Five and Dive

In Episode 385, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the kids and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Houston we have a pennant race: The Astros are hot, surely the Mariners have a response, right?  2. If you win 20 in the show you can let the fungus grow back: Keep Baseball (barely) Weird. 3. Around the Horn: A pitcher throws up, a purple avatar downs a 40, and all the other notable tr...

In Episode 384 Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about vinyl records and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Drove to Chicago, All Things Known, All Things Known: Craig needs to brush up on his landmark 2000s indie albums, and we brush up on the state of the Cubs...eventually.  2. Meyer's Rigged Test: Max Meyer will eventually be back in Miami, right? 3. Around the Horn: Another Mets stick...

In Episode 383, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about John Goodman and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Willie Mays (1931-2024) 2. Thanks, I Hate It: As tonal shifts to the pod go, this is a drastic one, but also we've watched that Nintendo Switch ad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itU98oBYGvE) 100 times now.  3. Around the Horn: The Baltimore/Yankees rivalry heats up, a Chicago catc...

In Episode 382, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about moving and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. IL Communication: The Dodgers have a particualrly bad weekend, but they aren't the only likely playoff team dealing with injury concerns. 2. I've got I-95 problems: What if a Yankees/Red Sox Sunday Night game happens and nobody really cares? 3. Around the Horn: We explain Griamce to Patr...

In Episode 381, Patrick and Jeffrey chat about lakes (again) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1.This is the sound of settling: The Mariners might just be the best team inthe AL West. Is that enough? 2. The Medium Place: Is it better to be good, bad, or just actually interesting? It's a long season after all. 3. Around the Horn: Cavan Biggio inevitably finds his way to Los Angeles, an...

In Episode 380, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's 90s CD collection and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. Ooh, baby, baby it's a wild card: With 100 or so games to go, we take stock of the NL Wild Card race, such as it is. Sorry We Missed You: The Bad Place: Some of our favorites are off to some rough starts. Around the Horn: Yet another blue city connect, plus some DFAs and...

In Episode 379, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about celebrity lookalikes and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. I'm shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here: MLB hands down five suspensions for betting on baseball. Let's discourse about the discourse. 2. Sorry We Missed You: The Good Place: Some great early season performances we've overlooked, and one we definitely...

In Episode 378, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Patrick's latest baseball cad haul and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Sunday Afternoon is Also Alright for Fighting: The Brewers don't need much prodding to get into an on-field kerfluffle, but Tommy Pham is here to help anyway. 2. Tork Wrench: Former first overall pick Spencer Torkelson has been optioned to Triple-A. Is there a...

In Episode 377, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Because we are a Mets podcast: Well one of us already has a Mets podcast, but everyone has to suffer this week. 2. Life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in Tampa: The Rays are under .500, not hitting, and probably will just keep being the Rays. 3. Around the Horn: Thoughts on MLB's absorption of Nego...

In Episode 376, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about taking children to minor league games, clean up some housekeeping, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. Where Angels fear to tread: Angel Hernandez retires abruptly, and he's a famous enough baseball figure to get his own segment. Acuña Cortada: Ronald Acuña tears his other ACL and we are all worse off for it. Around the Horn: Farewel...

In Episode 375, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss upcoming lunches and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. You might catch me in Atlanta, looking like a boss: Atlanta isn't bossing the NL East this year as their lineup has been pretty dang average. 2. And we'll never be Royals: The Royals on the other hand... 3. Around the Horn: The Cardinals sweep the Orioles, Nabil finds a new home,...

In Episode 374, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig catch up on Wings of Desire and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. The Games are Inside the Computer?: This was supposed to be about the Roku Sunday baseball deal, is mostly about Garfield.  2. I’m shocked, shocked  to finding gambling going on in here: David Fletcher is linked to the ongoing California illegal book investigation, is this just...

