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Tipping Pitches
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Baseball for the many, not the few. A podcast trying to nationalize our national pastime. Hosted by Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner
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The Good, the Bad, and the Thorny
4d ago01:13:12Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the rising cost of (you guessed it) sandwiches! Then, they share an important reminder about Sipping Pitches 2.0 and the Patreon, before digging into the complicated issue of the international amateur free agent draft and how it relates to the representation of Latino players on the MLBA bargaining committee.You can get 50% your first month of the Tipping Pitches Patreon by using promo code SIP at checkout.Links:How to update your shipping address in PatreonJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →A(Q)I Slop
2w ago01:04:04Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the hazardous weather that MLB expects players to breathe while playing mostly meaningless July baseball games. Then, they dig into the iPad AI apps heard 'round the world, before finally getting into a wide-ranging discussion of the state of purchasing tickets to major events in the United States right now.Listen to Episode 1 of THE AUDIT, a Tipping Pitches series, for free on Patreon. Links:Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →Bryce Harper vs. FanDuel vs. Cameo vs. Kyle Schwarber vs. Jordan Walker
2w ago01:13:53Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the…interesting occupations that MLB spokesperson Glen Caplin had in the 2010s, before digging into Zack Wheeler’s critical comments about the All-Star Game selection process. Then, they try to unpack the fraught Bryce Harper/Cameo/FanDuel story, in which Harper recorded a video that was commissioned for a FanDuel representative who wanted to reward a gambler who had spent a lot of money on the app. Finally, they check in on the latest installation of the MLB “level the playing field” campaign.Learn more about “The Audit” — our series covering the financial performance and investment into baseball of all 30 MLB teams.Links:Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →High Intensity Interval Podcasting
4w ago01:16:15Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the Angels firing their GM of six years, Perry Minasian, and what it means for the current state of Angels incompetence. Then, they discuss the interesting and unfortunate connections between the Angels and Mets organizations, before reviewing Bobby’s trip to his first Cleveland Guardians game.Links:Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →Leveling the Playing Field. Plus: Introducing Tipping Pitches: The Audit!
Jun 2901:31:21Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the debate over the word “analytics” that’s raging across the basketball internet, observing how eerily similar it is to the one that has poisoned baseball discourse over the last decade. Then, they make an exciting announcement about a new series of episodes called the Tipping Pitches: The Audit, where they’ll be conducting deep dives into all 30 MLB teams’ publicly available finances, spending, and more in an effort to set a level playing field for future labor discussions as the CBA expires. Next, they dig into the latest round of economic proposals from MLB and the MLBPA, including a radical max contract proposal from the owners that would fundamentally alter the existence of free agency in MLB, before discussing the PR blitz that the MLB side is building to try and win over public opinion.Finally, in honor of Bobby’s trip to Camden Yards, they conduct a tiered ranking of the MLB stadiums that they’ve attended.Links:Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest FormJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →When You’re Here, You’re Family (That’s a Threat)
Jun 2200:53:26Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the results of a listener poll on whether or not the Marlins train trip should count for a bingo square. Then, they banter about the World Cup and Fox’s coverage of it, before pivoting into their bread and butter: coverage of more CBA proposals. Finally, they discuss the mess of a situation brewing in San Francisco over pride night hats and why it’s one of the dumber controversies in recent MLB memory.Links:Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest FormJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →The Proof Is In the Podding [Patreon Preview]
Jun 1800:22:17Tap to summarizeThis is a preview of THREE UP, THREE DOWN, an alt-weekly paid version of Tipping Pitches that publishes on Patreon. To hear this — or the 60+ UNFILTERED, RAW, HONEST, bonus episodes we've done — head to patreon.com/tippingpitches.Links:Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest FormJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →Some Pies Are Bigger Than Other Pies (feat. ArtButMakeItSports)
Jun 801:22:28Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex banter about Daniel Murphy's stray socialism joke on the Mets broadcast and compare it to Vin Scully's legendary socialism aside from over a decade ago. Then, they weigh in on MLB's PR war over blackout restrictions and the salary cap, before discussing an awkward alliance between Ali Najmi, a civil rights lawyer who worked on the Mamdani campaign, and Steve Cohen. Finally, they're joined by LJ Rader AKA ArtButMakeItSports to discuss his process, where he sees baseball in the hierarchy of artistic sports, and his new book.Links:Buy LJ's bookFollow ArtButMakeItSports in Twitter and InstagramBuy tickets for the Tipping Pitches Brooklyn Cyclones Meetup on June 12Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest FormJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →The Salary Cap Wars Are Just Beginning
Jun 101:40:23Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex discuss the long-anticipated MLB-MLBPA CBA proposals —including the Players Association's "competitive integrity tax," and the owners' hard cap and floor proposal. They debate the merits of a cap in a world where owners have a long, storied history of lying about their finances, and dig below the surface into their desperate attempt at juicing franchise values to further extract value out of a game that they put very little into. Then, they are joined by friend of the show Bradford William Davis to pivot to a conversation about MLB's inconsistently enforced domestic violence policies, opaque investigations, and mixed messaging. This episode features discussion of domestic violence. If you or someone else needs domestic violence support, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-799-7233 or text at 88788.Links:Buy tickets for the Tipping Pitches Brooklyn Cyclones Meetup on June 12Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest FormJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
Transcribe →For Sale: Baby Parlays, Never Placed
May 2501:04:58Tap to summarizeBobby and Alex banter about what NYC subway stations would make the best baseball player names, before eulogizing the gone (but not forgotten) Draftkings sports book at Wrigley Field. Then, they analyze what John Henry's quotes about bargaining signal about the state of CBA negotiations, before closing by recapping some small news stories about the Rays new stadium project.Links:Buy tickets for the Tipping Pitches Brooklyn Cyclones Meetup on June 12Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest FormJoin the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
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