Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 104: Like a Guy Sawed in Half (Fantasy Preview)

 Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~2:45)

• Harper

• Machado!!
• Kimbrel? Keuchel?
• Rule Changes

2^nd Base (~27:15)

• Breakouts
• Bargains
• Busts

3^rd Base (~1:09:00)

Game: "Over/Under"

20 different players covered, 10 apiece

Home (~1:38:15) 

• Fantasy Adjustments for 2019

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 103: A Puddle of Gummy Bears

 Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Offseason so far...

1^st Base (~4:45)

• The Trades

2^nd Base (~20:15)

• The Signings

3^rd Base (~1:03:00)

Game: "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:18:45) 

• Lawr

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 102: Immediately Regret This Decision

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The Space Between:

A) Sammy Moves

B) Doug Starts a Biz

C) FPAZ!

1^st Base (~12:15)

• Regular Season Wrapup

2^nd Base (~34:45)

• 2018 Awards

3^rd Base (~1:09:15)

Game: "Read Between the Lies"

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:28:00) 

• Postseason Wrapup

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 101: He Must Have a Hot Girlfriend

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1^st Base (~4:30)

• News

• Kershaw
• Paxton
• Bauer
• Cano
• Call-up: Touki Toussaint

2^nd Base (~17:15)

• Extract
• Sammy: Ronald Acuna
• Doug: Corey Kluber (~30:15)

3^rd Base (~45:30)

Game: Over/Under

Home (~1:24:30) 

• FPAZ!
  • Link to the event
• Special Guest: Brent Hershey
• Twitter: @BrentHQ

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 100: He's Neo in the Matrix

Trade Deadline Bonanza! 

Different format - no Bases, all Trades

 Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Huge thanks to our sponsor,

Following the Reader

Power Hour DFS (promo code: SammyReid)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 99: Gonna Die on That Hill

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1^st Base (~6:00)

• News

• Trades: Machado, Hand, Familia
• SP Injuries: Thor, Snell, CarMart
• Call-up: Garrett Hampson

2^nd Base (~30:30)

• Extract
• Doug: Jose Quintana
• Sammy: Alex Bregman (~45:15)

3^rd Base (~1:06:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:23:45) 

• Gary Lollygag Sanchez

Total Run Time: 99 minutes

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 98: All the Mariners Should Have Entered the WSOP

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1^st Base (~2:45)

• News

• G. Richards
• K. Tucker
• All-Stars
• HR Derby

2^nd Base (~27:00)

• Extract
• Sammy: Nick Castellanos
• Doug: Ross Stripling (~37:30)

3^rd Base (~51:15)

Game: "Connect 4"

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:04:15) 

• 2nd Half Story Lines
• Machado
• Mets SP
• Kersh
• AL East
• Mini Vlad
• NL East
• Nats
• Indians
• M's

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 97: Chewin' 'Em Up Like Pacman

 Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~1:45)

• News

• Kershaw's back
• Acuna's back
• Ohtani taking swings

2^nd Base (~21:45)

• Extract
• Sammy: Juan Soto
  • Soto vs. Nola
• Doug: Walker Buehler (~35:15)
  • Magically sawed in half:
  • 

3^rd Base (~58:15)

Game: The Wonder Years

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:08:15) 

• Where the scouts and the stats shake hands

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 96: Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• News

• The Childish Bambino
• Sano drops Anchor in Single-A
• K. Escobar traded to Nats

2^nd Base (~18:30)

• Extract - Switch!
• Sammy: Jacob deGrom
• Doug: Tommy Pham (~31:00)

3^rd Base (~45:15)

Game: "Whose Line is it Anyway?"

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~56:45) 

• The DH Debate... again

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 95: Insta Self-Check

 Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~2:00)

• News

• Ohtani :(
• Breaking down the Standings
  • AL
  • NL

2^nd Base (~32:45)

• Extract
• Sammy: Rhys Hoskins
• Doug: Trevor Bauer (~43:00)

3^rd Base (~58:00)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

   - We also announce the winner of Name That Game from last week

Home (~1:21:00) 

• Trading Season

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 94: Why is MLB So Easy?

 Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~3:45)

• News

• Kershaw's "back"
• Alex Reyes
• Gleyber, Soto and Meadows
• The Rays start RPs
• The Rizzo play
  • Craig Edwards' article for FanGraphs
  • Sammy's Twitter thread

2^nd Base (~41:00)

• Extract
• Sammy: Manny Machado
• Doug: Jordan Hicks (~47:30)

3^rd Base (~1:02:00)

Game: TBD - "True/False"

- help us choose a name! Email suggestions at Baseballholics@gmail.com!

