An english-language guide to watching and appreciating the Dominican Baseball League and Caribbean Series. Brought to you by brothers who between the two of them have deep inside knowledge of baseball and Dominican culture. LIDOM games are now on MLB.tv s
Better late than never! Dave and Pete sit down to recap the Round Robin, but only remember about 20% of the details. Then they take a break from one of about a dozen different rabbit holes to briefly preview and make predictions on the Serie Final.Topics we cover in this episode include:Which players stood out during the Round Robin?A deep critical review of Fernando Tatis Jr's commercial acting career.Is the Caribbean Series at risk of being canceled due to COVID? Chains! How are we 5 episodes into this and we are just now bringing up chains for the first time? Will Pete finally learn from his mistake and jump on board the Gigantes train?HOLD ON. Bartolo Colon is still pitching on a Mexican League team that also has Chris Carter, Erick Aybar, and Al Albuquerque on it? Well now we're just gonna talk about that. Also Trigger Warning if you are a 77 year old manager of a Major League Baseball franchise on the South Side of Chicago.
LIVE! (recorded) From SANTO DOMINGO (technically just Dave) comes this week's episode of Presidente Sponsorship Pending. Dave finds a nice spot to record in between a loud party, a different loud party and some clucking chickens as the brothers recap the latest LIDOM action and preview what's to come.In this episode:A recap of the play-in tournament between Aguilas and Escogido.Dave breaks down the plate of fried chicken Tyler Glasnow ate at a Toros game.A brief review of the draft where the other 4 teams get to select players off of Toros and Escogido's roster.Pete tries to explain what a Major League bench coach does. Predictions for the rest of the season that will almost certainly also be wrong.Pete keeps the streak alive of insulting a family member, this time his 6-year-old nephew.
Dave and Pete sit down to talk about the past 2 weeks of LIDOM action and preview the final 10 games of the first round of the regular season. On this week's episode:Which team is trying to make a last-second splash to save their season?Which players from each team deserve some recognition?Did "Generic Baseball Fan" Dave just give us a scouting report on a player he saw play in the Texas League?Who do we think is going to get eliminated at the end of the regular season?How much time can Pete spend talking about the horizontal movement on a guy's changeup?Now that Pujols is gone, what player will we talk about every week to try to boost our SEO?
Dave and Pete discuss the next 10 games of the LIDOM regular season. Things you'll learn in this episode include: Who are some of the recent signings for each team and why does Dave keep calling them reinforcements?Does Albert Pujols put himself in the lineup and what does he do on his days off?How many current and former Royals are on the Gigantes and did Dave agree to do this podcast just as a backdoor way of talking about KC?Who are some of the early statistical leaders?Who else will Pete Insult this week? (spoiler alert, it's his own mom).Wait, do the Toros seriously only have 3 HR through the first 20 games of the season?
Dave and Pete give you a thorough introduction to LIDOM and cover some of the highlights of the first 10 days of the season. Things you'll learn in this episode include:What is LIDOM, who are the teams, and how it differs from MLB.Which team is the Yankees of LIDOM and which team is the Clippers.Why did Albert Pujols wait until he was 41 to play in the DR?Why you should pay $50K to watch AA-level baseball in February.Which player on each team will make you go "oh yeah that guy!"Why its a bad idea to talk smack to your siblings who know way too much about you.