Baseballholics Anonymous

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 111: Rubbed Pine Tar All Over Everything Jan 01, 2021

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 111: Rubbed Pine Tar All Over Everything

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Wrapping up 2020 with a little group therapy

1B (~6:15)

2020 Predictions, revisited

2B (~28:00)

Early Fantasy Trends, Strategies

3B (~45:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway? (2020 edition)

Home (~1:10:30)

This frozen offseason (except in San Diego)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 110: What You Throw Next Jul 23, 2020

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 110: What You Throw Next

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Baseball is here! You know what that means... Season Preview!

Divisions (~4:00)

Awards (~45:00)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 109: I Like Chaos Jul 03, 2020

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 109: I Like Chaos

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Keeping a safe distance ... there are no bases here, just an hour of baseball therapy.

Topics we cover include:

The Corona-Rift

Fantasy Chaos

The Brutal Takedown of BB

Home League Conundrum

FML;TL;DR

MVP of What

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 108: It's More Fun to Make Up Lies Apr 04, 2020

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 108: It's More Fun to Make Up Lies

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Keeping a safe distance ...

We lost in the 1st round of the podcasts bracket, brought to you by @baseballpods on Twitter - give 'em a follow!

1st: Thor-burned (~3:45)

Tommy John wins the month of March
WBC-style playoffs?

2nd: Extract: Ketel Marte (~10:45)

Desert Mirage?
Mechanical changes

3rd: Extract: Lucas Giolito (~21:45)

Former top prospect figures it out?
Different stuff x different delivery = very different pitcher

Home: (Game) Connect Four (~36:30)

Sammy Home, Doug Visiting

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 107: Follow the Baseball Mar 20, 2020

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 107: Follow the Baseball

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

We're Back with a new format!

1st Topic: My Corona (~0:30)

2nd Topic: Extract: Brandon Woodruff (~28:45)

3rd Topic: (Game) The Wonder Years (~39:30)

Doug Home, Sammy Visiting

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 106: It Makes No Sense To Me Mar 11, 2020

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 106: It Makes No Sense To Me

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

We're Back with a new format!

1st Topic: Spring Injuravirus (~1:45)

2nd Topic: Extract: Jesus Luzardo (~24:00)

3rd Topic: (Game) Whose Line Is It Anyway? (~42:00)

Sammy Home, Doug Visiting

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music, Game Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 105: I Don't Know What Episode This Is Feb 24, 2020

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 105: I Don't Know What Episode This Is

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

We're Back with a new format!

1st Topic: The Astros (~5:30)

2nd Topic: (Game) Read Between the Lies (~23:45)

3rd Topic: Early Fantasy Drafts (~38:45)

*BARF drafted in early Feb

*TGFBI slow drafts start today!

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 104: Like a Guy Sawed in Half (Fantasy Preview) Mar 19, 2019

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 104: Like a Guy Sawed in Half (Fantasy Preview)

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~2:45)

Harper
Machado!!
Kimbrel? Keuchel?
Rule Changes

2nd Base (~27:15)

Breakouts
Bargains
Busts

3rd Base (~1:09:00)

Game: "Over/Under"

20 different players covered, 10 apiece

Home (~1:38:15)

Fantasy Adjustments for 2019

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 103: A Puddle of Gummy Bears Jan 07, 2019

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 103: A Puddle of Gummy Bears

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Offseason so far...

1st Base (~4:45)

The Trades

2nd Base (~20:15)

The Signings

3rd Base (~1:03:00)

Game: "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:18:45)

Lawr

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 102: Immediately Regret This Decision Nov 12, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 102: Immediately Regret This Decision

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Space Between:

A) Sammy Moves

B) Doug Starts a Biz

C) FPAZ!

1st Base (~12:15)

Regular Season Wrapup

2nd Base (~34:45)

2018 Awards

3rd Base (~1:09:15)

Game: "Read Between the Lies"

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:28:00)

Postseason Wrapup

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 101: He Must Have a Hot Girlfriend Aug 15, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 101: He Must Have a Hot Girlfriend

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~4:30)

News
Kershaw
Paxton
Bauer
Cano
Call-up: Touki Toussaint

2nd Base (~17:15)

Extract
Sammy: Ronald Acuna
Doug: Corey Kluber (~30:15)

3rd Base (~45:30)

Game: Over/Under

Home (~1:24:30)

FPAZ!
- Link to the event
Special Guest: Brent Hershey
Twitter: @BrentHQ

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 100: He's Neo in the Matrix Aug 03, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 100: He's Neo in the Matrix

Trade Deadline Bonanza!

Different format - no Bases, all Trades

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Huge thanks to our sponsor,

Following the Reader

Power Hour DFS (promo code: SammyReid)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 99: Gonna Die on That Hill Jul 24, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 99: Gonna Die on That Hill

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~6:00)

News
Trades: Machado, Hand, Familia
SP Injuries: Thor, Snell, CarMart
Call-up: Garrett Hampson

2nd Base (~30:30)

Extract
Doug: Jose Quintana
Sammy: Alex Bregman (~45:15)

3rd Base (~1:06:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:23:45)

Gary Lollygag Sanchez

Total Run Time: 99 minutes

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 98: All the Mariners Should Have Entered the WSOP Jul 15, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 98: All the Mariners Should Have Entered the WSOP

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~2:45)

News
G. Richards
K. Tucker
All-Stars
HR Derby

2nd Base (~27:00)

Extract
Sammy: Nick Castellanos
Doug: Ross Stripling (~37:30)

3rd Base (~51:15)

Game: "Connect 4"

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:04:15)

2nd Half Story Lines
Machado
Mets SP
Kersh
AL East
Mini Vlad
NL East
Nats
Indians
M's

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 97: Chewin' 'Em Up Like Pacman Jul 02, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 97: Chewin' 'Em Up Like Pacman

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~1:45)

News
Kershaw's back
Acuna's back
Ohtani taking swings

2nd Base (~21:45)

Extract
Sammy: Juan Soto
- Soto vs. Nola
Doug: Walker Buehler (~35:15)
- Magically sawed in half:

3rd Base (~58:15)

Game: The Wonder Years

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:08:15)

Where the scouts and the stats shake hands

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 96: Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time Jun 19, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 96: Don't Threaten Me with a Good Time

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~3:15)

News
The Childish Bambino
Sano drops Anchor in Single-A
K. Escobar traded to Nats

2nd Base (~18:30)

Extract - Switch!
Sammy: Jacob deGrom
Doug: Tommy Pham (~31:00)

3rd Base (~45:15)

Game: "Whose Line is it Anyway?"