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:24:00) 

• xwOBA
• Jonathan Judge's piece for Baseball Prospectus
• Another great Sammy Tweetstorm

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 93: Better Than Kershaw

 Groundskeeping

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• Ep 93 brought to you by Motus Global

1^st Base (~5:45)

• News

• Acuna
• Kingham
• Seager
• Hader
• NYY
• MIN

2^nd Base (~29:15)

• Extract
• Doug: Nick Pivetta
• Sammy: Ozzie Albies (~44:15)

3^rd Base (~54:00)

Game: Tie Breakout

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:06:30) 

• Splitters
  • Matthew Trueblood's article ($$)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 92: Crank n' Gank

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• Ep 92 brought to you by Motus Global

1^st Base (~4:15)

• News

• Manaea No-No
• D'backs
• Phillies

2^nd Base (~25:15)

• Extract
• Sammy: Didi Gregorius
• Doug: Patrick Corbin (~37:45)

3^rd Base (~52:15)

Game: Connect 4

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:05:30) 

• Call-up season
• The economic disparity of professional baseball
• Michael Baumann's article

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 91: The Big Haymaker

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• Ep 91 brought to you by Motus Global

1^st Base (~5:00)

• News

• Injuries (and lots of 'em)
• O.Albies
• G.Cole

2^nd Base (~28:45)

• Extract
• Doug: Chase Anderson
  • Anderson's RP Plot - 2 clouds:
• Sammy: Matt Chapman (~40:15)

3^rd Base (~54:15)

Game: The Wonder Years

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:07:00) 

• What We Look for in April

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 90: Eye On Taillon

(Note: Please excuse the static on Doug's feed from ~29:00 to about ~48:00 into the pod. We had some technical difficulties, which will be fixed by Ep 91. We apologize for the inconvenience and annoyance!) 

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~3:15)

• News

• Ohtani!
• Dodgers
• David Price
• Jordan Hicks

2^nd Base (~28:00)

• Extract
• Sammy: Paul DeJong
• Doug: Jameson Taillon (~40:00)

3^rd Base (~58:45)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:16:00) 

• Unwritten Rules

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 89: Bombed Out and Depleted

2018 Season Preview!

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~6:00) - NL division by division

• NL West

• NL Central
• NL East

2^nd Base (~42:00) - Predicting the Awards

• MVPs
• Cy Youngs
• Rookies of the Year

3^rd Base (~1:06:15) - AL division by division

• AL West

• AL Central
• AL East

Home (~1:46:00) 

• Breaking down the Baseballholics Fantasy Auction Draft

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 88: Philly Had a Cheeseburger

Fantasy Preview Part 2 (sad about Vlad)

Draft set for the Baseballholics Auction (Sun 3/25/18 at 3:30 EST)

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~4:30)

• News

• Justin Turner injury
• Orioles sign Alex Cobb, Twins sign Lance Lynn
• Mike Moustakas re-signs with KC

2^nd Base (~20:15)

• Fantasy Preview, Pt 2
• Breakouts
• Bargains
• Busts

3^rd Base (~53:00)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:16:30) 

• Fantasy Draft Strategies, Approaches and Preparation

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 87: The 2018 Fantasy Preview

 w/ Special Guest, Paul Sporer

***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

Come join fellow Baseballholics for Year 4 of our annual auction league! 

It's a 5x5 Roto League, swap out AVG, HR, W and Sv for OBP, SLG, QS and SOLD (Sv+Hld).

Auction date and number of teams to be determined (we will shoot for a draft date as close to the season as possible)

To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

2. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

Who's in?

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Baseballholic Guest: Paul Sporer

Twitter @sporer, Twitch: psporer24

podcast: Sleeper and the Bust

1st Half (~3:30)

• Fantasy Over/Under

• Acuna HR+SB
• L.Castillo K
• Rhys HR
• Berrios ERA
• Albies SB
• Gleyber GP
• ...and many many more

2nd Half (~1:21:45)

• The Evolving Landscape of Fantasy Baseball
• How have things changed in 2018?
• Players, positions, stats
• Strategic Approaches

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 86: I Want to Burn All My Padres Gear

***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

Come join fellow Baseballholics for Year 4 of our annual auction league! 

It's a 5x5 Roto League, swap out AVG, HR, W and Sv for OBP, SLG, QS and SOLD (Sv+Hld).

Auction date and number of teams to be determined (we will shoot for a draft date as close to the season as possible)

To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

2. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

We can't wait - who's in?

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Wedding of Sammy

Welcome to the Evolution! 

( @EvoAthletix )

1^st Base (~11:00)

• News (!)

• Yu
• JD Mart
• Padsmer
• Rays
• D'backs

2^nd Base (~30:00)

• Extract
• Sammy: Gregory Polanco
• Doug: Luke Weaver (~40:00)

3^rd Base (~52:30)

Game: Connect 4

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:12:45) 

• Humidoration Equation

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 85: History is Littered with Carcasses

Fly Iggles Fly!

Sammy's the Big Winner!

