Baseballholics Anonymous

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 111: Rubbed Pine Tar All Over Everything    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Wrapping up 2020 with a little group therapy   1B (~6:15) 2020 Predictions, revisited   2B (~28:00) Early Fantasy Trends, Strategies   3B (~45:00) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2020 edition)   Home (~1:10:30) This frozen offseason (except in San Diego)     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 110: What You Throw Next    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Baseball is here! You know what that means... Season Preview!   Divisions (~4:00) Awards (~45:00)     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 109: I Like Chaos    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Keeping a safe distance ... there are no bases here, just an hour of baseball therapy.   Topics we cover include: The Corona-Rift Fantasy Chaos The Brutal Takedown of BB Home League Conundrum FML;TL;DR MVP of What   Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 108: It's More Fun to Make Up Lies    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Keeping a safe distance ...    We lost in the 1st round of the podcasts bracket, brought to you by @baseballpods on Twitter - give 'em a follow!   1st: Thor-burned (~3:45) Tommy John wins the month of March WBC-style playoffs?   2nd: Extract: Ketel Marte (~10:45) Desert Mirage? Mechanical changes 3rd: Extract: Lucas Giolito (~21:45) Former top prospect figures it out? Different stuff x different delivery = very different pitcher Home: (Game) Connect Four (~36:30) Sammy Home, Doug Visiting       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 107: Follow the Baseball    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   We're Back with a new format!   1st Topic: My Corona (~0:30)   2nd Topic: Extract: Brandon Woodruff (~28:45)   3rd Topic: (Game) The Wonder Years (~39:30) Doug Home, Sammy Visiting       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 106: It Makes No Sense To Me    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   We're Back with a new format!   1st Topic: Spring Injuravirus (~1:45)   2nd Topic: Extract: Jesus Luzardo (~24:00)   3rd Topic: (Game) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (~42:00) Sammy Home, Doug Visiting       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 105: I Don't Know What Episode This Is    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   We're Back with a new format!   1st Topic: The Astros (~5:30)   2nd Topic: (Game) Read Between the Lies (~23:45)   3rd Topic: Early Fantasy Drafts (~38:45) *BARF drafted in early Feb *TGFBI slow drafts start today!       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 104: Like a Guy Sawed in Half (Fantasy Preview)    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~2:45) Harper Machado!! Kimbrel? Keuchel? Rule Changes     2nd Base (~27:15) Breakouts Bargains Busts     3rd Base (~1:09:00) Game: "Over/Under"   20 different players covered, 10 apiece     Home (~1:38:15)  Fantasy Adjustments for 2019     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 103: A Puddle of Gummy Bears    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   The Offseason so far...   1st Base (~4:45) The Trades     2nd Base (~20:15) The Signings     3rd Base (~1:03:00) Game: "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~1:18:45)  Lawr     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 102: Immediately Regret This Decision    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   The Space Between: A) Sammy Moves B) Doug Starts a Biz C) FPAZ!   1st Base (~12:15) Regular Season Wrapup     2nd Base (~34:45) 2018 Awards     3rd Base (~1:09:15) Game: "Read Between the Lies" Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:28:00)  Postseason Wrapup     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 101: He Must Have a Hot Girlfriend    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~4:30) News Kershaw Paxton Bauer Cano Call-up: Touki Toussaint   2nd Base (~17:15) Extract Sammy: Ronald Acuna Doug: Corey Kluber (~30:15)     3rd Base (~45:30) Game: Over/Under      Home (~1:24:30)  FPAZ! Link to the event Special Guest: Brent Hershey Twitter: @BrentHQ     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 100: He's Neo in the Matrix   Trade Deadline Bonanza!  