No Crying In Baseball

This episode fueled by cuxa in tiny teacups – perhaps a result of taking a clown visiting from Guatemala to an Orioles game and gifting him a “Relish” t shirt, or just another Sunday. Junior sets a record for under-22s. Woody sets a record for no more than 22s, and PCA (at 23) just sets the pace. Kids today! Kody with a K finds a home with MIN, and we sort out all the Victors. Oneil hits them hard and far, and Freddy hits the life-changers. The police blotter is overflowing what with the wife of Luis Arraez engaging in questionable promotions in dangerous times, Wander promoting himself questionably, and Dodger Stadium dropping rocks on NYY fans. The road to the College World Series is underway and Pottymouth is already wearing the purple.  Please watch the Seattle Mariners Pride video right now.We say, “moments ago, plus soup,” “I made, perhaps, some poor decisions,” and, “put the Fun in Funderburk.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

In which we declare “McCullered” a verb and Patti references songs from both 1862 and 1985. The merry, merry month of May gives us records set by both Pete Crow-Armstrong and Jasson Dominguez. COL and Pottymouth welcome the return of Ezequiel Tovar, and there's just so much Soto to discuss. Liam Hendriks says the kind of death threats experienced by Lance McCullers are horrifyingly common and absolutely fed by sports betting. Underage drinking is now a part of the incident resulting in serious injuries to a fan falling from the stands in PNC park. COL may have set a record for losses in 50 games and have a fan suing them for being bad, but at least their security staff is trying to keep opposing players out of the ballpark. Previously McCullered Tim McGraw is headlining the Speedway Classic featuring CIN vs ATL in August. We crosstrain with ice dancing and encourage you to read this piece about gender “complexities” in that sport. We may reference a little light, harmless voter fraud.We say, “Punk bands aren't afraid of anything,” “It's like a homerun derby, but there's a lot of defense,” and “We ain't gonna play Sun City.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

I'll take unlikely pitchers to strike out Shohei Ohtani for 200 please. We let Sally Jenkins and Jake Mintz take the lead on the “permanent ends when you're dead” rant re Pete and the other formerly permanently ineligibles. Will Andy Pages be the player that gets Pottymouth to manage her fantasy team more closely? Maybe! Patti's team is again short a 3rd baseman but the math is working out. PCA's newest stats are rivaling those of the new Pope for Chicago-based excitement. We thought the BOS gag was going to be Who's On First but it turned out to be who is in the outfield because the new City Connects are Fenway camo for the guys near the wall. Kudos to the second place finisher in a Maine high school track event for calling out Rep. Laurel Libby as a bully for “maligning” the trans-identified athlete who won the event. And we crosstrain with ornithology because even after Brandon Hyde got fired only one kind of oriole is fun to watch right now.We say, “I wanna piggyback on the joy,” “who wouldn't want to swing a rainbow banner?” and “I hate it when drag queens make me cry.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Yup, an actual text sent by Patti to the Pottymouth because the new Pope is a legit sports fan. And oh how Chicago is enjoying that! We've got some nods to Mothers Day – badass Veronica Alvarez is gifted maternity baseball pants, Jace and Josh's mom gets to wear a split jersey to watch them face off on a major league field, and Pottymouth gets a hat. That Patti gets to wear. Jasson Dominguez overtakes a record previously held by Joe DiMaggio. Jackson Merrill says “daddy ball” and something mysterious that we can only guess at, and Andy Pages takes the real job. Some Houston fans overstep into dangerous and hateful territory over Lance McCullers. PIT can't catch a break anywhere, from fans, stadium staff, or managers. Rafael Devers is in need of some Crash Davis to get himself together. And Ayami Sato pitches for the Maple Leafs (the baseball ones, not the hockey ones). Pottymouth invites local friends of the show to Patti's birthday party. It's a two homonym day on the show, see if you can spot them both!We say, “You're not really wearing pants,” “Tennis and Wordle. One of these things is not a sport,” and, “All he had to learn was to *not* do something.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

It's the day Bradley met Adley, Pottymouth decides to reach out to Duran's mom, we sort out the battery issues and we discuss the pros and cons of honoring Don Johnson via City Connect even though it's working for Kyle. We report in on our terrific experience watching See Her, Be Her on the big screen and enjoying a star-studded panel discussing women playing baseball. We are amused that PCA trolled his dad about the Cubs as a child, and that Yadi and his brothers may be set to music – or at least film. Patti does enjoy a conversation about building code and yet another opportunity to tell listeners to stop leaning into the field of play. We've got some but not all Eagles in the White House and are surprised to learn that the Commissioner's business in the White House included a conversation about immigration policy. We also learn how to use “scheduling conflict” effectively. We crosstrain with aircraft and horseback. Please do something nice for the moms in your life.We say, “everyone's out of Jamesons,” "I wanted Journalism to win but Journalism has NOT been winning,” and “it was step one, not Step Done.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