Groundskeeping

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1^st Base (~9:15)

• News

• Brew Crew Doing Damage: Yelich and Lo.Cain
• Mets Get Permission to SIgn Frazier

2^nd Base (~26:30)

• Extract
• Doug: Blake Snell
• Sammy: Mike Moustakas (~39:00)

3^rd Base (~49:30)

Game: The Wonder Years

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:03:15) 

• Pitchability
  • Answering reader email, defining an amorphous term

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 84: A Multi-Colored Dinosaur Threw-up in the Outfield

Groundskeeping

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1^st Base (~5:00)

• News

• Hall of Fame
• Giants get Cutch, Longoria, A-Jax

2^nd Base (~26:30)

• Extract
• Sammy: Evan Longoria
• Doug: Luis Castillo (~36:45)

3^rd Base (~53:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:11:00) 

• Sammy's nominated for a FSWA Award
• The differing skill sets needed to successfully cover / play seasonal vs. DFS

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 83: The Comparables are Variable

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~1:30)

• News

• A Bomb Cyclone Stove
• Bruce Back to Mets
• Cole Traded to HOU

2^nd Base (~20:45)

• Extract
• Doug: Gerrit Cole
• Sammy: J.D. Martinez (~37:15)

3^rd Base (~47:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:03:15) 

• Regression Across the Board?

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 82: When a Rock Hits the Windshield

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~1:30)

• News - sorta

• The Cold Stove
• Rox spend grip$ on RP
• Oye Como PHI

2^nd Base (~19:30)

• Shohei Ohtani
• How he impacts the Angels
• How his UCL impacts him
• How he impacts fantasy

3^rd Base (~41:00)

Tie Breakout

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~55:15) 

• The Marlins

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 81: Joe Morgan is a Freaking Idiot

Groundskeeping

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Mound

NPA Coaches Training Weekend

1^st Base (~4:15)

• News:

• Dee Gordon to M's, playing CF
• Braves get busted
• The Giancarlo Sweepstakes
• Oh-tani
  • (Note: This was recorded the night of 12/7; 12 hrs later, Ohtani was an Angel)

2^nd Base (~26:30)

• Extract: Shohei Ohtani
• Sammy: As a Hitter
• Doug: As a Pitcher (~37:15)

3^rd Base (~48:30)

Connect 4

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:05:30) 

• The Hall

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 80: Now the Record Matters

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The Mound

First Pitch Arizona, 2017

1^st Base (~6:45)

• News:

• Qualifying Offers
• A's trade Healy for Pagan/Campos

2^nd Base (~30:00)

• Awards!
• RotY
• CY
• MVP

3^rd Base (~52:30)

Read Between the Lies

(Awards edition)

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:12:15) 

• Roy Halladay

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 79: Springer Gets to Name it Now

The Mound

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~0:45)

• News:

• We recap Game 7 and the rest of the 2017 World Series

2^nd Base (~29:15)

• Pivotal Decisions from the World Series
• Starting Yu over Kersh
• Morrow every game
• A. Wood TTO
• R. Hill TTO

3^rd Base (~50:30)

The Wonder Years

(World Series edition)

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:09:30) 

• The Pros and Cons of True Outcome Baseball

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 78:

Dusty Baker Might be a Double-Agent

with special guest Vlad Sedler

The Mound

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  • Vlad: @RotoGut

• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~2:10)

• Season Recap

• LDS Recap

2^nd Base (~32:45)

• Fantasy Extract w/ Vlad
  • How to dominate NFBC

3^rd Base (~56:00)

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(modified 3-player version) 

Home (~1:17:45) 

• Season Awards
• Playoff Predictions

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~4:30)

• News:

• Waiver Deadline
  • Astros and Angels buy
  • Tigers sell sell sell
• Indians and Diamondbacks go streaking, Dodgers go slumping

2^nd Base (~24:00)

• Extract
• Sammy: Rhys Hoskins
• Doug: Zack Godley (~31:00)

3^rd Base (~41:15)

New Game!

Connect 4

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~57:30) 

• Hi-tech sign stealing
  • Slimy or savvy?
  • Where's the line?

Walk-off (~1:14:45)

First Pitch Arizona, Nov 2-5 

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~3:00)

• News since last pod:

• Kershaw injury
• Harper hurt
• Darvish dealt
• Giancarlo's HR bender
• Sluggers taking over the infield

2^nd Base (~27:30)

• Extract
• Doug: Aaron Nola
• Sam: Charlie Blackmon (~41:00)

3^rd Base (~53:30)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:14:00) 

• RotoGrinders buys Fantasy Insiders
• Doug and Sammy just miss being coworkers
• What does it mean for FI?

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 75:

Recording a Podcast in a Shed

w/ Special Guest Yancy Eaton

The Mound

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• Special Guest: @YancyEaton

• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~4:15)

• News

• Rays!

