High + Inside

Recorded 10/13/2019High Sponsor: Godfather KushInside Scoop: Stylish Chrome ExtensionNotes:There may be some corrections & supplements to be made, but who cares? It's over, baby.

Recorded 10/1/2019Outside Scoop: Supporting Your Wife in the World Series of Her Baseball LeagueNotes:The Scariest National was Gerardo Parra, infamous for encouraging fans to perform Baby Shark en masse.The Brewers and the Expos were established in the same season, 1969, and neither has a World Series win.The right fielder for the Brewers who committed the costly error was Trent Grisham, a rookie only seeing playing time due to Christian Yelich's injury. What a brutal reminder of his absence.It's worth noting that Juan Soto's rundown in the 8th allowed the go-ahead run to score.

Recorded 9/24/19High Sponsor: More CowbellInside Scoop: Big Little Lies Season 2Notes:Bryce Harper had an "ok" year, hitting 34 home runs while his batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage were all slightly below his career averages. 

Recorded 9/17/2019High Sponsor: Grape ApeInside Scoop: Borderlands 3Notes:The previous record for total league-wide home runs was 6,105 in 2017, and it was broken with over two weeks left in the season. !6 teams have either already broken their franchise record or have a decent shot at it.It is the same actress in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and Angels in the Outfield, Oscar winner Brenda Fricker.

Inside Scoop: Survivor Notes: This game was actually kinda major for the Giants as it saw former ace Johnny Cueto return to form in his first start after Tommy John surgery. Bryan Reynolds has 16 home runs for the season, but Kevin Newman only has 10. Huey Lewis is 69 years old, and he did look markedly older on the broadcast than he does in pictures from 2018.

Recorded 9/2/2019 High Sponsor: Weed Inside Scoop: Take a day off Notes: There's probably some stuff worth elaborating on/correcting but that's not what Labor Day's about.

Recorded 8/27/2019 High Sponsor: Wi-Fi OG Inside Scoop: I Forgot That You Existed by Taylor Swift Notes: Colin Moran has a 1.3 oWAR in 2019 but a -1.1 dWAR, so his bat is hiding his glove a bit. He seems like a quinissential replacement-level player. At some point MB takes a W away from Atlanta's recent win streak. 7, 8, who's counting? Pop 101 by Marianas Trench MB does know Mean, and it is good.

Recorded 8/22/19 High Sponsor: Banana Split Inside Scoop: Mindhunter Here's a link to MB's thread/DOB's compliment Ortega was called up to replace Ender Inciarte, the 4th Braves starter to hit the IL in less than a month. McCann became the 5th. Bill Tench on Mindhunter is played by Holt McCallany

Recorded 8/14/2019 High Sponsor: King Louis XIII Inside Scoop: Screwball MLB teams have averaged just over 4.8 runs a game in 2019, meaning the Buccos' three game average of 10 is twice that. In 2018, the average points per game for an NFL team was 23.3, so the analogy of 10 runs being like scoring 50 points was closer than expected. Average BABIP is about .300, so Shane Greene's .600+ since joining the Braves is absolutely a reflection of some bad luck and bad fielding.

Recorded 8/7/2019 High Sponsor: Fire OG Inside Scoop: Shaving Your Head Chris Davis is slashing .183/.270/.321, a line dangerously close to what MB exaggeratedly gave as an example of a bad slash during a What's Up With Stat segment earlier this year. He's had a long season. Jeter was born in Jersey but grew up in Michigan. He has gone on record saying he's impatiently waiting for the Marlins to be good after almost 2 years as part owner and CEO. Baker Mayfield's Lindor jersey was probably from Memorial Day, and there's some supporting evidence that MLB pockets most of the cash from sales like this. It was new reliever Chris Martin who mentioned short term memory after surrendering a walk off home run in game 1 against the Twins, but it applies to Foltynewicz as well.

Recorded 7/30/19 High Sponsor: Trainwreck Inside Scoop: Amazon Prime's The Boys Notes: Chandler is stuck in the vestibule with Victoria's Secret model Jane Goodacre Eric's clicking a pen through a lot of this. That's what that sound is. MB used "prospect" in a loose, non-baseball way about Marcus Stroman. He was one of the best starting pitching options in the trade market, and it's weird that the Mets got him. Seems like that got cleared up eventually. As predicted, a number of high profile trades happened after this was recorded and before the deadline. There was 1 out left in the top of the 9th of that Pirates/Reds brawl game but a whole bottom of the 9th to play after it. The Pirates had lost 8 in a row before the... row. MB meant the 2013, World Series-winning Red Sox, not 2014. Though watching the first MLB team to finish last in one season, win the World Series the next, and finish last again the following season sounds like pretty good TV. She probs conflated 2004 and 2013.