Different format - no Bases, all Trades    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Huge thanks to our sponsor, Following the Reader Power Hour DFS (promo code: SammyReid)     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 99: Gonna Die on That Hill    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~6:00) News Trades: Machado, Hand, Familia SP Injuries: Thor, Snell, CarMart Call-up: Garrett Hampson   2nd Base (~30:30) Extract Doug: Jose Quintana Sammy: Alex Bregman (~45:15)     3rd Base (~1:06:15) Game: Read Between the Lies Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~1:23:45)  Gary Lollygag Sanchez     Total Run Time: 99 minutes   Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 98: All the Mariners Should Have Entered the WSOP    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~2:45) News G. Richards K. Tucker All-Stars HR Derby   2nd Base (~27:00) Extract Sammy: Nick Castellanos Doug: Ross Stripling (~37:30)     3rd Base (~51:15) Game: "Connect 4" Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:04:15)  2nd Half Story Lines Machado Mets SP Kersh AL East Mini Vlad NL East Nats Indians M's     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 97: Chewin' 'Em Up Like Pacman    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~1:45) News Kershaw's back Acuna's back Ohtani taking swings   2nd Base (~21:45) Extract Sammy: Juan Soto Soto vs. Nola Doug: Walker Buehler (~35:15) Magically sawed in half:     3rd Base (~58:15) Game: The Wonder Years Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~1:08:15)  Where the scouts and the stats shake hands     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 96: Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~3:15) News The Childish Bambino Sano drops Anchor in Single-A K. Escobar traded to Nats   2nd Base (~18:30) Extract - Switch! Sammy: Jacob deGrom Doug: Tommy Pham (~31:00)     3rd Base (~45:15) Game: "Whose Line is it Anyway?" Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~56:45)  The DH Debate... again     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 95: Insta Self-Check    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~2:00) News Ohtani :( Breaking down the Standings AL NL   2nd Base (~32:45) Extract Sammy: Rhys Hoskins Doug: Trevor Bauer (~43:00)     3rd Base (~58:00) Game: Read Between the Lies Sammy visiting, Doug home     - We also announce the winner of Name That Game from last week   Home (~1:21:00)  Trading Season     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 94: Why is MLB So Easy?    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~3:45) News Kershaw's "back" Alex Reyes Gleyber, Soto and Meadows The Rays start RPs The Rizzo play Craig Edwards' article for FanGraphs Sammy's Twitter thread   2nd Base (~41:00) Extract Sammy: Manny Machado Doug: Jordan Hicks (~47:30)     3rd Base (~1:02:00) Game: TBD - "True/False" - help us choose a name! Email suggestions at Baseballholics@gmail.com! Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:24:00)  xwOBA Jonathan Judge's piece for Baseball Prospectus Another great Sammy Tweetstorm     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 93: Better Than Kershaw    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com Ep 93 brought to you by Motus Global   1st Base (~5:45) News Acuna Kingham Seager Hader NYY MIN   2nd Base (~29:15) Extract Doug: Nick Pivetta Sammy: Ozzie Albies (~44:15)     3rd Base (~54:00) Game: Tie Breakout Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~1:06:30)  Splitters Matthew Trueblood's article ($$)     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 92: Crank n' Gank     Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com Ep 92 brought to you by Motus Global   1st Base (~4:15) News Manaea No-No D'backs Phillies   2nd Base (~25:15) Extract Sammy: Didi Gregorius Doug: Patrick Corbin (~37:45)     3rd Base (~52:15) Game: Connect 4 Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:05:30)  Call-up season The economic disparity of professional baseball Michael Baumann's article     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 91: The Big Haymaker     Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com Ep 91 brought to you by Motus Global   1st Base (~5:00) News Injuries (and lots of 'em) O.Albies G.Cole   2nd Base (~28:45) Extract Doug: Chase Anderson Anderson's RP Plot - 2 clouds: Sammy: Matt Chapman (~40:15)     3rd Base (~54:15) Game: The Wonder Years Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~1:07:00)  What We Look for in April     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 90: Eye On Taillon   (Note: Please excuse the static on Doug's feed from ~29:00 to about ~48:00 into the pod. We had some technical difficulties, which will be fixed by Ep 91. We apologize for the inconvenience and annoyance!)    Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   1st Base (~3:15) News Ohtani! Dodgers David Price Jordan Hicks   2nd Base (~28:00) Extract Sammy: Paul DeJong Doug: Jameson Taillon (~40:00)   3rd Base (~58:45) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:16:00)  Unwritten Rules     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 89: Bombed Out and Depleted   2018 Season Preview!       Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~6:00) - NL division by division NL West NL Central NL East   2nd Base (~42:00) - Predicting the Awards MVPs Cy Youngs Rookies of the Year   3rd Base (~1:06:15) - AL division by division AL West AL Central AL East   Home (~1:46:00)  Breaking down the Baseballholics Fantasy Auction Draft     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 88: Philly Had a Cheeseburger   Fantasy Preview Part 2 (sad about Vlad) Draft set for the Baseballholics Auction (Sun 3/25/18 at 3:30 EST)     Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~4:30) News Justin Turner injury Orioles sign Alex Cobb, Twins sign Lance Lynn Mike Moustakas re-signs with KC   2nd Base (~20:15) Fantasy Preview, Pt 2 Breakouts Bargains Busts   3rd Base (~53:00) Game: Read Between the Lies Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~1:16:30)  Fantasy Draft Strategies, Approaches and Preparation     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 87: The 2018 Fantasy Preview  w/ Special Guest, Paul Sporer   ***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!*** Come join fellow Baseballholics for Year 4 of our annual auction league!  It's a 5x5 Roto League, swap out AVG, HR, W and Sv for OBP, SLG, QS and SOLD (Sv+Hld). Auction date and number of teams to be determined (we will shoot for a draft date as close to the season as possible) To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email: 1. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)   2. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.   Who's in?     Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn,  email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Baseballholic Guest: Paul Sporer Twitter @sporer, Twitch: psporer24 podcast: Sleeper and the Bust       1st Half (~3:30) Fantasy Over/Under Acuna HR+SB L.Castillo K Rhys HR Berrios ERA Albies SB Gleyber GP ...and many many more     2nd Half (~1:21:45) The Evolving Landscape of Fantasy Baseball How have things changed in 2018? Players, positions, stats Strategic Approaches       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right  

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 86: I Want to Burn All My Padres Gear     ***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!*** Come join fellow Baseballholics for Year 4 of our annual auction league!  It's a 5x5 Roto League, swap out AVG, HR, W and Sv for OBP, SLG, QS and SOLD (Sv+Hld). Auction date and number of teams to be determined (we will shoot for a draft date as close to the season as possible) To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email: 1. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)   2. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.   We can't wait - who's in?     Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   The Wedding of Sammy   Welcome to the Evolution!  ( @EvoAthletix )     1st Base (~11:00) News (!) Yu JD Mart Padsmer Rays D'backs   2nd Base (~30:00) Extract Sammy: Gregory Polanco Doug: Luke Weaver (~40:00)   3rd Base (~52:30) Game: Connect 4 Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:12:45)  Humidoration Equation     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 85: History is Littered with Carcasses   Fly Iggles Fly!   Sammy's the Big Winner!   Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~9:15) News Brew Crew Doing Damage: Yelich and Lo.Cain Mets Get Permission to SIgn Frazier   2nd Base (~26:30) Extract Doug: Blake Snell Sammy: Mike Moustakas (~39:00)   3rd Base (~49:30) Game: The Wonder Years Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~1:03:15)  Pitchability Answering reader email, defining an amorphous term     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 84: A Multi-Colored Dinosaur Threw-up in the Outfield   Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~5:00) News Hall of Fame Giants get Cutch, Longoria, A-Jax   2nd Base (~26:30) Extract Sammy: Evan Longoria Doug: Luis Castillo (~36:45)   3rd Base (~53:00) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:11:00)  Sammy's nominated for a FSWA Award The differing skill sets needed to successfully cover / play seasonal vs. DFS     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 83: The Comparables are Variable   Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~1:30) News A Bomb Cyclone Stove Bruce Back to Mets Cole Traded to HOU   2nd Base (~20:45) Extract Doug: Gerrit Cole Sammy: J.D. Martinez (~37:15)   3rd Base (~47:45) Game: Read Between the Lies Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~1:03:15)  Regression Across the Board?     