Five and Dive

In Episode 435, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about pitching metrics and the Pleistocene Era and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Houston, we have too many third basemen? The Astros are getting to 91 wins and a division win in the weirdest way possible.  2. The Politics of Glory: Three new Hall of Famers, two catchers fall off the ballot, and other Cooperstown chat. 3. There is no s...

In Episode 434, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. A Tale of Two Cities: Los Angeles hands Toronto yet another L.  2. There is no such thing as a free agency: The Mets add some non-Pete-Alonso free agents, and the Mariners make their one move. 3. Mr. Baseball: We salute Bob Uecker 4. Around the Horn: Talk about actual Pete Alonso, free agent, some retirements, and...

In Episode 433, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the BP Annual and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. There is no sugh thing as a free agency: Man, that's a lot of deals. Wait we are talking about all these deals? 2. The Owner's Box: A lawsuit in San Diego and a pending sale in Minnesota? 3. Rated Roki: Where will Roki Sasaki sign? And the fallout in the IFA market has already star...

In Episode 432, Jeffrey and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. Burnes After Signing: Corbin Burnes is headed to Arizona? And yeah, this already feels like forever ago. There is no such thing as a free agency: There were a few other one-year deals too: Marvelous Merv: And exactly one trade. Too bad Patrick isn't here Rumor Has It: Some baseall transactions that might eventually happen, mayb...

In Episode 431, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about cough syrup and porrly shucked oysters, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. I'm already in the book three or four times: Saying farewell to Rickey 2. Last-minute Christmas shopping: Man, there sure were a lot of free agent signings all of the sudden 3. I just wan't something I can never have: Cleveland doesn't a weird two-step mov...

In Episode 430, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about nostalgia for mid-2000s hipster rock, MST3K, and Homestar Runner, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Tuck Everlasting?: Kyle Tucker is traded to the Cubs in a trade that both makes sense and doesn't make sense for both teams.  2. Trading Places: The Yankees stay active on the trade market, and the As and the Rays make a very Rays...

In Episode 429, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig update you on Craig's travel plans and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. Straight Cash, Homie: Brian Cashman splashes the pot for a...starting pitcher? Trading Places: Three pretty big trades cap off the winter meetings Rumor Has It: What are the Astros doing? (Turns out trading Kyle Tucker but more on that next week) Around the Horn: We are not...

In Episode 428, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Craig's trip to Dallas and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. Smoke your green, I'm spending mine: Childish Bambino calls his shot and it's the New York Mets for a record-setting deal. There is no such thing as a free agency: All the other non-record-setting deals If you hear any noise it's just me and the boys getting into the Hall of...

In Episode 427, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about holiday cleaning and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. There is no such thing as a free agency: The market is moving...slowly 2. The Golden At-Bat: Yeah, we have to talk about it. Spoiler Alert: It's dumb 3. Rumor Has It: The Royals have plans and Juan Soto's plans are still undetermined. 4. Around the Horn: Front office stuff and s...

In Episode 426, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig mention out some pielights and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Fuck it, we're doing five blades: The Dodgers sign Blake Snell, because why not?   2. The Angels have two blades: The Angels sign Yusei Kikuchi, why? 3. A Good Trade Leaves Everyone Mad: The Royals and Reds swap players that are probably better off staying put. 4. Around the Horn...

In Episode 425, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the benefits of a BP subscription and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Say It Is Soto: Where we stand on the free agency of one Childish Bambino  2. Life is too Short to Spend the Rest of it Down Here in Tampa: Where we stand on the Rays stadium situation both now and in the future. 3. Our Semi-Annual Hall of Fame segment: The HoF...

In Episode 424, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in some (advent calendar) coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Postman Only Rings Twice: Roki Sasaki is being posted, eventually.  2. There is No Such Thing as a Free Agency: 50 free agents, ranked 3. Television Man, I Know What You Are Trying to Be: Diamond Sports is still going to be showing baseball games. This is p...

In Episode 423, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about sprinkler systems and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. We Dug Cole Together: Catching up on what actually happened with Gerrit Cole's opt out 2. To Catch a Rising Free Agent Star: What's a worse sign for Scott Boras, the Yankees calling his bluff or the quality of this year's one-liners? 3. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel: We che...

