Battery Mates - the Podcast

Episode 124: We Are Cuter Than That Couple For Sure Battery Mates Matthew and Toby are coming to you live for a baseball podcast with a southern wink.

Episode 153: A Debate Battery Mates Matthew and Toby square off on whether this season does or does not totally stink.

Episode 152: I Was Rude About T*ylor Sw*ft Battery Mates Matthew and Toby revel in the bizarro standings at the halfway point, check in our (mostly bad) teams, and go from very mad at Rob Manfred on behalf of A’s fans to downright unhinged when it comes to the “controversy” of MLB Pride Nights.

Episode 151: You Can't Say Sausage to an Englishman Battery Mates Matthew and Toby honor the king's coronation by reviewing the first month of the baseball season for the Royals (among other teams), taking a spin through the effects of the new rules and how the players feel about them so far, and pouring one out for Oakland fans.

Episode 150: The Chair Would Win Battery Mates Matthew and Toby welcome film critic and Mets fan Noah Gittell to the show — mostly to vent about the pitch clock, but also to serve up hasty takes on the young season, marvel at an elite minor league no-hitter, and discuss the glory of Little Big League and why baseball movies have seemingly disappeared from modern culture.

Episode 149: Sex Noises Battery Mates Matthew and Toby bask in the glow of another Opening Day, and Battery Mates Nation submits their predictions for the season ahead.

Episode 148: Presumably His Father Filled Out the Birth Certificate Battery Mates Matthew and Toby ostensibly gather to talk about the World Baseball Classic, and eventually that happened. But mostly Toby just wanted to dish about his fantasy baseball camp experience. There’s also some chatter about the new rules and how they’re playing out in spring training and a friendly wager on the U.S.-G.B....

Episode 147: A Pie in a Bap Is Not Considered Outlandish Battery Mates Matthew and Toby find out who won the World Series, catch up on hot stove goss, and dive deep on butties, barms, and pea wets.

Episode 146: Haggis is an Animal Battery Mates Matthew and Toby play some greatest hits in recapping the playoffs so far: Yankees schadenfreude, Big Papi’s imminent retirement, filthy-mouthed post-home run taunting, filthy-mouthed senator taunting, and bittersweetness about Cleveland baseball.

Episode 145: PEDs are Bad and Dont Do Drugs But Battery Mates Matthew and Toby take a spin through the first-round postseason match-ups, get pretty worked up over the “real” home run record debate (before arriving at a solution everyone should be happy with), take a victory lap for youths getting back into baseball, and walk through the impending rule changes for 2023. Finally, Toby makes a direct...

Episode 144: Hugs and Whispers Battery Mates Matthew and Toby check in on their teams’ respective “disgusting brands of baseball,” while Matthew discusses the overlapping interests between him and Brewers’ owner Mark Antonaccio. And the boys dive deep into the biggest ghost story in all of baseball.

Episode 143: No Stats for How Pissed the Fans Are Battery Mates Matthew and Toby discuss the trade deadline and the fallout from the Nats shipping out Juan Soto. And of course there’s a critical update on the muddy ball situation.

Episode 142: People Who Wear Tank Tops and Fight With Their Neighbors in the Street Battery Mates Matthew and Toby check in our teams (and Matthew’s fantasy team) and go around the horn on ESPN’s Manfred puff piece, the high drama surrounding Joe Maddon’s firing, MLB players’ penchant for massive amounts of cologne, some momentum in finally reining in MLB’s antitrust exemption, and the proper tech...

Episode 141: Pretty Sure He Saw My Shirt Battery Mates Matthew and Toby are joined by J.D. Scholten, Democratic candidate for the Iowa House and former professional baseball player to discuss his career as a pitcher and how the sport, specifically MLB blackouts, has emerged as an issue in his latest campaign. And of course, the Joc Pederson-Tommy Pham Affair is covered at length.

Episode 140: Stink Until It Is Flammable Battery Mates Matthew and Toby return to check in on the season, the balls, MLB in London, and new rules being bandied about. Now who’s the idiot?

Episode 139: Definitely on Water Skis Battery Mates It’s Opening Day, which means it’s time for Matthew and Toby to ring in this should-be national holiday by wading through all the preseason predictions from Battery Mates Nation and making their own prognostications on what the 2022 season holds.

Episode 138: Grey Doesn't Quite Cover It Battery Mates Matthew and Toby take batting practice with the latest news around MLB and open up the 2022 Preseason Predictions Contest. Here’s how to enter — use your Voice Memo app to answer these six questions: 1. What's your name? 2. Who's your team? 3. How many games will your team win in 2022? 4. Will they make the postseason? 5. Which two teams...

Episode 137: No Fungibility Without Representation Battery Mates Matthew and Toby get a bit slap-happy now that the lockout is over — going around the horn on the terms of the new CBA, the evolving media coverage, the owners’ tactics, and what comes next in the sprint to Opening Day.

Episode 136: The Commissioner Had a Duty Battery Mates The MLB season might be in doubt, but Battery Mates is back for its record-breaking seventh season. Matthew and Toby kick off the campaign with a discussion of the CBA negotiations and how baseball is letting its fans down.

Episode 135: The Feast of Stephen Strasburg Battery Mates Matthew, Toby, and Father Christmas gather for a very special yuletide episode. The 2021 preseason prediction contest winner is revealed, the World Series is remembered (ish), and the conversation turns to the ongoing MLB lockout and why both sides think the other will blink.

Episode 134: Sometimes Eddie Rosario Shows Up Battery Mates The October Classic is underway! Matthew and Toby are joined by Addisu Demissie, an Atlanta fan who also managed Cory Booker’s presidential campaign, and Ross Morales Rocketto, a Houston fan who also co-founded Run for Something. No one outside of those teams’ two cities is particularly thrilled by this World Series match-up, so Ross and...

Episode 133: Not How the Doctor Described It Battery Mates Matthew and Toby are joined by Steve Krupin — former White House speechwriter, current SKDK managing director, and longtime Nationals fan — to preview the final weekend of the regular season and the playoff picture, recap how the year went for the Clevelands and the Nationals, gawk at the feats of Shohei Ohtani, examine the pitch cloc...

Episode 132: Try Harder Duda Battery Mates Matthew and Toby are joined by Seth Reznik to discuss the New York Metropolitans. Other topics are covered, sure.

Episode 131: Young Young Prospects and Old Old Dudes Battery Mates For a special Trade Deadline edition, Matthew and Toby are joined by Kelly Kreft — Orioles fan, data scientist, and 2012 Obama vet — to discuss first and foremost the breaking news that the Cleveland baseball franchise has a NEW NAME (no spoilers here!). Other discussions include wish lists for Trade Santa, the first all-femal...

Episode 130: PKs as They Are Known in America and Nowhere Else Battery Mates For a special All-Star Game edition, Matthew and Toby are joined by Jeff Gabriel (who’s frustrated he can’t get in a clean hit over Euro 2020). The ball is flipped around the horn about the emptiness of the All-Star Game, the incredibleness of Shohei Ohtani, the stickiness of the stuff, and the awfulness of Trevor Bauer....