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Matt Melton is a Red Sox fan who fell back in love with baseball thanks to a great experience at Fenway Park many years after the '94 strike. He's also a host of “That Baseball Show” which takes a look at baseball through the eyes of pop culture, social politics, and other topics on the periphery of the sport. Matt shares a hilarious story about the time he threw a first pitch as Whodini the Library Owl (with no hands) and shares the stories of how he and his friend each found their way back to baseball. We also hear a hot take on foul balls and the peer pressure that can accompany them. Find That Baseball Show Online:Twitter: @thatbbshowFind Baseball Bucket List Online:Twitter: @BaseballBucketFacebook: @BaseballBucketListInstagram: @Baseball.Bucket.ListWebsite: baseballbucketlist.comThis podcast is part of the Curved Brim Media Network:Twitter: @CurvedBrimWebsite: curvedbrimmedia.comSportsBall is the subscription box created for the baseball fan who wants more. Each box contains a hat, a decal, and a souvenir item. Learn more at https://sportsballbox.com/
Want to feel old? Major League came out 30 years ago. Before Charlie Sheen and his “winning” “tiger blood” interview, and before Wesley Snipes evaded those pesky taxes. Since it is the film’s Pearl anniversary, and it just so happens to be the opening week of the MLB, let’s take a gander at the comedy that reminds us all that the Cleveland Indians still exist. Special thanks to our guest this week, Matt, from "That Baseball Show". twitter.com/thatbbshow and baseballshow.libsyn.com
Matthew Melton is a Treasure Valley Actor and Pod-caster. That Baseball Show is available HERE. You can also see Home Grown Theater performances, of which Matt is frequently a part, HERE.
1, 2, 3! What's that? You thought that series of numbers meant the end of a wrestling match? Wrong! It was a strikeout from the USA Pastime Sport, Baseball, this time! Wrestleboys Esai and Matt were missing in Parts Unknown this week, so Derek and Zack were fortunate enough to be joined by Mystery Tag Team Partners Matt Melton and Jimmy Bowman from That Baseball Show podcast! We talked about the Baseballboys' backgrounds with wrestling, the SmackDown Live Event we all attended last week (including seeing Shinsuke Nakamura in person, the glory of Bobby Roode, and the racist trashgoblins also in the crowd), and the rare but incredibly strange crossovers between WWE and MLB. You can follow Matt and Jimmy on Twitter @thatbbshow and @jimmy_bowman and listen to That Baseball Show on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/that-baseball-show/id983019015?mt=2 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/adrella-media-2/that-baseball-show-2 Please subscribe, rate, and review us on Apple Podcasts (and do the same for That Baseball Show while you're at it), and don't forget to go to audibletrial.com/wrestleboyscast to get a FREE 30-day trial of Audible and support Genuine Wrestleboys at the same time!
Ryan brings on Jimmy (from "That Baseball Show") to discuss the over/under win totals for all the teams in the NFC.
Thanks for joining us on the That Baseball Show radio hour, we think we've got something pretty special for our listeners. Tales of heroism and grace in defeat from the diamond, all thanks to your support. The tote bags are in the mail, we promise. This week Matt, Jimmy, and Cody talk walk-offs, and how to celebrate (should you celebrate?) with some prime examples from this last week of games. Since we're all in the same spot and with the All-Star Game looming, we do our yearly ASG team draft beer bet! Listen to this pod if you want to hear about Roided Out Beanie Babies, The Babe Ruth Card, Little League Snack Mistakes, #freeCoreySeager, Sandwich Pitchmen, Rodney's Revenge, Bringing Believing Back, and The Ballad of Big Unit. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter, all things considered- RT for shout-outs next ep!
Well we just heard...the news today....Matt and Cody are back with an episode that will take you higher, to a place where baseball things happen. We talk All-Star ballots, terrible music news from Florida, and the Gwynn family vs. big tobacco, along with our best of/worst of, what to watch, and even a beer bet. By the end of this episode, you should have little doubt that That Baseball Show is indeed a podcast that talks about the game of baseball. Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about The Ghost of Managers Past, #noRoyalsorbust, Grammy Award Winning Baseball Murderers, The Legend of Jagger Stapp, 90's Band Beefs, and Secret Alien David Ross. Also, baseball. Find us on Twitter @ThatBBShow, with arms wide open.
