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…

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 a…

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 th…

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…

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 Dodg…

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 s…

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: Tig…

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 sur…

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 fr…

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 …

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…

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…

The minor league season may be coming to an end, but there is no stopping the Heat Check. Smith and Nathan once again drop in to check on some prospects finishing the season with a flourish.Bret Sayre

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 t…

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 t…

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 …

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 lat…

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 ho…

With the minor league season wrapping up, Smith and Nathan are back to check up on the prospects making a strong last impression.Bret Sayre

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 inju…

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 thi…

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 Cr…

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 t…

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 Pa…

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…

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 r…

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…

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 t…

Prospects have been on the move for the last week, but the BP Prospect Team is still here to tell you who is hot as we head towards the end of the minor league season.Bret Sayre

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 thr…

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

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…

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 Wi…

Smith and Nathan are joined by members of the BP Prospect Team to discuss the Midseason 50 prospect list.Bret Sayre

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 Arli…

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…

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 ha…

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: …

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 o…

As we hit the halfway point of the season, Smith and Nathan once again check in on who is hot across minor league baseball.Bret Sayre

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 W…

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 purpl…

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 Mia…

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 B…

Smith and Nathan check in some catchers and share some Father's Day memories on this episode of the Heat Check.Bret Sayre

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 care…

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 B…

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:…

Smith and Nathan check in on an old Yankees prospect, a current Yankees prospect and everyone else trending up or down over the last few weeks. Plus Eli Walsh has a report on the Padres Leodalis De Vries.Bret Sayre

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 per…