Five and Dive

In Episode 410,  Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about bedtime footwear and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. FRAUD WATCH: The entire AL Wild Card race is on fraud watch, except you Detroit, you're cool. For now.   2. Fifty is Nifty: Ohtani makes some history, again. 3. The cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back: CJ Abrams heads to Palm Beach for a week afte...

In Episode 409, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig settle all Brewers business and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Natty BohNo: The Orioles remain in free fall, and Craig Kimbrel may have tumbled out of Hall of Fame consideration.  2. Ooh baby, baby, it's a wild card: The Twins are also in free fall and now have the Tigers in a dead heat for the last playoff spot. Meanwhile in the NL, a Met...

In Episode 408, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about youth sports and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Not Everybody Gets to Go To Space, and That's Okay: Not everybody gets to go the playoffs either, and some teams are struggling to get there more than others. 2. How to Get to Heaven from Fort Myers, FL: One of the weirder baseball topics we've had on the pod, as a Twins draft pick...

In Episode 407, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat NCAA conferences and proper use of idoms and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Anger Management: Anthony Banda broke his hand punching a wall, this is maybe a more complicated story than first blush 2. Pax Romana: James Paxton hangs up the cleats. 3. Around the Horn: some very late-season call-ups, another near no-no, and Atlanta loses an...

In Episode 406, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Wake Me Up When September Ends: Three teams staring out the window and waiting for the offseason. 2. St. Paul 'aints: The Twins are trying to make the AL Wild Card an actual playoff race.  3. Around the Horn: Six gets deep-sixed, a lot of pitchers are targeting a late September return, and Cavan Biggio pops up aga...

In Episode 405, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about extremly complicated coffee and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?! I just hope we can win a game: The AL East race stays tight (due in large part to Wyatt Langford) while the NL Wild Card race tightens up. But mostly the Yankees just can't be normal.  2. This is how I win (54% of the time): Jerry Dipoto remains t...

In Episode 404, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Wake Me Up When September Ends: We examine the state of play heading into the last month of the season.    2. Call Me (Call Me) On The Line: Chase Anderson (!) and others get the September call-up, plus, another Angels rant.   3. Around the Horn: We check in on some injuries and (sigh) the stadium situation for th...

In Episode 403, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about dessert bread, baseball card shops, and robot toddlers and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. 22 Short Films about Springfield: So much can happen across one day of baseball. But the White Sox will probably lose, sometimes twice.   2. August and Everything After: Another pick'em but this time looking at some very avergae baseball tea...

In Episode 402, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Saberseminar and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.   1. Judge, Jury, and Executioner of Middle-Middle Pitches: Aaron Judge had a good weekend, as did the very boring 2024 Yankees. Plus the inside scoop on his Paw Patrol spin-off appearance. 2. August and Everything After: After chiding Craig for once again not getting another musical r...

In Episode 401, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about a Quantrill/Corbin showdown and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Hey, Joey-Joe-Joe: Joey Votto retires 2. House of Cards: St. Louis takes a weird approach to the last 30 games of the season. 3. Around the Horn: Pitchers on the move, and a new Mariners manager that Patrick has some thoughts about. 4. What to Watch: It's time to pay...

In Episode 400, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat Golden Triangle poety (again maybe?) and the outdoor life and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Simply the Best: Somebody has to be the best team in baseball this year, but no one seems to want to be. Also the White Sox somehow come up in this segment. 2. The Sixth Inning Stretch: Since Patrick is back we do even more chat about the poten...

In Episode 399, Jeffrey and Craig chat about coffee and Ritz crackers and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. No Home on the Range: I don't know if everything is actually bigger in Texas, but the podcast sure is when we talk about Texas. 2. The Guys Have It: What if we made a whole segment out of our guys 3. Around the Horn: Jeffrey is not capable of nepotism because he can't remember wh...

