Rain Delay Theater

The playoffs are in the air on the Southside of Chicago and Jack, Jeremy, and a whopping 19,229 additional fans came out to Sox Park to see the White Sox take on the Pirates. After some 100 level access drama, the guys take in the game and encounter a finger-guns dancing angry dad who had some displeasure over a nacho purchase, a whole pizza being dropped from the upper deck, and a switchblade and...

Rain Delay Theater is back at Wrigley and this time no rain! Jack and Jeremy are treated to a rare-these-days exciting Cubs victory! But the real highlights take place when the guys decide to head over to the Rockies bus after the game. We're treated to a case of mistaken identity for one of the Rockies' top pitchers, Jeremy getting snubbed by the one Rockies player whose card he brought, and a ch...

This week, Jack and Jeremy take a look at some of MLB's Top prospects and worst case scenario comps for them - it gets pretty ugly, sorry Adley Rutschman! The guys also talk about Topps losing the MLB license for baseball cards, a late recap of the Field of Dreams game, plus a recap of Jeremy's White Sox Scout Seat experience and his trip to St. Louis and Cardinal country.

Into each season, some rain must fall…but that doesn’t mean Jack and Jeremy still can’t find a whole episode’s worth of material. The guys attempted to see the Cubs vs. Brewers at Wrigley Field but Mother Nature had other plans. Luckily, the guys witness one of the funnier moments in podcast history as they hung out by the Brewers bus as the team departed the stadium - a cacophony of chaos ensued....

This week, Jack and Jeremy return to give you their All-Boring Team! The guys field a full starting lineup and manager of the most boring people playing in the league - the players might be boring, but the episode ain't! We also hear Jeremy's thoughts of the Cubs sell-off and get a recap of a White Sox game that Jack attended solo. Jeremy also give a recap of the National Sports Card Convention an...

This week, the guys welcome musician/artist/filmmaker/skater/Jeremy's former roommate, Rich Salamander, to talk about some random baseball topics. We hear about Jeremy and Rich's shared experiences with the 2005 White Sox and the 2016 Cubs as well as a home run derby moment gone awry. The gang also discusses Major League, Field of Dreams, and Good Will Hunting, in addition to other random old base...

The guys are back from their All-Star break to bring you a recap of a straight doubleheader between the White Sox and the Twins. It was truly a tale of two games which featured Jack and Jeremy and a foul ball in game 1 and a near fight stemming from a loudly spoken comment by one of the guys in game 2. Tune in to see if the guys got a foul ball and who of the two said the fateful comment and if th...

With the All-Star Game fast-approaching this year, Jack and Jeremy take it upon themselves to scrub the All-Star rosters from the past 10 years to determine the worst All-Stars for each league year-to-year. Also this week: Jeremy sinks into deeper Cubs depression, Jake Marisnick is a greasy dude, and the guys take a shot at Joe West just because.

Milwaukee is the place to be this week as the guys travel back to Miller Park/Am Fam Field to see the Cubs in a rare road game vs. the Brewers. The guys get to see a pretty good game...for 7 and a half innings... The heated rivalry between these two teams sends Jack and Jeremy on a roller coaster of emotions and we hear the blow by blow of the events. Jack describes Jeremy's wild mood swings, Jere...

Jack and Jeremy delve into the numbers this week as they review the compiled statistics from every Rain Delay Theater game they've attended for the podcast - there are some surprising heroes and zeroes seen for the pod. The guys also talk about Rick Sutcliffe and the Cubs no-hitter for Jeremy's birthday as well as an unfortunate fan who hasn't really kept up with the health of Ernie Banks. Take a...

Our long national nightmare is finally over as Jack and Jeremy return to the southside of Chicago and Guaranteed Rate Field to see the White Sox take on the defending AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays! Get settled in for this massive recap episode as the guys are instantly reminded exactly what they've been missing for the last year and a half being away from the White Sox. We're treated to stories of th...

Jack and Jeremy decide to set their crosshairs directly on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball and, more specifically, Matt Vasgersian and Alex Rodriguez. These two have been putting out a nonsensical, babbling broadcast for awhile and Rain Delay Theater had to address this debacle by watching and (heavily) critiquing the June 13th broadcast of Cubs vs. Cardinals. Non-sequiturs, beer snakes, and Spanish...