*Not* a reference to Tommy Pham, but he does appear in Police Blotter for possibly a record-setting time. Our fantasy team infields continue to make news with Pottymouth contemplating Rice from Wong and Patti finally covering 3B. Christian Walker heats up, Eugenio Suarez makes some noise, Wyatt Langford is back with a bang, and Pete CA can't stop taking it to the Dodgers. Again we make with the City Connect opinions including agreeing with Sweetart references and feeling groovy. We crosstrain with the first ever Final Four Inclusion Clinic and encourage you to give a listen to the Queer Women in Sports panel.We say, “Jameson is on my team and I will celebrate appropriately,” “hand gesture below the waist,” and “Georgia O'Keefe Oyster Catcher thing.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Jackie Robinson Day came and went with Kareem calling out the President's attack on DEI (although we don't think it is a ruse for segregation, we think it *is* segregation), Mookie saying some hard truths about the LAD at the White House, and the commissioner saying some weak things and making questionable visits. Pottymouth got the Puk out of there and told us of fast boys, Patti's flock is making with the Ks and she tells us how math works. Miranda has a bad day set to good tunes. Jazz stars in the police blotter (kids, put away the phones when you are supposed to put away the phones). Someone is crocheting for Crochet and weirdly it's not Patti. MIN sponsors a Queer Women in Sports panel! PIT makes sure all those folks standing around for hours for a Skenes bobblehead go home happy, and the captain is the captain.We say, “You wanted the Puk, yeah!! But you got the Puk, no!” “Church of Baseball,” and “Maybe this is a lesson that you should get a filter and save the environment.”  Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

So many catchers in this snack size episode.  We've got pinky injuries, rolled ankles, welcome back dingers with glasses, and only dingers against Toronto. The Orioles help build an outdoor classroom at Harlem Park Elementary with a donated playoff share, and players fill its library with their own favorite books.  Pottymouth is well aware that she should roster her NYY bf but you can't take the Boston out of the fantasy team manager. What happened to Mike Trout is NOT what happened to Mookie Betts, it's not against the rules, but please stop doing it anyway. Duran is missing a huge opportunity to atone for past mistakes and change lives, but nope. Please read this piece by Kevin Blackstone in the Washington Post about the team of Jackie Robinson visiting the Trump White House.  We would have just ranted, but he just lays it all out there, calm, cool, and cutting. Pottymouth walks us through all the connections between the tragic roof collapse of the Dominican nightclub and so many MLB players. Patti picks “person in front of whom all ideas for alternate team identities must be run before selection” as her next career.  The River Cats/Gold Diggers really put her over. Puerto Rico looks like the only place we can stand to visit for WBC games – want to join us?We say, “Rivaling this on the classy scale…” “Honorable mention to a non-croucher,” and “That's so much more concise for all those words I just said…” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

The reason torpedo bats are a thing is because they are not called bowling pin bats. Patti catches you up on all things torpedo. It seems like all the cool kids are getting contact extensions and we float a few more contenders. Pottymouth wants to complete her Walker set and Patti just wants a complete infield. Profar is a deep disappointment, and Ian Happ is still making us coffee 1000 games later. It's that episode where we make our terrible predictions but we can't not. Once again one of your hosts goes with heart and the other one wants to not lose. The WooSox give us Women in Sports Day proving we should never need to hear “Ladies Night” at a ballpark again. Kelsie goes for another first, and you've got an Eastern Womens Baseball Conference reading assignment. Pottymouth models how to constructively deal when terrible humans end up on your favorite team. Also, sell your Tesla.We say, “he kept losing his patron saint of travel,” “You tell me you don't have any tattoos but I don't believe you,” and, “Some of our best friends are Canadians with basements.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

We made it to 400 episodes and celebrated in style. Kat D. Williams joined us to talk about her new book “All The Way: The Life of Baseball Trailblazer Maybelle Blair.” Kat is a terrific storyteller and took us along for the ride of childhood Maybelle demanding a girls' team in elementary school, adult Blair playing professional baseball *and* softball, planning and executing the transporting (by ground) of a fighter jet through the streets of LA to the Air Force Base, escaping the raiding of a gay bar, inspiring legions of girls and women to play ball, and coming out publicly at age 95. We hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as we enjoyed participating in it. Maybelle Blair is life goals, and Kat left us inspired to build runways. Find All the Way at your independent book store or online at Bookshop.org. Find Kat Williams on instagram at @tellagirlshecan and keep up with all the great things happening at and with the International Women's Baseball Center.We learn the answer to “What's it like to have a beer with Maybelle.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

It's the week of Hopening Day! Patti's infield is a mess and Pottymouth is looking at the centerfield version of second base but nonetheless we have our fantasy team starting lineups ready. This week's rant is geared at the scrubbing of history in the name of the wrong definition of DEI. And maybe it took messing with Jackie Robinson *and* The Golden Girls but people are paying attention. Except that MLB is also doing some scrubbing of their own. Pottymouth thinks Ron Washington would make a great high school principal and wants to give him a shoerack. We've got some fun cup, some new City Connects, and another how the heck did this get out of committee logo design. And an 11 year old gets a payday bigger than Paul SKenes.We say, “I wouldn't get the hat but I appreciate the nod to the farmers of Wisconsin, “Soft, squishy balls in Venezuela,” and “They're making lemonade out of Georgia O'Keefe imagery.” ”Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