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~56:45)

The DH Debate... again

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 95: Insta Self-Check Jun 12, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 95: Insta Self-Check

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~2:00)

News
Ohtani :(
Breaking down the Standings
- AL
- NL

2nd Base (~32:45)

Extract
Sammy: Rhys Hoskins
Doug: Trevor Bauer (~43:00)

3rd Base (~58:00)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home

- We also announce the winner of Name That Game from last week

Home (~1:21:00)

Trading Season

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music and additional tunes by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 94: Why is MLB So Easy? Jun 02, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 94: Why is MLB So Easy?

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~3:45)

News
Kershaw's "back"
Alex Reyes
Gleyber, Soto and Meadows
The Rays start RPs
The Rizzo play
- Craig Edwards' article for FanGraphs
- Sammy's Twitter thread

2nd Base (~41:00)

Extract
Sammy: Manny Machado
Doug: Jordan Hicks (~47:30)

3rd Base (~1:02:00)

Game: TBD - "True/False"

- help us choose a name! Email suggestions at Baseballholics@gmail.com!

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:24:00)

xwOBA
Jonathan Judge's piece for Baseball Prospectus
Another great Sammy Tweetstorm

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 93: Better Than Kershaw May 01, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 93: Better Than Kershaw

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com
Ep 93 brought to you by Motus Global

1st Base (~5:45)

News
Acuna
Kingham
Seager
Hader
NYY
MIN

2nd Base (~29:15)

Extract
Doug: Nick Pivetta
Sammy: Ozzie Albies (~44:15)

3rd Base (~54:00)

Game: Tie Breakout

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:06:30)

Splitters
- Matthew Trueblood's article ($$)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 92: Crank n' Gank Apr 24, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 92: Crank n' Gank

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com
Ep 92 brought to you by Motus Global

1st Base (~4:15)

News
Manaea No-No
D'backs
Phillies

2nd Base (~25:15)

Extract
Sammy: Didi Gregorius
Doug: Patrick Corbin (~37:45)

3rd Base (~52:15)

Game: Connect 4

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:05:30)

Call-up season
The economic disparity of professional baseball
Michael Baumann's article

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 91: The Big Haymaker Apr 16, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 91: The Big Haymaker

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com
Ep 91 brought to you by Motus Global

1st Base (~5:00)

News
Injuries (and lots of 'em)
O.Albies
G.Cole

2nd Base (~28:45)

Extract
Doug: Chase Anderson
- Anderson's RP Plot - 2 clouds:
Sammy: Matt Chapman (~40:15)

3rd Base (~54:15)

Game: The Wonder Years

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:07:00)

What We Look for in April

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 90: Eye On Taillon Apr 10, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 90: Eye On Taillon

(Note: Please excuse the static on Doug's feed from ~29:00 to about ~48:00 into the pod. We had some technical difficulties, which will be fixed by Ep 91. We apologize for the inconvenience and annoyance!)

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~3:15)

News
Ohtani!
Dodgers
David Price
Jordan Hicks

2nd Base (~28:00)

Extract
Sammy: Paul DeJong
Doug: Jameson Taillon (~40:00)

3rd Base (~58:45)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:16:00)

Unwritten Rules

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

All Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 89: Bombed Out and Depleted Mar 29, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 89: Bombed Out and Depleted

2018 Season Preview!

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~6:00) - NL division by division

NL West
NL Central
NL East

2nd Base (~42:00) - Predicting the Awards

MVPs
Cy Youngs
Rookies of the Year

3rd Base (~1:06:15) - AL division by division

AL West
AL Central
AL East

Home (~1:46:00)

Breaking down the Baseballholics Fantasy Auction Draft

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 88: Philly Had a Cheeseburger Mar 23, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 88: Philly Had a Cheeseburger

Fantasy Preview Part 2 (sad about Vlad)

Draft set for the Baseballholics Auction (Sun 3/25/18 at 3:30 EST)

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~4:30)

News
Justin Turner injury
Orioles sign Alex Cobb, Twins sign Lance Lynn
Mike Moustakas re-signs with KC

2nd Base (~20:15)

Fantasy Preview, Pt 2
Breakouts
Bargains
Busts

3rd Base (~53:00)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:16:30)

Fantasy Draft Strategies, Approaches and Preparation

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 87: The 2018 Fantasy Preview Mar 13, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 87: The 2018 Fantasy Preview

w/ Special Guest, Paul Sporer

***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

Come join fellow Baseballholics for Year 4 of our annual auction league!

It's a 5x5 Roto League, swap out AVG, HR, W and Sv for OBP, SLG, QS and SOLD (Sv+Hld).

Auction date and number of teams to be determined (we will shoot for a draft date as close to the season as possible)

To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

2. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

Who's in?

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn,
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

Baseballholic Guest: Paul Sporer

Twitter @sporer, Twitch: psporer24

podcast: Sleeper and the Bust

1st Half (~3:30)

Fantasy Over/Under
Acuna HR+SB
L.Castillo K
Rhys HR
Berrios ERA
Albies SB
Gleyber GP
...and many many more

2nd Half (~1:21:45)

The Evolving Landscape of Fantasy Baseball
How have things changed in 2018?
Players, positions, stats
Strategic Approaches

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 86: I Want to Burn All My Padres Gear Feb 24, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 86: I Want to Burn All My Padres Gear

***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

Come join fellow Baseballholics for Year 4 of our annual auction league!

It's a 5x5 Roto League, swap out AVG, HR, W and Sv for OBP, SLG, QS and SOLD (Sv+Hld).

Auction date and number of teams to be determined (we will shoot for a draft date as close to the season as possible)

To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

2. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

We can't wait - who's in?

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Wedding of Sammy

Welcome to the Evolution!

( @EvoAthletix )

1st Base (~11:00)

News (!)
Yu
JD Mart
Padsmer
Rays
D'backs

2nd Base (~30:00)

Extract
Sammy: Gregory Polanco
Doug: Luke Weaver (~40:00)

3rd Base (~52:30)

Game: Connect 4

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:12:45)

Humidoration Equation

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 85: History is Littered with Carcasses Feb 10, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 85: History is Littered with Carcasses

Fly Iggles Fly!

Sammy's the Big Winner!

