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Baseball for the many, not the few. A podcast trying to nationalize our national pastime. Hosted by Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner
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- The Bruce Meyer Interview · 55 minBobby and Alex are joined by MLBPA Executive Director Bruce Meyer to discuss the latest round of proposals in collective bargaining, the biggest changes to the sports labor world…
- Introducing 'Click Through' · 32 minYou never thought the day would come: Bobby and Alex are launching a new video podcast. It's called Click Through, and it's a podcast about how the internet used to feel. Every…
- The Brewers Are Ruining Baseball (feat. David Rubenstein) · 49 minBobby and Alex discuss a critical contribution that David Rubenstein made to the magical run of the 2026 Milwaukee Brewers. Then, they make an important announcement (NOT…
- Bit of an October Surprise · 52 minBobby and Alex (believe or not) spend an ENTIRE podcast talking about…baseball games. They review Games 1-2 of the World Series, admiring the Brewers resolve and the level of…
- The Small Market Apocalypse · 1 h 3 minBobby and Alex discuss the SCRAPPY, UNDERDOG Milwaukee Brewers eliminating the EVIL, UNFAIR Los Angeles Dodgers. They also discuss the PLAY THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY Tampa Bay Rays…
- Introducing: Moneyball Cameron Winter · 15 minBobby and Alex discuss the viral backlash to the inclusion of the Geese song "100 Horses" on the newest MLB The Show soundtrack. NOTE: This is an extended preview of "Three Up…
- Building the Plane Out of the Black Box As We Fly It · 1 h 11 minBobby and Alex discuss MLB’s fluctuating October slogans and decide whether “There’s No Time Like October” is actually pretty good, all things considered. Then, they check in on…
- The New Market Inefficiency Is Markets (feat. Tom Sexton) · 1 h 10 minBobby and Alex discuss the [redacted] market Rays and Brewers looking like October powerhouses in their respective division series vs. the big bad New York Yankees and…
- There's No Time Like October! · 60 minBobby and Alex discuss Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander's twin flame careers and Scherzer's incredibly on-brand final game of 2026 (and maybe ever). Then, they briefly dig into…
- Sell High...While You Still Can (feat. Julie Kliegman) · 1 h 20 minBobby and Alex speculate on what Rob Manfred gets paid as commissioner of baseball. Then, they discuss a handful of interesting quotes coming from a letter written by a Braves…
- Numerous Bigger Fish to Fry · 1 h 20 minBobby and Alex react to some long-awaited news about the sand in beautiful Malibu, California. Then, they review the status of the 2026 Tipping Pitches Bingo Card, before being…
- Dodgers Derangement Syndrome · 1 h 25 minBobby and Alex discuss Pablo Torre and Hunterbrook’s investigation into Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s alleged self dealing, including what it portends (if anything) for the future…
- Arte Moreno Sold the Angels to Stan Kroenke. Why Now? · 40 minBobby and Alex gather for this mini reaction episode to discuss the surprising sale of the Los Angeles Angels to billionaire serial sports owner Stan Kroenke. First, they grade…
- The Self-Dealing We’ve Done Along the Way (feat. Jen Ramos Eisen) · 1 h 39 minBobby and Alex discuss Chris Sale turning back the clock and what the podcaster equivalent would be, before assessing MLB’s current labor strategy of proposing as many…
- The Mark Walter Fiasco. Plus: Dodgers Myths Busted, Part Two · 1 h 20 minBobby and Alex attempt to unpack the complicated web of financial mess that Mark Walter has created by using money gained from his insurance businesses to personally enrich…
- Quarterly Labor Roundtable, Vol. 1 · 1 h 33 minBobby and Alex discuss some distinctly Tipping Pitches news at the top of this week's show, including a news story in The City Reporter about Diamond Baseball Holdings stealing…
