Absolute Bunts

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The podcast in which three men who know nothing about Spider-Man talk about Spider-Man... Oh look! It's a special episode of Bunts where we invited on a very special guest, James Rushton, who is more commonly seen over @spideypodcast (https://twitter.com/SpideyPodcast) over on Twitter. He's here to talk to us about the hyphen in Spider-Man - why it's there, what it's there for and how his podcast, Swinging Through Spider-Man, is actually basically the same as Absolute Bunts... But we couldn't let episode eleven pass us by without some mention of Stranger Things... So there's that too... Mention of Baseball: limited to none...

The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball... Not so much a podcast this week as a pod... of whales that is... however you'll have to wade through a lot of shit before you get to the good stuff up to and including: * London Series debrief * Steve Bartman Bunts Hall of Fame nomination * Corrections goes off road * How do you spell Spider-Man? Spider Man? Spiderman? Whatever... * Jon's specialist baseball team * What is it like to be a bat? * How to eat Boomdogs - by Henry Cooke aged 8 * 8-Bit Walk Up Music * On Cetology * Finding a title for Henry's erotic novel Enjoy!

The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball... Oh my! A London Series special and it's action-packed full of the usual complete bollocks including: * Half of our London Series round-up * When is it okay to wear a cap * On genital examination * Corrections * When will Jon and Henry fall out like all great comedy acts do * We help one of our listeners pick a team * Willians Astudillo love (and Twins love) * On the Fleshpots of Egypt * Would Spider-Man be good at baseball? (Who knows but here's Henry's appeal to get on a different podcast) * Song Battle: Kevin Knows I'm Miserable Now vs This Chubby Man * The Importance of Being Earnest Synopsis * On Bunburying * The Live Start of the London Series Enjoy! 

Hello and welcome to Absolute Bunts... The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball... This episode sees Jon and Henry welcome very special guest Ben Lindbergh onto the podcast... It's definitely him... Honest... There's loads of other stuff too: The Draft and How it Works Our 5 picks from last year's Draft: Where are they? Some other things A few more things Nearly done Many other things besides... Enjoy!

**Hello and welcome to Absolute Bunts... The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball...** So if you're looking for erotica and baseball, you've come to the right podcast... This episode sees Jon and Henry explore the more steamy side of baseball and preview our new feature Fifty Shades of Gibson. There's loads of other stuff too: * Henry on idle office thoughts * Applegate - IS MEG ROWLEY EATING AN APPLE ON FANGRAPHS AUDIO? * Computer game music and the sole heir of the Pringle fortune * How would Jon and Henry revamp MLB TV broadcasts? * What stats are we missing? Henry goes on a digression about how many poos he's heard in his life... * Many other things besides... Enjoy!

**Hello and welcome to Absolute Bunts... The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball...** Well, well, well... It's the first of our Hall of Fame episodes and sees a very special gentleman inaugurated onto the Hall of Fame throne.  This episode sees Jon and Henry talk all things Gibbo, what made him tick, the things we love about him, and why we will never stop doing the accent. There's loads of other stuff too: * Jon's on a m*therf*cking boat! * ASMR and stuff - Watson wins again * Song Battle!?!?! * Nice review readout * And much more besides Enjoy!

Hello and welcome to Absolute Nerds, the podcast in which one man who knows nothing about baseball talks to another man who knows something about baseball... Jon and John talk about a few things... it is a podcast after all. Topics include: * How John got into baseball * What is it about baseball's aesthetic that makes it different to other sports? * How do you attract British people to the game? * Song battle! It wouldn't be Bunts without a song battle. Enjoy!

**Hello and welcome to Absolute Bunts, the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** Jon and Henry are back for more profane discussion of America's national pastime. Henry is convalescing in Amsterdam but, dear listener, this does not hold the Bunts boys back. Here - live from Amsterdam - our weekly-ish episode of the podcast. Here's what to expect: * Reviews Rundown - Jon gives you some tasters from what people say about us on iTunes. You guys are too nice! * It wouldn't be Bunts without the Correction Section... * All about Pitching - what is a Quality Start? How do you determine a Winning or Losing Pitcher? Saves? Holds? WTF? * The results are in for the Song Battle - Jon savours his victory and chooses the next theme/genre * The Cult Draft continues with a couple of pitchers... Star appearances for Bob Gibson and Watson and also Louis Walsh... Enjoy!

**Hello and welcome to Absolute Bunts, the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** Jon and Henry are back for more profane discussion of America's national pastime. They have some fun new formats for you: * The Song Off - Jon and Henry produce a song each which you, dear listener, can vote for on Twitter. * The Cult Draft - Jon and Henry take turns to pick a player from their respective divisions to form a cult draft. * Ballpark Food Battle - Jon and Henry review the haute cuisine from the various ballparks in MLB. Star appearances for Bob Gibson and Watson and also a scary Scottish dude. Enjoy!