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~9:15)

News
Brew Crew Doing Damage: Yelich and Lo.Cain
Mets Get Permission to SIgn Frazier

2nd Base (~26:30)

Extract
Doug: Blake Snell
Sammy: Mike Moustakas (~39:00)

3rd Base (~49:30)

Game: The Wonder Years

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:03:15)

Pitchability
- Answering reader email, defining an amorphous term

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 84: A Multi-Colored Dinosaur Threw-up in the Outfield Jan 26, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 84: A Multi-Colored Dinosaur Threw-up in the Outfield

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~5:00)

News
Hall of Fame
Giants get Cutch, Longoria, A-Jax

2nd Base (~26:30)

Extract
Sammy: Evan Longoria
Doug: Luis Castillo (~36:45)

3rd Base (~53:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:11:00)

Sammy's nominated for a FSWA Award
The differing skill sets needed to successfully cover / play seasonal vs. DFS

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 83: The Comparables are Variable Jan 18, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 83: The Comparables are Variable

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~1:30)

News
A Bomb Cyclone Stove
Bruce Back to Mets
Cole Traded to HOU

2nd Base (~20:45)

Extract
Doug: Gerrit Cole
Sammy: J.D. Martinez (~37:15)

3rd Base (~47:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:03:15)

Regression Across the Board?

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 82: When a Rock Hits the Windshield Jan 08, 2018

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 82: When a Rock Hits the Windshield

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~1:30)

News - sorta
The Cold Stove
Rox spend grip$ on RP
Oye Como PHI

2nd Base (~19:30)

Shohei Ohtani
How he impacts the Angels
How his UCL impacts him
How he impacts fantasy

3rd Base (~41:00)

Tie Breakout

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~55:15)

The Marlins

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 81: Joe Morgan is a Freaking Idiot Dec 09, 2017

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 81: Joe Morgan is a Freaking Idiot

Groundskeeping

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Mound

NPA Coaches Training Weekend

1st Base (~4:15)

News:
Dee Gordon to M's, playing CF
Braves get busted
The Giancarlo Sweepstakes
Oh-tani
- (Note: This was recorded the night of 12/7; 12 hrs later, Ohtani was an Angel)

2nd Base (~26:30)

Extract: Shohei Ohtani
Sammy: As a Hitter
Doug: As a Pitcher (~37:15)

3rd Base (~48:30)

Connect 4

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:05:30)

The Hall

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 80: Now the Record Matters Nov 20, 2017

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 80: Now the Record Matters

The Mound

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

The Mound

First Pitch Arizona, 2017

1st Base (~6:45)

News:
Qualifying Offers
A's trade Healy for Pagan/Campos

2nd Base (~30:00)

Awards!
RotY
CY
MVP

3rd Base (~52:30)

Read Between the Lies

(Awards edition)

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:12:15)

Roy Halladay

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 79: Springer Gets to Name it Now Nov 02, 2017

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 79: Springer Gets to Name it Now

The Mound

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~0:45)

News:
We recap Game 7 and the rest of the 2017 World Series

2nd Base (~29:15)

Pivotal Decisions from the World Series
Starting Yu over Kersh
Morrow every game
A. Wood TTO
R. Hill TTO

3rd Base (~50:30)

The Wonder Years

(World Series edition)

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:09:30)

The Pros and Cons of True Outcome Baseball

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 78: Dusty Baker Might be a Double-Agent Oct 11, 2017

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 78:

Dusty Baker Might be a Double-Agent

with special guest Vlad Sedler

The Mound

Twitter: @SammyReidFI, @doug_thorburn
- Vlad: @RotoGut
email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~2:10)

Season Recap
LDS Recap

2nd Base (~32:45)

Fantasy Extract w/ Vlad
- How to dominate NFBC

3rd Base (~56:00)

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

(modified 3-player version)

Home (~1:17:45)

Season Awards
Playoff Predictions

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 77: No Game James Sep 09, 2017

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1st Base (~4:30)

News:
Waiver Deadline
- Astros and Angels buy
- Tigers sell sell sell
Indians and Diamondbacks go streaking, Dodgers go slumping

2nd Base (~24:00)

Extract
Sammy: Rhys Hoskins
Doug: Zack Godley (~31:00)

3rd Base (~41:15)

New Game!

Connect 4

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~57:30)

Hi-tech sign stealing
- Slimy or savvy?
- Where's the line?

Walk-off (~1:14:45)

First Pitch Arizona, Nov 2-5

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 76: Max and Scherzer Aug 25, 2017

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1st Base (~3:00)

News since last pod:
Kershaw injury
Harper hurt
Darvish dealt
Giancarlo's HR bender
Sluggers taking over the infield

2nd Base (~27:30)

Extract
Doug: Aaron Nola
Sam: Charlie Blackmon (~41:00)

3rd Base (~53:30)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:14:00)

RotoGrinders buys Fantasy Insiders
Doug and Sammy just miss being coworkers
What does it mean for FI?

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 75: Recording a Podcast in a Shed Jul 07, 2017

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 75:

Recording a Podcast in a Shed

w/ Special Guest Yancy Eaton

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1st Base (~4:15)

News
Rays!

2nd Base (~23:45)

Extract
Yancy: C-DICK
Doug: McCullers
Sam: Judge (revisited)
- Judge 2016
- Judge 2017

3rd Base (~59:45)

Game: Pop Goes Your Baseball

We rank our favorite baseball movies of all-time

Home (~1:29:00)

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 74: We Thought Stanton was a Unicorn Jun 27, 2017

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1st Base (~3:15)

News
Urias injury
Bellinger takes the NL by storm
Judge rules court over the AL
HR Derby

2nd Base (~23:30)

Extract
Doug: Luis Severino
- Doug's 2015 article on Severino
Sam: Justin Bour

3rd Base (~50:00)

Game: Tie Breakout

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:02:30)

Baseball Prospectus gets Deadspun

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 73: I Thought They Sent Dave Stewart Home Jun 04, 2017

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1st Base (~2:45)

News
Pujols hits no. 600
Volquez goes no-no
Trout - Fish out of water
Chagrin in Chicago, the tale of a .500 team

2nd Base (~30:00)

Extract
Doug: Craig Kimbrel
Sam: Dellin Betances

3rd Base (~50:15)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:10:30)

Charging the mound

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 72: Mr Miyagi Wouldn't Have It May 21, 2017

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The Unthinkable Happened
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1st Base (~2:15)

News
Rangers
Astros
Freeman
Rooks: Bellinger, Happ, Berrios and Urias'

2nd Base (~30:45)

Extract
Sam: Alex Wood
- Wood in 2015
- Wood in 2017
Doug: Charlie Morton

3rd Base (~51:15)

Game: The Wonder Years

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:01:45)

Doug's back at the National Pitching Association
Why the NPA of 8 years ago was better than anything else that is out there now
Why the NPA of now is light years ahead of where they were 8 years ago
Looking Forward

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 71: From Magic Kimchi to Billy Buckner May 05, 2017

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1st Base (~2:15)