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 82: When a Rock Hits the Windshield   Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com     1st Base (~1:30) News - sorta The Cold Stove Rox spend grip$ on RP Oye Como PHI   2nd Base (~19:30) Shohei Ohtani How he impacts the Angels How his UCL impacts him How he impacts fantasy   3rd Base (~41:00) Tie Breakout Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~55:15)  The Marlins     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 81: Joe Morgan is a Freaking Idiot   Groundskeeping Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    The Mound NPA Coaches Training Weekend   1st Base (~4:15) News: Dee Gordon to M's, playing CF Braves get busted The Giancarlo Sweepstakes Oh-tani (Note: This was recorded the night of 12/7; 12 hrs later, Ohtani was an Angel)   2nd Base (~26:30) Extract: Shohei Ohtani Sammy: As a Hitter Doug: As a Pitcher (~37:15)   3rd Base (~48:30) Connect 4 Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~1:05:30)  The Hall     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 80: Now the Record Matters   The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    The Mound First Pitch Arizona, 2017   1st Base (~6:45) News: Qualifying Offers A's trade Healy for Pagan/Campos   2nd Base (~30:00) Awards! RotY CY MVP   3rd Base (~52:30) Read Between the Lies (Awards edition) Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:12:15)  Roy Halladay       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 79: Springer Gets to Name it Now   The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~0:45) News: We recap Game 7 and the rest of the 2017 World Series   2nd Base (~29:15) Pivotal Decisions from the World Series Starting Yu over Kersh Morrow every game A. Wood TTO R. Hill TTO   3rd Base (~50:30) The Wonder Years (World Series edition) Doug visiting, Sammy home    Home (~1:09:30)  The Pros and Cons of True Outcome Baseball       Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 78: Dusty Baker Might be a Double-Agent   with special guest Vlad Sedler   The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn Vlad: @RotoGut email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~2:10) Season Recap LDS Recap   2nd Base (~32:45) Fantasy Extract w/ Vlad How to dominate NFBC   3rd Base (~56:00) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (modified 3-player version)    Home (~1:17:45)  Season Awards Playoff Predictions     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~4:30) News: Waiver Deadline Astros and Angels buy Tigers sell sell sell Indians and Diamondbacks go streaking, Dodgers go slumping   2nd Base (~24:00) Extract Sammy: Rhys Hoskins Doug: Zack Godley (~31:00)   3rd Base (~41:15) New Game! Connect 4 Sammy visiting, Doug home    Home (~57:30)  Hi-tech sign stealing Slimy or savvy? Where's the line?   Walk-off (~1:14:45) First Pitch Arizona, Nov 2-5        Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~3:00) News since last pod: Kershaw injury Harper hurt Darvish dealt Giancarlo's HR bender Sluggers taking over the infield   2nd Base (~27:30) Extract Doug: Aaron Nola Sam: Charlie Blackmon (~41:00)   3rd Base (~53:30) Game: Read Between the Lies Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:14:00)  RotoGrinders buys Fantasy Insiders Doug and Sammy just miss being coworkers What does it mean for FI?     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 75: Recording a Podcast in a Shed w/ Special Guest Yancy Eaton   The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn Special Guest: @YancyEaton email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~4:15) News Rays!   2nd Base (~23:45) Extract Yancy: C-DICK Doug: McCullers Sam: Judge (revisited) Judge 2016  Judge 2017    3rd Base (~59:45) Game: Pop Goes Your Baseball  We rank our favorite baseball movies of all-time     Home (~1:29:00)  Juice-ball! Lindbergh article Arthur article     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~3:15) News Urias injury Bellinger takes the NL by storm Judge rules court over the AL HR Derby   2nd Base (~23:30) Extract Doug: Luis Severino Doug's 2015 article on Severino Sam: Justin Bour   3rd Base (~50:00) Game: Tie Breakout Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:02:30)  Baseball Prospectus gets Deadspun     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~2:45) News Pujols hits no. 600 Volquez goes no-no Trout - Fish out of water Chagrin in Chicago, the tale of a .500 team   2nd Base (~30:00) Extract Doug: Craig Kimbrel Sam: Dellin Betances   3rd Base (~50:15) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~1:10:30)  Charging the mound     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound The Unthinkable Happened Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~2:15) News Rangers Astros Freeman Rooks: Bellinger, Happ, Berrios and Urias'   2nd Base (~30:45) Extract Sam: Alex Wood Wood in 2015 Wood in 2017 Doug: Charlie Morton   3rd Base (~51:15) Game: The Wonder Years Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:01:45)  Doug's back at the National Pitching Association Why the NPA