No Crying In Baseball

Are we Team Italy now?  Our Royals picks point that way. Pottymouth orders the Italian Breakfast (and former flying monkey) Vinnie Pasquantino and Patti selects Nicky Lopez , who is boots on the ground with his community involvement. Our Pirates guys include a Cleveland favorite, Carlos Santana , and a rookie record-breaker in Oneil Cruz . Dansby Swanson to the Cubs is the last of the top tier sho...

The first FA shortstop moves tick off two major metropolitan areas. Pottymouth mourns Boston’s loss of the XMan to Xan Diego , and Patti shares the DMV’s piled-on feeling of Trea to Phils – another former Nat back to a rival NL East team. Josh Bell to the Guards just puts another jersey on Patti’s Christmas list. We kick off our off-season boyfriend profile picks with the As and the Nats. Pottymou...

In advance of the Winter Meetings, starting pitcher signings are the big news but NCiB boyfriends are also on the move, including a full boyfriend trade between the Brewers and Mariners. Miguel Cabrera announces his upcoming retirement, reminding us that in addition to spectacular batting stats, he’ll leave a legacy of giving back to his communities. The Winter Meetings bring us a new draft lotter...

The Thanksgiving weekend gives us the opportunity to highlight teams and players giving back, through hurricane relief , housing , and of course, providing meals to those in need. The Rule 5 Draft is fast approaching so we get you all caught up on what it means and why it is important. We belatedly congratulate Caroline O’Connor , new president of business operations for the Marlins, and we learn...

So many awards , so many failed predictions. Pottymouth’s pre-season ROY pick of Julio Rodriquez was the exception, reminding us all that our observations are for entertainment purposes only. Patti thinks Brandon Hyde was robbed, just a little, but otherwise we can’t really complain about the winners. We review the hot stove vocabulary word “ non-tende r” and things teams and players cannot say ab...

We catch you up on Platinum glove , Hank Aaron , and Player’s Choice awards, which is like watching  the Golden Globes to prep for the Oscars. The GM meetings happened last week, weirdly during the “quiet period,” kicking off the official Hot Stove Season. We provide the annual qualifying offer vocabulary lesson, with offers tendered to 14 free agents. Scott Boras drives Pottymouth to defend high-...

We’re happy for Dusty, Pottymouth is happy for JV, Patti is resigned to scrappy not prevailing in the end. Birthday girl Pottymouth finds a way to make the World Series about the Red Sox and it just feels right. It also leads to more quality analysis of “combined no-hitter” vs. “no-hitter,” and big credit to the catcher, in this case Christian Vazquez . Jeremy Peña is the MVP and the “it” boy of t...

We make our World Series calls official. Pottymouth asserts Astros in five, with all the feels for the old guys ( Dusty and Justin), and the promise of the youngsters (Mauricio Dubón and Jeremy Peña ). Patti leans into the joyful and the scrappy of what FoxSports calls the “ Greatest College Baseball Team of All Time,” Phillies in 6. Fun fact about our skill in boyfriend selection, all runs in Gam...

One solid prediction made by your hosts? We picked the Phils and the Padres as “fun to watch” before the season started and the NLCS has proved us right. Our postseason BFs include qHar-adjacent Brandon Marsh , once and maybe forever BF Juan Soto, Kyle “ King Tuck ” Tucker, and Machete Maldonado. Patti’s former bfs on the Phillies are embracing the chaos. Pottymouth’s former HOU bf Jeremy Peña mak...

Junior Pottymouth and his hours-old Mariners cap sit in while Patti splits for the beach. Playoff ponderings include the rise of the underdogs, just how many non-baseball things you can do during an 18-inning game and still see most of it, and the lefty vegan pitching for the Hammers. Manny Machado not only being That Shirtless Guy but also learning phrases in Korean to encourage teammate Ha-seong...

Your BOS and BAL fan co-hosts relished the sweeps of AL East Wildcard teams, the crazy records for shortest game and longest scoreless game, SpongeBob walk-offs, shirtless cellies, multiple greatest comebacks of all time, shoes on heads , and Mets fans behaving predictably badly.  Going forward to the next round we may see biblical plagues , all the Dusty, and none of the Chapman . Batting titles...

We start off the last week of the regular season by setting up Wildcard Weekend, and looking to next year with Ohtani’s record deal and yet another return of Miggy. There was so much news about hair that we created a whole segment – Gunnar Henderson is Minor League Player of the Year, Harold Ramirez ’s blue hair for autism awareness may inspire more postseason blue for the Rays, and cross-training...