News - Teams and Injuries
Thor, Cespedes and the Mets
Bumgarner and the Giants
Hamels, Adrian and the Rangers
The Nats Run Machine
Kluber
Haniger

2nd Base (~19:30)

Extract
Sam: Eric Thames
Doug: Aaron Judge (~29:00)

3rd Base (~40:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~53:30)

Streaks and Slumps, Bats and Arms, what's for real?
Zimmerman, Sano
Paxton, Keuchel
Owings, J.Ramirez, Conforto, Bruce
Cahill, Nova, Big Erv, Bundy
CarGo, Odor, Polanco, Schwarber
Arrieta, Hendricks, Gausman, Velasquez

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 70: Josh Donaldson Getting RIP'd Apr 19, 2017

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1st Base (~4:15)

News
J. Gray
Blisters
JD
Closer gigs

2nd Base (~31:00)

Extract
Doug: Dylan Bundy
- GIF: Bundy's filth
Sammy: Rougned Odor

3rd Base (~53:15)

Game: Who Done It?

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:11:00)

The Problems with Evaluating Pitch Command

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 69: We Need to Stop Drinking the Same Kool-Aid Mar 30, 2017

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Please rate/review us on iTunes, Stitcher

The Season Preview Episode

1st Base (~6:15)

Predicting the Playoffs

2nd Base (~29:30)

Predicting the Awards
- RotY
- CY
- MVP

3rd Base (~1:06:30)

Game: Occam's Razor

Home (~1:22:15)

BAn Listener Auction review, Trials and Tribulations

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 68: Single-Edged Sword, Fantasy Preview Mar 22, 2017

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The All-Fantasy Episode

1st Base (~10:30)

Fantasy Draft Strategies, Approaches and Preparation

2nd Base (~36:00)

Individual Player Predictions:
- Breakouts
- Bargains
- Busts

3rd Base (~1:27:15)

Game: Fantasy Over/Under

Home (~1:47:45)

Keeper and Dynasty Leagues

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 67: I Call Him Thug Doorburn Mar 07, 2017

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1st Base (~2:45)

News
David Price Injury
The Price Rule
The Capps Rule
Simpler Stras

2nd Base (~28:30)

Division Previews: NL East

3rd Base (~55:30)

Game: Tie Breakout

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:09:00)

Division Previews: AL East

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 66: Kicked 11 Other Grown Men Right in the Jock Feb 28, 2017

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1st Base (~4:30)

Division Previews: NL West

2nd Base (~37:15)

BARF League draft recap
12 team roto, OBP/HR/RBI/R/SB QS/ERA/WHIP/K/Sv
2 C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, CI, MI, 5 OF, UT, 9 P, 5 bench
Here's the draft results

3rd Base (~1:04:30)

Game: Who Done It?

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:19:30)

Division Previews: AL West

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 65: Programmed PECOTA Shade Feb 17, 2017

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1st Base (~6:15)

Division Previews: NL Central

2nd Base (~38:30)

Extract
Sam: Jonathan Villar
Doug: Carlos Rodon (47:00)

3rd Base (~56:15)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Sammy visiting, Doug home

Home (~1:12:15)

Division Previews: AL Central

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 64: A Niche in a Cottage Jan 29, 2017

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1st Base (~3:30)

News
Yordano V, A.Marte
Trumbo
Bautista
Mr. Anderson
Forsythe for De Leon
G. Holland

2nd Base (~32:00)

Extract
Sam: Justin Turner
Doug: James Paxton (44:30)
- 2015 delivery
- 2016 delivery

3rd Base (~53:00)

Game: The Wonder Years

Doug visiting, Sammy home

Home (~1:07:45)

Free Labor in Baseball

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 63: If It Doesn't Go Over Well in Canada, it's Not Going Over Well Anywhere Jan 22, 2017

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(This Ep was recorded on 1/15/17, but technical difficulties delayed posting until now. Yes, we're aware that Bautista and Trumbo are no longer free agents!)

1st Base (~5:00)

Busy Mariners
A's go dumpster-diving
Myers extension
Cincy bullpen

2nd Base (~21:15)

Extract
Sam: Jose Bautista
Doug: Carlos Martinez

3rd Base (~41:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:00:00)

Ask a Pitching Guy
NPA background
Pick an 80 tool
Stopwatches

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 62: Pure Psychological Torture Jan 01, 2017

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1st Base (~4:30)

Warming by the hot stove, offseason trades

2nd Base (~31:45)

Warming by the hot stove, offseason signings

3rd Base (~1:14:15)

Game: Round Robin

1. Whose Line Is It Anyway?

2. Read Between the Lies

3. Who Done It?

4. The Wonder Years

5. Tie Breakout

Home (~1:41:15)

The new Collective Bargaining Agreement

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 61: No Doubt Oppo Taco Nov 12, 2016

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Extended Intro: Remembering the 2016 World Series

1st Base (~12:15)

Awards, thoughts on finalists
MVPs
CYs
RotYs

2nd Base (~42:00)

Best of Extract from 2016 season
Trevor Story
Danny Duffy (~47:15)

3rd Base (~57:15)

Game: Over/Under

Home (~1:16:15)

Our trek to Arizona

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 60: Big Kahuna Burger Oct 25, 2016

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1st Base (~3:15)

ALCS
NLCS
World Series Preview

2nd Base (~45:15)

Extract
Doug: Andrew Miller
- 2008 GIF
- 2016 GIF
Sam: Tyler Naquin (~58:00)

3rd Base (~1:07:00)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:22:00)

Otani!
Check out this article by Ben Lindbergh

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 59: What Did You Think was Gonna Happen? Oct 13, 2016

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1st Base (~1:30)

NL Playoffs
Wild Card
NLDS, CHC vs. SF
NLDS, LAD vs. WAS

2nd Base (~36:30)

Extract
Doug: Marcus Stroman
Sam: Addison Russell (~45:30)

3rd Base (~53:30)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Home (~1:10:15)

AL Playoffs
AL Wild Card
ALDS, TEX vs. TOR
ALDS, BOS vs. CLE

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 58: The Most Interesting Man in the World Sep 27, 2016

The Most Interesting Man in the World: An Ode to Fern

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1st Base (~1:15)

News
Jose Fernandez

2nd Base (~13:15)

Extract
Fern

3rd Base (~29:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies: Fern Edition

Home (~45:30)

Our favorite moments of Jose Fernandez

Thanks for all of the joy that you brought to Baseballholics everywhere, Fern. You will be dearly missed, but never forgotten.