MLB is just printing money now, with deals for bad hats, alter-egos for minor league teams, and gold patches that will turn into collectibles and replica jerseys.  We really do buy all the things. It's time to pick our pitching squads (flocks?) and weirdly we leave LAD alone. Pottymouth finds her ideal law firm, and inner 12 year old, in ARI and Patti says PHI is the place to be. The Dodgers and Cubs visit Japan for exhibition games and the official start to the season, while the kids enjoy the Spring Breakout. Anyone want to buy the Rays? Because they are burning some bridges in Tampa. And Devers eats some humble pi.We say, “Oh dear, Tampa? It's usually Oh hell, Florida,” “Vento-mocha-cream-whatever the f*#k it is,” and, “We will get in a car and drive for Hooch Pooches.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Baseball boyfriends are by definition guys we like, but sometimes it takes a while to get to that part.  Welcome to the show where we profile Yankees and Dodgers. LA brings us a defection story and a high profile international signing, and NY brings us a childhood Pesky pole situation and a putting one over on the parents with a dirty uniform. Spring training gives us Walkers and talkers, and Vegas tourism finds a way to put a city name on an As jersey. You too can own a baseball team, just ask Billie Joe Armstrong. WBC qualifiers wrap up with qHAR questions, and Chris Kluwe gets canned for dubious reasons. Read this about Rachel Balkovec.We say, “If you throw rocks really, really far you could hit Boston,” “audacious little f&*ker,” and “You dropped a lot of pirate words talking about a 5-year old.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

It's always a holiday when we get to pick boyfriends. For CLE, Pottymouth has her first Noel and Patti picks a postseason star, then we find some Clemeni and some long game with the PHI. We throw some love to Jake Burger's baby, and admire how Pottymouth sweeps an outfield. Cashman backpedals on Duck Dynasty and Manfred shares some lock out thoughts with a tinge of threat.  The WBC qualifiers feature a pod favorite, Yu Chang, and we learn that Andre and Steffi made a baseball player! Patti crosstrains with romance novels and wants you to read The Prospects for some trans athlete affirmation and stunningly accurate baseball details. In related coping strategies, Pottymouth recommends Chatting Practice. And we both recommend the president shuts up and dribbles.We say, “Sir, you have no jurisdiction here,” “I think he may be able to out-drink me,” and “So Kardashian-ish.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Thank you to brave governors and former NFL players for speaking truth to power. Spring Training is back and that means our guys are hitting bombs, speaking out of turn, gifting cars, and sneaking freshly baked bread into cubbies. We've got boyfriends on the Os and Pads including a once and forever, a guy that just wants to make us happy, and additions to our Jackson and Rosario collections. The NYY make some babysteps in allowing grown men to control their own bodies. The ABS Challenge System is live and well in Spring Training which means we know how tall you really are. World Baseball Classic qualifiers continue. And what's a police blotter without some raw milk and embarrassing consequences?We say, “It's kind of a danger if you believe in science,” “long-haired dudes who have been good at baseball,” and “Holy f*ckn spitballs.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

We love a good anthem kerfuffle, especially when we get to cross-train with it. The big news is Bregs to Beantown and Pottymouth and her dad couldn't be happier.  The boys are back – from injuries and to Spring Training.  We check in with Christian's actual back, Freddie's ankle, Shohei's throwing arm, and Tito's triggers. We've got new boyfriends with HOU and MIL, so you'll hear about an addition to the Walker collection, Ohio and Mass boys, and a new forever boyfriend. Qualifiers start for the World Baseball Classic, and Pete's got stars in his hair. And we try to work out what constitutes drinking for the cycle.We say, “If we made them the 51st state we couldn't have a ‘world' series,” “An Ohio boy and a Massachusetts boy so they are just like us, except we are not boys,” and, “The chances of that are two in a Brazilian.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Yup, KC boyfriends get picked on Superbowl Sunday, but we throw in for the Eagles and back up our claim that they are a morally better team. This does not stop us from wanting to have a beer with a dad or Hunter Pence, Jr. Over at the NYM we pick a former LIDOM MVP and a little brother living up to the hype. The Serie was in fact in the Caribe, but it ain't as Caribe as it used to be.  The Police Blotter closes the book(ie) on Mizuhara and expresses some surprise at Pat Hoeberg's questionable choices.  MLB owners make the list with a couple of decisions about Johns. DC folks, make your plans for See Her, Be Her, in support of Little League International's “Girls with Game” program, on May 3rd. And Pitchers and Catchers report! Please join us over on Patreon for our full rant about the EO and subsequent policy changes keeping transgendered girls and women out of sports. We are not impressed.We say, “If only there were a way to fact check things before we say them out loud,” “Tommy Pham, Immaculate Grid Hero,” and, “everybody can shove their DEI excuses up their asses.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

We're in the middle of the arbitration window and of course we are keeping score. Find your way to honor Black History Month – maybe with a visit to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum while the Royals are picking up the tab. Meet our boyfriends with the Tigers and the Hammers, including superheroes, little brothers, and donuts. Pottymouth rides the success of her Winter Ball teams and bf picks right on in to the Serie del Caribe. The Padres do not disappoint with the continuing soap opera, and we get a closer peek at the lucky 11 year old who drew the Paul Skenes debut patch card. Heart of gold and so very eleven.We say, “bocce is my new coping mechanism,” “we haven't had a Cuban defection story in a while,” and “That sounds like a lacrosse player.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