With one full month of baseball behind us, we answer thequestion on everyone's mind- "which minor leaguer name is real?" Wealso talk the surprisingly good Phillies, impact rookies, have funwith a Minor League franchise name generator and- DEAR GOD!ZONKEYS! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! We also do beer bets, best of/worstof, what to watch for- all the trappings of a regular seasonshow! Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Jimmy'sDraft Day, Unfortunate Headlines, The Inscrutable AL East, Homerismvs. Optimism, Amish Neckbeards, Zebroids vs. Zebrids, HorriblePlayer Puns, and The Story of Trevor. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShowon Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook,Robo-Snails!
Welcome to our first episode dedicated exclusively to the 2016 baseball season! Matt is joined by the Once and Future Podcast Host (and Executive Producer, President-for-Life, and any other honorific he wants to have as long as he's paying for hosting) Cody Fitch to digest a full 2 weeks of sweet MLB action and discuss how the more things change, the more Curt Schilling is still just THE WORST. Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Why We Can't Have Nice Things, [REDACTED], The Shape of Time, The Legend of Jake Drago, A Meme Too Far: The Curt Schilling Story, Prince Apocrypha, Fan Swears, Throwing Shade on the Rays, Baseball Amnesia, and Hand Signal Hashtags. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook, Little Red Corvettes!
Ah, Opening Week. Snow on the ground, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, a feeling of Peace on Earth and Goodwill Toward Men. Gather 'round the Yule Log as we riff for an hour or so about the first couple days of the regular season, and other nonsense (mostly other nonsense). Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Opening Day Carols, Matt Damon Doo-Doo Movies, The Immaculate Sports Conception, Matt Duffy Beef, Luthorian Hatred, Mariners Schadenfreude, Wags Above Replacement, No Walking Dead Spoilers, The Forgettable NL Central, Jorge Soler Slander, Rich Yankee Problems, and the Legend of Marlins Guy. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and That Baseball Show on Facebook, Carolers!
Two podcast juggernauts enter...only one will survive! Ryan teams up with his friends from That Baseball Show (find them on the twitters @thatbbshow) to discuss the upcoming 2016 baseball season! Along the way they discuss T-Pain's burrito habits, Bernie Sanders/Chris Russo stops by and oh, baseball is discussed. Disregard the beginning of the show because now we have a twitter account as well! Follow us @mcepodnet!
This episode of TBS goes out to all you hep cats out there in Podcast Land. Aww yeah, you know who you are. We're riding this show express to Chillsville daddy-o, with some hot goofs about Pete Rose and Donald Trump, Goose Gossage v. Bryce Harper, and Barry Bonds all up in the mix. And a 1, and a 2... Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Ballplayer Name Retractions, The Cliff Calhoun Trio, Veterate vs. Inveterate Gambling, The Best Pete Rose There Is, Altered World History Baseballs, Pond Animal Sabermetrics, Old Man Rant Bingo, and Rockies Mascot Dick Jokes. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook, swingers!
Hey there Nation! We would have had this very special 2016 season preview episode of TBS up earlier, but we couldn't settle on what to call the podcasting super-group created when Jimmy and Matt combined forces with Ryan McEachern of the McEachern Podcast Network! We never did decide- Audioslave I think? We also provide terrible gambling advice which you shouldn't follow.* Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Chris Russo Impressions, Stamp Sound Effects, Advanced Mustache Metrics, T-Pain Burrito Techniques, The Rise of The Carrasborg, The Uribe Uncertainty Principle, #notalllineups, Amazon Drone Horse Delivery, A New Term for Tanking, and OUR FIRST LIVE SHOW EVAR! Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook, Spoon Men and Women!
We're feeling pretty good TBS Nation. I think it's safe to say we reported to this episode in the Best Shape Of Our Lives. We discuss fellow Best Shape of His Lifer Pablo Sandoval, baseball in London, Don Mattingly's new rules, and we put another US city on blast! Who will be next, you ask? Don't try anything funny, Kalamazoo. Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Funyun Diets, The "Reverse Truman", Philadelphia Fan Ballistics, Olympic Proms, Vuvuzela Survival Tips, Google Specificity, Auspicious Minds, Cartesian Sideburns, and Mullet Moonwalks. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook, fellow gym rats!