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 57: He Found the Cheat Code Sep 18, 2016

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1st Base (~3:45)

News
Stras
DeGrom
Carrasco
R. Hill
Preller and the Pads
J. Gray

2nd Base (~34:00)

Extract
Doug: Ivan Nova
Sam: Brian Dozier (~41:30)

3rd Base (~52:15)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~1:05:15)

Homers going up, SP outings getting shorter
What does it mean?
Base on this article by Neil Weinberg

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 56: I Knew He Was a Scrub When We Traded for Him Sep 01, 2016

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1st Base (~3:45)

News
Moncada
Gyorko
Trea
Kersh
Gurriel

2nd Base (~22:45)

Extract
Doug: Kyle Hendricks
Sam: Jason Heyward

3rd Base (~43:15)

Game: Order Up

(new game)

Home (~58:30)

A look at the standings: the playoff-bound picture heading into the final month

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 55: Ask Danny Salazar Aug 25, 2016

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1st Base (~3:15)

News
Stras
Thor
Aa. Sanchez
Ga. Sanchez
Boom goes the Addison

2nd Base (~25:15)

Extract
Sam: Andrew McCutchen
Doug: Jameson Taillon

3rd Base (~43:45)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:05:00)

Changing the Game

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 54: If You Hit 50 Yabos, You Got Gold Gloves Aug 16, 2016

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1st Base (~3:15)

News
Stanton out for year
ARod retires
Prince retires
Yankee Rooks
Gomez DFA'd

2nd Base (~23:15)

Extract
Sam: Jake Lamb
Doug: Joe Musgrove

3rd Base (~41:30)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:01:45)

How to pick pitchers in DFS

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro – Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 53: I Could See Billy Beane Firing Himself Aug 06, 2016

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1st Base (~1:45)

Aftermath of Trade Deadline 2016

2nd Base (~39:45)

Extract
Sam: Francisco Lindor
Doug: Danny Duffy

3rd Base (~57:00)

Game: The Wonder Years

Home (~1:11:30)

Pitching to Contact

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 52: I Drive a Mustang, He Rides a Mustang Jul 29, 2016

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1st Base (~3:45)

News
Chapman Trade
Pomeranz Trade
The Callups: Bregman and Dahl
Jon Gray and Chris Archer
Chris Scissorhands

2nd Base (~23:00)

Extract
Sam: Jose Abreu
Doug: Sean Manaea

3rd Base (~35:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Home (~1:01:15)

Trade Deadline: Buyers and Sellers

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 51: The Dark Knightmare Jul 16, 2016

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1st Base (~5:00)

News
Kershaw
Harvey
Kang
Debuts of Giolito, Taillon, Glasnow

2nd Base (~28:15)

Extract
Doug: Julio Urias
Sam: Eduardo Nunez

Interlude: Arrieta (~48:00)

3rd Base (~52:00)

Game: Over/Under

Home (~1:19:15)

Occam's Razor, sharp and dull
Preseason prediction revisited

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 50: Six Feet of Quivering Jello Jun 05, 2016

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1st Base (~5:45)

News
Urias
Yu back
Ejecting Thor
Mookie
Moustakas

2nd Base (~25:00)

Extract
Doug: Michael Fulmer
Sam: Carlos Gomez

3rd Base (~40:30)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~55:00)

The New Strike Zone
Robot Umps Revisited

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 49: Imagine if the Royals Got $3000 Apiece to Grow Mohawks May 22, 2016

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1st Base (~1:15)

News
The Brawl
Stras Inks with Nats
Twins Prospects
Kershaw
Sonny Gray

2nd Base (~34:15)

Extract
Doug: Jon Gray
Sam: Anthony Rendon

3rd Base (~54:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:19:00)

Two Baseballholics Sofa-scouting Harvey-Strasburg

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 48: I Have No Problems with Funk in a Vacuum May 11, 2016

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1st Base (~2:30)

News
Cubs
Richards
80 G for Dee G
The Kang Show is back on the air
Ay Papi!

2nd Base (~30:00)

Extract
Doug: Jose Berrios
Sam: Daniel Murphy

3rd Base (~48:00)

Game: Over/Under

Altuve
Harper
Prince
Votto
Wainwright
Arrieta
Nola
Velasquez

Home (~1:17:30)

The evolution of DFS, how and why it's a different game in 2016

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 47: Friendly Confines My Ass Apr 26, 2016

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1st Base (~1:45)

News
Carrasco
Arrieta
Harper
Stras
Rasmus
Wainwrong

2nd Base (~25:15)

Extract
Doug: Matt Harvey
Sam: Tyler White

3rd Base (~44:30)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:08:45)

A Trek Through the Standings

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 46: Correa Shoulda Gone Higher Apr 11, 2016

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1st Base (~3:30)

News
Kersh vs. Bum
Schwarber
Mazara
Correa
Orioles
Greinke
Giles
Story...

2nd Base (~43:30)

Extract
Sam: Trevor Story
Doug: Madison Bumgarner

3rd Base (~1:04:00)

Game: The Wonder Years

Home (~1:18:15)

A Week's Worth of Change

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 45: 2016 Opening Day Extravaganza Apr 03, 2016

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1st Base (~3:15)

Predicting the Standings

2nd Base (~52:00)

Predicting the Awards

3rd Base (~1:17:30)

Game: Occam's Razor

Predicting outcomes

Home (~1:35:45)

Reviewing the BAn fantasy auction

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 44: The Phil Hellmuth of MLB Mar 26, 2016

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1st Base (~3:15)

The Future of Sabermetrics
- Inspired by Rob Arthur's article at 538: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-baseballs-new-data-is-changing-sabermetrics/

2nd Base (~19:00)

Extract
- Taijuan Walker
- Marcell Ozuna

3rd Base (~35:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

brought to you by PECOTA

Home (~57:00)

Celebrations, Unwritten Rules, Old School vs. New School

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 43: A Dumbass Who Throws Hard (Fantasy Preview) Mar 10, 2016

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1st Base (~3:00)

Draft Strategies

2nd Base (~31:15)

Breakouts, Bargains and Busts
- We each give 3 players for each of 3 categories.
- Breakouts - top players who could ascend to elite status
- Bargains - lower-ranked players who should return value higher than their ADP
- Busts - top players who will fail to live up to the hype in 2016

3rd Base (~1:04:15)

Game: Fantasy Pop Quiz

- We each choose three questions to ask the other, painting various scenarios on fantasy draft day

Home (~1:27:30)

Using the average ADP from here: http://www.fantasypros.com/mlb/adp/overall.php
Best and Worst values of each round
Rounds 1 through 5
Round 10
Round 15

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 42: Drinking the Even-Year Kool-Aid Mar 04, 2016

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***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

We've turned entry into a game this year, so if interested then please follow these instructions.