It was a helluva week. We do get to the baseball but we take a moment to remind you every day is a good day to join the resistance, and do what you can from where you are.  Congrats to the new Hall of Fame class, but is Ichiro rewarding the wrong voter with a drink and a chat? Max and Christian provide an unforgettable afternoon for Little League families in fire-plagued Encino, and Jurickson, Anthony, and Charlie get new gigs.  Meet our boyfriends on the Mariners and D'backs. Ippei Mizuhara's crime gets even nuttier, and yet another young baseball fan turns a special baseball memento into a solid college fund.  Winter ball winds up at the country level as we move into Caribbean Series mode. And there's just a little crosstraining from the Ohio girl/hockey fan.We say, “I've seen the Sound of Music, I know what fascism looks like,” “be a human billboard,” and, “A daily reminder that I have some power, and it's not just the power of cayenne.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

It's how the Dodgers signed Sasaki -- well, that and acing their homework assignment. Patti invented a fennel-clementine-gin cocktail in the comfort of her own home, and Pottymouth enjoyed local brews in the great state of MA, and yet we still found the time to tell you stories of boyfriends on the Twins and the Cards. LA Strong continues to happen with wildfire relief actions at Dodger stadium, and the generous donations of Ohtani and others. Jake makes his new jersey number matter and Matt shows why should never challenge an elite athlete to, well, anything really. Pottymouth is killing it in Winter Ball with her picks going to the finals in both the Dominican and Venezuelan leagues.  And RIP to Mr. Baseball.We say, “we saw those tight pants in action,” “What's an unshady way of saying in cahoots?” and, “He chugged with the style of someone on the video board at a hockey game.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Justin, Freddie, and Chris are putting their money where their hearts are to support those fighting the LA wildfires, and those who have lost their homes. You can help too, through the LA Strong collaboration.  We lay out all things arbitration deadline for you — who came out on top, and who has the biggest gap remaining. Boyfriends this week are from the Red Sox, where Pottymouth makes good on a promise, and the Cubs, where Patti gets to cross-train with hockey. Juan Soto comes to town to meet young Dominican fan Leonardo Santana, whose video of his living conditions, and his love for Soto, was amplified by Jompéame and became the focus for fundraising in cases of extreme poverty. The family of late Padres owner Peter Seidler looks at the O's Angelo family and says hold my beer. MLB bans the NYY fans who interfered with Mookie during a World Series game from all things major league baseball, forever.We say, “The Doogie Houser of baseball,” “Your offense is really talking like a pirate,” and, “buckle the f*&K up.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Not the opening line to a joke, but an intro to our Rays boyfriends. In addition to our TB infielders, we introduce you to our SF guys, where we find sexy defense and too many puns. The hot stove is pretty pitcher-centric with the Subject of our Sentence going to BAL for a year and the long term solution to ARI. Roki Sasaki is enjoying his film festival while evaluating offers from possibly 20 teams. LIDOM is full of winter ball star power and the Cardinales are rocking the LVBP. We cross train with the Presidential Medal of Freedom which brings us a billionaire baseball owner, an NBA legend, and the most decorated soccer player, in addition to our favorite chef and everyone's favorite Science Guy. Thanks to our generous Patreon friends, we are able to make transcripts available.  They are at the Patreon site, but available for free without membership fees (but we do appreciate your support!).We say, “Stop with your math, I have things to say,” “I want to retroactively explain my oooo,” and, “I don't think we can get 16 years of Gunnar Henderson for the Magna Carta.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. We now have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Happy New Year, Friends! We've got Mookie going full Pottymouth, Carlos with extremely bad but a little funny real estate issues, and Shohei letting us cross train with Babe Didrikson. Our TEX boyfriends include a Duran upgrade and a small town boy making good, and CIN brings us a viking and an NBA smackdown. The umpires' union says sure to the electronic strike zone, and Dave Kaval cuts and runs from the Athletics. Yadi is rocking that LIDOM manager gig, Rougie is player of the week, and there's still time to book your travel for the Serie del Caribe.We say LeBron James more than once, “I'm already on my second Ezequiel of the season,” and “bring your half-dog, half-human mythical mash-ups.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Pottymouth and Patti (but not Patti's voice), take you into a holiday week with boyfriends from Toronto and Pittsburgh. While Pottymouth finds those MA connections, Patti looks at the cooks. Cody Bellinger goes to the Yankees, just like dear old dad, but we are more interested in his girlfriend as a serial MVP dater. MLB releases their report on pitcher injuries – the bottom line is, fault is everywhere except at the pitch clock. There are no more Guarantees at the CWS ballpark, and the public funding for the Rays park keeps rolling.We say, “You are very powerful but not THAT powerful,” He did not earn anybody a f'n taco,” and “ Yay! Pencil Bat!” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

On recent shows, Patti and the Pottymouth have talked about Ohtani's 50-50 Ball, Freddie's World Series Grand Slam Ball, and other meaningful baseballs.  In this bonus Episode, from The Sports Appraiser Podcast, we bring you the experts to dig deeper: Michael Osacky is a USPAP Compliant sports appraiser and lead appraiser for PSA, which is the world's largest third party grader of sports collectibles. The Sports Appraiser Podcast helps listeners become smarter about how to collect, value, and care for sports collectibles. In this episode, Michael explores the history and current value of some of the most iconic home run balls, including those of Mark McGwire, Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, and Hank Aaron. Discover the story behind Shohei Ohtani's home run ball that recently sold for $4.4 million. Learn about what influences the value of these collectibles and what the future might hold.Please subscribe, follow, like, and leave a review. Email info@Baseballintheattic.com with any questions or comments or visit the website baseballintheattic.com.Your friends at No Crying in Baseball will be back as usual next Tuesday!