2^nd Base (~23:45)

• Extract
• Yancy: C-DICK
• Doug: McCullers
• Sam: Judge (revisited)
  • Judge 2016 
  • Judge 2017 

3^rd Base (~59:45)

Game: Pop Goes Your Baseball

 We rank our favorite baseball movies of all-time

Home (~1:29:00) 

• Juice-ball!
• Lindbergh article
• Arthur article

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~3:15)

• News

• Urias injury
• Bellinger takes the NL by storm
• Judge rules court over the AL
• HR Derby

2^nd Base (~23:30)

• Extract
• Doug: Luis Severino
  • Doug's 2015 article on Severino
• Sam: Justin Bour

3^rd Base (~50:00)

Game: Tie Breakout

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:02:30) 

• Baseball Prospectus gets Deadspun

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound

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• email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1^st Base (~2:45)

• News

• Pujols hits no. 600
• Volquez goes no-no
• Trout - Fish out of water
• Chagrin in Chicago, the tale of a .500 team

2^nd Base (~30:00)

• Extract
• Doug: Craig Kimbrel
• Sam: Dellin Betances

3^rd Base (~50:15)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:10:30) 

• Charging the mound

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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• The Unthinkable Happened

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1^st Base (~2:15)

• News

• Rangers
• Astros
• Freeman
• Rooks: Bellinger, Happ, Berrios and Urias'

2^nd Base (~30:45)

• Extract
• Sam: Alex Wood
  • Wood in 2015
  • Wood in 2017
• Doug: Charlie Morton

3^rd Base (~51:15)

Game: The Wonder Years

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:01:45) 

• Doug's back at the National Pitching Association
• Why the NPA of 8 years ago was better than anything else that is out there now
• Why the NPA of now is light years ahead of where they were 8 years ago
• Looking Forward

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Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~2:15)

• News - Teams and Injuries

• Thor, Cespedes and the Mets
• Bumgarner and the Giants
• Hamels, Adrian and the Rangers
• The Nats Run Machine
• Kluber
• Haniger

2^nd Base (~19:30)

• Extract
• Sam: Eric Thames
• Doug: Aaron Judge (~29:00)

3^rd Base (~40:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~53:30) 

• Streaks and Slumps, Bats and Arms, what's for real?
• Zimmerman, Sano
• Paxton, Keuchel
• Owings, J.Ramirez, Conforto, Bruce
• Cahill, Nova, Big Erv, Bundy
• CarGo, Odor, Polanco, Schwarber
• Arrieta, Hendricks, Gausman, Velasquez

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1^st Base (~4:15)

• News

• J. Gray
• Blisters
• JD
• Closer gigs

2^nd Base (~31:00)

• Extract
• Doug: Dylan Bundy
  • GIF: Bundy's filth
• Sammy: Rougned Odor

3^rd Base (~53:15)

Game: Who Done It?

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:11:00) 

• The Problems with Evaluating Pitch Command

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Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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The Season Preview Episode

1^st Base (~6:15)

• Predicting the Playoffs

2^nd Base (~29:30)

• Predicting the Awards
  • RotY
  • CY
  • MVP

 3^rd Base (~1:06:30)

Game: Occam's Razor

Home (~1:22:15) 

• BAn Listener Auction review, Trials and Tribulations

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The All-Fantasy Episode

1^st Base (~10:30)

• Fantasy Draft Strategies, Approaches and Preparation

2^nd Base (~36:00)

• Individual Player Predictions:
  • Breakouts
  • Bargains
  • Busts

 3^rd Base (~1:27:15)

Game: Fantasy Over/Under

Home (~1:47:45) 

• Keeper and Dynasty Leagues

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1^st Base (~2:45)

• News

• David Price Injury

• The Price Rule

• The Capps Rule

• Simpler Stras

2^nd Base (~28:30)

• Division Previews: NL East

 3^rd Base (~55:30)

Game: Tie Breakout

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:09:00) 

• Division Previews: AL East

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Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~4:30)

• Division Previews: NL West

2^nd Base (~37:15)

• BARF League draft recap
• 12 team roto, OBP/HR/RBI/R/SB QS/ERA/WHIP/K/Sv
• 2 C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, 5 OF, UT, 9 P, 5 bench
• Here's the draft results

 3^rd Base (~1:04:30)

Game: Who Done It?

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:19:30) 

• Division Previews: AL West

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Outro – Never Seems Right

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1^st Base (~6:15)

• Division Previews: NL Central

2^nd Base (~38:30)

• Extract
• Sam: Jonathan Villar
• Doug: Carlos Rodon  (47:00)

 3^rd Base (~56:15)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Sammy visiting, Doug home 

Home (~1:12:15) 

• Division Previews: AL Central

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Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:30)

• News

• Yordano V, A.Marte
• Trumbo
• Bautista
• Mr. Anderson
• Forsythe for De Leon
• G. Holland

2^nd Base (~32:00)

• Extract
• Sam: Justin Turner
• Doug: James Paxton  (44:30)
  • 2015 delivery
  • 2016 delivery

 3^rd Base (~53:00)

Game: The Wonder Years

Doug visiting, Sammy home 

Home (~1:07:45) 

• Free Labor in Baseball

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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• (This Ep was recorded on 1/15/17, but technical difficulties delayed posting until now. Yes, we're aware that Bautista and Trumbo are no longer free agents!)