In Episode 398 Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the EFL Championship and shooting free throws and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Merrill-y We Roll Along: Jackson Merrill is carrying the Padres to the top of the NL Wild Card picture, will that mean he's tops for NL Rookie of the Year as well? 2. Central Planning: The AL Central race tightens up and then untightens slightly. Stil...

In Episode 397, Patrick and Jeffrey have one false start, one Cotton-Eyed Joe conversation, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.   1. Natty B'OHNO: The Orioles have a pitching problem and also maybe a philosophical problem. 2. Do You Know How the West Was Won?: The Dodgers continue to be an annoying 95-win team instead of a 105-win team, and here come the Dbacks and Padres 3. Around the H...

In Episode 396, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig all have banter to dispense with and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.   1. Is it Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Phillies are scuffling, obviously this is the worst thing ever to happen to Phillies fans ever. 2. Snell-O-Vision: Yeah, it's time for no-hitter chat again, but also what is next for the Giants and Blake Snell? 3. Around the Horn: M...

In Episode 395, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Minecraft: The Card Game and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.   1. Now I Wish I Could Freeze Time at Seventeen: But the White Sox have to play another 50 games or so. 2. Hi Everyody! Hi Dr. Cash!: So what's up with Jack Flaherty's medicals anyway. 3. Around the Horn: The Orioles sort through their roster and a lot of post-deadline DFA...

In Episode 394, Jeffrey, Patrick, and Craig discuss a very busy MLB trade deadline.

In Episode 393, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about trade deadline time dilation and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.   1. FRAUD WATCH: We had to bring it back after the Mariners got swept by the Angles (yes we recorded before the Randy Arozarena trade), but the Astros, Yankees, and Braves may not be beating the faud allegations either.   2. Rumour Has It: We recap some scuttlebutt rig...

In Episode 392, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about salad cream and lemon hockey and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. It's One Playoff Race Michael, What Can it Cost, Ten Games: We regret to inform you the Mariners are at it again.   2. What's Got Into That Cat: The Pirates a re frisky again, and this year that's enough to have some Wild Card juice. 3. Around the Horn: Another A's s...

In Episode 391, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Elden Ring strategies and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Here we are now, going to the South Side: I don't know how Martin Maldonado became a podcast cocnern, but theirs some concerning Martin Maldonado news. 2. Hey now, there was an All-Star Game: A recap of the goings on in Arlington 3. Around the Horn: Speaking of podcast conc...

In Episode 390, Jeffrey fills Patrick and Craig in on his weekend and then they discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Whoa-oh, we're halfway there: Discourse on whether this is actually the halfway point of the season aside, let's check in on the top teams and players of the first half, and attempt some mildly spicy takes on where we go from here. 2. BP on Draft: Jeffrey catches us up onthe draf...

In Episode 389, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about vacation outdoor walking tour escape rooms and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Wake Me Up When September Ends (yes we know it's Mid-July): The Dodgers are really putting to the test how much one doesn't have to care about the regular season. 2. A Late Quartet: Four older players having seasons of note. 3. Around the Horn: A full H...

In Episode 388, Jeffrey and Craig bring back coffee chat in Patrick's absence and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. And is your star sign ever wrong: Yeah, it's time to talk All-Star Game selections. Also, Craig works in his annual Futures Game rant after saying he's not going to rant about it this year. 2. Sitting Here in Blue Jay Way: The Jays have long been a concern of this podcast...

In Episode 387, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about fireworks and 386 episodes of pop culture references and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. July, July, July, never seemed so strange: Trade deadline stuff starts to heat up, with an actual trade no less.  2. There's no rule that says a dog can't play baseball: Stupid Pet Tricks live on Twitch 3. Around the Horn: All-star starters an...

In Episode 386, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Will Ospreay and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Whoa-oh, We're Halfway There: Checking in on what we'll be checking in on in the second half of the season 2. Accountability Check: Looking back at some of our preseason predictions  3. Around the Horn: Only watching the Rockies and White Sox forever  4. What to Watch: Someone other...