A 26 year old is a forever Met and is $765 Million richer. A 10 year old is a forever Freddie fan and his parents can send him to college. CHI is making some moves with Kyle and Carson, and TOR is just getting started wth Andres. We introduce our guys from the no-City-designation Athletics and our Washington Nationals, including some goofy, some hot start, some local boy makes good, and some of the best kind of scandal. Winter ball brings us cherry blossom pink, home run derbies in paradise, and celebratory cartwheels. It's not strictly legal but you too can own part of the Trop. And congrats to Tom Hamilton, and here's hoping he's “underway at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario!" for years to come.We say, “We both had cocktails and it was not going to go anywhere useful,” “he did a lot of putting his mouth before where his money was for a while,” and “that is what always happened to me with that f'in curse jar.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Here's to believing that Pottymouth's picks for LAA and MIA are men from Florida and not Florida Man. Patti avoids the potential pitfall by concentrating on California instead and exploring the ongoing Taylor vs Tyler naming conventions. We are flabbergasted that Aroldis F'n Chapman can still get a job and this Maura McGurk piece explains it better than we can. We workshop some approaches for a confrontation between Pottymouth and AF'nC such as, “I'm a schoolteacher.  How do you explain yourself to my students?” There's a new MLBPA Executive Committee in place and it is just as pitcher-y and boyfriend-y as always. Plus bonus potential kerfuffle. Patti takes a moment to put public funding for Vegas and St. Pete ballparks into perspective. Japanese pitching legend Ayami Sato becomes the first woman to play baseball professionally in Canada. Our police blotter touches on the civil suit around Tyler Skagg's death, Shohei's baseball cards, and the ridiculous Golden At Bat rule that was just floated for the heck of it. Check out our bonus content on the Jonrón Derby over on Patreon.We say, “Catholics know this word,” “It's all a scene down in the basement,” and “You don't want loose bodies.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Baseball teams fed a lot of people, Big Papi bought part of a ballclub, Brandon Crawford retired, LAD signed Blake Snell – how was your holiday weekend? We kick off the new year of baseball boyfriends with our picks for the CWS and COL. This week's math lesson is how the playoff pool, this year a record-setting > $129 million, gets calculated and distributed to postseason teams. Rudy Guiliani tries to hang on to a handful of World Series rings, and Shohei Ohtani would like those baseball cards back, please.  Kim Ng creates “MLB for Softball,” and we've got winter ball news from the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Venezuela, and the, um, Canadian Intercounty Baseball League.We say, “Rimbonbante,” “My little tongue twister of Venezuelan Ball,” and “What's the consonant version of numerology?” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Happy Thanksgiving week to all our friends – we are so thankful for you, and also that baseball thing. The big awards were announced and we're surprised by our non-zero prediction success, happy about Stephen Vogt, and bitter about Chris Sale winning and Colton Cowser not. We brush up on hot stove vocab like “tender,” Rule 5, and qualifying offer. Kelsey stands in for Justine in Mexico and Alyssa goes to the Guards which may lead to Patti customizing a Nakken CIty Connect. In political news that we care to discuss, Sen Durbin introduces the Fair Ball Act in a strong pro-labor statement, and the Trop (and its replacement) is in a public-funding quagmire. We cross-train with Jaylen Brown, Bill Nye, Alex Ovechkin, and the Orlando Pride.We say, “Never put your money where my mouth is,” I could hear the heavy Cy in your voice,” and “Is Rich HIll our new Bartolo Colon?” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Wander Franco just keeps trying new things and we'd like him to stop trying to collect the whole set. We try to block out the Juan Soto rumors because it is all a big tease because we're pretty sure he'll stay in NYC. The Trop is a wash for this season so the Rays will actually play in Tampa for the first time – thanks to the Yankee's spring training facility and $15million. The Great Wall of Baltimore is on the move and Patti does not care for it.  What's the point of a neutral environment? Premier12 lets us watch some veterans and spot some up and comers while we bide our time for WBC qualifiers. Shohei's 50th home run ball is a tourist attraction in Taipei, but who gets the record payout? And PIT throws down a heck of an offer for Paul Skene's rookie debut patch card.  Women baseball players, it's time time to check in with the new league. Happy birthday, Mr. Pottymount, our favorite tech support staffer.We say, “ Here I benefitted from my indecision,,” “Beer is bipartisan,” and “I like having the thing that makes Aaron Judge come off as a baby.”  Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

We are taking a breath and figuring out how to start from where we are. We talk yet more nepo hires, remind you of what the heck a super 2 is, and cover the latest complication in how to just watch the home team play. The Roki Sasaki watch is the next big thing – we'll help you with the international posting rules, the bonus pools, and why January 15th means big money. Rich Hill and a bunch more “remember some guys” guys have some fun in the Premier12, loanDepot park hosts another international baseball party that we can't bring ourselves to attend, and Baseball United makes us say “I ain't gonna play Sun City,” you know, as an example. The Girls Breakthrough Series gives us hope, and Maybell Blair.We say, “Florida, at this point, is a political cesspool,” “Could be a money grab, could be growing the game,” and “Baseball makes so much more sense than war.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on BlueSky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