[those who submit an entry MUST be able to participate in the auction, scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET]

There are 12 spots available for the 15-team league. To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Answer the following: Which game has been played the most times on Baseballholics?

A. Occam's Razor

B. Read Between the Lies

C. Who Done It?

D. The Wonder Years

2. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

3. Tell us a BRIEF summary of your Baseballholism, and why you would be a good fit for our baseball addiction group.

We can't wait for year two- who's in?

1st Base (~6:00)

News
- Gallardo
- Fowler
- Rollins
- Desmond
- Coghlan trade
- K. Davis trade

2nd Base (~32:15)

Offseason Extract
- S: Ian Desmond
- D: Carlos Rodon

3rd Base (~47:45)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~58:30)

Best Bets
- Over/Under lines
- World Series Odds

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 41: Gracie Was a Big-Time Smoker Feb 23, 2016

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- Special Guest: Bret Sayre, @dynastyguru

***The Baseballholics Anonymous Fantasy Auction League has arrived!***

We've turned entry into a game this year, so if interested then please follow these instructions.

[those who submit an entry MUST be able to participate in the auction, scheduled for Sunday, March 27, at 5:30 PT / 8:30 ET]

There are 12 spots available for the 15-team league. To enter, send us an email at baseballholics@gmail.com, with the following items in the body of the email:

1. Answer the following: Which game has been played the most times on Baseballholics?

A. Occam's Razor

B. Read Between the Lies

C. Who Done It?

D. The Wonder Years

2. Review the show on iTunes, then copy+paste your review into the email. It's shameless promotion, we know. (if you have reviewed us already in the past, then please copy+paste the og review)

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We can't wait for year two- who's in?

1st Base (~9:00)

Talking LABR mixed with Bret Sayre

2nd Base (~47:00)

Offseason Extract
- D: Felix Hernandez
- S: Eric Hosmer

3rd Base (~1:02:45)

Game: Read Between the Lies

2008
Pete Rose
Awards for Decades
Mickey Tettleton
Greg Maddux
Tony Phillips
1984
R.A. Dickey
Babe Ruth
Cy Young

Home (~1:26:00)

Baseball Prospectus 2k16 in stores and on doorsteps
Projections, new stats, comments
Disagree with the Angels or Orioles comments? - Yell at Doug

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 40: It's 'R&D' not 'R or D' Feb 14, 2016

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1st Base (~3:30)

Signings & Trades
- Gallardo
- Fister
- Kendrick
- Latos
- Rodney
- Clippard
- Dickerson-McGee
- Segura/Wagner-Hill/Diaz/Anderson
Slide Rule

2nd Base (~47:15)

Offseason Extract
- D: Raisel Iglesias
- S: Randal Grichuk and Stephen Piscotty

3rd Base (~1:08:30)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

- new and improved!?

Home (~1:31:00)

Baseball Prospectus Mock Draft

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 39: Failure Cocktail Jan 27, 2016

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1st Base (~2:00)

Signings
- Upton
- Cespedes
- Cuban Missile Fallout
- Parra

2nd Base (~28:15)

Offseason Extract
- D: Justin Verlander
- S: Jung Ho Kang

3rd Base (~47:45)

Game: Total Recall

- new game, inspired by last week's title

Home (~1:02:30)

Reader Email
- Keeper decisions
- Cheap Buxton vs Pricey Stras

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 38: It Looks Like Total Recall Jan 20, 2016

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1st Base (~4:30)

News
- Arbs
  - Arrieta
  - Aroldis
  - Storen
  - Donaldson
  - Fern
- Signs
  - Crush
  - A. Gordon
  - IPK
  - Chen
  - Maeda
  - Span
  - Napoli
- Swaps
  - Revere for Storen

2nd Base (~44:45)

Offseason Extract
- D: Jon Gray
- S: Adam Eaton

3rd Base (~1:08:30)

Game: The Wonder Years

Home (~1:23:30)

The Hall
Trimmed Electorate
Griffey-Piazza
Bonds-Clemens
Hoffman-Wagner
Bags-Rock
Brought to you by: The Soapbox

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 37: My Agent's in Aruba, What am I Supposed To Do? Jan 02, 2016

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1st Base (~3:30)

News
- Iwakuma (again)
- Leake
- D. Murphy
- H. Alvarez
- Jaso
- Ottavino
- Frazier trade
- Aroldis trade
- Unsigned Free Agent Extravaganza

2nd Base (~36:15)

2015 Year In Review
- Risers and Fallers
- Most Improved Players
- Did Harper pass Trout?
- What can we learn from the Royals?
- Most with the Least? Least with the Most?
- Fantasy Booms and Busts

Stretch (~1:33:15)

Kazmir

3rd Base (~1:38:30)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:56:30)

The State of DFS, blackouts in NY and IL

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 36: The Evidence is Really Starting to Pile Up Dec 17, 2015

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1st Base (~3:30)

News
- AZ - Greinke, Shelby
- CHC - Heyward, Lackey
- SF - Samardzija, Cueto
- LAD - Iwakuma
- The other other Giles, Appel falls far from the tree
- Walker for Niese

2nd Base (~31:15)

Off-season Extract
- Jeff Samardzija
- Chris Sale and Cole Hamels

3rd Base (~49:30)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Wood's gem
Greinke
1998
Cueto
Pine Tar
Stew

Home (~1:09:00)

Listener Email Question: Should the Rockies screw pitching?

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 35: Can't Have Lowrie and Lawrie on the Same Team Dec 05, 2015

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1st Base (~2:45)

News
- Price
- Zimmermann
- Trumbo to O's
- A's keep shaking it up
- Framing Conger

2nd Base (~27:30)

Off-season Extract
- Albert Pujols
- Jonathan Lucroy

3rd Base (~44:30)

NEW Game: The Wonder Years

Time-based trivia

Home (~1:00:00)

What determines HoF eligibility. a.k.a. Why is David Eckstein on the ballot?
Scope of the new class
Brandishing the Rock

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 34: How Could You Not Like LoMo? Nov 20, 2015

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1st Base (~3:15)

Trades
- Kimbrel
- Andrelton
- Karns
Lynn TJS

2nd Base (~20:15)

Qualifying Offers
Accepted: Rasmus, B. Anderson, Wieters

3rd Base (~31:15)

Game: Occam's Free Agent Razor

Heyward
Zimmermann
Utley
Crush
Samardzija
J-Up

Home (~49:30)

Baseballholics congregate at the Arizona Fall League

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 33: Full of Swagger Nov 05, 2015

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1st Base (~4:30)

World Series Review

2nd Base (~30:00)

Awards

3rd Base (~1:02:00)

Game: Who Done It?

