Five and Dive

In Episode 335, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about spicy chicken and large hotels and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Must Be Talking to an Angel: Teams are talking to Ohtani, he's listening, we're hearing nothing. 2. There's no such thing as a free agency: Credit to all the agents out there, getting their clients major league deals somehow. 3. Rumor Has It: Juan Soto is getting t...

In Episode 334, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about roguelike deckbuilders and coffee and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Batting .540: The Mariners continue to get slightly cheaper and slightly worse 2. And I don't know why you'd want to play here: The Angels add a couple 2024 roster pieces. 3. Around the Horn: More transactions to round-up, although not that many 4. Thanks I Hate It: An e...

In Episode 333, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Xander Bogaerts' season and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Nola, no va: Aaron Nola is sticking around in Philadelphia, at least until the end of the decade. What does this mean for the rest of the pitching market and the balance of the Phillies offseason? 2. Fisher and Loathing in Las Vegas: The A's are officially headed to Las V...

In Episode 331, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about AM playlists and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Dunn Deal: It as not a particualrly intriguing Rule 5 add period, but Jeffrey does want to discuss a trade. 2. Straight Cash, homie: Cashman is back on the record, although Craig doesn't get the big deal. 3. Twins Peaks: Patrick checks in with the KBO champions 4. Around the Horn: A...

In Episode 331, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss children's media and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Chicago Fire: Chris Getz hates his team, Jed Hoyer likes his manager, and other news from the home of Italian beef and overloaded hot dogs 2. Straight Cash, Homie: We get Brian Cashman, unfiltered 3. Rumor Has It: A rumor roundup led off by improtant Erick Fedde news. 4. Around the...

In Episode 330, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about daylight savings time and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. No Longer Guaranteed Rate: Craig wants to talk about Tim Anderson having his option declined by the White Sox. It's the end of yet another era of White Sox baseball. 2. The Colonel's Secret Recipe: Patrick wants to talk about the Hanshin Tigers breaking one of the more unus...

In Episode 329, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig do not chat about Patrick's new job or Brian Blessed's theater careeer, but do discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Gray Gardens: The Rangers muddle through to win Game 3 of the World Series 2. Was the Jank There?: And then bludgeon the Diamondbcaks bullpen with the help of an unlikely ourfielder 3. All Hail West Texas: Before finishing things off in...

In Episode 328, Jeffrey and Craig (mostly Jeffrey) make a hash of Utah geography and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Its time for Paul Sewald to pitch lol: We recap Game 1 2. The Full Monty: And Game 2 3. Thanks I Hate It: We don't hate the Diamondback players but hate the discourse game 4. Around the Horn: Manager interviews and also we remember to preview the next three games of thr...

In Episode 327, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1.Watch Out For Snakes: The Dbacks complete their comeback in Philly, setting up... 2. South by Southwest: A World Series, that we will now preview 3. Won't Someone Think of the Television Networks: We also have the requisite ratings/aesethtics chat. 4. Around the Horn: The Red Sox have a new President of Baseball, th...

In Episode 326, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Wild, Wild, AL West: Yeah, there's a lot to cover as the Rangers storm back to take games six and seven from the Astros 2. I'm just a smol beanball: We're not engaging with this, MLB has a humilation fetish. Okay, we are engaging with it a little. 3. This one also goes to seven: Did we shortchange the NLCS a li...

In Episode 325, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about brussel sprout recipes, parasocial new media relationships, and tripping over a curb and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Middle (of the series): The Dbacks get a game back in Arizona despite being heavily outspent by the Phillies on payroll. 2. With Arms Wide Open (and fumbling the bag): Meanwhile, Houston storms back in the A...

In Episode 324, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Kansas City Royals prospects and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Michael Yordan: This flu game didn't go as well for the whole team, nor is the ALCS generally. 2. Don't Go to Pat's: Or throw first-pitch center cut fastballs to the Phillies. Anyway, the roast pork and broccoli rabe is the play. 3. Just Like Miami (Miami) Fucking Mi...

