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Join Matthew Melton and Jimmy Bowman as they discuss, debate, and celebrate all things baseball. No over analyzing stats or deep strategics here, just two baseball fans talking about the fun and sometimes ridiculous aspects of the sport.
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Now displaying: 2018
Dec 15, 2018

This week we have Zack Evans of the @WrestleboysCast for another installment of My Stupid Team, covering those losers for whom our love is undetermined: The Mariners! Also we meant Art Lafleur not Ed O'Neill, & we talk airline food at the 3:00 mark but it got weirdly cut off. Also Adam v. Babe and Harold Baines! 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Toilet Phones, the Baines Line, Goofus the Warmonger, and Freedom Dingers. Also baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave an iTunes review, Instapugs! 

Dec 1, 2018

On this special episode we hand out our annual awards that we've never handed out before! We also revisit preseason over/unders, mourn a gaudy statue, bid on Bryce and swerve into 10 minutes or so of Space Jam. Also we say something bad about Mitch McConnell (let the SEO pour!). 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about the Podcast Medal of Freedom, Cat Napkins, Luxury Death Stars, TSMLOT, and Conkling Diss Tracks. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave an iTunes review, youngins! 

Nov 2, 2018

Hey Past Matt, it's Future Matt here to tell you the Red Sox won! Enjoy your chat with Jason Haskins of Chowder and Champions about how the World Series is going, the role of openers, and whether Manny Machado is stealing signs and enjoy watching Game 5! 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Walker Buehler's Day On, All These Bunts, Parking Lot Beers, and LEET Hacking Tips. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and leave an iTunes review, time-skippers! 

Oct 23, 2018

Woe that these days should be ours, trapped in an endless cycle of beanball retaliations! When will the killing stop? Host Emeritus Cody joins Matt on-mic this week to discuss MLB crime and punishment, Gritty and Khris Davis, and we check in on our favorite worst person on Twitter. 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Giraffic Violence, Trevor Swipes Left, Pickle Juice Manicures and RoboCommish. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave a review on iTunes, you dang kids! 

Sep 24, 2018

That's a nice podcast you have here. We're big fans and we want to make sure you get it, but this is a negotiation, y'know? What's in it for us? While you think about a price, we'll chat about announcer brawls, Todd Frazier's trick ball, Papa Yellich, Jacob DeGrom and Brandon McCarthy's Prestige. 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Vin-pressions, Toad's Cheap Heat, Civil War Triples, and Space Justice. Also, baseball. @thatbbshow and leave an iTunes review, Muppets! 

Sep 4, 2018

Happy end of summer TBS Nation! We cover a lot of ground in this one, including more manager meltdowns, Verlander's expensive breakfast, Morales, Bautista, thrilling walk-offs, and the Washington fire (sale). Pledge drive tote bags sold separately! 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Umpirical Evidence, Bird Resuscitation, In His Commissioner's Secret Service, Manny's Beautiful Mind, and Congealionnaires. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and leave an iTunes review, you hot dongswatters! 

Aug 15, 2018

Are you prepared for this new episode? Because we certainly were not, even more so than usual. And doubly unprepared for the most horrific MiLB mascot and worst umpiring we've ever seen. We also talk Adam Jones, Mike Trout, racist Twitter, and minor-league shenanigans if that's your thing. Come back when you're ready, we'll be here. 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Irony Poisoning, Moneyball II, The Splash Zone of My Rage, and Mr. Google. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave us a rate/review, tarpons! 

Jul 19, 2018

Matt and Jimmy are back, and they have one question for you: Do you have any hats you aren't using? We find ourselves...short. While you check your stock, we'll be discussing The All-Star Game and HRD, Mike Matheny, a recent flurry of 19-run games and Mark Reynolds and his best week ever! 

Listen to this podcast if you want to hear us talk about Digging Pointers, The Walk Home Derby, Judge Utley's Frontier Justice, and Lonergan Sequels. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave an iTunes review, tough guys! 

Jun 8, 2018

Don't call it a comeback! Or do, it's been about a month I suppose. Jimmy gets an unexpected visit and all his open tabs make his computer explode! As far as baseball goes, we talk geese and other animals, this week in dirty slides, hard-hitting draft analysis, and those good good relievers. 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Slapping Left, Sombreros Squared, Split-Finger Hogballs, The Mattchurian Candidate, and Fire Up The Fountains! Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and leave an iTunes review, blockchain-heads! 

May 14, 2018

Matt and Jimmy chat with special guest and Mariners fan Zack Evans of the Genuine Wrestleboys podcast (@wrestleboyscast) and mostly discuss Ichiro, along with some gut-busting skits and sketches! These water-cooler cut-ups also talk Matt Harvey, Trevor Bauer, and give a shout-out to an excellent baseball non-profit. THIS EPISODE SORT OF CONTAINS INFINITY WAR SPOILERS. 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Competitive Friction-Doing, The Ship of Ichiro Paradox, Alternate Dark Knight Rises Endings, 4Chan Picasso, and Sugar Water Balls. Also, baseball. @thatbbshow and leave an iTunes review, road soda chuggers! 

