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May 4th, 2015

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PRODcast 109’s “Old School Player of the Week”: Felix Fermin

A Felix fer you and a Felix Fermin!

80 DADHAT, 70 CREEPSTACHE, 70 EYESTACHE, 70 DADLAP

Fermin spent 10 years in the bigs as a mostly awful MIF with the Pirates, Indians, Mariners and Cubes. Career WAR of 1.8, OPS of .608. He led the league in sacrifice hits … er … PRODUCTIVE OUTS in 1989. He’s now the manager of the Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen in the Mexican League.

And his eyebrows look exactly like his mustache. Coincidence? NO.

That time the Yankees almost traded Mariano for Felix Fermin.

April 28th, 2015

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PRODcast 108’s “Old School Player of the Week”: Craig Kusick

70 DADGLASSES, 70 DADHAT, 70 DADLAP, 60 STACHE

Kusick, who looks like he won an invite to baseball fantasy camp, was an honest to goodness MLB player from 1973-79 with the Blue Jays and Twins. A 1B/DH, he posted a career average of .235, 105 OPS+, and 3.8 WAR. He also pitched in a game for the Blue Jays in 1980, a 24-2 loss to the California Angels, and went 3 ⅔ innings and giving up 2 ER on three hits (one of which was a bomb). If you were to see a photo of him at any point in his career, “professional athlete” would be about the 278th occupation you’d peg him as having.

Kusick is now deceased, but will remain awesome forever.

March 31st, 2015

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PRODcast 105’s “Old School Player of the Week”: Sixto* Lezcano

*has ten toes

Lezcano grades out at 60-grade DADHAT, 60-grade hairdo, 20-grade facial hair, and has eyes that are either wonky as hell or kinda dreamy (depending on the pic you’re looking at). He gets MAJOR props for rocking the windbreaker underneath the jersey … because “outerwear” is merely a suggestion. I’d like to think that dudes who have total disregard for layering frequently wear their underwear on the outside of their pants.

In a 12-year career with the Brewers, Cardinals, Padres, Phillies and Pirates he put up the following numbers: .271 AVG, 124 OPS+, averaged 2.3 WAR a year, won a GG in 1979 and finished 15th in the NL MVP voting. From 1976-1979 (age 22-25 seasons), he was a 4-win player.

Notable: Sixto had a bizarre year in 1977 in which he hit 21 bombs but only drove in 49 runs.

March 9th, 2015

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PRODcast 103: Tommy John Gone Done Did It Again

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The PRODcast

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)

August 27th, 2014

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PRODcast 91: Minor League Guy

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The PRODcast

There he is, our Lord and Savior: Minor League Guy! Everything we do – including this episode – we do in his name.

Here’s what we’ve got:

- The open (0:00-3:15)

- Your crazy emails (3:55-25:30)

- The musical guest: DAMA/LIBRA. Buy “Claw" here. (25:50-29:30)

- The baseball talk! (29:30-51:52)

MadBum is good. Big-Time Timmy Jim is not.
The Orioles are the least-bad team in the AL West
Same with the Royals in the Central (at least at the time we recorded this)
Halos are in first, and the AL West is gonna be a barn-burner!
Nationals look to have the NL East locked up…
… and the Pirates are pretty much done
Meanwhile Chris Carter is making a stealth run at the home run title

- Musical advice x 2: (52:45-1:05:10)

We discuss our best and worst decisions in our music careers, and
Can you enjoy your own records after they’re finished?

- The week(s) in review: Puig Destroyer stuff and Ian’s vacation rundown. We won’t be hurt if you skip this part. (1:05:10-1:13:20)

THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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