First-Week ‘Real or Not Real’ and April’s Statistical Lies (Ep. 63)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann review a dozen developments from the first week of the season and analyze whether they're signs of things to come (02:00). Then they bring on Baseball Pr...
28 Apr 201745min
Hank Azaria on 'Brockmire' and Chipper Jones on 'Ballplayer' (Ep. 62)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann bring on actor Hank Azaria to discuss spoofing baseball broadcasters (03:00), juxtaposing baseball and black comedy (10:00), explaining the sport's eccen...
28 Apr 201744min
Preseason Prop Bets and 'MLB the Show 17' (Ep. 61)
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann ask and answer 21 either/or and over/under questions about the upcoming season (01:30). Then they bring on Sony Interactive Entertainment America communi...
27 Mar 201748min
Ep. 60: Prospect Conflicts and Baseball Punk
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to Eric Longenhagen and Chris Mitchell from FanGraphs about the differences between the site's scouting-based and stats-based top-prospect lists and...
20 Mar 201748min
Ep. 59: Spring Training Travels and Misunderstood Stats
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann discuss whether MLB teams should limit the workloads of players on WBC teams (02:00), break down Michael's clubhouse interviewing technique (11:00), and ...
13 Mar 201748min
Ep. 58: Corralling the Rule-Benders and Advance Scouting the WBC
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to baseball columnist and historian Steven Goldman about the new so-called Carter Capps and David Price rules (04:00), the evolution of the pitching...
6 Mar 201745min
Ep. 57: Baseball's Rule-Fixing Fixation and the Newest Two-Way Player
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to MLB.com columnist Joe Posnanski about his new job as a full-time baseball writer (01:45), his hatred for the intentional walk (04:50), the autom...
28 Feb 201745min
Ep. 56: How Big Leaguers Are Living the Fly Life
The Ringer's Ben Lindbergh and Michael Baumann talk to Dodgers setup man Grant Dayton about being a 28-year-old rookie, his whirlwind success in 2016, his fascinating whiffs-and-flies fastball, and ho...
20 Feb 201750min