- The MLB Twin Flame Franchises · 1 h 8 minIt’s what you’ve all been waiting for: another concept episode!! With Alex traveling this week, Bobby has cooked up an idea: pairing every MLB franchise with their “twin flame” —…
- Sipping Pitches 2.0 · 2 h 28 minBobby and Alex are joined by friend of the show Matthew Roberson for the sequel to 2025’s much-lauded Sipping Pitches, AKA the MLB liquor taste test. They taste 11 (!!!) alcohols…
- The Good, the Bad, and the Thorny · 1 h 13 minBobby and Alex discuss the rising cost of (you guessed it) sandwiches! Then, they share an important reminder about Sipping Pitches 2.0 and the Patreon, before digging into the…
- A(Q)I Slop · 1 h 4 minBobby and Alex discuss the hazardous weather that MLB expects players to breathe while playing mostly meaningless July baseball games. Then, they dig into the iPad AI apps heard…
- Bryce Harper vs. FanDuel vs. Cameo vs. Kyle Schwarber vs. Jordan Walker · 1 h 13 minBobby and Alex discuss the…interesting occupations that MLB spokesperson Glen Caplin had in the 2010s, before digging into Zack Wheeler’s critical comments about the All-Star…
- High Intensity Interval Podcasting · 1 h 16 minBobby and Alex discuss the Angels firing their GM of six years, Perry Minasian, and what it means for the current state of Angels incompetence. Then, they discuss the interesting…
- Leveling the Playing Field. Plus: Introducing Tipping Pitches: The Audit! · 1 h 31 minBobby and Alex discuss the debate over the word “analytics” that’s raging across the basketball internet, observing how eerily similar it is to the one that has poisoned baseball…
- When You’re Here, You’re Family (That’s a Threat) · 53 minBobby and Alex discuss the results of a listener poll on whether or not the Marlins train trip should count for a bingo square. Then, they banter about the World Cup and Fox’s…
- The Proof Is In the Podding [Patreon Preview] · 22 minThis is a preview of THREE UP, THREE DOWN, an alt-weekly paid version of Tipping Pitches that publishes on Patreon. To hear this — or the 60+ UNFILTERED, RAW, HONEST, bonus…
- Some Pies Are Bigger Than Other Pies (feat. ArtButMakeItSports) · 1 h 22 minBobby and Alex banter about Daniel Murphy's stray socialism joke on the Mets broadcast and compare it to Vin Scully's legendary socialism aside from over a decade ago. Then, they…
- The Salary Cap Wars Are Just Beginning · 1 h 40 minBobby and Alex discuss the long-anticipated MLB-MLBPA CBA proposals —including the Players Association's "competitive integrity tax," and the owners' hard cap and floor proposal…
- For Sale: Baby Parlays, Never Placed · 1 h 4 minBobby and Alex banter about what NYC subway stations would make the best baseball player names, before eulogizing the gone (but not forgotten) Draftkings sports book at Wrigley…
- Less-Lethal Podcasting · 1 h 36 minBobby and Alex discuss Noah Syndergaard’s lackluster right-wing grift, including whether or not it’s “hard” to be conservative in MLB. Then, they acknowledge that MLB and the…
- The Power Hour Personality Quiz, Part 1 · 1 h 30 minBobby and Alex have returned for the third installation of the Tipping Pitches Power Hour (AKA Power Hour III AKA Tre Power, Tre Hour AKA Power Hour Part Trois), and this time…
- They'll Give Anyone a Podcast · 1 h 33 minBobby and Alex discuss a legendary media figure's subtweet of the Tipping Pitches podcast, before engaging in a philosophical discussion of what a strike really is. Then, they…
- All Time Breslow · 1 h 12 minBobby and Alex discuss a golden opportunity for Alex to break in to the MLB analytics community with the New York Mets. Then, they dig into the surprising news that Craig Breslow…
- Meet the New Billionaires, Same as the Old Billionaires · 1 h 25 minBobby and Alex discuss the record $3.9 billion sale of the San Diego Padres and what it signifies for the state of the baseball ownership class. Then, they run through a list of…