It's really happening, the Women's Professional Baseball League is underway, looking for owners, broadcast deals, and prepping to draft a year from now. Sure, that World Series thing also happened, with Freddie doing all the things, the kid getting the special thing, the Hall of Fame getting the rest of the things, and the LAD flying to the parade on the Patriots AirKraft. Award season begins with the Gold Glove, and Salvy winning the Roberto Clemente honor. The Giants make a nepo hire but maybe that's okay? We highlight some free agents to watch, and tell you why winter ball just got even more fun.  Pottymouth follows the Queerfancystats model of how to still root for your team with that guy on it,  and details her donation formula for Boston Alliance of LGBTQ Youth. Happy Birthday, Pottymouth!We say, “I like Cheese Whiz better,” “Gabriel Moreno remains a bridesmaid,” and “Put us in your earbuds and go stand in line.” Vote, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

We say we don't care but we talk ourselves into rooting for LAD because of sandwiches, some boyfriend math, and general disdain for the NYY. The dads check in – putting Freddie's last few months in perspective, remembering childhood dreams, and dancing with the other dads.  We lost Fernando Valenzuela last week and Pottymouth gives us some context, some history, and some appreciation. And not for nothing, brings up housing policy. The MLBPA Players Choice Awards foreshadow the big ones. We consider the interpreter version of the Mendoza Line and are still working out if it is the Roberts or the Lasorda line. So many familiar faces in winter ball – baseball does not stop when the Series is over! And the Rays evaluate new sites for opening day.We say, ”I picked both Hernandi,” “I'd eat that sandwich,” and “I'm kind of off billionaires right now.” Make a plan to vote, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

As it turns out, the LAD vs NYY World Series is not *everyone's* dream match up.  Patti and Pottymouth are baseball sad, but yet we persevere. Kyle Manzardo and Tommy Edman show up big, the Temptations show up for Francisco Lindor, Pottymouth wants more chances for Oswaldo Cabrera to show up, and Patti wishes Mark Vientos showed up last year. Pottymouth directs your attention to International baseball in Taiwan, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic because 1) it's fun, and 2) it's not LAD vs NYY. And we return suspicious eyes to Baseball United again. Our police blotter looks at FanDuel making a deal for naming rights over the Bally Sports Network channels and MLB's unclear intentions – do they not want sports gambling names on their “product” or are they just miffed they weren't asked first? We are going to wallow, re-watch some classic Baltimore crime shows, maybe get some sleep, and probably end up watching the World Series anyway.We say, “Stephen Vogt got his wisdom from a mentor, you got yours from Kenny Rogers,” You wouldn't pull Grimace from the lineup if he were in it, would you?, and “I'm drinking beer and sitting in front of a microphone instead of doing the hard work.” Make a plan to vote, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth. 

Join us as we check back in with Shalvah Lazarus, the DC Girls Baseball player who we last spoke with 300 episodes ago. What are the paths, the decisions, faced by young women who want to keep playing the game they love as they approach heading to college? RIP to Luis Tiant – so much more than just the wildest wind up ever. We sum up our playoff hopes with Patti's hometown team and those guys that went from hapless to miracle. Dave Roberts proves to be manipulative and a disappointment. The Monkeys and Lions face off again in the CPBL playoffs. And the roof blows off the Trop. Special thanks to Mr. Pottymouth for stepping in as assistant producer this week.We say, “Dancing fish heads,” “fuzzy and tall” and “I feel bad about your feelings, not about my actions.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