Home (~1:20:45)

Celebration

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 32: A Lot of Heart and Character and Resilience Oct 28, 2015

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1st Base (~2:45)

NLCS Review

2nd Base (~22:45)

ALCS Review

3rd Base (~58:00)

Game: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Home (~1:18:30)

A Wicked Rain Delay, brought to you by FOX
World Series Props, through Rose-colored glasses

Music by The Ghost Notes:

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Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 31: Look of Determination Oct 16, 2015

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1st Base (~2:30)

Wild Cards
NLDS STL-CHC
NLDS LAD-NYM

2nd Base (~29:30)

ALDS HOU-KC
ALDS TEX-TOR

3rd Base (~1:01:30)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~1:15:30)

Preview ALCS TOR-KC
Preview NLCS CHC-NYM

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Episode 30: It Will Go On As Long As It Has To Oct 06, 2015

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- With special guest, Paul Sporer
- Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn, @sporer
- email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~5:15)

Baseball Extract

Kersh's quest for 500 K
Beltre's head of magic
Buehrle's quest for 200 IP
Ichiro takes the mound

2nd Base (~48:30)

Playoff Preview

NL Wild Card
NLDS
AL Wild Card
ALDS

3rd Base (~1:31:45)

Game: Pick a Pair

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 29: Shred 'Em Like an Incriminating Document Sep 29, 2015

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1st Base (~4:00)

Baseball Extract

C. Seager
Stroman
Hill
Martin's Framing
Archer's SL

2nd Base (~34:45)

New Rivalries are Forming

Rangers-Astros
Cubs-Pirates
Blue Jays-Yankees
Mets-Nats

3rd Base (~57:15)

Game: Read Between the Lies

Home (~1:22:30)

Recapping the Baseballholics Anonymous Auction Fantasy League

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 28: What Does THE BAT Say? Sep 07, 2015

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1st Base (~3:30)

Baseball Extract

Salazar
Hamels
Lucroy
JB Jr

2nd Base (~23:15)

DFS

Breaking down the late-season trials and tribulations of the DFS grind, and contemplating the future of DFS baseball.

3rd Base (~53:00)

Game: Whose Line is it Anyway?

Home (~1:12:15)

Most intriguing races down the stretch:

March to the postseason
Ideal World Series

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Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 27: A Palm Tree Could Have Overseen His Development Aug 20, 2015

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1st Base (~3:00)

Baseball Extract

Felix
Polanco
Kang
Crush
Heaney

2nd Base (~29:15)

Power Tiers

Breaking down the top 10 teams in baseball heading into the stretch

3rd Base (~1:05:00)

Game: Occam's Razor

Kersh K's or ERA?
Price CY or JD MVP?
Rays In or Cubs Out?
Nats under .500 or Rangers over .500?
Trout and Angel in 2021 or Harper a Nat in 2021?
Who gets fired, Matt Williams or RAJ?

Home (~1:20:15)

The War on WAR, starring Buster Olney

Music by The Ghost Notes:

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Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 26: Jonathan Papelbon is the Sun Aug 07, 2015

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1st Base (~3:00)

Baseball Extract

Severino
Thor
Jungmann
Heston
DeShields

2nd Base (~30:00)

Trade Analysis (Part 2)

Price + Revere --> TOR
Hamels --> TEX
KC
Latos+Wood --> LAD
Leake --> SF
Cespedes --> NYM
HOU
SD

3rd Base (~59:15)

Game: Tie Breakout

Home (~1:13:15)

Computerized Umps

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Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 25: He's Like Cole Hamels but not as Good Looking Jul 30, 2015

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1st Base (~4:45)

Baseball Extract

Odor
The Real CarGo
Joe Ross
Nola
Volquez

2nd Base (~24:45)

Trade Analysis (Part I)

Tulo for Reyes and Prospects
Cueto
Zobrist
Clippard
Papelbon

3rd Base (~43:45)

Trading Places

Breaking down theoretical trade scenarios - Real, fantasy, and keeper

Home (~1:16:00)

Buyers or Sellers?

Orioles
Rays
Tigers
Twins
Giants
Cubs
Mets

Music by The Ghost Notes:

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 24: Bo Knows Jul 19, 2015

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1st Base (~1:00)

Baseball Extract

HR Derby
StatCast in the ASG

2nd Base (~15:15)

The 1st Annual Baseballholics Anonymous Mid-Season Awards

Breakout Bat
Breakout Arm
Nastiest Pitch
Top Reliever
DFS Darlings

3rd Base (~45:45)

Read Between the Lies

Telling truth or telling lies about Felix Hernandez, NL batters, the 2004 ALCS, AL hitters, and a double-dip of Bo Knows

Home (~1:03:45)

The Franchise Four from "our time" (1980-present), National League and American League, the top four players from each league during our generation

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 23: I'm Putting Leprechaun First Jul 12, 2015

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1st Base (~2:00)

Baseball Extract

CarMart
Rodon
deGrom
Betts
Sano

2nd Base (~29:45)

Half-season Outliers

How will these players fare in the 2nd half?
- Pollock
- Lind
- L. Cain
- Gardner
- Joc
- Vogt
- Shelbias T. Miller
- Hammel
- Salazar & Carrasco

3rd Base (~1:22:15)

Order in the Court

Ranking three comparable players, rest of season value
- Hammel, S. Miller, Pineda
- Altuve, Hanley, Tulo
- Betts, Correa, Wong
- Liriano, Shields, Wacha
- Franco, Seager, Turner
- Arenado, Frazier, Machado

Home (~1:45:45)

Yahoo jumps into the DFS pool

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Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 22: Was It the Sideburns? Jul 05, 2015

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1st Base (~1:30)

Baseball Extract

Big Fern
Cain
Moore
Matz
Springer

2nd Base (~31:00)

Mid-Season Review

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly predictions made by Sammy and Doug before the season started.
Emphasis on standings and hardware.

3rd Base (~1:02:00)

Ride the Lightning

30 seconds to name as many players as possible that fit the bill.
A.K.A. How to look like a fool for 30 seconds
Brought to you by Torpedo IPA

Home (~1:20:15)

How to Fix the All Star Game

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 21: Get Pete Rose Outta Here Jun 28, 2015

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1st Base (~9:45)

Baseball Extract

Greinke
Heyward
Machado
Wong

2nd Base (~35:00)

Gambling

Pete Rose
Fantasy Sports for Ca$h

3rd Base (~57:15)

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Multiple choice matching of Statlines - will we go to the tie-breaker once again?

