Batting Around Podcast

I'm gonna be real with you here, this is the least we've talked about baseball on a main feed episode in ages. We mostly talked about the missing submarine and other nautical disaster, but it's really funny and we get around to baseball stuff eventually. Go subscribe at patreon.com/battingaround to hear our bonus episodes, including a great one from last weekend with Jeremy Koo about the A's movin...

John Cullen and Stefan Heck of the wonderful Blocked Party podcast are back to talk about sponsoring a stock car, regional accents, a bunch of Blue Jays stuff, Jane handing out passes left and right, some breaking A's news, sad cameos, and our shared dream of Husbands and Boyfriends someday joining the ranks of Wives and Girlfriends. Support the show by signing up at patreon.com/battingaround. sub...

Patrick Sullivan of The Resleevables is here to talk about the Padres, working for Upper Deck, and baseball from the perspective of an experienced game designer. He also reveals his secret performance enhancing drug for Magic: The Gathering, as well as some tips for the Catholic Church's marketing department. A super fun conversation, you don't want to miss this one. Check out Patrick on twitter @...

Adam from Hobby Perverts and formerly of South Paws is here to tell us what the heck happened with the White Sox, then we touch on some other little fun things that happened since last week's show, and then we regrettably have to talk more about the Pride drama happening around the league.

Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated is on the show to talk the explosion in organized home run celebrations across Major League Baseball, the Orioles' city connect uniforms, and the Dodgers walking back their disinvitation of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from their Pride night. Then we get into mailbag where we conclusively settle a question on baseball etiquette and then make a terrifyi...

FanGraphs' Michael Baumann is back to talk about the news of the week, and we made him take point as the only straight man when we talked about the Dodgers' cowardly Pride Night scandal.

We cover Lauren getting into soccer, new international series announcements, the central divisions being terrible, Noah Syndergaard doing hypnotherapy, Akil Badoo getting tagged in the 'nads, and we also talked about what specific parts of the UK we don't like and what planets are bullshit. We're doing a patreon episode of nothing but mailbag this weekend so if you want answers to your pressing qu...

Charles is back to talk about what the heck is going on with the FIRST PLACE ON MAY 2ND Pittsburgh Pirates. Then we check in on the rest of the standings, talk about the Mexico City bombfest, and of course some mailbag.

Returning guest and Oakland Athletics fan Jeremy Koo is here to trauma dump about the A's (probably) moving to Las Vegas. Unfortunately for him we're at our emotional capacity and helping someone else who's in crisis and dealing with our own stuff (all the 2022 Dodgers hitting it raw during the last all star break) and we can't hold appropriate space for him. Check out https://www. Patreon.com/Bat...

My cats kept fucking with me during this one but we stayed on track and talked about baseball pretty much the whole time, except the part where we talked about Hitler.

Stephen, Lauren, and guest co-host Rachel Cholst of Rainbow Rodeo interview Bryan Ruby, a singer-songwriter in Nashville who, in 2021, became the first professional baseball player to come out of the closet while still in the game. Bryan Ruby https://hyperfollow.com/bryanruby Instagram: @bryanrubyofficial Proud to be in Baseball https://www.proudtobeinbaseball.org/ Twitter: @ProudBaseball Instagra...

Lauren's back, regular season baseball is back, and most importantly we are so back. We catch up with Lauren for some takes she's had bottled up, then we talk about opening day, Bryce Harper's romance novel habit, Jack Flaherty being a Joker Guy, and a bunch of other stuff that's NOT the pitch clock and rule changes.

Lauren is still out for another week but filling in for her is legal podcasting legend Charles Star (@ugarles). We all finally cancel each other in this one but Stephen gets it the worst.

Jane and Stephen recap the WBC and all the discourse around it. Spoilers: they liked it (the WBC, not the discourse).

Yahoo! Sports writer and Hittin' Season host Liz Roscher is back and filling in for Lauren as we talk about everything that's happened in the WBC so far including the upsets and let downs, UK's jerseys and celebrations, appropriating Italian culture, Team Israel's twitter account being the biggest baby in the world, and all the cute stuff with the Czech and Japanese teams. Go to www. Patreon.com/B...

Filling in for Lauren this week are returning favorites Richard Staff and Sean Doolittle. Don't need to say much more, they're all-timers.

Mellie is back and filling in for Lauren this week. We're talking spring training, John Middleton, baseball anarchy, regional water use policies, and mormon conspiracy theories. Sorry for the audio issues, new hardware will be here before the next episode.

Stephen's trip to Ireland. Jacob deGrom's NPC-style answers to basic questions. Another Terry Francona food nightmare. A minor leaguer comes out. Big Boss is back. Then we power rank all the WBC countries' hats and Lauren gives us some insight into the DR national team. This is the last free episode Lauren is going to be on for a few weeks because she'll be out recovering from surgery. If you want...

We keep remarkably on track even though spring training hasn't technically started yet. We talk Joe West's internet war, Joey Votto's local chess tournament fits, Bally's bankruptcy, and then Lauren does a deep dive on Japan's WBC roster. Keep an eye out on Patreon.com/BattingAround for a Couching Around on Eastbound and Down season one next week.

Slow news week! Spring training is around the corner, and we really tried to stay on track but you know this podcast you know the score. Go to Patreon.com/BattingAround and sign up because we've got bonus episodes coming up.

the coolest episode we've ever done

Apologies to Sean Doolittle.

We made it to 100 episodes! We talk the hilarious (maybe?) end to the Correa saga, Cueto signing with the Marlins, and some WBC stuff. Then we play a bunch of voicemails from listeners and beloved guests who tell us how great we are.

We're still recovering from 2022 and we're talking Avatar, baseball resolutions, free agent signings including what's going on with Correa, ZiPS projections, Jerry Reinsdorf's reign of terror, and I guess cannibalism. Next week is our 100th episode so leave us voicemails about the show at (703) 261-4915‬.

Bradford William Davis joins us to talk about his investigative report into MLB's use of different types of baseballs during the 2022 season, as well as the Carlos Correa drama, billionaire owners mad that Steve Cohen is actually spending money, and Trevor Bauer's suspension being cut in arbitration. We also propose a tactical alliance with a controversial figure and put out a challenge to the sho...