Apr 26, 2018

Jimmy brings on friend of the show and Mets fan Mike Sharp (@Sharp208) to pinch-hit for Matt. Mike was recording from inside a running dishwasher so his audio isn't the best, apologies in advance. They chat Otani, bring some searing triple play/cycle hot takes, and talk basebrawls and also cover Mike's stupid team. OR ARE THEY? 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Vampire Criteria, Bautista Accusations, Arenado's Curse, The Right Amount of Trying, and Sadness Quotients. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave an iTunes review, brawlers! 

Apr 12, 2018

Jimmy is back on the mic this week along with our pal Ryan McEachern from the McEachern Podcast Network to take a look at the National League at this point in the young baseball season, including team previews, predictions and over/unders! We also discuss one of the most Padres things ever to Padre at a Padres game. 


Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Old and Better Baseball, As Pillows Sharpen Iron, Bryce Harper's Moonbase, Ballad Inaccuracies, and Expired Matt Moore. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and drop an iTunes review, Spawns of Dugnutt! 

Apr 4, 2018

Poor Jimmy's brain needs a break after all those live shows so we brought back Podcast Host Emeritus Cody Fitch to help Matt break down the American League for the 2018 season including picks and over/unders. We also talk about the weird Jays/O's beef and touch briefly on the Phillies. 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Jimmy's Beautiful Mind, Fake Beef, and Tampa Bay Relocation. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow and leave an iTunes review- it's the unwritten rule of podcasts! 

Mar 27, 2018

Matt and Jimmy discuss the important 1996 film "Ed" recorded in front of a LIVE audience at the Treefort Music Festival in beautiful downtown Boise, ID. Many thanks to Treefort, Storyfort, and the Owyhee Building for having us, and to the rest of you our humble apologies for taking you through this trainwreck of a major motion picture. Anyway enjoy, drop us a rate/review, and hit us up @ThatBBShow, chimps and chumps! 

Mar 19, 2018

This episode was recorded LIVE at the Meridian Library District UnBound branch on 3/14/18. Thanks to all our listeners who provided questions for us to answer this episode and for tuning in to the livestream, and thanks to MLD and Storyfort for having us!

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about People Fractions, Hu's On First, Wade Boggs Transporter Accidents, Borgtolo Colon, Chekov's Birdhead, and The Worst Live Giveaway. @ThatBBShow on Twitter & leave us an iTunes review, dipthongs! 

Mar 12, 2018

Podcast Krampus can suck eggs cuz we're back, and just in time to plug our live shows this month! Which is good b/c there ain't much else. We do talk more free agency, SoCal beef, the death of Yawkey Way and the baseball granny shot. Also that one episode of M*A*S*H where Klinger eats a car. It was a stretch this week, to be sure. 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about The Longest Bumper, Old Man Windows, Gifs and Memes, Ooper-Doopers, Shohei O-Trolling, and Mar MoMar. @ThatBBShow and leave an iTunes review, you newest kings! 

Feb 12, 2018

Looks like the PC Patrol is at it again faithful listeners, this time targeting our team's dear mascot! In hour #2 the Turd and I will be taking your calls and pretending we know best how to handle sensitive racial issues as members of the most privileged class in recorded history. Later we'll discuss the Hall of Fame inductees and talk free agency owner collusion. Also traffic and weather! *Ch-ch-ch-CHILLY!*

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about The Cleveland Crybabies, Terrestrial Radio Blues, Our New God Emperor, and Wayward Breasts. Also baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and leave a review on iTunes, Hugh Jackman clones! 

Jan 24, 2018

Jimmy and Matt didn't have an opening for this episode- can they get a deal done while a podcast shutdown looms? Listen, dear subscriber, and find out! Also listen to us talk about Darryl Strawberry's logistically confusing confession, proposed pace of play rule changes, and the two of us argue re: the cinematic masterpiece "Hook". All this and more on "Baseball Crimes!" 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Tainted Continuing Resolutions, Jailtime Dykstra, Gross Sports Science, Billy Wins Music, and Breaking and Entering Playoff Windows. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and leave a review on iTunes, criminals! 

Jan 10, 2018

Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon your HoF ballot- TBS is crashing into 2018 with...not much, actually. We chat about the frosty-cold hot stove, compare BBWAA Hall of Fame voting to the new Star Wars film, and Better Know an Old-Timey Ballplayer in dearly and recently departed Ms.(!) Mamie Johnson. We also talk about our New Years and resolutions thereof. CW: there is some yartz involved. 

 

Listen to this episode if you want to hear us talk about Waitin' On Terminator, Baseball Dies with Rob, New Years Maxims, More Santana Puns, and Space Tom Waits. Also, baseball. @ThatBBShow on Twitter and leave an iTunes review. BLAAAACK MIRRORRRRRRR

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