1^st Base (~5:00)

• Busy Mariners

• A's go dumpster-diving
• Myers extension
• Cincy bullpen

2^nd Base (~21:15)

• Extract
• Sam: Jose Bautista
• Doug: Carlos Martinez

 3^rd Base (~41:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:00:00) 

• Ask a Pitching Guy
• NPA background
• Pick an 80 tool
• Stopwatches

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Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~4:30)

• Warming by the hot stove, offseason trades

2^nd Base (~31:45)

• Warming by the hot stove, offseason signings

3^rd Base (~1:14:15)

Game: Round Robin

1. Whose Line Is It Anyway?

2. Read Between the Lies

3. Who Done It?

4. The Wonder Years

5. Tie Breakout

Home (~1:41:15) 

• The new Collective Bargaining Agreement

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Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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•  

  Extended Intro: Remembering the 2016 World Series 

1^st Base (~12:15)

• Awards, thoughts on finalists

• MVPs
• CYs
• RotYs

2^nd Base (~42:00)

• Best of Extract from 2016 season
• Trevor Story
• Danny Duffy (~47:15)

 3^rd Base (~57:15)

Game: Over/Under

Home (~1:16:15) 

• Our trek to Arizona

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Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• ALCS

• NLCS
• World Series Preview

2^nd Base (~45:15)

• Extract
• Doug: Andrew Miller
  • 2008 GIF
  • 2016 GIF
• Sam: Tyler Naquin (~58:00)

3^rd Base (~1:07:00)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:22:00) 

• Otani!
• Check out this article by Ben Lindbergh

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Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~1:30)

• NL Playoffs

• Wild Card
• NLDS, CHC vs. SF
• NLDS, LAD vs. WAS

2^nd Base (~36:30)

• Extract
• Doug: Marcus Stroman
• Sam: Addison Russell (~45:30)

3^rd Base (~53:30)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Home (~1:10:15) 

• AL Playoffs
• AL Wild Card
• ALDS, TEX vs. TOR
• ALDS, BOS vs. CLE

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Most Interesting Man in the World: An Ode to Fern

The Mound

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1^st Base (~1:15)

• News

• Jose Fernandez

2^nd Base (~13:15)

• Extract
• Fern

3^rd Base (~29:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies: Fern Edition

Home (~45:30) 

• Our favorite moments of Jose Fernandez 

Thanks for all of the joy that you brought to Baseballholics everywhere, Fern. You will be dearly missed, but never forgotten.

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:45)

• News

• Stras
• DeGrom
• Carrasco
• R. Hill
• Preller and the Pads
• J. Gray

2^nd Base (~34:00)

• Extract
• Doug: Ivan Nova
• Sam: Brian Dozier (~41:30)

3^rd Base (~52:15)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~1:05:15) 

• Homers going up, SP outings getting shorter
• What does it mean?
• Base on this article by Neil Weinberg 

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:45)

• News

• Moncada
• Gyorko
• Trea
• Kersh
• Gurriel

2^nd Base (~22:45)

• Extract
• Doug: Kyle Hendricks
• Sam: Jason Heyward

3^rd Base (~43:15)

Game: Order Up

(new game)

Home (~58:30) 

• A look at the standings: the playoff-bound picture heading into the final month 

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Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• News

• Stras
• Thor
• Aa. Sanchez
• Ga. Sanchez
• Boom goes the Addison

2^nd Base (~25:15)

• Extract
• Sam: Andrew McCutchen
• Doug: Jameson Taillon

3^rd Base (~43:45)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:05:00) 

• Changing the Game 

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• News

• Stanton out for year
• ARod retires
• Prince retires
• Yankee Rooks
• Gomez DFA'd

2^nd Base (~23:15)

• Extract
• Sam: Jake Lamb
• Doug: Joe Musgrove

3^rd Base (~41:30)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:01:45) 

• How to pick pitchers in DFS

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~1:45)

• Aftermath of Trade Deadline 2016

2^nd Base (~39:45)

• Extract
• Sam: Francisco Lindor
• Doug: Danny Duffy

3^rd Base (~57:00)

Game: The Wonder Years

Home (~1:11:30) 

• Pitching to Contact

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Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:45)

• News

• Chapman Trade

• Pomeranz Trade
• The Callups: Bregman and Dahl
• Jon Gray and Chris Archer
• Chris Scissorhands

2^nd Base (~23:00)

• Extract
• Sam: Jose Abreu
• Doug: Sean Manaea

3^rd Base (~35:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Home (~1:01:15) 

• Trade Deadline: Buyers and Sellers

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~5:00)

• News

• Kershaw

• Harvey
• Kang
• Debuts of Giolito, Taillon, Glasnow

2^nd Base (~28:15)

