Hall of Fame Weekend and 'The Cooperstown Casebook' (Ep. 95)
On the eve of the Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony, The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring on Sports Illustrated writer Jay Jaffe to discuss the future of Hall of Fame debates (0...
27 Jul 201752min
Parity, Payroll, and Deadline Decisions (Ep. 94)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann discuss the injuries that forced Clayton Kershaw and Stephen Strasburg to leave their Sunday starts early (02:30), then bring on FiveThirtyEight editor a...
24 Jul 201751min
Trade Season Starts Early (Ep. 93)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about the Astros' funeral for Carlos Beltrán's glove (01:15), the problem with baseball humor (02:30), and why teams aren't waiting for the deadli...
20 Jul 201755min
The Truth About (the Original) Ty Cobb (Ep. 92)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about Freddie Freeman's performance at third base so far (00:30), the Nationals' trade for Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson (02:00), and Matt Hollid...
17 Jul 20171h
The Quintana Trade and the Most Fascinating Rest-of-Season Storylines (Ep. 91)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about an All-Star idea (01:00) and the Cubs–White Sox José Quintana trade (04:30), then discuss several stories that are foremost on their minds a...
13 Jul 20171h
Explaining the Unlikeliest All-Stars (Ep. 90)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring on a series of writers (including Eric Stephen, Rustin Dodd, Dan Hayes, Andrew Stoeten, and Zach Buchanan) to explain the anomalous seasons of five...
10 Jul 20171h 4min
Tyler Flowers, Framing, and the Robot Umps Debate (Ep. 89)
The Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann banter about All-Star selection philosophies (1:10) and then tee up Ben’s conversation with Braves catcher Tyler Flowers, an elite pitch framer who’s tra...
6 Jul 201758min
Let the Trade Talk Begin (Ep. 88)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring on Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports to talk about the likely (and unlikely) buyers and sellers at this month's MLB trade deadline (01:00), what the cont...
3 Jul 201753min
