fires, new managers around the league, and the glory that has been…

  • The Birds and the Knees

    Alex and Bobby celebrate the departure of a certain bird as the true harbinger of fall, talk about a strange thing the Tigers did this weekend, somehow manage to discuss Wiz Khalifa at length, reflect on a now-former Mets manager, and wrap it up by taking a knee with Bruce Maxwell. Links: What did you…

  • Not Such An Evil Empire After All feat. Russell Steinberg

    In this episode, Bobby and Alex bring on their third straight guest! Soon the podcast won’t even be theirs anymore. They talk with SB Nation college basketball writer and lifelong Yankees fan Russell Steinberg about an unlikely year for the Bronx Bombers and their chances down 2-0 against the Astros. The two also get angry…

  • I Love the Smell of Baseball in October

    On this episode, Alex and Bobby actually disagree over something. I know, weird, right? Given the sheer number of abnormal pitching moves we’ve seen this week, the pair have a lengthy discussion on trends in pitcher usage and changes that may or may not come, bring on Friend/Former Roommate of the Pod Zach Martin to…

  • The Anatomy of an “F*** You” Home Run

    Bryce Harper isn’t here for your Nats playoff curse takes. That’s why when the Nationals’ favorite frat star came up in the bottom of the eighth inning with his team down two runs — and on the verge of continuing their run of postseason disappointment — Harper executed one of the most sacred plays in…

  • The All-Asshole Team

    Strap all the way in, folks. This one’s a topsy-turvy run through Alex and Bobby’s lineup cards for their All-Asshole teams – a look back in MLB history at the worst of the worst. ~~ Follow Tipping Pitches on Twitter and like us on Facebook. We encourage you to listen to us on Radiopublic —…

  • A Very Mets-y Year feat. Anthony DiComo

    Coming in hot with two episodes this week! Alex and Bobby talk with Anthony DiComo, the Mets beat writer for MLB.com and their first-ever Guest of the Pod, about a turbulent season for the Metropolitans, the life of a beat writer in 2017, and Jacob deGrom’s sudden transformation. They also banter about the playoffs and…

  • “I Will Never Sign For You”

    Bobby and Alex dig deep into a very weird story involving two major leaguers and an ill-fated autograph, talk about the “Friends” renaissance among some players, get angry about an unfair A’s competition, and then reminisce on some players who could have been great but whose careers were derailed in some fashion or another. Links:…

  • The One Where We Don’t Stick to Sports

    Alex and Bobby talk about plans for a new A’s stadium, the Indians and their refusal to lose, have an extended conversation about some sports-related racial incidents over the weekend, and wrap it up with some things you definitely forgot happened this season. Links: Bryan Curtis on Jemele Hill & ESPN An interesting 30-ballpark posthumous…

  • It’s A Bird…It’s A Plane…It’s An Apple Watch!

    What a week! On this episode, Bobby and Alex mostly recap a whirlwind few days of baseball, with topics including but not limited to: some fun and kind of rare baseball plays, a story involving the Red Sox and an Apple Watch, the Very Good Indians, the Not As Good Dodgers, and more. In lieu…

  • The Grandy Adminstration

    Alex and Bobby catch up on a few interesting things that happened around the league this week, revisit an old story involving a centaur and a friend of the show, discuss the decline in base stealing around the league and what it means, and craft a presidential administration of baseball players. They also recap what…