Oh boy did we ever record a really great episode for you! But Podcast Krampus struck once more in the form of a new call recorder and it is forever lost to time and space, so you get this one instead. We talk Jennry Mejia's historic lifetime ban and see where the worlds of baseball and pro wrestling intersect. Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Podcast Enhancing Drugs, Weekend At Peyton's, Foodservice Dabbing, The Many Catchphrases of Andre the Giant, Air Bud's Secret Identity, Pete Rose v. The (Other) Big Red Machine, Blue Collar Wrestling Personas, The Demographics of Juggy Restaurants, TBS "Facts", and some very exciting news re: our pals The Knitts! Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Hello Nation! This podcast is late, that is to say it's later than we'd like. Also Matt's audio sounds like he was recording in a snowstorm- rest assured, it's like 50 degrees here. Apologies for both, Podcast Krampus strikes again! In this episode we review/geek out over the Season 3 Simpsons episode "Homer At The Bat". We cover the episode's history, the player guest stars, and why Jose Canseco is THE WORST. We also talk about our Super Beef, The Confounding Rockies, Air Bud Junkballs, and What's Worse Than Jose Canseco. Also baseball. @thatBBshow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on FB- Grampy Bowman approves!
We apologize in advance for this shortened one, Nation- not for the horrible Sarah Palin/Haray Caray impressions at the top, but because the debate over whether or not the NL should adopt the Designated Hitter devolved into Matt losing it over Air Bud goofs. You know what, never mind- we stand by all of it. Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Palin-tology, Matt and Jimmy: The Baseball's Red Sons, The NL (Stoning) Lottery, DH Truthers, Greenpeace Press Gangs, Squiggly Bartolo Colon Lines, "Great" Pitcher/Hitters, Papi B Goode, and really just the worst Air Bud baseball movie titles we could think of. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook for a good harvest!
When we committed to doing the pod weekly through the off-season, we have to admit we were worried we wouldn't have enough to talk about. Then the MLB went to court over TV contract rights and that MAKES US ANGRY. We also discuss the notion of automated strike zones and what that means for humanity's desperate struggle against our robot overlords. And Matt apologizes for his plosives- his pop filter fell off. Womp womp.Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Withdrawal Spiders vs. Actual Spiders, A Piping Hot Cold Open, Eagles Atheism, M*A*S*H Knowledge, RSNs Are Too Big To Fail?, Kafka-esque Court Settlements, Let's Bern This Joint Down, Wordy Ref Taunts, R2-D2 vs. BB-8, and Giant Robot Stadiums. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook, Robo-Sinners!
On this week's abbreviated episode, Matt and Jimmy spend a lot of their precious time telling you they don't have a lot of time. Seems like someone should have told them they were wasting the time they didn't have, but meh. Listen to this episode if you'd like to know more about The Best Baseball Player to Follow on Instagram, What would a Food Truck Named "Even Year Magic Serve?", Belief in Wheelbarrows of Money, The Dread Pirate Rockies and why no one wants to play in Denver, Legends like Danny Whatshisname, The Season of (No) Hope, Mark Reynolds Hates Nature, and Everything about the Reds Must Go! Also baseball. @thatbbshow on Twitter and That Baseball Show on Facebook, ya scallywags! Yarr.
In this week's episode, Jimmy and Matt put their hands on a hot stove. Their moms said not to, but sometimes you just have to let the little dickens make their own mistakes, amirite? Listen to this pod if you want to hear us talk about Amateur Padcasting, Baseball Hanukkah, Two and A Half Pitchers, squashing beef in Boston, is Zack Greinke John Travolta or Olivia Newton-John in this analogy?, lots of other horrible analogies (we seriously feel bad), Bruce Bochy: Celestial Being, Mark Trumbo: the Nothing-man of Anyone, the uncomfortable Aroldis Chapman saga, and how Barry Bonds is like Ian McKellen. Also, baseball. @thatBBshow on twitter and That Baseball Show on FB, jerks!
Noted Red Sox fan and co-host of the "That Baseball Show" podcast (find them on iTunes and on facebook) Matt Melton joins the show via Skype from Boise, ID to discuss what will end up probably being a very interesting and close division. The Red Sox and Jays made moves, the Rays and O's stayed pretty much the same, and Yankees are just somewhere in between. All this and more on this extended episode on MPN!