Home (~1:15:15)

Email: the successful-yet-underwhelming stuff of the Rangers' Pitchers

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Baseballholics Anonymous Episode 20: A Fire Hydrant That Hits Lasers Jun 18, 2015

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1st Base (~4:30)

Baseball Extract

Cueto vs. Price
Pineda
d'Arnaud
Hosmer

2nd Base (~24:15)

The Kids Are Alright

A rush of prospects have been recently promoted, Super Two influence is widespread, baseball curiosity is further piqued
We each rank our top 5 players among those who started this season in the minors

3rd Base (~47:30)

Over/Under

B. Buxton
D. Gordon
S. Gray
M. Kemp
D. Ortiz
B. Burns

Home (~1:10:15)

Wieters Take on Tommy John

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 19: A Bold Strategy, Cotton Jun 12, 2015

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1st Base (~1:45)

Baseball Extract

Venditte
Cano
Gallo
McCullers

2nd Base (~28:45)

The 2015 MLB Draft

Pitcher mechanical grades and breakdowns from the draft.

3rd Base (~54:00)

Read Between the Lies

Guess the truth about:

Sale
Scherzer
Upton
Kinsler
Maddux
Boggs

Home (~1:48:00)

Emails about DFS

Resources
Lineup Construction

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 18: Here Comes the Boomstick Right in Your Face May 29, 2015

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- We're back, and we brought some friends with us
- Special Guest: Paul Sporer, @sporer
- Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn
- email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~2:15)

Email

Papi and the Sawx

2nd Base (~23:00)

Paul jumps aboard as we review the BAn Fantasy Auction League thus far

Categories, Strategies, and Draft Day Reflections
The competitive landscape narrows
Trade targets and deals already made
- Paul brings trade offers to the table, one each for Doug and Sam
- One of those offers gets an immediate answer

3rd Base (~1:16:00)

Pick a Pair

Paul joins in on a brand new game that is geared toward DFS. Using salaries at Draft Kings, the guys decide between two options of players who cover the same positions at the same price.

Here's the DFS roster that Paul was alluding to during the episode:

SP - Matt Harvey ($10600)

SP - Miguel Gonzalez ($6700)

C - Wilin Rosario ($3100)

1B - Miguel Cabrera ($4900)

2B - Jose Altuve ($4400)

3B - Chris Davis ($4400)

SS - Marcus Semien ($3800)

OF - Bryce Harper ($5200)

OF - Ender Enciarte ($3500)

OF - Gregory Polanco ($3200)

$200 left over

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 17: We're Nothing if not Speculators May 14, 2015

The podcast was recorded Tuesday night, 5/12/15. Apologies for the delay in posting, and the now-outdated stats. - Cheers, DT

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1st Base (~2:30)

Baseball Extract

Kersh
Kluber
Hamels
Teheran
Hutchison
Samardzija

2nd Base (~32:45)

All Star Voting

Styles and preferences
Toughest calls this season
Who we hope to see in the game

3rd Base (~51:45)

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

Multiple choice, match the stat line with the player

Home (~1:12:45)

Fantasy Trading Season

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 16: Ride the Lightning May 07, 2015

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1st Base (~2:15)

Baseball Extract

Hedges
Joc
Smyly
Sale
Shelby
Altuve

2nd Base (~31:30)

Buy or Sell: Reviewing the first month of the season

Astros
Yankees
Padres
Cutch
Cruz

3rd Base (~49:00)

Ride the Lightning

30 seconds to name as many players as possible that fit the description

Home (~1:48:00)

Daily Fantasy Stuff

Strategies
Lineup Construction
Suppy and Demand

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Baseballholics Anonymous, Ep 15: A Groundball is Just a Long Bunt Apr 29, 2015

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1st Base (~2:30)

Baseball Extract

Strasburg
Zimmermann
Wainwright
McCarthy
Myers
Polanco

2nd Base (~36:45)

Hitting Talks with Ryan Parker

See Ryan's BP work here
Tweet the dude here: @RA_Parker

3rd Base (~1:19:00)

Over/Under:

Devon Travis
Carlos Martinez
Alex Gordon
Eric Hosmer
Jimmy Paredes
Chris Archer

Home (~1:48:00)

Emails

T.J. House
Cueto's Balks
Cuban b

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 14: Mookie Took Over Apr 21, 2015

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1st Base (~2:45)

Baseball Extract

Bryant
Taijuan
Tanaka
Archer
Mookie
Canha
Rizzo

2nd Base (~33:30)

Big bats in the Two-Spot

Is the No. 2 spot in the lineup changing face?
Donaldson, Votto, CarGo, Puig, Trout

3rd Base (~43:45)

Read Between the Lies

Dodgers
Greinke
Nellie Cruz
Miggy
Gwynn
Canseco
The wildest finish in BAn gaming history

Home (~1:07:00)

Injuries

The Catcher Plague
Busted Hammies
Verlander is MIA

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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Baseballholics Anonymous Ep 13: Why Relievers Can't be Trusted Apr 14, 2015

The Mound

- Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn
- email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~5:00)

Baseball Extract

Harvey-Harper
Tanaka
House
Greene
Giancarlo-Boxberger
Mookie
Ubaldo-Bautista
Archie
JD Mart
Snider

2nd Base (~45:15)

Week 1 of Daily Fantasy

A new frontier
The game is changing
Handling the swings

3rd Base (~1:25:00)

Brian Wilson's Razor

Braves or A's?
Tiger Sweep or Brave Sweep?
Lucroy or Marlins?
Moustakas or Mesoraco?
- Injury updates occurred between recording and posting
Kersh or Archie?
Iajuan or Ubaldo?

Home (~1:45:15)

Emails

Prehab
Betances

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

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Baseballholics Anonymous, Episode 12: Opening Day Extravaganza Apr 06, 2015

The Mound

- Twitter: @sammydacipher, @doug_thorburn
- email: Baseballholics@gmail.com

1st Base (~6:30)

Camp-breaking News

The Big Trade
Arizona Shake-up
Rusney running through bushes
Crazy Ubaldo-head

2nd Base (~25:30)

Predictions for 2015 season

Wild Cards
World Series
MVP
CY
RotY
Comeback Players

3rd Base (~1:08:30)

Occam's Razor

Longoria or J-Up?
Pompey or Bryant?
Felix or Price?
Belt or Fowler?
Sale or Cutch?
Verlander or Betts?

Home (~1:29:30)

Repeat Offenders

Players that we drifted towards on draft day
Players where we swung and missed

Music by The Ghost Notes:

Intro – Hold On

Outro –Never Seems Right

Break Music by PBR Streetgang

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