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Tipping Pitches Tipping Pitches
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4.9 • 148 Ratings
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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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Cross Your T’s and Dot Your Outs
Bobby and Alex take a look at how Slam Corp stock is doing, then discuss a recent article about Diamond Baseball Holdings’s minor league shopping spree and what the encroachment of private equity means for the developmental arm of the sport. Then they settle on a slogan for the A’s and answer some mailbag questions about how to denote outs on scorebugs, governmental investigations, the outlook for robot pitchers, MLB in the Middle East, and more.
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What is Diamond Baseball Holdings up to?
Rockies under investigation by the FAA
Every 2024 scorebug
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Songs featured in this episode:
Arm's Length — "Dirge" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”
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It's the End of the DH as We Know It (feat. Hannah Keyser)
Bobby and Alex are joined by Hannah Keyser to run through a grab bag of topics, including the Shohei Ohtani/Ippei Mizuhara investigation updates, the state of the Designated Hitter across the league, why pitchers are not more...anxious, whether Jordan Montgomery leaving Scott Boras portends anything, team slogans, and more.
Follow Hannah on Twitter.
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The billionaire behind the scenes in White Sox’ stadium plan
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The Most Evil Jersey Sponsors, Ranked
Alex and Bobby break down the quote that's got them saying "Let's Go Brandon" and check in on some news items regarding a Sacramento baseball team and a recent rash of elbow injuries. Then they take stock of MLB's current bedfellows by ranking this year's jersey patch sponsors based on their benefit (or lack thereof) to society. We're talking grocery stores and oil spills, baby!Links:
Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon Tipping Pitches merchandise Songs featured in this episode:Madonna — "Material Girl" • The Saints — "Know Your Product" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”
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Tipping Pitches Bingo: 2024 Edition
Bobby and Alex preview the 2024 season (three days into the season) by putting together a bingo card of some off-field events they'll be watching for this year, including billionaire shopping sprees, the encroachment of sports betting, political donations, Twitter settings tweaks, and more. Play along with your own card at the link below!
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A-Rod, Marc Lore and Glen Taylor clash publicly over Wolves, Lynx ownership
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Songs featured in this episode:
Smirk — "Violent Game" • Booker T & the M.G.'s — "Green Onions"
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The 2024 Banned Topics. Plus: Ohtani Betting Scandal and the MLBPA Rift
Return of the pod! Alex and Bobby are back to kick off the 2024 season with this year’s banned topics, a list which includes a media member, a sport, an oft-repeated lie from owners, a uniform decision, and more. Plus, some discussion of a couple small stories from the last week involving Shohei Ohtani and the MLBPA. Everything is fine here!
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Players move to oust Bruce Meyer from union
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Songs featured in this episode:
Thin Lizzy — “The Boys Are Back In Town” • Gulfer — “Clean” • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”
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[Rebroadcast]: Vote For Pedro (feat. Sean Doolittle)
[From April 20, 2020]
Alex and Bobby are joined once again by Washington Nationals closer Sean Doolittle to break down Game 5 of the 1999 ALDS between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. It’s a game that features plenty of dingers, plenty of Hall of Famers, and vintage Pedro Martínez in the tightest pants imaginable. Plus: a dive into the story of Albert Belle and the greatest heist in baseball history.
Follow Sean on Twitter at @whatwouldDOOdo.
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Songs featured in this episode:
Jamiroquai — "Canned Heat" • Booker T. & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”
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Customer Reviews
Lots of Braves Slander
Totally accurate and warranted, so there yeah have it.
Fun, thoughtful, and clear
One of my favorite podcasts, they do a great job centering what’s actually happening in baseball (including the economics and labor aspects) and they are also clearly having fun doing it. Also Taylor Swift.
Thank you
I look forward to this podcast every monday. I foud this show on twitter from someone I follow and interact with alot. At first the lefty/socialist views caught me off guard and made me umcomfortable at times. Those views made me think and my views have chanegd. I never knew what was going on in the minor league systems. I do enjoy that they do not pull punches on any team. I bought a unionized the minors shirt. Thank you for opening my eyes and I can not wait for the next episode.