In Episode 373, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about middle-aged dreams, thank you notes from small children, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Always an Angel, Never a God: Not a good week in Anaheim  2. Sorry We Missed You: Arizona Diamondbacks: We check in on the defending NL champs who are off to a scuffling start.  3. Around the Horn: The Rockies are hot, Nabil Crismatt is in...

In Episode 372, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Not the Quarter Pole: Who's in first, who's gonna be in first, and Ryan O'Hearn is the best hitter in baseball, just like we all thought. 2. Not in the Cards: The Cardinals are not in first, not likely to make the playoffs, so what comes next? 3. Around the Horn: Debuts for Paul Skenes, a bat speed metric, and mor...

In Episode 371, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about recent battign practice playlists and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. The Gang Has the Best Record in Baseball: Okay, it's time to talk about the Phillies 2. The Kids Aren't All Right: Fanatics and Perfect Game team up to sell you some high schoolers autographs. 3. Around the Horn: Paul Skenes debuts, Wilson Conteras hits the she...

In Episode 370, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about their weekend and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Sink, Florida, Sink: Miami ships their best hitter off to San Diego, a couple months earlier and for a lesser return than you might expect.  2. The masculine urge to say “we’re back” 20 minutes after saying “it’s over”: What's up with a some .500ish teams, and also what's up with...

In Episode 369, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about what is annoying Craig this week and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Always an Angel, Never a God: Mike Trout tore his meniscus which means it's time to reflect on what baseball greatness is once again. 2. It says bee and there's a picture of a bee on it: The content market never sleeps, even if Craig goes to sleep before the gam...

In Episode 368, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Central Planning: The White Sox (?!) and Twins are hot, and the AL Central might be the most interesting division in baseball 2. I wsn't talking about the hot dog: MLB and restaurant delivery apps, they go together like relish and honey mustard. 3. Around the Horn: Uniform chat, pitcher inury chat.  4. What to Wat...

In Episode 367, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about DVD players and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Can't you Snell that Snell: Blake Snell is hurt and no learning will occur. 2. The masculine urge to say “we’re back” 20 minutes after saying “it’s over”: Checking in on some early-season lines for both good and ill. 3. Around the Horn: All you Chase Anderson and injury news 4. What...

In Episode 366, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Bluey (again) and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.   1. Here we are now going to the South Side: Things have gotten quite bad for the pale hose, and we recorded this segment before they were shut out again. 2. Fraud Watch: Some teams that miught be playing some fradulent baseball in the early goings. 3. Around the Horn: Your weekly ch...

In Episode 365, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Bluey and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Ascent into Madness: A podcasts segment that will also be a column but also needed to be a podcast segment and doesn't even include the FAA investigation. 2. What's got into that cat?: Have the Mets stolen the Pirates friskiness, and who else is looking frisky. 3. Around the Horn: The Car...

In Episode 364, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Wilyer Abreu's defense and continental drift and   then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Real or No Real: April baseball is just a construct.  2. Profar away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore: Jurickson Profar found himself very relavant this past weekend. 3. Around the Horn: Even more pitcher injuries, and some second city si...

In Episode 363, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about allergies and bros and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 1. Real or No Real: We debate how real the baseball season is so far. 2. Holliday, far away, to stay: A third Jackson has entered the majors. 3. Around the Horn: Mostly injuries, some Ohtani 4. What to Watch: some intriguing pitching matchups, and one much less intriguing one 5....

In Episode 362, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about chain steakhouses and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.  1. Me and UCL and Everyone We Know: A lot of pitchers got hurt since the last show, we (and everyone else) try to figure out what is happening.  2. Stephen at Home: In other news, an oft-injured ace hangs it up officially. 3. Around the Horn: Nabil Crismatt clears waivers, Chase...

In Episode 361, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about the rain and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. National Jump to Conclusions Week: No-hitters, 0.00 ERAs, and hoo boy the Marlins. Booted from Oakland: The A's have a new home, temporarily maybe. Things are going badly in their current one though. Around the Horn: Josh Jung is hurt again, Julio Teheran finds a new home, and we are all waiting fo...