As the regular season winds down, milestones both personal and historic are in reach, and our baseball boyfriends are all over it. We ponder rooting for or against these achievements either as a spoiler or as a judge of moral character , player overreach trying to get there, and just how many catcher-brother pairs actually exist in professional baseball. Patti found a law enforcement career to get...

The minor league union is official, the 21st Roberto Clemente Day is honored in style, and postseason prep has begun. We drink theme beer, learn all infields are not equal and get lost in Vinnie Pasquantino’s syllables. Bobby’s qHar gets some notice by people who are not us and Ke’Bryan learns about appropriate snack timing. Joey Meneses and his inside the park HR contribute to the return of Patti...

New rules are coming and we’ve got the details and so many opinions. The new minor league union is coming, and we’ve got details and entirely predictable opinions. Pottymouth cheers on Edmundo Sosa ’s turnaround, an historic battery , and as always, Kiké . Patti’s bf Lars Nootbaar makes the police blotter a happy place, and Adley continues to make baseball a happy place.  It’s time to vote for you...

Your 100% unionized (most of the time) podcast team breaks down the process in motion to authorize the MLBPA to collectively bargain on behalf of minor league players.  It’s happening. Gunnar Henderson takes over the league lead in Quality Hair Above Replacement.  Pottymouth explores the alternate career choices of Rafael Devers and Kike Hernandez. Paul Goldschmidt , Spencer Strider , and Aaron Ju...

Even theme cocktails won’t get Pottymouth to commit to the Orioles bandwagon. Yet. We celebrate the streak of Adolis Garcia , the resurgence of TJ Friedl, and the homecoming of Gavin Sheets . We ask important questions like “ Who DFA’s Jesus ?” and “anyone know where to get a safe tattoo in the state of NY?”  J-Rod is a Mariner for life, and Oneil Cruz is very strong and very tall. The new and bal...

After a get to know you tequila shot, Suzy of the new Bourbon & Baseball podcast, and our own fantasy league, joins Pottymouth for this week’s show while Patti lifts heavy things in Syracuse. Pottymouth braves Camden Yards without Patti because Kiké is back and there were bleacher seats to be had. Our pal Brett was DFA’d, making room for rising star Kyle Stowers. Suzy brings the Astros love an...

Tatis, Jr. has disappointed his teammates, his coaches, and perhaps most terrifying, Abba-singing moms. We discuss the suspension, maturity levels, and the need to make better choices. Skye Bolt needs to make better choices for breakfast, but “leaves it all on the field” for the As. Jeurys Familia leads us to discuss if players can earn their way off the never gonna be a boyfriend list. Solomon Ba...

The trade deadline gave us all the feels from “ Baseball is Fun ” to so much crying in baseball .  We give you the rundown on how our favorite teams did and where our boyfriends ended up. Pottymouth laments Christian Vasquez and Patti is all in on Phillips 66. Our friends at Friars on the Farm are a great resource on the former San Diego prospects on the move. Women are playing baseball the world...

West Coast Correspondent Deborah joins Patti to talk Max, mud, and Manfred while Pottymouth is on the road. Another eat the rich rant emerges from Rob Manfred’s letter regarding the anti-trust exemption , which merely proves that the Commissioner is completely detached from the gig economy and a sense of right and wrong in addition to the math of a living wage. The expanded playoff plan seems to b...

Women in Baseball Week and National Tequila Day coincide and it looks just like the NCiB Venn diagram. Pottymouth gives us the historical perspective of the record-setting game between the Blue Jays and that other team and manages to celebrate our boyfriend’s fine showing. Except for the one, which may get re-dumped. Soto Watch includes the Nats steep asking price, and air travel trash talk . We a...

Pottymouth survived both Red Sox at Yankee Stadium and the Dead at Citifield and tells us all about it. Game day descriptions include boyfriend highlights (fun to celebrate a Jeter homer at Yankee Stadium), and a little too much information theater. Matt Carpenter has found his swing, Whit Merrifield ’s consecutive game streak ends in a wimper, and rookie Adley Rutschman’s pinch hit homer is the f...

Patti and the Pottymouth record from neighborhood brewery 3Stars and wish them a fond farewell on their last day of operations. Pottymouth has been back to Fenway so she has a LOT to say, including reports of a hero named Jeter . Patti celebrates the return of Corey’s bat , the historic naming of Jazz to the All-Star roster, and the water wings of probable future BF J-Rod . There is pondering over...

The Angels-Mariners brawl turns out to be a treasure trove of boyfriend activity including suspensions, pizza deliveries, giant tips for drivers, and another Abigail Situation. We break down Freddie’s no good very bad week. Pottymouth un-dumps Jerran Duran and puts dibs on Jonathan Araúz as a possible future bp. We say farewell to Lo Cain , welcome our As bfs to the show, and appreciate Raimel Tap...