...And here's part two of the Rain Delay Theater double header: Cubs vs Padres from June 1st. In this ep, the guys talk about a group of One Direction wannabees sitting in front of them, a deteriorated Ryne Sandberg jersey, we meet a "climber", and perhaps a reprise of the close-walking duo trailing Jack and Jeremy on the walk back to the car...? Jeremy also gives an uncomfortable review of the ba...

Jack and Jeremy bring you an unexpected recap of the Cubs/Reds game from May 28th. These tickets were gifted last minute from Jeremy's work and luckily brought a whole episode's worth of material. In this episode, we hear Jack and Jeremy embroiled in a fiasco to acquire scorecards, a guy who was more into Craig Kimbrel's entrance music than Craig Kimbrel, and a horrific story of being tailed by tw...

This week Jack and Jeremy play a guessing game of unlikely teammates who overlapped for only a short time and seem to bridge together two generations of ballplayers. But the episode isn't all fun and games as Jack and Jeremy also lay into Tony LaRussa's handling of the Yermin Mercedes situation. This one is NSFW with the four-letter expletives, so be forewarned! And also, with the Cubs struggling...

In light of the recent unceremonious release of Albert Pujols by the Los Angeles Angels, Jack and Jeremy take a look at the final year stats of Hall of Fame players and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. The guys also touch on the David Ross's lovelife, the Wade Miley no-hitter, and some more Cubs postgame show analysis.

The Rain Delay boys are back at the ballpark again this week, one day later than expected, to see the defending World Champion LA Dodgers take on the (real) Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Hopes weren't high for this one being a good game, and, well, it was a lopsided affair, but not how you'd expect. Jack and Jeremy see Clayton Kershaw's shortest outing of his career - they also meet a verbose, he...

The day has finally come! Jack and Jeremy return for their first in-person baseball game in over a year and a half to see the Alternate Site South Bend Cubs take on the Alternate Site Schaumburg White Sox in the final Alternate Site game of the year (and maybe ever...?). Unpredictability is the name of this game as the Cubs team arrives 45 minutes late to the stadium, a player is chastised for not...

This week, Jack and Jeremy have a news and notes episode with a big announcement about returning to the ballpark for the first time since 2019! The guys talk Cubs/Mets, Chili Davis, Jean Segura's much celebrated 200th double, and Jeremy tells a story about meeting up with a man to trade baseball cards. Tune in!

Inspired by the recent Cubs/Brewers dustup, Jack and Jeremy run down many of the unwritten rules of baseball and give their opinions. Does Jack support bunting for a hit in a no-hitter? Does Jeremy like that the new guy in the bullpen has to wear a girl's backpack and carry the bubblegum? Does A-Rod get trashed multiple times? That's a definite yes. The guys also touch on the Carlos Rodon no-hitte...

This week, Jack and Jeremy bring you their annual Over/Under predictions for the 2021 baseball season. How many brawls with the Cubs and Brewers get into this year, how many combined DL stints will Garrett Crochet and Michael Kopech have, how many games will Rain Delay Theater attend this season - all these predictions and more are made in this week’s episode! Also, Jack talks about midwesterner’s...

Opening Day 2021 is here and Rain Delay Theater convenes to give you Jeremy's first person account of what it was like to be in-person at the ballpark for the Chicago Cubs's season opener at Wrigley Field. Botched mobile food order, loud maskless galoots, and yet ANOTHER celebrity run-in for Jeremy (45:33). We have an exclusive report on the state of Wrigley Field in a "socially distanced" setting...

Jack and Jeremy come to you on the eve of Opening Day 2021 to do a quick hit minisode on what they're looking forward to this upcoming season! The duo run down some key rookies making the opening day roster, some players who will be absent due to injury, and some thoughts about the hometown teams. Plus!!! Jeremy drops a bomb on Jack about a HUGE Chicago sports celebrity sighting he had this week....

Spring Training is coming to a close and that might mean the end of the line for some veterans trying to make one last roster this year. So this week, Jack and Jeremy take a look at some baseball superstars that ended their career on a weird team. Like Ron Santo ending his career as a White Sox...or Greg Maddux ending with the Dodgers...or Mackey Sasser playing his last game as a Pirate. Hey, not...

This week Jack and Jeremy try to go legit as a baseball podcast and give their serious predictions for the 2021 season, that is, after a 20 minute detour at the top of the show as Jack tells a story about tumultuous rehearsals for the play where the Rain Delay duo first met. We (eventually) hear the guys' picks for division, pennant, and World Series winners as well as the three major awards: MVP,...