Tin Can Alley

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's an overly expensive and outdated mode of transportation celebrating the act of hitting a home run! Week 2 recap for the BYB league and talks about the blimp in this episode. Email the podcast to poke your holes in the blimp theories at asktincanalley@gmail.com

The first week of play is over and the results are in! How did the teams start the season? We discuss a listener email about "Mr. 00101101" himself, Mr. Clanky. Jordan waxes about the beauty of the bleachers. Email us at asktincanalley@gmail.com

Let's go over the basics. We review the BYB league structure and competitors at the start of the new 2021 season. Pick your favorite horse to win! Play Ball. More content will be pumped out of the content machine. Email asktincanalley@gmail.com to contact the content machine directly. The content machine is watching.

We talk about... talk. Chatter, specifically. What are the Backyard kids saying in the field? Who are they talking to? Does anyone really know what is going on inside Gretchen's head? We also offer up a few thoughts on the draft as we start the new season of play!

Jordan and I sat down to discuss the changes coming to the league format in the upcoming season. Rules are meant to be broken, except in baseball when rules are meant to be tweaked and twisted in order to make the games shorter. Get to practicing! Email us at Asktincanalley@gmail.com

I'm really excited about this one. Atlas Novack from Bad Reading Podcast came to Tin Can Alley where we talked about the backstory of some of the backyard kids, as well as their potential futures. Atlas is a comedian and podcast host from the L.A. area and apparently a fan of the show. Very cool. The episode: HERE Check out his stuff: @badreadingpod on twitter Ask us a question! asktincanalley@gmail.com

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I know. I KNOWW. It's late. This episode we're having a little conversation about power ups in BYB (2001 Specifically) and how they shape the game. Jordan gripes about the playoffs. We will answer your email Ethan.

Get your machetes out, we're headed straight for the weeds. Have you ever wanted to know everything there is to know about the strike zone in Backyard Baseball? You're in luck! We dissect everything we possibly can to determine what's a ball, what's a strike, and what is everything in between. Thanks for the question Patrick, you're a real gem. asktincanalley@gmail.com for all business inquiries and sponsorship opportunities. You can send questions there too.

It's been a bit but vacations are now OVER. We are back and talking baseball, blaseball, and open line driverinos. Shout out to Jeromy Burnitz. You the man J. Email us at asktincanalley@gmail.com for all of you BYB questions.

Jordan is on vacation and Wasso joins me to talk about his experience with Backyard Baseball and the past few seasons of play. If you listen to the podcast to hear Jordan's hot takes just go ahead and skip this one. Go Wombats forever.

We went long. Extra long. This episode we take a tour of the Backyard Baseball Ballparks and talk about our favorites, our least favorites, and the one that doesn't even deserve a spot in the game. I'M LOOKING AT YOU ECKMAN ACRES. This is our email - asktincanalley@gmail.com Join (read, 'start') our group of patrons on Patreon! - patreon.com/tincanalley

Here we are. Two teams going head-to-head in the greatest competition to ever take place. I can't wait to watch the documentary in thirty years from now. As the World Series of our BYB league swings into action we clear up some facts from the last podcast and Jordan gets a little pop quiz that he (spoiler) fails miserably. Have a question? Want World Series updates? Email asktincanalley@gmail.com

Brace yourselves, this episode wades deep into the weeds of what happens behind the scenes when you create a custom player. We catch up on where the playoffs stand, and discuss what features we would add to BYB if the sky was the limit. Email us at asktincanalley@gmail.com - - - - Up to date playoff bracket: Here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a7KW1B8FqrQEtoaMxuixZlNzp4Dt8PPD7LtS1D9F2NI/edit?usp=sharing

Jordan has completely lost it and gone off the rails this week. If you ask him, he'll blame lack of sleep but it's just an elaborate cover up for the wild thoughts swirling in that man's head. He offers us a very thoughtful and definitely not crazy theory to the genesis of Backyard Baseball. It's super fun. Read all about it. Also this week, the introduction of a new segment that we've always done, Da News. Email us at asktincanalley@gmail.com There is a Patreon that exists out there and if you're committed enough to give money to his podcast then you should be able to find it. I don't want to shove the link down people's throats especially in this hard time. LINK: To Jordan's Theory - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hDh96-bKS2Rgwxzt7siQ4nRFPXEv7DU8_SMK1ZtTF6E/edit?usp=sharing

The post season has finally arrived. With it blows in Paul M. to give us Vegas betting odds on the teams' chances of making it to the World Series. We break down why some days are good and why some days are bad. Specifically for the BYB players and their stats, but also what does make a good day? Cake? Fresh snow? You can now email us - asktincanalley@gmail.com Links: Patreon - patreon.com/tincanalley League Scoreboard Vegas Odds

Today Pat Cook, Captain of the Pirates and surprisingly not the team's cook, joins the podcast to discuss his rise to the top of the National League and role model Vinnie the Gooch. The inspiration for the character Vinnie the Gooch comes from the controversial sports commentator Howard Cosell. If you know nothing about him, here's an hour long video about the guy. https://youtu.be/F4S7CN-8wUY

The playoffs are storming closer and closer in the 2020 Backyard Baseball season and the final bracket starts to come into focus with only two weeks left in the regular season. A mysterious milk crate hangs out in the clubhouse. Mad Dog goes on a tear while the The Kid is an impostor. Was this episode out a little late? Maybe. Did it get done at 2AM? Possibly. Are these episode descriptions getting less helpful and more scattered? Absolutely.

What else do you do with a 20 year old children's game other than get way too deep into shoehorning it into your adult ambitions and manipulating the source code to be destroyed by Jose Altuve? All that and more this week. Link to the mentioned subreddit r/backyardbaseball https://www.reddit.com/r/BackyardBaseball/ Link to the home site of the other league and materials: http://snailmemes.com/ (It might look shady but it's legit) LInk to the Jibbo Open: http://snailmemes.com/BB2003_SeasonTool/JibboOpen/jibbo_open2.html

Paul McMichael is one of the PM's in the Backyard Baseball League. "PM" stand for "Player Manager", but it could also just stand for "Paul McMichael". Either way he's on the podcast and here to share all about his championship strategies and hopefully offer a sincere apology.

Everyone's still locked down from Coronavirus pandemic so there's plenty of time to over-analyze everything, including Backyard Baseball player ratings!

Welcome to Tin Can Alley, a podcast you didn't know you needed about Backyard Baseball 2001 and its surrounding leagues and activities. Hosted by Deric and Jordan Hellwig.