Recorded 7/23/19 High Sponsor: Sour Diesel Inside Scoop: Simply Yoga Notes: The trade deadline is 7/31, a week and a day after this was recorded. Eric laid down all those music tracks. What a machine. The last line of the second verse is "We're elated" not "We're related."

High Sponsor: Platinum Gorilla Inside Scoop: Seinfeldia Acuna's game-tying solo home run during The Wave Hand Guy vs. QBs The Anchorman Race Cookie Monster singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame

High Sponsor: Alien Dog Inside Scoop: NBC Superstore There were 4:00 minutes in the round, not 3:00 as MB stated at some point. Ronnie probably was on pace for 21 at the time that graphic was flashed. No member of the Pirates has ever won the Home Run Derby. Gleyber Torres is also Venezuelan (but Acuña speaks at least some English).

High Sponsor: Blue Dream Inside Scoop: The Shield The Braves took the next two games off of the Phillies to win the series. Josh bell now has 81 RBI in 86 games. MB was thinking of when The Office took Jim to the Stamford branch. The Reds color guy Marty Brennaman coined ATOBTTR in his second game with the team. They were gonna put it on the stadium but the county officials wouldn't let them because technically the stadium belongs to the taxpayers. Weird!

High Sponsor: Morning Glory Inside Scoop: HBO's Barry Notes: There are actually 3 teams that had 7 finalists in All-Star voting (the Cubs, Braves, and Astros). Pete Alonso broke Darryl Strawberry's Mets record for home runs hit by a rookie (and did it well before the All Star break). The Pirates aren't last in the NL Central anymore after a huge comeback win to sweep the Padres. The Streisand Effect is exactly what Eric described, named so because Babs tried to get pictures of her Malibu home buried online. MB was describing the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon. Bet you'll hear about it again soon. The Pirates went with #RingtheVote for Bell's All Star campaign... We'd have gone with #ForWhomTheBellPolls. Mike Foltynewicz was drafted by the Astros out of high school with the 19th overall pick in 2010 and entered the 2014 season as Baseball America's No. 59 prospect before coming to the Braves in a trade for backstop Evan Gattis.

MB runs down the details of a slugfest between the Pops and the Rox, Eric laments Joe Musgrove's ejection and its effect on the second Braves/Pirates series, and they both share sauced stories. Inside Scoop: Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars Recorded 6/18/19 Notes: Max Scherzer got a win the day after breaking his own nose in BP. 7IP, 0R, 4H, 10K. What a monster. Since his ejection on 6/10, Josh Donaldson has a 9 game hitting streak. Over those 9 games he's 15-38 (.395) with 6 HR and 11 RBI, raising his average from .237 to .260. The ride is called Mission: Space and at least two people have indeed died after riding it.

MB throws some draft knowledge at Eric, then they unpack the Braves and Pirates series before they preview the upcoming rematch, with some Arnold impressions peppered in. High Sponsor: Golden Lemon Inside Scoop: Tetris 99 Recorded 6/9/19 Notes: The College Super Regional Round determines the final 8 teams that compete in the College World Series. Mike Trout was drafted with the 25th pick in the first round of the 2009 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim . The Arizona Diamondbacks drafted Bobby Borchering with the 16th pick and A. J. Pollock with the 17th pick. Bryan Reynolds' 17 game hit streak was snapped the day after this recording in a 5-2 loss to the Braves.

With the Braves and Pirates facing each other for the first time this season, MB + Eric watch the game together and offer their feelings, bits, and a splash of play-by-play during the game. High Sponsor: Black Jack Inside Scoop: Fair Use and Parody Laws Recorded 6/4/19 Notes: Manager Clint Hurdle cited Bell's performance in the Brewers series as the reason he wanted him to have a day off. He wanted to sit him Sunday after going 0-6 with a walk in 13 innings on Saturday, but Josh didn't want to stay out against the division rival. It's not yet official, but Craig Kimbrel is expected to sign with the Cubs for 3 years and ~$45 million. Dallas Kuechel remains unclaimed. Try to work "No Scrambling Caveat" into all the arguments about foul ball etiquette from now on. For our sake. The Pirates answered mightily in Game 2 of the series. Marte and the Pirates pounded Gausman for 7 runs while Musgrove practically shut down the Braves' bats through 8 innings.

Eric + MB admire the analogies baseball doesn't invoke and deride some home-team-centric bad takes. Every rookie has a rough patch, so MB + Eric each unearth onone of their own career lowlights. High Sponsor: Tahoe OG Inside Scoop: The Old Man & the Gun Recorded 5/29/19 Notes: The A's lost 7-2 to the Yankees in the 2018 AL Wild Card Game. MB meant to mention JD raised the average age of the Braves' infield from 24 to 26. Dude's an old pro. The Pirates rookie of note is Bryan Reynolds. Not sure who Justin is. Other currently injured Pirates include Jordan Lyles and Francisco Cervelli.