Batting Around Podcast

Defector's David Roth is back for a third time as we try to stay positive about the this postseason, taking the redbird pill, the prose of Kyle Schwarber, nightmare scenarios, player nicknames, and how Steve Cohen is feeling about his life. As with all Roth episodes, this one is absolutely not to be missed.

Stephen gets stuck in the Wade Boggs statue at The Trop', the "Sister Cities" plan, Rays/Jays scandal, Joe West retiring?, a bad piece about Jeff Luehnow. Oh also this is our 50th episode which is pretty neat.

We try to figure out what's behind the Cardinals' September run at the wildcard and determine how they're doing it. Lauren of course gives a well researched, scientific, and rational explanation while Jane and Stephen blame God and magic. We also discuss Philly Twitter Sports Psychosis, some minor leaguers taking a stand against their poor compensation, and plenty of other stuff in the mailbag. Th...

We capitalize on the Tipping Pitches bump by talking about not caring about the Hall of Fame, caring very much about the AL wild card hunt, and what Star Trek characters fuck. Sorry. Go listen to us on the latest episode of Tipping Pitches. They were kind enough to let us on their really good show and we only said the word "cum" one time.

It's just Jane and Lauren this time. Talking about being trans at the ballpark, Ted Lasso, a little bit of baseball talk I guess, then some mailbag.

Lauren's back and of course we're talking about the goddamn Mets again. Then we try to lay out the state of the playoff races going into September, but all of us are fucked up from various maladies (Lauren got surgery, Jane doing backbreaking labor, and Stephen playing a schoolyard game).

Lauren is recovering so her wonderful sister, Mellie, fills her shoes. Listen in as three idiots try to sound like they know about baseball when the smart one isn't around. Topics include Miggy's 500th home run, NL wildcard race, bummer Jays, annoying Yankees, and CBA developments. Then we get into a really fun mailbag that goes off the rails in the best way. This isn't one to miss!

wow. one whole year already. really makes you think. damn.

Stephen is happy about the Phillies for the first time since we started the show, Mets lol, unholy unions and MLB being shit yet again, and X-Men baseball discussion. Next week will be our one year anniversary episode so go to our twitter or discord and really bring your A-game for the questions/compliments this time.

Lauren does a hell of a job giving us a rundown of pretty much everything that happened leading up to the trade deadline. We also talk about Kumar Rocker and the Mets Metsing, a fairly substantive analysis of the Diamondbacks' outlook, and answer what is probably Jane's favorite mailbag question. Check our twitter profile for the link to our brand new discord server, it's a lot of fun!

Blue Jays writer and fellow podcaster Andrew Stoeten returns as we talk about the Guardians, the vibes at The Trop', upgrading MLB stadiums, the Jays, the stupid Billy Ripken segment on MLB Network, and various birds. We also address some controversial language that was used on last week's episode.

Lauren tries out a new identity, we talk about the pride nights at MLB parks, and two way players, then we do a big mailbag segment that was a lot of fun. Oh, and we talk about anime and Warhammer 40k. Not one to be missed!

The Batting Around crew talks about the draft then figures out how to fix All Star Week and talks about the halfway through the season standings.

Very chill episode. Someone got popped for "sticky stuff," MLB gets into crypto, All-Star uniforms look like trash, and 3.1 glorious innings of the knuckleball.

Jane jumps on a really dumb bandwagon, then Sung Min Kim gives us some great insight into Korean baseball, and we do the fastest mailbag ever.

Jane reaches the acceptance stage. Yankees suck lol. Giants. deGrom. Basketball? Sticky stuff (of course). More trivia and spreadsheets from Lauren.

Charles (twitter's @Ugarles) joins us to talk about The Play, then we do a deep dive on the state of the Pirates organization. The mailbag stays in the NL Central with a lot of stuff about the Brewers, and we do some music criticism.

Lots of good analysis this week. No-hitters, pine tar, stolen bases, Tony La Russa/unwritten rules stuff, some great Giants stuff, then we describe pizzas and talk about the masculine art of stews.

Our friend Lewis (@Pigeonize on twitter), an artist and writer, sits in as the fourth mic as we talk about what's going on in the league. We set the podcast's stance on a couple different birds and Lauren has a really good idea.

Defector's David Roth retuns to the podcast to explain why Mets are so weird, league-wide offense sucking, piffle, wet guys and the need for more dirtbag players. Tell your friends about the show and go subscribe to Defector if you haven't already.

Going to ballgames again, Osama Bin Laden, chicken tendies, the Royals, the dangers of being based and Tonypilled, injuries, Stephen's countless blood feuds, and Lauren and Stephen have a clacky keyboard competition.

Jane has some personal news. Padres/Dodgers still rules. Trevor Bauer is mad. Fake no hitters. We like Kansas City. Vibe checks on our faves. It's only April, so calm down.

The boys from the wonderful Tipping Pitches podcast swing by this week and we make them talk about uniforms, what a rivalry even means today, and the limits of our pro-labor principles. If you don't already listen to Tipping Pitches go subscribe to their show and tell your friends.

Jane is out with a potentially lethal case of Byron Buxton fever, but Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated swung by to talk stupid NL East games, big league grounds keeping, the lonely antics of the Philly Phanatic during the 2020 pandemic season, and has Stephen and Lauren play a game of Gabe or Goop. This is an excellent episode you won't want to miss. Follow Emma twitter.com/emmabaccellieri

First episode of the 2021 regular season! We're talking about opening weekend, Shohei (of course), Keith Olbermann and republicans tweeting stupid stuff about baseball, the vaccine, then some good mailbag questions.