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Out With The Crowd: “These guys are idiots”
April 6, 2013 – 12:55 PM | 4 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “These guys are idiots”

Pirates fan Kevin Gray is pretty bitter about Bucs ownership. He’s also pretty funny on the subject. Gray spoke to me last week about the “moron” bagging on Pirate prospect Gerrit Cole, missing the closer, …

Out With The Crowd: “The AL East is weird this year”
July 28, 2012 – 11:40 AM | 7 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “The AL East is weird this year”

OWTC celebrates the upcoming trade deadline by talking Yankees baseball with my old friend and lifelong Bombers fan Tim (he’s popped up on TN before as “Omega”). We talked about run differentials, reversions to mean, …

The Squared Up Podcast, Episode 2: Whither Pelfrey?
January 17, 2011 – 11:00 AM | 6 Comments
The Squared Up Podcast, Episode 2: Whither Pelfrey?

The Squared Up Podcast returns at last! Our first 2011 broadcast features Jill Stempel, a.k.a. “Bean,” who’s responsible for my reversion to Mets fandom. We remain friends despite this. Heh.
Episode 2 is Mets-heavy, and topics …

The Squared Up Podcast, Episode 1: Pith Fail
November 23, 2010 – 9:23 AM | 4 Comments
The Squared Up Podcast, Episode 1: Pith Fail

It didn’t feel like an hour, but that’s how long inaugural guest Couch Baron and I blathered on about baseball in the first episode of The Squared Up Podcast. I’ll have a better handle on …