We celebrate the last Jackson standing and lament that the good working people of the midwest cannot watch their teams play in the post season because they work for a living. Patti wants the LAD to be more NYY and get their fans in line. Kyle can't stop breaking his own records and Bryson has a most excellent birthday even if the guys call him a cheap date. Pottymouth crosstrains with music and we are soto-shuffling and OMG remixing all over town. Buster and Tito get new gigs. Pete does not. What the actual hell with the dog whistle political ads during ballgames? And congrats to KarensKrew, winner of this year's FBBL.We say, “lose a Jackson, pick up a Grimace,””Pre Soto-shuffle was Manny being Manny,”  and “I could dance it for you but that's not going to work well on the podcast.”  Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Oh friends, that's it for the regular season! As we head into Wild(card) Week, Stone Garrett gets to have one great game, Elly messed with the early season math, and Phillies Daycare is immortalized on the wall of a bar. Nick goes all 162 on a dare, Kiké reminds Patti to get her eyes checked, and people are not showing their best selves over a historic home run ball. Tom Hanks and thousands of other As fans say goodbye to the Coliseum, many taking a piece with them. Some City Connects get retired, and so does Charlie Blackmon. Buckle up for the postseason!  If the extra last-day is any indication, we're in for a ride.We say, “It is quite an acquired taste and I have not acquired it,” “That's more impressive than Kiké's butt,” and “When I decide I care about cricket you know for sure I'm going to ask her about that.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Elly breaks records, Bobby breaks records, and that Shohei guy says “hold my beer.” Jackson is not allowed to hold his beer until next year. We crosstrain with Caitlin Clark (and she cross-trains right back) and Green Day (Billy Joe uses his pottymouth powers for good). Teams are clinching their postseason berths and Patti reminds you why wildcard ranking matters. Pottymouth gets to welcome another Kyle into the fold and LaMonte has a homestand at an away series.  Matt joins the dad strength club, while CJ gets sent down for too much time at a club. Barbara Gregorich is awarded 2024 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and we learn the greatest acronym of all time.We say, “I'm still gonna hope until there's no hope,” “That's hilarious and also insulting,” and, “I want you to do great but I want your team not to win.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Turns out, all the to-do about Kumar Rocker a few years back was worth the wait. Jackson Chourio gives us a 20-20-while-20 and Elly slams when we're not watching. Non-zero chance of Shohei pitching in the off-season gets treated as a guarantee, while fans pay premiums for a chance to shag his HR #50.  Evan Phillips gets a silver bobble and Yamamoto bring a silver lining. Justin Turner gets super powers from his child-decorated cleats in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness. Youngster Davis hits his 100th and talks slumps, and old guy Matt gets extended with a Buster-like contract. California treats Baseball for All right, there are turf wars in Sacramento, and Christopher Morel takes a day off for his high school graduation. Pottymouth honors Hispanic Heritage Month with a profile of Luis Miguel Castro, first Latin American player in MLB. Patti cross trains with the Washington Spirit and has the sunburn to prove it.We say, “It's not that lawyers can't surf, it's that they choose not to,” “I love a train with my goth friends,” and, “We're all doing math we didn't think we could do in our heads.”Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Patti and Pottymouth had the great joy of sitting down with Jean Fruth and Jeff Idelson, who are bringing their new film “See Her, Be Her,” to MLB Network between games two and three of this year's World Series. “See Her, Be Her” profiles seven women baseball players in seven different parts of the world, and demonstrates the skill, perseverance, passion, and all-around badassery required to play the game they love. Jean and Jeff tell us about selecting the countries, the athletes, the stories to tell, and why film is the way to do it. We talk about “all these little channels of goodness happening” from Baseball for All to DC Girls Baseball, to Kelsie and Olivia, and being the first ones, to one day getting it all together to create a pipeline for girls and women to play at the highest levels. And how just maybe this film moves that process a little farther down the road. Follow up your listen with a visit to seeherbeher.com to watch the trailer and pre-order the companion book with Jean's photos and essays by the players from the film and some others you may know. Follow Grassroots Baseball on X or Instagram to stay in the know.We say, “How can you not be romantic about baseball…but in the worst way?” “Hey Carlton Fisk, it's me, Pottymouth!” and “Act surprised, Bob, act surprised.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Three out of nine Jacksons again get a mention, one for breaking the scoreboard, one for a moment with dad, and one for walking it off. Rich re-takes the hill, the Brewers have a Brewer and this stuff writes itself. We've got both a good Zach and an “infuriatingly good” Zach. Joe makes a deal, Michael makes a catch, and Liam makes friends at AAA. Junior and Manny have a moment, Edwin and Alexis wish they didn't. Come back next week for a special interview with the producers and director of the new documentary, See Her, Be Her.We say “Everything is bigger at Camden Yards,” “balance my Kiké effervescence,” and “Yahtzee.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

While we were sleeping, the Babe's Called-shot jersey sold for $24million. Scott Servais? Fired. Jason Heyward? “Fired.”  Joey Votto? Retired. Elly is better when we are not watching him, and Bobby is just good all the time. Salvy hangs with the neighborhood kids, and Shohei is his own kind of magic. Danny is scheduled to catch his own at-bat while the women tell the tale.  And along with Orioles owner David Rubenstein, we cross train with the National Book Festival.We say, “I can say that because I was quoting a famous author,” Better than a capitalist *without* a heart of gold,” and “That's not baseball but it's also not school.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

In this snack size episode, Maisie, our WAZE voice, co-hosts as we record while driving home after Patti and Pottymouth's excellent adventure. We were billing our Great American Ballpark visit as a showdown between favorite shortstops, but alas Elly didn't get the memo, nor did he get on base. Bobby did show his MVP chops however. PNC Park continues to be a thing of beauty although not so much the Pirates. We enjoyed two former Nats center fielders (Taylor and Robles) facing off for PIT and SEA. We rooted for the home teams, chatted with the locals, sampled some local beers, and narrowly escaped rainouts.  As you might expect, we talk through the Duran apology and aftermath and Pottymouth provides a possible way to redemption. How about those Jacksons?We say, “Hi, State Trooper,” “I'm sad his F*ck ‘Em shirt is getting a lot of shit,” and “Police Reported Ahead.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Sure there may be nine current MLB players named Jackson but we are only talking about two of them. Chourio takes a Henry Aaron stat, and every day is a homer Holliday anymore. Larry and Gavin Sheets share an unfortunate record but at least they have each other. Logan O'Hoppe celebrates his dad's remission and helps many others in the process. Jack Flaherty and his mom come full circle. Mallory Swanson provides a spectacular opportunity for cross training. MLB has found the only way to get your hosts to a NASCAR track. And you will be deeply missed, Billy Bean.We say, “Itchy Umpiring,” “Baseball PTSD,” and “I watched the 100 yard dash in its entirety.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Surprising no one, we talk about the unique stats of Kiké! And Bobby! We can't help the exclamation points. We attempt to track the movements of our guys to new teams, to new positions in the batting order, and to the OBGYN. Jackson is doing Manny things, and we're all over those Heart and Hustle winners. Here's hoping Danny Jansen gets to play for both sides in the same game. Thanks, MLB for shining a light on the Women's World Cup. Our Police Blotter is for real this time, and we cross train with the presidential campaign.We say, “You are there to be their mom,” “It says F asterisk C K ‘em,” and “yacht rock sounds better than fireworks.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