• Extract
• Doug: Julio Urias
• Sam: Eduardo Nunez

Interlude: Arrieta (~48:00)

3^rd Base (~52:00)

Game: Over/Under

Home (~1:19:15) 

• Occam's Razor, sharp and dull
• Preseason prediction revisited

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Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~5:45)

• News

• Urias

• Yu back
• Ejecting Thor
• Mookie
• Moustakas

2^nd Base (~25:00)

• Extract
• Doug: Michael Fulmer
• Sam: Carlos Gomez

3^rd Base (~40:30)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~55:00) 

• The New Strike Zone
• Robot Umps Revisited

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~1:15)

• News

• The Brawl

• Stras Inks with Nats
• Twins Prospects
• Kershaw
• Sonny Gray

2^nd Base (~34:15)

• Extract
• Doug: Jon Gray
• Sam: Anthony Rendon

3^rd Base (~54:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:19:00) 

• Two Baseballholics Sofa-scouting Harvey-Strasburg

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Outro –Never Seems Right

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1^st Base (~2:30)

• News

• Cubs

• Richards
• 80 G for Dee G
• The Kang Show is back on the air
• Ay Papi!

2^nd Base (~30:00)

• Extract
• Doug: Jose Berrios
• Sam: Daniel Murphy

3^rd Base (~48:00)

Game: Over/Under

• Altuve
• Harper
• Prince
• Votto
• Wainwright
• Arrieta
• Nola
• Velasquez

Home (~1:17:30) 

• The evolution of DFS, how and why it's a different game in 2016

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Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~1:45)

• News

• Carrasco

• Arrieta
• Harper
• Stras
• Rasmus
• Wainwrong

2^nd Base (~25:15)

• Extract
• Doug: Matt Harvey
• Sam: Tyler White

3^rd Base (~44:30)

Game: Who Done It?  

Home (~1:08:45) 

• A Trek Through the Standings

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:30)

• News

• Kersh vs. Bum

• Schwarber

• Mazara
• Correa
• Orioles
• Greinke
• Giles
• Story...

2^nd Base (~43:30)

• Extract
• Sam: Trevor Story
• Doug: Madison Bumgarner

3^rd Base (~1:04:00)

Game: The Wonder Years  

Home (~1:18:15) 

• A Week's Worth of Change

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Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• Predicting the Standings

2^nd Base (~52:00)

• Predicting the Awards

3^rd Base (~1:17:30)

Game: Occam's Razor 

• Predicting outcomes 

Home (~1:35:45) 

• Reviewing the BAn fantasy auction

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• The Future of Sabermetrics

  • Inspired by Rob Arthur's article at 538: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-baseballs-new-data-is-changing-sabermetrics/ 

2^nd Base (~19:00)

• Extract
  
  • Taijuan Walker
  • Marcell Ozuna

3^rd Base (~35:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? 

• brought to you by PECOTA

Home (~57:00) 

• Celebrations, Unwritten Rules, Old School vs. New School

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:00)

• Draft Strategies

2^nd Base (~31:15)

• Breakouts, Bargains and Busts
  
  • We each give 3 players for each of 3 categories.
  • Breakouts - top players who could ascend to elite status
  • Bargains - lower-ranked players who should return value higher than their ADP
  • Busts - top players who will fail to live up to the hype in 2016

3^rd Base (~1:04:15)

Game: Fantasy Pop Quiz

  - We each choose three questions to ask the other, painting various scenarios on fantasy draft day 

Home (~1:27:30) 

• Using the average ADP from here: http://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php 
• Best and Worst values of each round
• Rounds 1 through 5
• Round 10
• Round 15

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Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

We've turned entry into a game this year, so if interested then please follow these instructions.

[those who submit an entry MUST be able to participate in the auction, scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET]

There are 12 spots available for the 15-team league. To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Answer the following: Which game has been played the most times on Baseballholics?

A. Occam's Razor

B. Read Between the Lies

C. Who Done It?

D. The Wonder Years

2. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

3. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

We can't wait for year two- who's in?

1^st Base (~6:00)

• News

  • Gallardo
  • Fowler
  • Rollins
  • Desmond
  • Coghlan trade
  • K. Davis trade

2^nd Base (~32:15)

• Offseason Extract
  
  • S: Ian Desmond
  • D: Carlos Rodon

3^rd Base (~47:45)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~58:30) 

• Best Bets
  • Over/Under lines
  • World Series Odds

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound

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  • Special Guest: Bret Sayre, @dynastyguru 

***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

We've turned entry into a game this year, so if interested then please follow these instructions.

[those who submit an entry MUST be able to participate in the auction, scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET]

There are 12 spots available for the 15-team league. To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Answer the following: Which game has been played the most times on Baseballholics?

A. Occam's Razor

B. Read Between the Lies

C. Who Done It?

D. The Wonder Years

2. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

3. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

We can't wait for year two- who's in?

