Five and Dive

In Episode 15, Emma and Jeffrey discuss Craig's vacation and then tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. Sign o' the times: In the grand tradition of big news breaking directly after our last episode, the Astros have another scandal on their hands. 2. You've given me 17.7 million reasons: Will Smith found 22 million more, while Jake Odorizzi and Jose Abreu took the cash. Also, we delve into...

In Episode 14, Bradford and Craig again discuss seltzer and then tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. Can't Blame PECOTA for this one: The Cubs have some, uh, interesting offseason plans. 2. No such thing as a free agent: We're talking about Didi Gregorius, the stove is hot. 3. Also, he's a pitching coach: The Yankees hired Matt Blake. 4. BIG BOY AWARDS SZN: Bradford and Craig debate Yorda...

In Episode 13, Emma and Craig discuss seltzer and then tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. Definitely not collusion: Alex Anthopolous was basically the Cayman Islands banker from the Simpsons this week, 2. Sustainable Success: The Red Sox are probably mad they have to pay JD Martinez like Carlos Santana money. 3. Weights and Measures: We've already had more sequels to our robot ump discus...

In Episode 12, Jeffrey and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. There is no such thing as free agency: The hot stove is on fire with news like Stephen Strasburg opting out of his contract and Chase Anderson being traded to the Blue Jays 2. The Managerial Merry-Go-Round is in motion: Carlos Beltran got the Mets manager gig in the most shocking rose ceremony yet. 3. Definitely not coll...

In Episode 11, Emma and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. Light a mup: The Nats re-turned around the World Series and also won the World Series. 2. /long sigh... really, Craig? Fine. Scherzus: Emma and Craig discuss Max Scherzer's Game 7 performance. 3. There's no such thing as a free agency: What's next for Cole and Strasburg? 4. Weights and Measures: Let's talk about the automat...

In Episode 10, Bradford and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. Light a mup: The Astros have turned around the World Series. The ball is sometimes juiced, sometimes not juiced, but always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom. 2. #TakeItBack: The Astros have not turned around their public perception however. 3. Front Office Follies: Neal Huntington is out in Pittsburgh, whil...

In Episode 9, Emma and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. This week felt like a year for Emma and Craig as they tackle the Astros organizational disaster. 2. Light a mup: There have been World Series games played and they were pretty good, especially if you are a Nationals fan. 3. I hate the Drake: Do we have two twitter segments this episode? 4. Rule #1: We sure do. 5. The Merry-G...

In Episode 8, Bradford and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. 50,000 people waiting in the Bronx: A discussion and retrospective of CC Sabathia's career. 2. About uh two nights ago: The Astros beat the Yankees to head to the World Series, hope you managed to stay up for the exciting finish. 3. Light a mup: The World Series is upon us, why are the Astros such big favorites? 4. The M...

In Episode 7, Emma and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. Remembering Some Nats: What starts off as totally normal Chad Cordero talk, somehow veers into discussions of pantsless mascots. 2. Whistle While You Work: The Astros are stealing signs again (allegedly). Just whistle a happy tune, Yankees fans. 3. Sometimes it Rains: Does the day off help the Yankees or the Astros more as w...

In Episode 6, Bradford and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics 1. About Last Night: It's been some long October nights for our co-hosts, but they have had enough coffee to jump at least as high as Carlos Correa. 2. Party Like it's 2006: Adam Wainwright is good again, the Cardinals bats less so. 3. Bradford and Craig discuss the recent news about the death of Tyler Skaggs and the larger...

In Episode 5, Emma and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1.Between Two Craigs: Craig should probably jut hire a therapist for his Joe Kelly feelings, but we'll debrief here instead. 2. Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln: It could be worse though, he could be a Braves fan 3. Activating brand elements: Emma and Craig talk more about the Tomahawk chop, although losing in the NLDS is also "a...

In Episode 4, Bradford and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. About Last Night: The Nationals have one weird trick to avoid using their bullpen, but they might be out of luck. 2. He only has two shirts: More talk about the Nationals bullpen. Which galaxy brain meme panel are we at now? 3. Minnesota Nice: Thoughts on the suddenly healthy and quite scary Yankees lineup, and Randy Do...

In Episode 3, Emma and Craig tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. About Last Night: The NL Wild Card game was very exciting, while the AL Wild Card game had, uh, Yandy Diaz's muscles? 2. The Merry Go-Round is in motion: Joe Madden might be heading to Anaheim and Carlos Beltran might be heading to Queens? 3. Thanks, I hate it: This week, we get insight into our producer's home bar and Crai...

In Episode 2, Bradford William Davis and Craig Goldstein tackle five more (mostly) baseball topics. 1. One Weird Trick to piss of the Boston media, as the Red Sox and Rangers get in a dust up over a dropped foul ball. 2. The Merry Go-Round is in motion: More Clint Hurdle chat and a retrospective of Joe Maddon's Cubs career. 3. BIG BOY SZN: Pete Alonso breaks the rookie home run record, and Bradfor...

In the first episode of our twice-weekly flagship podcast, Craig Goldstein and Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated discuss Zack Greinke's near no-hitter, Clint Hurdle's future in Pittsburgh, the upcoming changes to the baseball, and the last weekend of the regular season.