We did that thing again!

(0:00-3:11) The open

(3:39-9:30) The musical guest: SUFJAN STEVENS. Buy “Carrie and Lowell” here.

(9:30- 31:25) Emails from Mostly Canadians

(31:53-1:01:58) The baseball blather

• ROYALS VS. A’s: Dirty slides and general chippiness
  
• Tossing dudes w/o a warning: Good? Bad?
  
• Kris Bryant’s debut: much ado about nothing, and the dawn of the new #Cubes?
  
• Adrian Gonzalez was out of his mind (until yesterday). and so is Nellie Cruz
  
• A-Rod is too, milestone clauses in his contract, (maybe) ‘roids, and that 471 ft. bomb
  
• Mike Trout is Mike Trout - fastest to 100 HR and 100 SB. Can the best player in baseball actually be underrated?
  
• The Tigers are good, The Marlins are a Small Sample Size dumpster fire
  

(1:02:24-1:16:41) Ask Two Idiots about Music. Bennett asks about the mechanics of reunions and times we’ve almost died at shows.

(1:17:11-1:24:23) THE OLD SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: PAT SHERIDAN

60 DADHAT, 70 CREEPSTACHE, 70 DADGLASSES, 80 TOOTHGAP, 50 70’s HAIR

Sheridan was a beanpole (6’3”, 175 lbs) and played nine seasons for the Royals, Tigers and Giants as an OF with the rare “bats left, throws right” combo. He was a career .253 hitter, hit 51 HR, drove in 257 runs, and posted a 5.5 bWAR in those nine seasons. He looks like he could just as easily be a part of an Amber Alert as he could fit on the pre-Sogard evolution chart. He could also be Paul Sporer’s dad.

Good job guys, good effort.

1. The Open

2. The Musical Guest: ROMAN CITIES. Buy “The Sharksleep Sessions” here.

3. The Emails

4. The Human Guest: Christopher Crawford of Baseball Prospectus. Check out The Draft to the Show kickstarter here.

5. The Baseball Things!

• Ugh, the Josh Hamilton fiasco.
• Small-Sample-Size Theater! Who’s hot. Who’s not. None of it matters!
• But the bottom 10 producers by fWAR are stull amusing.
• Mookie Betts and George Springer: HOTT. “World Champion” Giants: NOTT.
• Diamondbacks are being bush-league… again.
• And Ian’s new favorite prospect (name).

6. YE OLDE OLDE SCHOOLE PLAYER of the WEEKE: ROSS GRIMSLEY

80-grade merm, 60 DADHAT, 60 mustache, dead grey eyes, and he looks like he should be in Jethro Tull.

Nicknamed “Scuz” or “Crazy Eyes”, Grimsley played 11 seasons with the Reds, Orioles, Expos and Indians as a LHP (mostly a starter). He was an All-Star in ‘78. Won 124 games, had a 3.81 career ERA, and a 1.306 WHIP. Comps are Tom Browning, Bill “Spaceman” Lee, Bud Black and Frank Viola.

He’s been a minor league pitching coach for the Giants for several years and is currently the pitching coach for the Richmond Flying Squirrels.

Quick and dirty episode for you this week. Here it go:

- The open (0:00-2:12)

- The musical guest: TORCHE. Buy RESTARTER here.  (2:50-5:35)

- EMAILS (5:35-20:10) featuring Paul McAnulty

- A belated HOT TAKE (20:10-24:10)

- Baseball stuff! (24:50-43:55)

• Riley’s return to the diamond!
• Yu Darvish goes down :(
• Hunter Pence too :((
• And the Josh Hamilton situation, ugh :(((
• Ned Yost’s favorite Radiohead album is ___________.
• Baseball Prospectus under new ownership

- Musical advice: Band names that evoke their music? Bonus baseball question: Acceptable jersey/shirsey wearing? (44:35-55:20)

- Old school player of the week: LEE MOTHERFUCKIN’ TUNNELL (55:20-1:03:20)

80 DADHAT, 80 DADGLASSES, 55 BEARD, 30 CHIN, 70 DORKBUILD

Quite possibly the beta version of Eric Sogard

Pitched six years in the bigs with the Pirates, Cards & Twins as a starter and reliever. 22-28, 4.23 ERA, 1.477 WHIP. He was also busted for soliciting an internet prostitute, and being an outspoken advocate for Christianity. WHOOPS.

Comps are nobody you’ve ever heard of, but some plus-plus-names including …

Yank Terry (977)

Dutch Levsen (973)

Doyle Lade (973)

Bert Husting (971)

Al Santorini (971)

We’re back with another PRODcast, and this one is goofy and irreverant as ever.

It goes like this … 

(0:00-3:30) The open

(4:27-9:20) The musical guest: BABY BOY. Buy 2015 here.

(9:20-14:47) The Pipin’-Hot Take of the Week: Mat Latos, Kind of a Dick.

(15:30-35:45) We Read from the Electronic Mail Sac

(36:20-56:10) The Baseball Blather

• Sam & Ben are running an independent baseball team this summer – The Sonoma Stompers
  
• MONCADA to BoSOX (Jerry Remy will pronounce his name “YORN MAWNCAWDER”)
  
• Pitchers and catchers report! Beat writers are taking horrible photos.
  
• Didja hear? A-Rod’s back!
  
• BJ Upton is changing his name to Melvin
  
• John Axford’s Oscar predictions – 18 for 18 in 2014.  How’d he fare in 2015?
  

(56:10-1:01:11) The Old School Player of the Week:

WARREN BRUSSTAR

Gaze upon his holy visage.

Brusstar played nine seasons with the Phillies, White Sox and Cubs as a reliever. He was 28-16, w/ a 3.51 ERA, 14 saves and a 1.360 WHIP in his career. Ol’ Brusstar’s Millions was drafted four (!) times, has an incredible 80-grade merm, a 70-grade scowl, 70-grade DADHAT, and a serious plustache (which looks an awful lot like his eyebrows were cloned and fell down to his upper lip).