Bourbon and Baseball

Suzy is joined by ThirdCoastTom from the Astros Baseball Podcast and fills in for Shelby who was celebrating her mama's birthday weekend! On this weeks' episode, we start off by discussing the latest #HallofFame inductee - Scott Rolen. We then move onto #ToddHelton vs #LanceBerkman Suzy and Tomas then dissect the numbers for each, which leads the discussion to the point of "If Todd Helton gets int...

Suzy and Shelby are joined on this episode by none other than the  AMAZING Texas Country Artist Singer/Songwriter # RichOToole   We had SUCH a blast talking to Rich and it was so refreshing to see that he doesn't "big league" anyone (like that baseball reference in there do ya?! LOL!) We ran the gamut of topics from #Astros #FanFest to Suzy begging Rich to do the chicken dance to talking...

Suzy is joined on this episode by #LockedOnAstros" host Brett "HTown Wheelhouse" Chancey and they had SUCH a good time talking that we had to cut it into two parts LOL.   Pt1 - news around the league Pt 2 #Arbitration deals that the #Astros signed and didn't sign.   8 #Astros players were #Arbitration eligible and deals were signed with 6 of them. Watch the episode for a great expla...

Suzy is joined on this episode by #LockedOnAstros" host Brett "HTown Wheelhouse" Chancey and they had SUCH a good time talking that we had to cut it into two parts LOL.  Pt1 - news around the league Pt 2 #Arbitration deals that the #Astros signed and didn't sign. First part covers the haps around the league with the latest #FreeAgent signings and health news -#CarlosCorrea FINALLY signs. -#Li...

Follow Suzy & Shelby on this chaos train of an episode where we weave a bunch of information  and subjects all together and somehow it all makes sense in the end. LOL. We start off talking about where in the world will #CarlosCorrea FINALLY sign?! Is his ankle plate just going to explode? Does it it need to be replaced?  We move on to talk about the 11 year, 331 MILLION dollar contra...

Suzy had the opportunity to chat w/ the fantastically amazing ladies of the No Crying In Baseball Podcast - Patti and her cohort, Pottymouth.  We love a women led baseball podcast, even more so when they highlight organizations like Baseball For All (An organization whose goal is to build gender equity in baseball by providing girls with real opportunities to play, coach, and lead in this spo...

Join Shelby and Suzy while we start Suzy drops a little nuglet on Shelby called #AnthopolousIsland which is the #ConspiracyTheory that #AlexAnthopolous the GM for the #Braves holds players families captive on this island until players sign the super team friendly deals w/ long ass contracts AND donate 1% of their salaries BACK to the Braves Foundation.  LOL PS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE L...

Suzy & Shelby are back after a little Christmas break w/ special guest Aram Leighton, co-founder of the  @JustBaseballFans  podcast. Part 2 - do the  #NYYankees have the best rotation in the AL? (ugh.) The phrase "I love old white guys. I have one of my own." is utterered, as well as "No balls will be dropped, well unless you're a 12 year old boy." We then start in our "Way Too...

Suzy & Shelby are back after a little Christmas break w/ special guest Aram Leighton, co-founder of the  @JustBaseballFans  podcast.    Part 1 talks about the  @leaftradingcards  that Suzy got for a Christmas present, along with CRAZY #carloscorrea news that he's a MET (maybe)   The phrase "I love old white guys. I have one of my own." is utterered, as w...

Shelby is FINALLY back on the pod and we talk #FreeAgent signings! We talk about who signs the LARGEST contract in WHITE SOX history....Hint: it's not really someone you expected.... Suzy & Shelby talk about weird Southern white people sayings LOL. Find the clip on YouTube or Twitter if you're too lazy to listen to the entire pod LOL. Suzy tells Shelby the two things God didn't bless her with...

Shelby is off the IL however, she is off gallavanting in Las Vegas and deserted Suzy for this episode. So we have two of our faves, you've seen them before, Rob and Tom from the AstrosBaseballPodcast come and hang out w/ Suzy and talk all the popular #FreeAgent signings, juiced Goldilocks balls and more money than you can shake a stick at. Suzy has a #HOTtake and makes a BOLD prediction regarding...

Shelby is on the IL this week, so Suzy is riding solo with special guest, Shawn Spradling, who ya'll may know on #twitter as the guy who puts out A LOT of #WorldBaseballClassic content!  -We talk a little about current roster moves for the #Astros with the #JoseAbreu signing and the #TXRangers signing #JacobdeGrom however, we talk a LOT about the #WBC and the various rosters and pools! ...

Suzy and Shelby are BACK after taking a little bit of a break! We hope that everyone had a wonderful Turkey day! As you can see, we have a very special guest hopping on the pod with us! ApolloDez, co-founder of @ApolloHOU  We talk about Judge going to SanFran, saying abso-fuckin-lutely NOT to Belli, what more does Chazzy Fizz have to do to earn the CF job and MORE! We do a little Houston base...