They say all good things must come to an end... what they don't know is that all mediocre things must come to an end too. This is the last episode in our Absolute Beginners series: The Absolute Bunts Guide to Baseball. On June 29-30th, MLB is coming to Europe for the first time in its history. To celebrate this fact, Jon and Henry are running a mini-series that covers the absolute basics of the game.  By the time you finish listening to these three (or four) episodes, we promise you, you will know enough about the sport to be able to enjoy both games of the London Series. Through the course of the series, we will walk you through twenty absolute fundamentals that you need to know to understand the game. These are broken into three main areas: THE GAME THE LEAGUE THE KNOWLEDGE In Part III, we cover the absolute basics which come within THE KNOWLEDGE section: 17 The game invites a lot of statistics 18 There are some fundamental batting stats to know 19 There are some fundamental pitching stats to know 20 If this sounds interesting, here’s what you should do Enjoy!

This is it - the moment you've all been waiting for... Listen to Jon and Henry lose it live on the podcast. As part of the Absolute Bunts Invitational, Jon and Henry put themselves on the line and record the draft. Two men who know nothing about baseball celebrate this fact by documenting their own stupidity... What's not to like? Come on down!

What a way to kick of Season Two of Absolute Bunts... With a complete review and analysis of all 30 MLB franchise hashtags for the new season. YOU WILL NOT GET THIS SORT OF CONTENT ANYWHERE NOT LEAST ON BATFLIPS AND NERDS WHO CONTINUE TO NEGLECT THEIR LISTENERSHIP'S WANTS AND DESIRES! Basically, we spend an hour talking about hashtags... What are you waiting for?

Oh, look! Jon and Henry are back with Part III of Absolute Beginners: The Absolute Bunts Guide to Baseball!  Jon and Henry are back with Season Two of everyone's favourite non-baseball baseball podcast. They're kicking off with a mini-series, though. On June 29-30th, MLB is coming to Europe for the first time in its history. To celebrate this fact, Jon and Henry are running a mini-series that covers the absolute basics of the game. By the time you finish listening to these three (or four) episodes, we promise you, you will know enough about the sport to be able to enjoy both games of the London Series. Through the course of the series, we will walk you through twenty absolute fundamentals that you need to know to understand the game. These are broken into three main areas: THE GAME THE LEAGUE THE KNOWLEDGE In Part III, we cover the absolute basics which come within THE LA LEAGUE section: 11. MLB is the organisation that runs the top baseball league in the USA (7:20 mins)   12. MLB is divided into two Leagues: the National League & American League (19:15 mins) 13. Each league is divided into three divisions (33:45 mins) 14 The winners of each division go into the postseason  (50:25 mins)  15 They are joined by two playoff or ‘wildcard’ teams (52:00 mins) 16. Postseason determines who plays in the World Series (54:32 mins) Enjoy!

Oh, look! Jon and Henry are back with Part II of Absolute Beginners: The Absolute Bunts Guide to Baseball! Jon and Henry are back with Season Two of everyone's favourite non-baseball baseball podcast. They're kicking off with a mini-series, though. On June 29-30th, MLB is coming to Europe for the first time in its history. To celebrate this fact, Jon and Henry are running a mini-series that covers the absolute basics of the game. By the time you finish listening to these three (or four) episodes, we promise you, you will know enough about the sport to be able to enjoy both games of the London Series. Through the course of the series, we will walk you through twenty absolute fundamentals that you need to know to understand the game. These are broken into three main areas: THE GAME THE LEAGUE THE KNOWLEDGE In Part II, we cover the second five of these absolute basics which come within THE GAME section: 6. The batter is trying to get runs, on base or walks  (6:47 mins)  7. The fielders are trying to get batters out once they become runners (21:44 mins)  SEVENTH INNING STRETCH (32:29 mins) 8. Teams are made up of nine players (with some relief players) (36:12 mins)  9. The American League has Designated Hitters (but soon the National League will too) (56:18 mins) 10. There are some basic strategies that you should know (1:03:24) Enjoy!

How's it going, fellow Bunts?! Jon and Henry are back with Season Two of everyone's favourite non-baseball baseball podcast. They're kicking off with a mini-series, though. On June 29-30th, MLB is coming to Europe for the first time in its history. To celebrate this fact, Jon and Henry are running a mini-series that covers the absolute basics of the game. By the time you finish listening to these three (or four) episodes, we promise you, you will know enough about the sport to be able to enjoy both games of the London Series. Through the course of the series, we will walk you through twenty absolute fundamentals that you need to know to understand the game. These are broken into three main areas: THE GAME THE LEAGUE THE KNOWLEDGE In Part I, we cover the first five of these absolute basics which come within THE GAME section: 1. Baseball is a game (5:55 mins) 2. The game is made up of nine innings (13:30 mins) 3. Each inning is made up of three outs (23:02 mins) 4. The pitcher is trying to get strikes and avoid balls (31:26 mins) 5. The pitcher has a number of different pitches in their armoury (42:08) Enjoy!

**The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball...** Oh wut now? Jon and Henry busting out an off-season podcast episode? We're a veritable FanGraphs Audio these days and certainly better than those bloody Bat Flips and Nerds. You're in for a real treat - we talk about: * Henry's warped mind rewriting songs * Jon and Henry's music lives * Baseball contracts (now so out of date as to be unlistenable) * Cars and Violence * Dating apps * Porn * The Sea Life Centre FIN

**The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball...** Oh my! Do you remember us? I bet you don't... Anyway, we're back and we don't care what you think. This is an end of season round up in which we round up the end of the season and have hilarious badinage with one another. Includes bonus material: * We are proud to announce Bob Gibson as our main sponsor for this podcast * Look out for your complimentary FACT OF THE RAY Enjoy!