1^st Base (~9:00)

• Talking LABR mixed with Bret Sayre

2^nd Base (~47:00)

• Offseason Extract
  
  • D: Felix Hernandez
  • S: Eric Hosmer

3^rd Base (~1:02:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies

• 2008
• Pete Rose
• Awards for Decades
• Mickey Tettleton
• Greg Maddux
• Tony Phillips
• 1984
• R.A. Dickey
• Babe Ruth
• Cy Young

Home (~1:26:00) 

• Baseball Prospectus 2k16 in stores and on doorsteps
• Projections, new stats, comments
• Disagree with the Angels or Orioles comments? - Yell at Doug

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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1^st Base (~3:30)

• Signings & Trades

  • Gallardo
  • Fister
  • Kendrick
  • Latos
  • Rodney
  • Clippard
  • Dickerson-McGee
  • Segura/Wagner-Hill/Diaz/Anderson
• Slide Rule

2^nd Base (~47:15)

• Offseason Extract
  
  • D: Raisel Iglesias
  • S: Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty

3^rd Base (~1:08:30)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

  - new and improved!? 

Home (~1:31:00) 

• Baseball Prospectus Mock Draft

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1^st Base (~2:00)

• Signings

  • Upton
  • Cespedes
  • Cuban Missile Fallout
  • Parra

2^nd Base (~28:15)

• Offseason Extract
  
  • D: Justin Verlander
  • S: Jung Ho Kang

3^rd Base (~47:45)

Game: Total Recall

  - new game, inspired by last week's title 

Home (~1:02:30) 

• Reader Email
  • Keeper decisions
  • Cheap Buxton vs Pricey Stras

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1^st Base (~4:30)

• News

  • Arbs
    
    • Arrieta
    • Aroldis
    • Storen
    • Donaldson
    • Fern
  • Signs
    • Crush
    • A. Gordon
    • IPK
    • Chen
    • Maeda
    • Span
    • Napoli
  • Swaps
    
    • Revere for Storen

2^nd Base (~44:45)

• Offseason Extract
  
  • D: Jon Gray
  • S: Adam Eaton

3^rd Base (~1:08:30)

Game: The Wonder Years

Home (~1:23:30) 

• The Hall
• Trimmed Electorate
• Griffey-Piazza
• Bonds-Clemens
• Hoffman-Wagner
• Bags-Rock
• Brought to you by: The Soapbox

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1^st Base (~3:30)

• News

  • Iwakuma (again)
  • Leake
  • D. Murphy
  • H. Alvarez
  • Jaso
  • Ottavino
  • Frazier trade
  • Aroldis trade
  • Unsigned Free Agent Extravaganza

2^nd Base (~36:15)

• 2015 Year In Review
  
  • Risers and Fallers
  • Most Improved Players
  • Did Harper pass Trout?
  • What can we learn from the Royals?
  • Most with the Least? Least with the Most?
  • Fantasy Booms and Busts

Stretch (~1:33:15)

• Kazmir

3^rd Base (~1:38:30)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:56:30) 

• The State of DFS, blackouts in NY and IL

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1^st Base (~3:30)

• News

  • AZ - Greinke, Shelby
  • CHC - Heyward, Lackey
  • SF - Samardzija, Cueto
  • LAD - Iwakuma
  • The other other Giles, Appel falls far from the tree
  • Walker for Niese

2^nd Base (~31:15)

• Off-season Extract
  • Jeff Samardzija
  • Chris Sale and Cole Hamels

3^rd Base (~49:30)

Game: Read Between the Lies

• Wood's gem
• Greinke
• 1998
• Cueto
• Pine Tar
• Stew

Home (~1:09:00) 

• Listener Email Question: Should the Rockies screw pitching?

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1^st Base (~2:45)

• News

  • Price
  • Zimmermann
  • Trumbo to O's
  • A's keep shaking it up
  • Framing Conger

2^nd Base (~27:30)

• Off-season Extract
  • Albert Pujols
  • Jonathan Lucroy

3^rd Base (~44:30)

NEW Game: The Wonder Years

• Time-based trivia

Home (~1:00:00) 

• What determines HoF eligibility. a.k.a. Why is David Eckstein on the ballot?
• Scope of the new class
• Brandishing the Rock

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1^st Base (~3:15)

• Trades

  • Kimbrel
  • Andrelton
  • Karns
• Lynn TJS

2^nd Base (~20:15)

• Qualifying Offers
• Accepted: Rasmus, B. Anderson, Wieters

3^rd Base (~31:15)

Game: Occam's Free Agent Razor

• Heyward
• Zimmermann
• Utley
• Crush
• Samardzija
• J-Up

Home (~49:30) 

• Baseballholics congregate at the Arizona Fall League

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1^st Base (~4:30)

• World Series Review

2^nd Base (~30:00)

• Awards

3^rd Base (~1:02:00)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:20:45) 

