Five and Dive

In Episode 485, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the school pick-up line and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. FRAUD WATCH: The AL West is back. It also never really left. 2. Chicago, we also have a fracture: Kyle Tucker can't catch a break, can keep catching fractures. 3. The Revolution will not be televised: But it will be streamed in a bunch of different places.   4. Around th...

In Episode 484, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in more banter than usual and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Serious Series: A look back at the big match-ups from the past weekend. 2. Wheeler in the sky keeps on turning: The Phillies head down the home stretch (and possibly the playoffs) without their ace. 3. Merry Crismatt: Nabil is back in the majors and shoving at elevation....

In Episode 483, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat more movies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Pohlad Position: The Twins will remain the Twins for the forseeable future. 2. Scoreboard Watching: Some movers and shakers among the division ad playoff races  3. The Round-Up: A look at some of the pieces we've published at BP this week.  4. Around the Horn: Some call-ups and some injur...

In Episode 482, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about  Taskmaster and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Seattle Slew: The Mariners continue to avoid Fraud Watch. In fact they might be the anti-frauds 2. Milwaukee's Best: Meanwhile in Wisconsin, the best team in baseball emerges? 3. Oh baby baby, it's a wild card: We will get that Guardians/Blue Jays playoff seriers, just you wait.   4...

In Episode 481, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat more about movies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  Men, how often do you think about Roman Anthony: Apparently Craig Breslow has been thinking a lot about him lately My My Metrofraud: Our first official Fraud Watch of 2025 heads to the Big Apple. Around the Horn: Mostly another Nats segment, but it's also a bad week for podcast concern...

In Episode 480, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the iMDB 250 and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Variance Swamps the Yankees: Look you can't judge a trade deadline by one game, but what a game (and then two more bad games) 2. We're going streaking: The Marlins and Guardians are hot. Does it mean anything? 3. Ascent into Madness: The Rockies and Pirates played a weird series. D...

In Episode 479, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig run down a very, very busy 2025 trade deadline.

In Episode 478, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Wladimir Balentien's penmanship and Kidz Bop lyrical choices and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Judge, Jury, and Flexor Tendon Executioner: Aaron Judge is due for a short(?) IL stint. The Yankees remain buyers (and also a bit of a mess) 2. And we'll never be Royals: The Royals are also buyers, even with their own players 3. Got...

In Episode 477, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about parades and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Well come on, roll with me 'til the sun goes down: The Rangers have won a few games in a row, thus are now AL Wild Card contenders.  2. Say No! To Michigan: The Tigers on the other hand have hit the skids, but are still well above the AL Wild Card race.   3. Everything Must Perhaps Go:...

In Episode 476, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about smashed cupcakes, old pepsi, and missing shallots and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Milwaukee's Best: The Brewers are atop the NL Central, because of course they are. 2. Buy or Sell: We look at some marginal playoff contenders and discuss next steps. 3. Around the Horn: David Robertson is back in the late innings, while some ot...

In Episode 475, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about concerts past and future and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Hey Now, You're an All Star: A fun home run derby, and then another fun home run derby. 2. Hey! What Would You Do? Boston Red Sox: The Red Sox are red hot, but what moves can they make.  3. And we can never be Royals (but he can):The Royals are buyers...in one specific...

In Episode 474, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Nobody Beats the Miz: Jacob Misiorwoski is in the All-Star Game. Let's discourse. 2. BP on Draft: A brief Day One draft wrap up. 3. Rumor Has It: It's Mid-July. The Draft is over. Time for the deadline rumor mill to fire up.   4. Around the Horn: An Astros call-up, and an old friend of the podcast finds a new home...

In Episode 473, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Canada and music festivals and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Beantown'd Up: The Red Sox have taken advantage of a soft part of their schedule to move into a Wild Card spot. What do they need to do to keep it up? 2. Rocky Mountain Why: The Rockies are considering some changes in the front office and you can read a lot of quotes...

In Episode 472, Jeffrey and Craig chat about internet customer service and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Our Long Nationals Nightmare: The Nats pick an odd time for a perhaps needed front office and field staff shake up 2. Craigton Blue Jays: Craig is never wrong just (very) early.   3. Hey now, you're an All-Star: Alll-Star rosters are out, and as a baseball podcast we should talk...

In Episode 471, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about children's birthday parites and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Woah-oh, we're halfway there: We check in on the playoff races and best players at the midway mark of the major-league season 2. Sacfeld Follies: Luis Severino probably should have known what he was getting into when he signed with the Athletics, but it's also possibly been w...

In Episode 470, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about not havign banter and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. The In-Betweeners: A (long) examination of a group of young players who have been sometimes good, but not always good and what the future might hold for them  2. Texas Two-Step: Jacob deGropm is probablt not avilable, Jeremy Pena might be available in two and a half years. 3....

In Episode 469, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig have all finally returned from vacation to discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa: The Rays will have new owners soon, may or may not move. Plus an "update" on the Las Vegas stadium 2. You can never go back to New York, it changes as quick as the weather: The Mets and Yankeees are wilting in...

In Episode 468, Patrick and Jeffrey chat about vacation plans and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  Tinker, Devers Askance: And a third and final entry in this trilogy sees Rafael Devers in a blockbuster trade. Massholes: And what exactly is going on in Boston anyway? The Sho Must Go On: Ohtani is back on the mound. Surprise! Around the Horn: Roki Sasaki is not back, and the Angels call u...

In Episode 467, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about lifeguarding and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  Craigton Blue Jays: Craig's Toronto Team is on a hot streak and that migth be enough in the AL this year FRAUD WATCH: The Mariners on the other hand are not... Call me, call me, anytime: Some new major-league debutants to discuss Around the Horn: Mostly pitcher injuries Another poor g...

In Episode 466, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in a lot of banter and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel: Are the Angels worthy of a whole segment. Well, one Angel sure is. 2. Strange Brew: The Brewers are apparently worthy of multiple segments over the last few weeks. 3. Philadelphia 86'd: The Gang is Suddenly Struggling Against the NL Central. 4....

In Episode 465, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about PC maintainence and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Room at the Top: Who's the best team in baseball right now? And Craig makes his possibly homerish case for the team with like the sixth best record.  2. Rocky Mountain Why / Marlins Will Soar: Let's talk sickos baseball from this week. 3. Around the Horn: The machines will be ca...

In Episode 464, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig have some old person complaints and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. I could've been a doctor, could've been a lawyer, oh, come on, not that again!: Another star Astro has a fracture that wasn't a fracture before. Okay, we guess it was a fracture all along. Probably should have known that! 2. Sorry We Missed You: Milwaukee Brewers: The Brewe...

In Episode 463, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about more movies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. We're going streaking: Checking in on two hot baseball clubs, and one not-so-hot. 2. You win some, you lose some: There sure are a lot of .500ish teams right now, can any of them make a run? 3. Around the Horn: Please do not put in the paper that the Nationals are a mess, while the...

In Episode 462, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about French news and Romanian movies  and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1.You've got no right to be depressed, you haven't tried hard enough to like it: The Mets, Padres, and Red Sox have all hit the skids, can they pull out of it? 2. I've got the players inside the computer: And now we have their swings to analyze 3. Around the Horn:...

In Episode 461, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about 50's film noir and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Naty BOH NO: At the risk of repeating ourselves, the Orioles are still struggling. They also have a new manager now.  2. Minnesota Nice: The Twins are red hot, can they keep it up? 3. Around the Horn: More Dodgers moves, some big league debuts and re-debuts, and some elbow injuri...