Peanuts & Popcorn

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, is your favorite player on the IL? You can take comfort in the fact that injuries are up around the league. Bob Brenly will be joining Thom Brennerman on the broadcaster bench while the SF Giants recognize Gay Pride. The Astros are good again and it’s creating a problem and Montana Fouts does something that hasn’t been done since 1912. The All-Star ballot has been...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, veteran umpire, Joe West sets the record for most games arbitrated on the South Side of Chicago. Javy Baéz runs wild on the bases in Pittsburgh while Germain Marquez needs only 62 pitches to complete a game. A Cuban Olympian defects to the USA while the Mickey Calloway era ends in Anaheim before it gets started. The Cubs and Sox are hot and our Popcorn discussion...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, two more no-hitters, but MLB still won’t stop pitchers from applying foreign substances to the ball. Felipe Vazquez is found guilty of sexual assault and we'll examine the most disappointing teams in baseball this season. We’ll go rapid fire on the Kevin Pillar beaning, CC Sabbathia playing softball and Fernando Tatis doing yoga.  The Cubs and Sox have a succ...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, infection rates fall and teams are allowing more fans in the door. We’ll examine some of the larger, existential issues related to the game we love. The Athletic’s Jayson Stark is weird and wild, and we love it. What is the right way to show a Hall of Fame ballplayer the door? The Oakland Athletics have been allowed to consider relocation and Rob Manfred is just s...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the immortal Willie Mays turns 90. The Year of the Pitcher continues as John Means and Wade Miley toss no-hitters in the same week while Yankee fans express their anger to the Houston Trashtos. The World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers are struggling mightily while King Albert is designated for assignment.  We’ll talk about a wild week for the Cubs and the Sox a...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, how did the San Francisco Giants manage to get into first place? We’ll look back on the career of Brian Jordan and the Colorado Rockies make a change in the front office. Roberto Alomar is placed on the ineligible list for sexual misconduct and Shohei Othani reminds us all of Babe Ruth. We’ll talk Cubs and White Sox and our Popcorn discussion begins at the 50:15 m...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the Oakland A’s are hot. So are pitchers, Corbin Burns and Jacob deGrom. The Duneiden Blue Jays are 9-11, are they baseball’s next great team? The Dodgers and the Padres show just how interesting the NL West can be. A National’s fan gets a shot at redemption and we look back on a big day in the Tatis family. We will break down and eventful week in Chicago baseball...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, MLB is using the Southern League for some experimental rule changes, and Leo suggests a reform that may merit testing. An Atlanta-area public school honors the late Hank Aaron and a former Negro-League stadium will undergo a restoration. We look back on the phenomenon that was “Fernandomania”.  We talk about how Bernie Madoff with a lot of Mets Money that the...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we predict the 2021 post-season award winners. The San Diego Padres get some bad news and some good news. We talk about unknown players setting the world on fire and Nolan Arenado has his first big Busch Stadium moment. Shohei Otani has a historic day against the White Sox and Ichiro Suzuki crashes the Dodgers ring ceremony.  David Wells gives us some insight...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, MLB takes a stand on an important political issue. We react to a very strange Opening Day along with the rest of the action from around the league. The Mets make Frankie Lindor a very rich man. Eno Harris from the Athletic makes some bold predictions for the season that sound a lot like some of ours, only better researched. We’ll talk about how the Cubs and the So...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we make our predictions for the new season, and we look back to when Randy Johnson killed a bird. MLB hitters will be allowed to use video again this season while pitchers will be banned from using foreign substances. Batman is back in baseball with the Orioles, and Gio Gonzalez decides to call it a career. There’s lots to talk about with the Cubs and the Sox. Our...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, as this may be the last year ever where pitchers hit, Jayson Stark tells us some things to watch out for. An article in 538.com breaks down the impact of Negro League stats to the official MLB statistical record. Joe Maddon says that deadening the baseball would be better than banning the shift. The Mets and Yankees will have fans in the stands for the home opener...

This week on Peanuts & Popcorn , we kickoff the 5th season of the podcast with Ernie Harwell reciting the Voice of the Turtle.  The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2021 will be…the Class of 2020, as the writers failed to elect a single player. Curt Schilling, in his penultimate year of eligibility, asks to be removed from the ballot. The New York Mets need to make changes in HR while...