- Three Up, Three Down (feat. The Woke Pope) [Patreon Preview] · 38 minHello! We were unable to record at our normal time this week, so in lieu of sharing nothing on the main feed, we've decided to publish this extended Patreon preview. It features…
- Weather App Gap Relationship · 1 h 14 minBobby and Alex review the latest in interesting things Bryce Harper is doing to his body, before discussing a stunning defensive performance from Jo Adell in which he robbed…
- A (Semi) Heated CBA Debate With Jeff Passan. Plus: The 2026 Bingo Card. · 2 h 17 minBobby and Alex discuss the return of baseball and everything that comes with it: the ABS challenge system, an ill-conceived “fire and brimstone” pregame speech, Uniqlo (??), and…
- The 2026 Banned Topics. Plus: The People’s Team (feat. A.M. Gittlitz) · 1 h 58 minBobby and Alex discuss a bevy of things that happened since they last recorded three weeks ago, before launching into this year's installation of the Banned Topics. Then, they're…
- The Stadium Sponsors Draft (feat. Michael Baumann and Matthew Roberson) · 1 h 13 minBobby and Alex have cooked up something special this week: a deranged draft of the MLB stadium sponsors, based on which companies we’d least hate to work for (and which jobs we’d…
- The Renderings We Made Along the Way (feat. Dan Grothe) · 1 h 6 minBobby and Alex are joined by friend of the pod and architect Dan Grothe for an episode years in the making about a topic that they care about more than they should — stadium…
- The Business and Labor History of NPB (feat. Jason Coskrey) · 1 h 6 minThis week on the podcast, Bobby and Alex take a break from discussing the economics of Major League Baseball and are joined by Jason Coskrey in order to discuss the business…
- The MLB Team Political Compass · 2 h 13 minBobby and Alex discuss the Philadelphia Phillies’ new hyperbaric chamber partnership and its medical and scientific merit. Then, they update the ranking of the San Francisco…
- Tony Clark Resigns As MLBPA Executive Director · 33 minBobby and Alex drop an instant (read: 12 hours later) reaction to the stunning news that Tony Clark has resigned as Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players…
- Manfred Shrugged · 1 h 6 minBobby kicks the show off by sharing with Alex an injury he sustained last week and what kind of impact it would have on his career if he were a pitcher for the Mets. Then, they…
- Move Fast, Bake Stuff · 1 h 5 minBobby and Alex discuss how MLBPA’s expansion into AI caricatures of baseball players could cure the male loneliness epidemic and lead us to finally determine whether climate…
- Derivatives, EMFs, ETFs, Oh My! · 1 h 31 minBobby and Alex start the show by challenging niche celebrity rock climber Alex Honnold to a test of wits and economics knowledge. Then, they place the Chicago White Sox new…
- The Way-Too-Early MLB Lockout Preview · 1 h 17 minThere's a lot of agita swirling around about the Los Angeles Dodgers, a salary cap, competitive balance, deferred money, and more. So, this week on the show, Bobby and Alex…
- Line! Go! Up! (feat. Jen Ramos-Eisen) · 1 h 33 minBobby and Alex open by discussing (you guessed it) the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Kyle Tucker to a jaw-dropping four year, $240 million contract. They discuss whether this has…
- The 2026 State of Labor in Baseball (feat. Michael Baumann) · 1 h 20 minBobby and Alex are joined by FanGraphs writer Michael Baumann for their seventh installment of the State of Labor in Baseball. This year, they're particularly focused on the…
- Woke MLB Wants to Tax the Rich (Shameful!) · 1 h 15 minBobby and Alex discuss the surprising news that Munetaka Murakami — once considered one of the top free agents on the market this year — has signed a two-year, $34 million…
- Creative Dentistry · 1 h 29 minBobby and Alex discuss Mike Francesa's groundbreaking scoop that Brandon Nimmo was traded from the Mets because of wokeness. Then, they discuss the Mets allowing Edwin Díaz and…