In Episode 422, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Christmas lights and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. We Dug Cole together: A cannier podcast would wait until the Cole opt out was sorted to do a segment on it. This is not that podcast 2. For Whom the Bellinger Tolls: Like (spoiler alert) Gerrit Cole, Cody Bellinger will be staying put. What does that mean for the 2025 Cubs? 3....

In Episodes 420 and 421, Patrick, Jeffrey, and (eventually) Craig discuss nine mostly baseball topics in between fighting with Tempe, AZ wifi. I was a Freeman in Paris, I felt unfettered and alive: The Dodgers strike first in Game 1, thanks to the first of several weird Yankees tactical moves. Helplessly hoping, her harlequin hovers nearby: Dodgers make it 2-for-2 while dealing with an Ohtani inju...

In Episode 419, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. The Judges of Normality are Present Everywhere: Before the preview, there's the discourse. 2. The World Series Preview: Well, who ya got?  3. Fernandomania: The Dodgers lost one of their franchise icons this week  4. Around the Horn: Some potential postings and some actual injuries  5. Base 10 Supremacy rears its u...

In Episode 418, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about advent calendars (and the coffee that sometimes comes inside them) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Theeeeeeeee Yankees Win: Juan Soto is a tough out, and the Guardians made too many easy outs. 2. I am the Edman, coo-coo-cachoo: The Dodgers turn the Grimace Shake meme back on the Mets. That's a sentence people will definitely u...

In Episode 417, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Unhappy Meal: The Dodgers take the Mets lunch at Citi Field. You might say they've been hamburgled. 2. Christmas Creep:  The Guards and Yanks play an instant classic, as Cleveland hangs around thanks to some big bombs. 3. Here we are now, going to the South Side...no, further south: You might think it's playoff tim...

In Episode 416, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about weekend Fall excursions and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Playing Catch Up: The league did not consult our pod schedule for their playoff schedule, so we have a bit of catching up to do. 2. Escape from LA: The Mets head back home with a split, but did we learn more about the Dodgers?  3. The Empire Strikes First: The Yankees mi...

In Episode 415, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about cold sweats and horror movies (not related) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Purple October: The Mets move on, and the Philles (well mostly their fans) are flailing a bit for an explanation   2. Royal Pains: The Garrett Hampson led KC offense could overcome the Yankees. We're as shocked as you are. 3. Pitching Chaos (no, not th...

In Episode 414, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig indulge in some more coffee chat and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Split-Split-Split-Splitadelphia: The Mets/Phillies series is as chaotic as we (well two of us) could have hoped. 2. Stay Class...everyone involved: Meanwhile the Dodgers/Padres series is just a mess. 3. Central Planning: Tigers/Guardians get the short shrift on the pod, bu...

In Episode 413, a very tired Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the waning of the British Empire I guess and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Ooh, baby, baby, it's a wild card: Recapping what we learned from the Wild Card Series and where the eliminated teams go from here.  2. ALDS Preview 3. NLDS Preview  4. Around the Horn: Some surprising managerial and front office movement mea...

In part two of Episode 412, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five more mostly baseball topics.  1. Like Confetti how it falls, let ‘em leave with it all: Game 163 was really game 161 and 162, but even more chaotic than that sounds. 2. Pete Rose died. 3. Mets/Brewers Wild Card Preview  4. Braves/Padres Wild Card Preview  5. Some very brief Giants front office chat, we're all so tired.   Five and...

In part one of Episode 412, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about breakfast and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. The Last Day of School: Are the weird and wild stuff from the not-actually last day of the season. 2. Here We Are Now, Going to the Southside: Only the second most infuriating owner letter of the week. 3. Tigers/Astros Wild Card Preview  4. Royals/Orioles Wild Card Preview...

In Episode 411, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about playing video games with the kids and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Here I Am, Rock You Like a Hurricane: We may not have a Game 163 anymore, but you get a bonus 161 and 162 on Monday.  2. The Tigers Have Spoken: Detroit is in the driver's seat for an AL Wild Card spot, somehow.  3. Uprooted in Oakland: John Fisher is a...well,...