• Celebration

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1^st Base (~2:45)

• NLCS Review

2^nd Base (~22:45)

• ALCS Review

3^rd Base (~58:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Home (~1:18:30) 

• A Wicked Rain Delay, brought to you by FOX
• World Series Props, through Rose-colored glasses

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1^st Base (~2:30)

• Wild Cards

• NLDS STL-CHC
• NLDS LAD-NYM

2^nd Base (~29:30)

• ALDS HOU-KC
• ALDS TEX-TOR

3^rd Base (~1:01:30)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~1:15:30) 

• Preview ALCS TOR-KC
• Preview NLCS CHC-NYM

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1^st Base (~5:15)

Baseball Extract

• Kersh's quest for 500 K

• Beltre's head of magic
• Buehrle's quest for 200 IP
• Ichiro takes the mound

2^nd Base (~48:30)

Playoff Preview

• NL Wild Card
• NLDS
• AL Wild Card
• ALDS

3^rd Base (~1:31:45)

Game: Pick a Pair

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1^st Base (~4:00)

Baseball Extract

• C. Seager

• Stroman
• Hill
• Martin's Framing
• Archer's SL

2^nd Base (~34:45)

New Rivalries are Forming

• Rangers-Astros
• Cubs-Pirates
• Blue Jays-Yankees
• Mets-Nats

3^rd Base (~57:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:22:30)

Recapping the Baseballholics Anonymous Auction Fantasy League

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1^st Base (~3:30)

Baseball Extract

• Salazar

• Hamels
• Lucroy
• JB Jr

2^nd Base (~23:15)

DFS

• Breaking down the late-season trials and tribulations of the DFS grind, and contemplating the future of DFS baseball.

3^rd Base (~53:00)

Game: Whose Line is it Anyway?

Home (~1:12:15)

Most intriguing races down the stretch:

• March to the postseason
• Ideal World Series

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1^st Base (~3:00)

Baseball Extract

• Felix

• Polanco
• Kang
• Crush
• Heaney

2^nd Base (~29:15)

Power Tiers

• Breaking down the top 10 teams in baseball heading into the stretch

3^rd Base (~1:05:00)

Game: Occam's Razor

• Kersh K's or ERA?
• Price CY or JD MVP?
• Rays In or Cubs Out?
• Nats under .500 or Rangers over .500?
• Trout and Angel in 2021 or Harper a Nat in 2021?
• Who gets fired, Matt Williams or RAJ?

Home (~1:20:15)

The War on WAR, starring Buster Olney

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1^st Base (~3:00)

Baseball Extract

• Severino

• Thor
• Jungmann
• Heston
• DeShields

2^nd Base (~30:00)

Trade Analysis (Part 2)

• Price + Revere --> TOR
• Hamels --> TEX
• KC
• Latos+Wood --> LAD
• Leake --> SF
• Cespedes --> NYM
• HOU
• SD

3^rd Base (~59:15)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~1:13:15)

Computerized Umps

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1^st Base (~4:45)

Baseball Extract

• Odor

• The Real CarGo
• Joe Ross
• Nola
• Volquez

2^nd Base (~24:45)

Trade Analysis (Part I)

• Tulo for Reyes and Prospects
• Cueto
• Zobrist
• Clippard
• Papelbon

3^rd Base (~43:45)

Trading Places

Breaking down theoretical trade scenarios - Real, fantasy, and keeper

Home (~1:16:00)

Buyers or Sellers?

• Orioles
• Rays
• Tigers
• Twins
• Giants
• Cubs
• Mets

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1^st Base (~1:00)

Baseball Extract

• HR Derby

• StatCast in the ASG

2^nd Base (~15:15)

The 1st Annual Baseballholics Anonymous Mid-Season Awards

• Breakout Bat
• Breakout Arm
• Nastiest Pitch
• Top Reliever
• DFS Darlings

3^rd Base (~45:45)

Read Between the Lies

Telling truth or telling lies about Felix Hernandez, NL batters, the 2004 ALCS, AL hitters, and a double-dip of Bo Knows

Home (~1:03:45)

The Franchise Four from "our time" (1980-present), National League and American League, the top four players from each league during our generation

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1^st Base (~2:00)

Baseball Extract

• CarMart

• Rodon
• deGrom
• Betts
• Sano

2^nd Base (~29:45)

Half-season Outliers

• How will these players fare in the 2nd half?
  • Pollock
  • Lind
  • L. Cain
  • Gardner
  • Joc
  • Vogt
  • Shelbias T. Miller
  • Hammel
  • Salazar & Carrasco

3^rd Base (~1:22:15)

Order in the Court

• Ranking three comparable players, rest of season value
  • Hammel, S. Miller, Pineda
  • Altuve, Hanley, Tulo
  • Betts, Correa, Wong
  • Liriano, Shields, Wacha
  • Franco, Seager, Turner
  • Arenado, Frazier, Machado