John, Rob and Russell are back with our first weekly MLB show of the season. They spare praise for MLB’s All-Star Game move, Shohei Ohtani, Akil Baddoo and Jazz Chisholm, but scorn the number of fun players already hit by
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Episode 225 – Tim Melville Joins the Show
The newest member of baseball’s no-hitter club – Tim Melville of the CPBL Uni-Lions – joins us fresh off his 142 pitch history maker on Good Friday. We talk about his route to the Majors with the Reds, Twins, Padres
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Episode 224 – Full Kit Banter
It’s Opening Day! John, Rob and Darius consider their team’s prospects for the upcoming season, consider which spring performances they’re actually buying, and look ahead to some potential 2021 storylines. Listen to “Episode 224 – Full Kit Banter” on Spreaker.
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Episode 223 – Ben Reiter Joins the Show
Journalist, author and storyteller joins John to discuss his arc with the Houston Astros – from Sports Illustrated Nostradamus of their World Series triumph, to chronicler of the secret of their success in his bestselling book ‘Astroball’ through their own
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Episode 221 – Jeff Passan Returns
Our mystery guest is unmasked! ESPN National baseball writer Jeff Passan returns to the podcast to chat about his two game-changing off-season stories on Drew Robinson and Jared Porter, to talk about what league led ‘ball tampering’ says about the
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Episode 220 – The Big Season Preview Bonanza 2021
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Ben, John, Tom and Darius run the rule over all 30 teams in the annual predictions pod, assigning win totals through iffy reasoning and impassioned debate. Check out our Twitter feed for
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Episode 219 – 2021 AL Central Preview
In the last of our 2021 Season Previews we head to the Midwest, to hear all about the AL Central from another stellar cast of club experts: Southside Sox’s Janice Scurio on the White Sox MLB.com’s Mandy bell on Cleveland
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Episode 218 – 2021 AL West Preview
In our penultimate season preview we’re over in the AL West, and again joined by an amazing group of experts to keep us on the straight and narrow. Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on The Astros Fabian Ardaya of
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Episode 217 – 2021 AL East Preview
In the fourth of our 2021 Season Previews, we take to the American League, starting down the East Coast. Our guests this time up: MASN Orioles PxP Melanie Newman on the Orioles The Athletic Boston’s Jen McCaffrey on the Red
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Episode 216 – 2021 NL Central Preview
In the third instalment of our 2021 round-up we turn to baseball’s least predictable division – the NL Central. Once again we have an expert cast to guide the way, including: – Russell Dorsey of the Chicago Sun Times on
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