of 8 years ago was better than anything else that is out there now Why the NPA of now is light years ahead of where they were 8 years ago Looking Forward     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~2:15) News - Teams and Injuries Thor, Cespedes and the Mets Bumgarner and the Giants Hamels, Adrian and the Rangers The Nats Run Machine Kluber Haniger   2nd Base (~19:30) Extract Sam: Eric Thames Doug: Aaron Judge (~29:00)   3rd Base (~40:15) Game: Read Between the Lies Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~53:30)  Streaks and Slumps, Bats and Arms, what's for real? Zimmerman, Sano Paxton, Keuchel Owings, J.Ramirez, Conforto, Bruce Cahill, Nova, Big Erv, Bundy CarGo, Odor, Polanco, Schwarber Arrieta, Hendricks, Gausman, Velasquez     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~4:15) News J. Gray Blisters JD Closer gigs   2nd Base (~31:00) Extract Doug: Dylan Bundy GIF: Bundy's filth Sammy: Rougned Odor   3rd Base (~53:15) Game: Who Done It? Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:11:00)  The Problems with Evaluating Pitch Command     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com Please rate/review us on iTunes, Stitcher      The Season Preview Episode   1st Base (~6:15) Predicting the Playoffs   2nd Base (~29:30) Predicting the Awards RotY CY MVP    3rd Base (~1:06:30) Game: Occam's Razor   Home (~1:22:15)  BAn Listener Auction review, Trials and Tribulations     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      The All-Fantasy Episode   1st Base (~10:30) Fantasy Draft Strategies, Approaches and Preparation   2nd Base (~36:00) Individual Player Predictions: Breakouts Bargains Busts    3rd Base (~1:27:15) Game: Fantasy Over/Under   Home (~1:47:45)  Keeper and Dynasty Leagues     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      Baseballholics fantasy auction league - email to join!     1st Base (~2:45) News David Price Injury The Price Rule The Capps Rule Simpler Stras   2nd Base (~28:30) Division Previews: NL East    3rd Base (~55:30) Game: Tie Breakout Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~1:09:00)  Division Previews: AL East     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      Baseballholics fantasy auction league - email to join!     1st Base (~4:30) Division Previews: NL West   2nd Base (~37:15) BARF League draft recap 12 team roto, OBP/HR/RBI/R/SB QS/ERA/WHIP/K/Sv 2 C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, 5 OF, UT, 9 P, 5 bench Here's the draft results    3rd Base (~1:04:30) Game: Who Done It? Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:19:30)  Division Previews: AL West     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      Baseballholics fantasy auction league - email to join!     1st Base (~6:15) Division Previews: NL Central   2nd Base (~38:30) Extract Sam: Jonathan Villar Doug: Carlos Rodon  (47:00)    3rd Base (~56:15) Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? Sammy visiting, Doug home      Home (~1:12:15)  Division Previews: AL Central     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com    1st Base (~3:30) News Yordano V, A.Marte Trumbo Bautista Mr. Anderson Forsythe for De Leon G. Holland   2nd Base (~32:00) Extract Sam: Justin Turner Doug: James Paxton  (44:30) 2015 delivery 2016 delivery    3rd Base (~53:00) Game: The Wonder Years Doug visiting, Sammy home      Home (~1:07:45)  Free Labor in Baseball     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com (This Ep was recorded on 1/15/17, but technical difficulties delayed posting until now. Yes, we're aware that Bautista and Trumbo are no longer free agents!)    1st Base (~5:00) Busy Mariners A's go dumpster-diving Myers extension Cincy bullpen   2nd Base (~21:15) Extract Sam: Jose Bautista Doug: Carlos Martinez    3rd Base (~41:45) Game: Read Between the Lies     Home (~1:00:00)  Ask a Pitching Guy NPA background Pick an 80 tool Stopwatches     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com      1st Base (~4:30) Warming by the hot stove, offseason trades   2nd Base (~31:45) Warming by the hot stove, offseason signings     3rd Base (~1:14:15) Game: Round Robin 1. Whose Line Is It Anyway? 2. Read Between the Lies 3. Who Done It? 4. The Wonder Years 5. Tie Breakout     Home (~1:41:15)  The new Collective Bargaining Agreement     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang

The Mound Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn email: Baseballholics@gmail.com   Extended Intro: Remembering the 2016 World Series     1st Base (~12:15) Awards, thoughts on finalists MVPs CYs RotYs   2nd Base (~42:00) Best of Extract from 2016 season Trevor Story Danny Duffy (~47:15)    3rd Base (~57:15) Game: Over/Under     Home (~1:16:15)  Our trek to Arizona     Music by The Ghost Notes: Intro – Hold On Outro – Never Seems Right   Break Music by PBR Streetgang