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**The Productive Outs PRODcast**

Baseball and music discussion from @teen_archer and @rileybreck of @productiveouts, featuring bands and baseball topics that aren’t on the mainstream media’s radar.

Latest Episodes:

PRODcast 104: More Like DatDudeOBP, Amirite? Mar 24, 2015

Show notes

PRODcast 104 has no guest and lots of swearing. We hope that's OK with you!

(0:00- 4:07) Hello!

(4:44-8:10) Musical Guest: VIET CONG.

(8:10-11:30) Hot Take of the Week / Fuck That Guy of the Week: The human pile of garbage who called 13-year-old girl and national hero Mon'e Davis a "slut." (“Fuck That Guy” is respectfully borrowed from the now-deceased Short Corner Podcast w/ Paul Shirley & former guest Justin Halpern)

(11:30-30:50) Electronic Mails

(31:22-1:00:01) Baseball things!

Can the season just start already?
Hyun-Jin Ryu has a bum shoulder, Dodgers rotation is screwed
Zack Wheeler is the latest TJ victim (Stanford SP Cal Quantrill too)
Matt Harvey is back and looking great
Marlins lock up Yelich. Are they contenders?
What about the Mariners?
This Brandon Phillips quote is … uh …

(1:00:45-1:09:19) This week's Old School Player of the Week is:

LENN SAKATA

70-grade DADHAT, 70-grade DADGLASSES (not pictured) 60-grade DADLAP (in most photos, due in large part to the sansabelt era), 80-grade lettuce. And a very fun name to say.

Lennsakata spent eleven years in the bigs with the Brewers, Yankees, Orioles and A’s. He was the quintessential late-70s/early-80s replacement-level utility player – 2B, SS, 3B, OF, DH. Averaged 0.3 WAR and hit .230 over his career. Did lots of things. None of them particularly well. When he was with the Yankees, he hit the first ball Riley ever “caught at a game” during BP.

PRODcast 103: Tommy John Gone Done Did It Again Mar 10, 2015

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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)

- 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)

PRODcast 102: Yorn Mawncawder Is A Red Sawk Feb 24, 2015

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(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. 28-16, w/ a 3.51 ERA, 14 saves, 1.360 WHIP. He was drafted four (!) times, has an incredible merm, a 70-grade scowl, 70-grade DADHAT, and a serious plustache.

PRODcast 101: The Other One With Woj Feb 10, 2015

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Welllllll... this one is a littl rough around the edges, like a feral cat or a fringe-y prospect. But hang with it and we're sure you'll see the upside. Behold, it's PRODcast 101: The Other One with Woj!

0:00-2:50 -- The open

3:15-7:10 -- The musical guest: Title Fight. Buy HYPERVIEW here.

7:10-13:45 -- The pipin' hot take: Leave college baseball's balls alone.

14:20-24:00 -- Your emails

24:00-54:25 -- Jason Wojciehowski, co-editor of the Baseball Prospectus Annual, A’s ESPN Sweet Spot Blogger, co-host of the Back Of The Bullpen podcast, Lawyer, owner of several ties.

55:00-1:13:38 Baseball blather!

Medium-Sized Regular Season Game James to the Padres
The Tigers are hurting; luckily for them they plat in the worst division in baseball
Josh Hamilton is Josh Hamiltoning the shit out of his stay with the Halos
54-year-old Julio Franco to player-coach a semi-pro team in Japan
Yoan Moncada is like Yasiel Puig times Yoenis Cespedes and your team probably isn't going to get him

1:14:10-1:17:10 -- Not Jose Mota's Skymall Item of the Week: An exclsuive of the Productive Outs PRODcast. This week: The Giant Male Silverback Gorilla Statue

1:17:10-1:20:30 -- The Old-School Player of the Week: Nino Espinosa

80 DADHAT, 80 AFRO, 70 STACHE, ZERO FUCKS GIVEN

RHP - 8 years in the bigs with the Mets, Phillies and Blue Jays from 1974 to 1981. Career record of 44-55, ERA of 4.17, WHIP of 1.362. Comps: Bob Milacki and John Lannan.

THANKS FER LISSNIN'!

PRODcast 100: We Didn't Get Hired by Major League Teams Jan 27, 2015

Show notes

The long-awaited, moderately outated, almost certainly hated PRODcast 100 for your earholes!

