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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.

MB does a quick Roundup of the 2 hot on top of the AL versus the overall pop of the NL which launches Eric into a question of what's causing his lack of overall league fandom. The two share in the beautiful art of haiku poetry to summarize hot weeks from their home teams before laying claim to some other currently popular properties they've been fans of since before they were cool. High Sponsor: Purple Punch Inside Scoop: AMC's Preacher Recorded: 5/20/19 Notes: Here's that totally blown bases loaded play from the Orioles. (h/t Ryan Ben) Judge vs. Altuve

An exciting baseball hodgepodge opens the conversation into how much momentum can swing teams around in the division. Eric has a Bell to ring for the Pirates, and MB laments the unexpected decline of an important Braves hurler. MB attempts to explain what's up with the Sabermetric stat weighted On Base Percentage (or wOBA) via song. High Sponsor: Skywalker OG Inside Scoop: Guy's Grocery Games Recorded: 5/15/19 Notes: Edwin Jackson is 35 years old. The best record of the 162-game era is the 2001 Seattle Mariners' 116-46. This equates to a regular season NFL record of about 12-4. Foltynewicz has had four starts, not three. All not great. Cody Bellinger has the outright highest swing in expected wOBA from 2018 to 2019, but Dansby is a close second.

After toasting CC Sabathia's 3,000th strike out, Eric questions another major pitching stat. Too pooped to continue recording, MB + Eric eventually pass the reins to their hometown counterparts Lauren + Tony. High Sponsor: Berry White Inside Scoop: Vampire Weekend's new album, Father of the Bride Notes: The winning pitcher is defined as the pitcher who last pitched prior to the half-inning when the winning team took the lead for the last time. Hyun-Jin Ryu went on to pitch a complete game shutout after the Braves broke up his perfect game bid. It was his mom's birthday, so that's nice.

After highlighting the best team in baseball (the Yankees’ current Injured List), MB and Eric both lament their faltering fandom as their teams suffer rough patches. They also step up to the Trading Block to see what it would take for each person to consider trading their home team’s biggest asset. High Sponsor: Do-Si-Dos Inside Scoop: J.Crew Factory Recorded 4/28/19 Notes: To put the peak accumulated WAR of the Yankees’ IL in perspective, the stat suggests that if all 13 of those players had been unavailable for their 2018 roster, they would've finished the season in fourth in the AL East with a record of 67-95. Since Mike Trout joined the team, the LA Angels of Anaheim have made the playoffs on just one occasion. He went 1-12 as the Angels suffered a 3-game sweep by the Royals in 2014.

An early season home run race and a deep dive into why these baseball boys keep fighting so much. Eric + MB play half an inning of a trivia game with a baseball twist and, for the second straight week, drop in some boy band references. High Sponsor: Lil Legend OG Inside Scoop: More or Less by Dan Mangan Recorded 4/23/19 Notes: Tim Anderson is 25 years old. Dan in Real Life hit theaters on 10/26/2007. It grossed over 68 million dollars worldwide and was met with generally favorable reviews. 'The crux of the biscuit' is a lyric from the song 'Stink-Foot' off Frank Zappa's 1974 album Apostrophe.

MB drinks in the Red Sox early struggles, possibly due to a World Series Hangover, while Eric wonders if the MLB can pull him out of an NHL-induced sadness. A High + Inside exclusive reveals the musical side of free agent negotiations. High Sponsor: Purple Haze Inside Scoop: Mixed Berry + Feta Salad Recorded 4/16/19 Notes: Daisuke Matsuzaka played 8 years in the MLB with a career ERA of 4.45, 720 strikeouts, and a WAR of 9.4. The Early November is still an active band and is currently signed to Rise Records. They have a new album coming out this fall. A Five-Tool Player is defined as a player that can hit for a high batting average, for power, runs the bases well, throws well, and fields well. Pitcher Alex Wood, utility man Kyle Farmer, and 7 million dollars were also included in the trade that sent Matt Kemp and Yasiel Puig to the Reds.

MB unpacks the best and worst of the week’s new MLB record streaks, Eric covers a brawl incited by one of his early favorite players, & they go around the horn to share new ballpark food offerings. High Sponsor: Valley Girl Inside Scoop: Bioré Recorded 4/10/19 Notes: A "quality start" is defined as a game in which the pitcher completes at least six innings and permits no more than three earned runs. Since the time of the recording, Baltimore’s Chris Davis lengthened his hitless streak to 50 straight at-bats in the same game that Oakland’s Khris Davis homered twice. Chris Archer was suspended for five games for his role in the Pirates-Reds brawl. The Blooper Burger also features tater tots and jalapeños.

MB highlights some fast offensive starts around the league before Eric shares his first impressions of MLB watching. After they swap exciting news from each of their home teams (spoiler alert: MB's is a contract extension, Eric's is food), MB explains the slash line while Eric punches in sweet Slash-inspired guitar licks. They bring it home by taking a page out of the league's book to speed up the podcast's pace of play. High Sponsor: Sundae Driver Inside Scoop: Spectacle Recorded 4/2/19 Notes: Christian Yelich joined Willie Mays, Mark McGwire, Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis, and Trevor Story as players who homered in the first four games of the season. (Not Barry Bonds or whoever else is said.) Paul Goldschmidt is 31. The Braves' ace is pronounced "Folt-uh-NEV-ich." MB knows this, but she was high & hasn't said his name out loud in 6 months. Mike Trout has a career .573 slugging percentage.

Eric + MB ring in the MLB season and their new show by breaking down their past fandoms and introducing Eric's intentions to be an avid Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Expect some chatter about the MLB in Japan, a uniform updates segment called Uni'd To See This, and some handy jingles to help everyone remember who signed the largest free agent contracts in the off season. High Sponsor: Holy Grail Inside Scoop: Playing Video Games Online with Your Friends Recorded 3/24/19

Hosts Eric + Mary Beth take a swing at describing what High + Inside has to offer. Subscribe now to toke yourself out the the ballgame all season long.