Suzy and Shelby talk about ALL the feels about GAME SIX of the #WorldSeries where the #ASTROS DEFEAT the #Phillies and are THE 2022 WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS!!!!! There may or may not be tears from Suzy as she recounts her 2017 WS experience vs the 2022 experience. (Hint: Suzy only became a fan of #baseball in 2018 LOL) We talk about how we unintentionally matched in our #RamShirts “Keep Booing” #Alt...

Suzy and Shelby talk all about Games 3,4 AND 5 of the #WorldSeries between the #Astros and #Phillies ! It’s a long one…so strap in! We talk about feeling the low of the lows to the highest of the highs Dusty’s slow hook, Javi’s no hitter, and JV FINALLY gets a WORLD SERIES WIN! Suzy tries a new #bourbon and immediately becomes Popeye. She then tries her "gasoline juice" and that's not much better....

Suzy and Shelby review the first two games of the #WorldSeries between the #Astros and the #Phillies. We talk about the blow up in Game 1 and how Phillies catcher, JT #Realmuto doesn't get to touch any balls until the third batter in Game 2.  -We drink some #BulleitBourbon and #BasilHayden and talk about how we're not quite sure how we got to be ranked 27th on the Apple Podcasts charts, but w...

On Episode 12 Suzy and Shelby cover the last two games of the #ALCS (#Astros sweep the #Yankees thankyouverymuch) Suzy finds out that our #shortstop forever, #JP3 DOES have a girlfriend that he's been dating since his University of Maine days (hence the heartbreak LOL) We discuss clubhouse chemistry for BOTH our boys and the #FightingPhils. Who needs to get hot and which innings will these games n...

Suzy and Shelby recap the LCS series on both sides. Phillies vs Padres and Astros vs Yankees  including talking about how long and hard Kyle Schwarber is...I mean....the ball he hit out of Petco Park. -Juan Soto does NOT deserve a Gold Glove nomination and if our very own King Tuck doesn't win, Suzy will RIOT. -Both Suzy and Shelby agree the Phillies is an easier road to the WS. -Suzy needs t...

Strap in! This is a long one since we are a once a week pod!  Shelby and Suzy talk about the WILLLLLLDDDDD play off games and go over our predictions (spoiler alert: we were VERY VERY wrong about the NL!!) In the NL we've got the Padres/Phillies/Braves/Dodgers In the AL, we talk about the Guardians/NY Yankees/Mariners....and of course, we talk about our HOUSTON ASTROS!!!!! The phrase "he puts...

In Episode 9, you'll see/hear Suzy struggle with opening tiny bottles of alcohol while Shelby is trying to explain how much of a beast Dansby Swanson is. We hand out awards such as Best Facial Hair/Most Slept On/Best Drip We cover the WILD WILD card series. Cleaveland, Seattle, Philly and San Diego all advance to face the Yankees, Astros, Braves and Dodgers in the Division Series Hear the predicti...

Episode 8 brings you news around the league -Cardinals clinch! -Ump Shows! -Alek Manoah is the bestest and ratio'd a troll on twitter and receives an award https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/jays-manoah-honoured-with-sponsorship-award-for-defending-kirk-after-weight-barbs/ -Judge hits 61! -Pujols hits 701! -Seattle drought over! -Shohei Ohtani is the MVP and that is the hill that Suzy will die o...

We want to thank Tomas Chavarria ( @ThirdCoastTom ) co-host of The Astros  Baseball Podcast for joining Suzy to record Episode 7 since Shelby  couldn't make it this week! Go follow Tom and Rob on their podcast on Youtube  as well!   We chat about   -Aaron Judge's 60th HR  -Albert Pujols 699 AND 700th HR hits  -Guardians clinch the AL Central  and A...

-Suzy and Shelby first talk about how Suzy gets thrown in jail for Zack Grenike's mistaken identity?!?!? Say whatttttt? -Suzy apologizes for talking about the Dodgers and their #MagicMikeClubhousebut first has to tell everyone that Cody Bellinger thought they were going to dress up like Chip and Dale (the Disney chipmunks??) and not the male strippers. -Shelby almost kills Suzy by being witty and...

On this week's episode, if the kiddos are around, ya may want to put the ear muffs on, if the F word offends you....  There are many an F bomb that is dropped on this week's ep. LOL! (Sorry Shelby's mom! LOL) We start off talking about the Dodgers! Trust me, you're going want to hear about them. They have leveled up the dress up game and thrown the gauntlet down. Shelby and I are both interes...

In this episode we talk about  -  -How Suzy can apparently not tell the difference between Spencer Strider & Dylan Cease -Shelby fangirls over Ben Verlander but not Pitching Ninja ....or does she? -ALLLLLLL the hot takes such as Barstool 9 is possibly being click-bait-y/the HR derby fixed Pujols swing/middle aged white guys shouldn't have mohawks -Mookie has the DRIP -Suzy's 7 year o...