In Episode 323, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Philadelphia Story (on the record): Yeah, almost have this episode is about that series, there's a lot to go over. 2. Houston, We Don't Have a Problem: Shout out to the frisky and surprisingly strikeout-laden Twins, but the Astros are once again a problem (for the rest of the AL) 3. How Sweep it is: Things ende...

In Episode 322, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. NLDS Check-In: The Phillies steal one against Strider, while the Dodgers run out of pitching 2. ALDS Check-In: The Rangers lineup is too much for Baltimore, and the Astros/Twins series remains too close to call (For us or PECOTA) 3. Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! I just hoped the format would be better: What to make of rest...

In Episode 321, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about vases and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Around the Horn: Craig has a lot of thoughts on the Mariners ten-year winning percentage, a Rockie stays put, and Pete Alonso might be escaping New York. 2. Let's Play Two (but only two): Do we like the Wild Card Round format? 3. Anyway, the Wild Card Round: Regardless, we must recap the W...

In Episode 320, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig bring back coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Around the Horn: We wrap up the last week of the season, before heading to playoff previews. 2. Twins/Jays preview 3. Rays/Rangers preview 4. Brewers/Dbacks preview 5. Phillies/Marlins preview Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive ....

In Episode 319, Jeffrey and Patrick then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. What to Watch: The games that happened and the games that will happen 2. Seattle Slew: In hindisight, Jeffrey probably should have edited and posted this episode before the Mariners dramatic ninth inning comeback against the Rangers last night. 3. Twins Chilling: At least all the Twins stuff is still current. 4. Aroun...

In Episode 318, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Do You Know How The West Was Won?: Well, it probably won't be by the Mariners or Astros. But check back in later this week to be sure. 2. Georgia, Georgia, he has beautiful bones: A pair of Atlanta pitcher inuries have complicated their playoff rotation. It might not matter though if they keep hitting dingers 3. Wild Card!...

In Episode 316, Jeffrey, and Craig do not chat about the wrestlemen, do chat about the Roman calendar, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. We Could Never Be Royals: Why is this podcast leading with the Royals? Well, why not? 2. Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game: The AL West remains messy, and here come the Blue Jays again. Don't even ask about the NL Wild Card race. 3...

In Episode 315, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss milk and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Favourite: Have we been overlooking Atlanta and how much does the regular season actually matter 2. Marred Max: Max Scherzer is out for the season and then three-quarters of the way through this segment Chaim Bloom gets fired 3. Last Night: Adam Wainwright is in search of win number 200 an...

In Episode 314, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss rain delays and then chat about five mostly baseball topics. 1. Wild Card! I cut the brakes!: The Wild Card races continue to be messy benches who love drama 2. Lerner'd League: The Nationals are a mess as well, but in a different way. 3. Around the Horn: Your favorite Martian might need Tommy John, Jeffrey's favorite Finishing School subject is on the me...

In Episode 217, Bradford and Craig chat about the weather and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. It all goes down in the group chat: Yes it's sort of old news at this point, but we do have to weigh in on the Pham/Joc fantasy football fight. 2. The Gang Blows Another One in the Late Innings: It's not so sunny in Philadelphia. 3. Sorry We Missed You, Cubs: The Cubs are so not nice we misse...

In Episode 216, Jeffrey and Craig don't have any banter at all and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Sorry We Missed You, Tigers: We chat about Patrick Dubuque's article on Detroit's rebuild and where they go from here. 2. Sorry We Missed You, Pirates: Yeah, okay there is a reason we didn't talk about some of these teams for the first six weeks of the season. 3. Sorry We Missed You, Ath...

In Episode 215, Bradford and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Inside Jokes: We discuss Tim Anderson and Josh Donaldson. 2. No Rutsch, Man: Adley Rutschman finally gets the call, will this spur the Orioles on to medium term success? 3. Sorry We Missed You, Marlins: The Marlins have plenty of young pitching, not enough offense, and a difficult division (although maybe not this year). 4....

In Episode 214, Jeffrey and Craig chat about coffee, composting, and the quarter pole and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Sorry We Missed You: San Francisco Giants: Catchign up with some teams we may have given short shrift to over the first 40 games. The Giants are still mostly the 2021 Giants. 2. Sorry We Missed You: Tampa Bay Rays: The Rays are extremely still the Rays, but might b...