This snack-size episode talks Olympics – baseball next time, baseball-adjacent for now. Salvy has Bobby Junior's back, and really, everyone else's too. Manny sure looks good getting his 1000th RBI in Camden Yards, but for the other guys. The Police Blotter provides a teaching moment about what game balls to throw back – not THAT one. Trades are coming at us fast and furious as we approach the deadline, and there's excitement at the Women's World Cup. Dylan and Joe give us a fun fact.We say, “Because it's frickin' France,” “if all of the ducks go in their appropriate rows,” and “Elly De La Cruz level of showing off.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Welcome to Junior Pottymouth, sitting in for Patti who is hiding out in the mountains for a week. Junior's bf Gunnar (you may have heard of him) and Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball league legend Jordan Westberg combine for one of those stats you can't believe people track. Pottymouth dazzles with Elly Math, and Bobby Witt just keeps hitting since the all star break. Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball league legend James Outman is Back, Man. Pottymouth's former bf Jarren Duran brings home the ASG MVP. Welcome back to pissy Joe Kelly from the 60 day.Alec Burleson is now on Patti's no-fly list due to Trump celly, and now many STL guys are suspect. Nick Castellanos list of home runs at auspicious times continues to grow. Listen for the list! Thom Brennaman may or may not have learned that slurs are bad, and maybe Moneyball doesn't mean what you think it means. The Syracuse Mets La-Crosstrain with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and show how meaningful a “theme” night can really be. Hey, why is the ASG going back to ATL?  NOTHING HAS CHANGED since it was taken away. Watch the Women's World Cup!We say, ”So much cool math out there – I wish I knew how to do it,” “Is this hopeless? I'm never gonna be jacked,” and “Very Ripkenesque, shall we say?” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Better late than never as we squeeze this episode in between the Derby and the ASG. Will, Andres, and Zach do Patti proud with defense that may be lucky but is definitely sexy. Jarren Duran has the f*ck ‘em shirt (and soon Pottymouth will too) but Vaughn has the f*ck ‘em attitude. Kiké is on the bump trash talking Kyle from Waltham, while Kevin and Whit are on the outs. Wander Franco solidifies his spot on the NCiB no-fly list and there's no coming back. Do you want to own a baseball team?  Keep your eye on the ball… er Ballers and it can happen. You'll have to trust us on our Derby picks since we didn't report out till after, but we keep each other honest.We say, “A plague of escalators,” “I will cross everything that can be crossed, including that bridge,” and “That's a lot of squat.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

West Coast Correspondent Deborah brings her field report from an Oakland Ballers game where it's always Grateful Dead night, and has Patti wishing for a guest announcing gig. Even in Pottymouth's absence we check in on Jarren Duran and his f*ck em shirt, and Elly getting all team-matey. MJ Melendez gets the Dynasty Card of his dreams from local fans, Jack Suwinski helps PNC Park run out of home run fireworks. Everything is Just Fine on Deborah's fantasy team because of Max Fried, a welcome ASG nod to Jesse Chavez, and a late ASG add of Heliot Ramos. Patti shares the joy of a last minute decision to catch James Woods' debut with Pottymouth. He is Very Tall. We cross train by welcoming Jessica Campbell as the first woman to coach in the NHL, and checking in on multiple opportunities for Bay Area women's soccer. Just in time for the Home Run Derby, we walk you through the new rules.We say “Are you more of a Lisa Simpson or more of a Hermione,” “If you're in your 20's, there's a good chance you're a Spencer,” and “I did spend some taxpayer dollars explaining baseball.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

We puzzle through giving benefit of the doubt, trusting one's gut, and considering suspect timing, plus steaming nose emojis when evaluating the off the field actions of players. Jackson Chourio is hot and Pottymouth is here for it. OMG, José Iglesias! Patti's new pitcher Gavin Stone nearly has a Maddux, We learn what auto body skills have to do with custom cleats – thanks to Bryson Stott. Our police blotter ensures that we will always be a little afraid of ballpark escalators, and amused by the sliding scale of sticky stuff. Things are hopping in the CPBL with the Lions winning the first half, Yu Chang with the other Guardians, and a potential international baseball partnership among leagues. We question the sponsorship partnership between the Lake County Captains and Roto Rooter resulting in thrones of a different kind behind the plate. And Ashton goes bananas.We say “Maybe he should not have done the touching and just hit the home run,” “We're wearing reading glasses – you can hear it in our voices,” and “I'm not paying to sit on a toilet, you can't make me.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Like a fine single malt scotch, this super-sized episode is packed with sophisticated flavors. We honor the passing of Willie Mays by sharing his legacy through words and not numbers. We look at the first steps that are the Rickwood Field game with the first all-Black umpire team, through the eyes of Masyn Winn, one of the few Black players on the game's roster, and how far we have to go. In our boyfriend segment we note numerous names on the IL, gigantic hits, and a tiny, adorable (cheers!) first pitch. We may have kicked off our Dylan Crews Watch. Our Police Blotter features the first game won on a pitch clock violation walk off. And Pottymouth leads a deep dive into the cultural significance of Grimace.We say, “Boom! F*&k! Boom! F*&k!,” “WebMD doesn't have Craig Counsell saying ‘walk it off!',” and “Willie Mays would have totally been a boyfriend.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.