We're shooting for a shorter, tighter show in 2015 and this here's the maiden voyage. It goes like this:

(0:00-3:50) The intro!

(4:23-7:50) The musical guest: STURGILL SIMPSON. Buy "Metamodern Sounds in Country Music" here.

(7:50-13:30) The Pipin' Hot Take: Rob Manfred's proposal to outlaw the shift.

(13:10-32:05) Your emails.

(32:45-57:03) The baseball blather:

The Cubes' moves
The Padres' overhaul
The A’s fire sale and subsequent rebuild
Astros land Gattis, move Fowler, look (dare we say … ) good?
Scherzer to the Nats

(57:40-1:03:00) Ask a Musician: Should a band attempt to continue once it's lost a founding member/frontperson?

(1:03:00-1:08:40) We are joined by a Very Special Guest!

(1:08:40-1:13:03) Wherein we profess our love for Rowland Office and bid you a fond farewell.

Please subscribe on iTunes and stitcher, and rate and review us! Thanks for your kind indulgence.

PRODcast 99: Manny Being Manny Nov 11, 2014

Show notes

99! That's one less than 100. So ot long until we both get hired by major league clubs. This is gonna be great!

But first, here's Manny's finest hour:

And the box score for same -- no error assessed on the play!

Today's show goes like this:

- Open (0:00-6:35)

- Emails (7:30-25:50)

- Musical guest: Run the Jewels. Buy Run the Jewels 2 here. (26:33-29:50)

- The baseball stuff: (29:50-55:20)

Gaints win Wurld Serious
THE HOT STOVE! (It ain’t hot, unless you're Michael Cuddyer or Vinnie Freakin' Pestano)
Pablo wants a six-year deal! LOL.

The Japan Series! Nobody cares, but we'll all watch anyway.
Jose Abreu wins AL ROY, Yakub derGraum wins NL

- Musical advice (56:15-1:05:20)

Is mayonnaise an instrument? No, but...
Tips for long-distance music-making

- Ideating on PRODcast 100, and we solicit your input (1:05:20-1:07:10)

Bye now!

PRODcast 98: Onelki Garcia's Stupid Hat Oct 21, 2014

Show notes

OMG it's the Whirled Serious Preview Edition! Yahoo Seriou starts tomorrow, or maybe it's already over! We have no way of knowing when you're reading this!

- Open (0:00-6:20)

- Emails (7:00-21:35)

- Musical guest: BAPTISTS. Buy "Bloodmines" here. (25:05-29:15)

- Human guest: Rany Jazayerli of Rany on the Royals et c. (29:15-51:25)

- Based ball topics! 51:53-1:17:00)

The BCS (Basedball Championshop Series) starts tomorrow. Which would you rather eat, burritos or BBQ?
No, seriously. This is going to be awesome.
Predictions?
Front office stuff: Matheny, Donnie, Chili

- Only two more episodes to 100. Which of us will get hired by an MLB club first?

PRODcast 97: Joe Beimel: Punk Rock Fan? Oct 15, 2014

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Hello, ladies.

- Open (0:00-6:50)

- Emails (7:35-20:45)

- Musical guest: OBLITERATIONS. Buy "Poison Everything" here.(21:23-24:15)

- The baseball talk (24:15-55:35)

NLCS - GAINTS & CRADS are battling
ALCS - Royals continue to win in exciting fashion
That #JABO broadcast: ehh?
Andrew Friedman to the Dodgers: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Chip Hale is the DBacks’ new overlord: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Ep. 111 of the 99% Invisible Podcast on Rooting for Laundry & The Story of Stirrups

- Musical advice: What does a tech actually do? (with bonus boner talk!) (56:20-1:12:45)

PRODcast 96: Mac Suzuki Oct 09, 2014

Show notes

It's Championshp Series time! Can you feel the excitement? NO?? Well, hopefully this podcast will help.

Or take one of the many boner pills advertiesd during the games. Maybe you've got low T.

But now, on with the show!

- Open (0:00-7:45)

- Emails (8:25-26:30)

- Musical guest: NOTHiNG. Buy "Guilty of Everything" here. (27:12-30:57)

- Human guest: Grant Brisbee of McCovey Chronicles and SB Nation. (30:57-50:34)

- The baseball talks: (51:14-1:17:26)