This week on our special mid-season hot-stove edition of Peanuts and Popcorn, Henry Aaron passes… as well as Don Sutton and Tommy LaSorda.   Que descansen en paz. The Miami Marlins choose their new GM and the Cleveland Indians announce their intention to change their offensive nickname. Are pitchers cheating to gain a competitive edge? We look at the remaining big free agents. All that p...

This week on the final Peanuts and Popcorn episode of the season, the World Series is over; the Dodgers are World Champions as Dave Roberts joins a very exclusive club and Justin Turner behaves very irresponsibly. The White Sox hire Tony LaRussa and the Tigers bring in AJ Hinch.  Will the Red Sox bring back Alex Cora?  Does new owner, Steve Cohen, make the Mets a better team?  We marvel at the lac...

This week on this season’s penultimate episode of Peanuts and Popcorn, the World Series is underway and its turning into a doozy.  The Rays and Dodgers are knotted at 2 games each.  We’ll break down the action from Globe Life Park, including last night's World Series classic walk-off by the Rays.  Is Mookie Betts better than Mike Trout?  Former Astros GM, Jeff Luhnow, wonders i...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we keep our black armbands on as we react to the passing of Joe Morgan. The Rays are going to the World Series and they'll be playing either the Dodgers or the Braves. We break down both League Championship Series.  The Rick Renteria era ends on the South Side; who will be filling out the lineups in 2021?  In our Cubs segment, we examine what the Cubs mi...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, another Hall of Famer passes away.  We discuss the career of Whitey Ford. The divisional round has come and gone as each league is distilled down to two.  We’ll talk about some great catches in post season history.  We cover Alexis Blackburn’s harrowing story of domestic abuse.  We also discuss the changes in MLB management around the league. &...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we mourn the passing of our hero, Bob Gibson. The first round of the MLB playoffs is over, what did we learn? White Sox fans are mad at ESPN, and we will look at the best 60-game stretch by an individual player. The Tigers and Red Sox are looking for new managers and an old name is taken off the MVP trophy.  We’ll talk about the Chicago Cubs’ final week of th...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, today is the last day of the 2020 Baseball season. We’ll look at the division winners, possible playoff pairings and our choices for postseason awards. The Reds and Marlins qualify for the playoffs while broadcaster, Thom Brennaman, ends his association with the former. The Cubs and White Sox play the most consequential Cross-town Classic ever  This week on P...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, the 2020 Major League Baseball playoffs will be played in the bubbles of LA, San Diego, Dallas and Houston. Dan McNeil is sent packing, has Chicago radio heard the last of him? We’ll react to Joe Posnanski’s choice for #3 of his 60 greatest moments in baseball series. The Wilpons have agreed to sell the Mets to Steve Cohen, but JROD is waiting in the wings.  ...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, we’ll discuss the legacy of Lou Brock. The last president of the American League, Gene Budig passes away and we will honor the memory of Roberto Clemente.  Oliver Perez is still pitching in the majors and lifting his teammates all the while.  Joe West tosses the National’s GM and JLO and AROD still may yet buy the Mets.  We’ll have the week that was...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, an unexpected flurry of trades took place before Monday’s deadline. We’ll name the winner and the losers. Tom Seaver passes away and America remembers one of the all-time greats.  Erk Kratz sheds tears during a Zoom interview, and Mike Trout becomes the Angels franchise leader in home runs. The Cubs are still in first place, did they improve themselves enough...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn, Jackie Robinson Day was Friday amidst terrible violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Chicago White Sox are rising to the top of the AL Central, Mets GM, Brodie Van Wagenen is in hot water.  The Chicago Cubs are struggling.  This week on Popcorn, our movie discussion begins at 50:10. It's Fernando Trueba ’s Belle Époque.  Next Week: El Laberinto Del Fa...

This week on Peanuts and Popcorn,  Fernando Tatis violates an unwritten rule; C.C. Sabathia and Tony Clark discuss their efforts to increase African American representation in MLB.  Reds announcer Thom Brennaman is in hot, hot water. The Cubs have lost 2 in a row to the Sox.  Has the tide finally changed in the Sox favor?  The Cubs claim that they are destitute.  This week...