**The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball...** Jon and Henry are back with their post-season special as baseball ramps up for the World Series. Look out for: * Our post-season bracket * Our post-Eassom bracket * Back to the Rules of the Game  * Henry tells us about his monastic adventure Enjoy!

**Hello and welcome to Absolute Bunts, the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** They say buses are like buses… you wait for a long time and then two come along at once and then you get on one, realise you're heading in the wrong direction and before you know it you're in Croydon. Anyway, Absolute Bunts is not like buses… you wait for a long time and then nothing shows up and then when it does it's just Jon and Henry talking total bollocks most of which isn't anything to do with baseball. We talked about a lot today though: * Henry's summer school trip * Henry's temporal super powers * Henry's dog * Merkle's Boner * Henry * Bob Gibson * Other things * All of the above * Any other business We hope you find something in the shit to make it all worth your while. Enjoy… peeps…

**Absolute Bunts is the... baseball..... podcast..... errrr.... wait....** Turns out it's been so long since we recorded that Jon has forgotten how to intro the episodes but we're back, Henry's bigger and we're much, much better... (we aren't) This week on Absolute Bunts, we talk about some basebally things and some not basebally things including: * Jon proposes a game which may result in death or arrest * Another week, another nail in the coffin of Hit By Pitch  * Henry apologises for the potato famine * The All-Star Game * An aside on Russian Literature * Tim Tebow's Journey to the Centre of the MiLB * Henry throws Jon a MiLB quiz * "They are shifting... and we don't like it!" All this and more besides on this terrible podcast. Enjoy!

**Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball** Henry has returned - Lazarus-like - from the pit of despair that he has found himself in to talk to Jon about the not-insignificant portion of the national pastime that remains unknown to them both. Amongst other things, they talk about: * Everything they got wrong the week before * Baseball slang - "Well they totally cheesed that one!" * Why baseball players always have equally-lengthed sleeves with themselves but not necessarily their teammates * Hashtags? More like gashtags amirite? * RBIs - everything you need to know about the stat All this and much more beside on this week's episode of Absolute Bunts. Enjoy!

**Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** Except this week, there is a twist. Jon Mackenzie is not joined by his good friend Henry Cooke but is joined instead by resident Bat Flips and Nerds expert-in-chief Tom Pringle. They talk about Tom's route into the game, how he watches the game, the Bat Flips and Nerds community and the wider UK baseball community which is coming together next season for a two-game series in London in which the Yankees take on the Red Sox. After that, they discuss: * The evil world of Thomas the Tank * Steve Irwin's untimely death at the fins of a dastardly ray (genus unknown) * How hard can batting actually be? * BABIP - not as difficult as it might seem (still bloody difficult) * Who's gonna win that there World Series * Are lamb lunches shit? And many other things. Enjoy!

**Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** Absolute Bunts is back to provide you with your weekly entertainment and so that means Jon and Henry are back with everything you didn't know (or, more importantly, they didn't know) about baseball. With Henry's bulldog Watson cameo-ing through various bodily processes, our two protagonists soldier on regardless to open up the oftentimes confusing world of baseball. This week they talk: * Corrections - Henry corrects his shameful knowledge about the place where his new team - the Rays - are based. Jon adds some nuggets about Oakland. * The Draft - Do you know anything about the draft? We don't. We've decided to build our own Draft Team who we will follow throughout the season. This also gives us an excuse to learn the positions on the field. * Rules of the Game - Today we finally reach Rule 3.00 - Equipment and Uniform. Who knew liquorice was so divisive? * The Book of Ray - Henry has found his own religious text and, as will become a regular occurrence, he gives us a special reading from The Book. All this and much more beside in this week's episode of Absolute Bunts. Enjoy!

Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball. In the second episode of the Absolute Bunts podcast, Jon and Henry generally do a good job of sticking to the baseball chat. Jon is honest about the workability of his baseball movie proposal 'Hit by Pitch' and Henry decides he's had enough of the Cubs and he wants to spend his life petting manta rays. There is also in-depth discussion of the "Rules of the Game - Section Two - The Field of Play" and we learn all about Earned Run Average, Dazzy Vance and Lefty Groves. We hope you enjoy it!

Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball. In the inaugural episode for the Absolute Bunts podcast, Jon and Henry talk about why it is that they love baseball before rapidly going on to talk about things that aren't baseball: Euclidian and non-Euclidian geometry, the meaning of life, and Henry's previous life in the police force. They do talk about baseball a bit too: Jon talks about his six-month stint sharing a bed with a man he was not romantically attached to and reveals the plot to his baseball movie idea, while Henry talks about men dressing up. There is also in-depth discussion of the "Rules of the Game - Section One - The Objectives of the Game" and we learn all about Batting Average and the Mendoza Line. We hope you enjoy it!