In episode 36 of the podcast, we explore Manny Ramirez’s campaign to return to the MLB, we discuss the Dodgers-owning hopeful Josh Macciello and his strange, Herman Cain-esque bid for power, the anaconda victim rescue incident at which B.J. Ryan was present though it is unclear what his contribution was, and Ted’s first SABR meeting! At that meeting, I mentioned a fellow who told some great stories about Stan Musial, Nolan Ryan, Ted Williams, and Mickey Mantle as high schoolers. That fellow was Jim Kreuz, and here is one of his pieces on Nolan Ryan.

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In episode 35 of the podcast we feel our way through the offseason’s latest transactions, consider on the antics of one J. Burnitz, and suffer with poor Yorvit Torrealba — he of the suspended from Venezuelan baseball for hitting an umpire in the face. We weave baskets with Derek Jeter and take an absurdly difficult quiz about Matt Latos. Plus, everybody wears masks, especially R.A. Dickey.

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Derek Jeter orchestrates a walk of shame that is both intriguing and deeply sad, the Houston Astros are on the mend, we struggle to care about the Ryan Braun situation, and we discuss the nature of names in the latest episode of the podcast. Bon chance, Melancon!

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Ted will hold things down this summer (he always does, really) with some fine guest contributors helping him out. Principle among those is Patrick DuBuque, the talented writer of The Playful Utopia, who you may know from his two previous posts here, or his new-ish role at Fangraphs’ NotGraphs blog.

Now that that’s over with: a song. During 90s 1B Week, Corban Goble wrote about the theme song to Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Grffey Jr on Nintendo 64. I played that game a lot, mostly at my cousins’ house. One of those cousins, Travis, is an awesome musician. He sampled the theme song in creating this:

Eric and Ted bring on Chris Crawford of MLB Draft Insider to discuss the upcoming amateur draft, but not before a brief remembrance of Eric’s online sim baseball days. Chris gives us some insight into his operation, tells us some funny scout stories, and helps us understand the important stuff like how to pronounce Rendon — as in Anthony. Later, Ted and I discuss parkour-savvy baseball fans, home-plate collisions, and a better world in which every team as a Molina.

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Remember to check out Chris Crawford at MLB Draft Insider and on Twitter @CrawfordChrisV.

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In this episode, we are joined by Paul Franz to discuss the connection between Abbottabad and ex-big leaguer Jim Abbott, baseball and education, homophobic ranting and other fretful major league behavior, the Twitter musings of Will Rhymes, and the drama of repeated foul balls resulting in long at bats.

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Click here to read Paul’s blog Nicht Diese Tone.

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(loud Jerrry Sands fan video via Vin Scully is my Homeboy)

In this podcast we visit the supermarket in order to make sense of it all, discuss baseball writing in the context of Eastern spirituality, talk pitcher jackets on the basepaths, and question the wisdom of generalists.

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