Batting Around Podcast

Stephen's back and we're pivoting to business. Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes and to support the show.

ALAB's Charles Star is back to talk about the historic game-ending pitch clock violation, Buck Showalter talking about butts, Willie Mays, and the Rickwood Game. Sign up at patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get bonus episodes.

This week's episode is a little shorter because Jane had to go do stuff for Father's Day, and we released a whole extra episode on cricket late last week. Also check out patreon.com/battingaround for our crossover with Tipping Pitches where Stephen and Alex talk about their experience in London for the Phillies/Mets series.

SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE We had a really great conversation with Nat (@styloshka on twitter) about cricket as the US team makes an underdog run through the T20 World Cup. She tells us not only about this team but also the state of cricket in the US and where it's going. Check out patreon.com/battingaround for extra episodes

Stephen is in London so it's just Lauren and Jane talking about this week's baseball happenings. patreon.com/battingaround

Pride month begins and with it come the social media pandering. Toronto city connects revealed and speculation for the Twins city connects. Mets meltdown. Offense is down leaguewide. Mailbag.

We lost a real one. RIP Angel Hernandez, you're up in Heaven now, tossing all the greats from the great pickup game in the sky. Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes and to support the show.

Troop respectin', Kershaw Beef review, Greinke's training, Lauren hosts a mini round of Jeopardy!, Edwin Diaz, Phillies stay hot, homemade ice cream. Check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes.

More animal-related delays, Guardians City Connect leak, Skenes debut, and a summer sausage update plus mailbag. Check out patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.

The sausage fails, Phillies have the best record in baseball, an early May trade, Rays city connects good, Tigers city connects bad, mailbag. check out patreon.com/battingaround for more episodes

We talk about a ton of fun stuff that happened in baseball this week: the Twins' inexplicable home run celebration, Kruk getting weird with it in the booth, Ozzie Albies' aquarium and fish rescue youtube channel, Jays fans booing Ohtani, Aaron Boone getting tossed because a fan yelled at the ump, the AL West usurping the AL Central for crummiest division in baseball, and the Tommy Pham era of the...

Mets' city connects, Rockies's FAA investigation, all sorts of ball tricks, lots of stuff on this week's episode. Check out patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to bonus episodes.

We talk about how baseball is more important a stupid eclipse then get into the latest in the scandal around Ohtani's former translator with the release of the United States v. Mizuhara document. check out patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes and to support the show.

Staffcast's Trevor Hildenberger is back on the show to relay firsthand experience with the Sacramento River Cats stadium proposed as the temporary home of the Athletics. Then we talk about the latest Ohtani controversy around authentication at ballparks, the new uniforms, and then an F1 update. Check out www.patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get bonus episodes.

We made it to Opening Day!

We talk the Ippei/Ohtani gambling scandal, Peter Angelos's death, how to be a guilt-free ex-Catholic, and Italian cookies. Check out patreon.com/battingaround for our guide to pride nights around the league and lots more bonus content.

Returning guest Mellie Macker is here to explain astrologically what is wrong with the Mets and what is astrologically right with Shohei Ohtani. We also talk about the new Pronoun Mode in MLB The Show.

Ohtani is married, minor league marketing has gone too far, Phillies cancel dollar dog night, Lauren is back into fantasy baseball, we all loved Dune 2. check out www.patreon.com/battingaround for bonus episodes

Players are becoming board game nerds. The A's social media turns off replies and A's fans throw their own fan fest, the uniforms are bad and create an unsafe work environment, and we list all the cities we don't like. check out patreon.com/battingaround to support the show and get access to all our bonus episodes.

This week we talk about a bunch of things that have gone horribly wrong in baseball that we all saw coming but we powerless to stop. Check out patreon.com/battingaround to get access to our bonus episodes, including our recent one with predictions for the 2024 season.

Indoor barbeque, spring training, new Pschosabermetrics, recent signings and available free agents, lots of other fun stuff. We're so close to baseball being back and it's got our energy back up.

We talked about baseball a pretty good amount on this one but we also talked a lot about sorcery. Check out www.patreon.com/battingaround for more content and to support the show.

We catch up on baseball news including the new Hall of Fame inductees and all the transactions that happened since our last show, and then try to save Joc Pederson's career. Sign up for bonus episodes at www.patreon.com/battingaround

A lot of New York stuff, then a bunch of talk about airports and sodas.

It's our first episode back in the new year and we talk about baseball and movies and Freddie Freeman at the Golden Globes.