Tipping Pitches
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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Bobby shares a dispatch from the Cactus League before he and Alex discuss a bevy of news items from the past week — including Gerrit Cole's impending Tommy John surgery, Fanatics and Ticketmaster teaming up to make a steaming pile of garbage, and reports that Rob Manfred and a cohort of owners are pressuring Stu Sternberg to sell the Rays so that they can stay in Tampa. Then, Bobby and Alex are joined by 'Eephus' direct...
Bobby and Alex return from a two week break to make an announcement about this upcoming April on the podcast and Patreon. Then, they become the final baseball podcasters to weigh in on the downright shocking news that the New York Yankees have loosened their facial hair policy. Next, they discuss the breakdown of the relationship between MLB and ESPN, before being joined by Steve Sladkowski of PUP to discuss the state of Toronto Bl...
Bobby and Alex bounce around the baseball world for a grab bag episode that includes loose discussions of Pete Alonso returning to the Mets, Scott Boras backlash, Pat Hoberg's dismissal, MLB owners thirsting for a salary cap, and more.
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This week, Bobby and Alex take a second to consider the swirling perceptions about the Dodgers, competitiveness, the salary cap, payroll, revenue, free agents, and more and decide whether or not those myths stand up to scrutiny. Then, they answer your questions about Mike Elias, Jerry Dipoto, McKinsey, stadium leases, celebrity bake off, and more.
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Bobby and Alex are joined by certified Friend of the Show Michael Baumann for their sixth annual State of Labor In Baseball — a wide-ranging conversation about the mounting labor issues a little less than two years from the expiration of the MLB CBA. The three discuss the salary cap and alleged mounting support for it, the state of Dodgers payroll discourse, competitive balance, the international amateur draft, the impending 2026 l...
Bobby and Alex are joined by Jordan Shusterman from Céspedes Family BBQ to reprise "Overrated/Underrated," a segment in which they each bring up various topics from the baseball world and debate whether that thing is overrated by the baseball community or underrated by it.
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Bobby and Alex discuss Bryce Harper's frankly concerning latte TikTok video before being joined by Mets fan and 'Blowback' host Noah Kulwin. They discuss, among other things, Noah's personal experience with Alex Rodriguez, the meta narratives that bog down sports discourse, baseball as a tool for empire building, and more. Finally, Bobby and Alex do a little fan therapy for listeners about the Tampa Bay Rays and Seattle Mariners.
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Bobby and Alex discuss David Rubenstein's Presidential Medal of Freedom and rebellious General Manager, as well as a grab bag of other topics, including: Juan Soto's contract and the media's annoying reaction to it, Dave Kaval's resignation, Paul Skenes' expanded role in the union, and more.
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This week, in lieu of letting the feed go dark on a holiday week, we're sharing the first 30 minutes of our 'Angels in the Outfield' watchalong — a commentary track meant to be played alongside the movie. You can get access to the rest of this episode and our whole bonus episode back catalogue on Patreon.
If you're interested in more movie watchalongs but aren't a patron, you can buy access to only the movie commentaries here.
For their final installment in Main Character Month, Bobby and Alex examine what has made up the DNA of a professional baseball owner over the sport's long history, charting the evolution of the ownership class alongside distinct eras of the game and American history. All told, they choose five owners that are most emblematic of how the "median owner" has changed over the decades. In doing so, they ask what we can learn about baseb...
In their latest Main Character Month installment, Bobby and Alex are joined by writer and organizer David Hill to discuss the monumental legacy of Marvin Miller, the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association and one of the most important figures in the history of sports and labor. Among other things, they talk about Miller's path to baseball, his various experience at the Wartime Labor Board and the ...
In their second installation of "Main Character Month," Bobby and Alex zero in on longtime podcast frenemy Rob Manfred, plotting a 40 year timeline of his career — past, present, and future — to tell the story of how this Harvard lawyer turned MLB "fixer" became the de facto face of Major League Baseball and changed the sport forever in the process.
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This week, in one of their most scholarly and unhinged endeavors, Alex and Bobby sift through years of A-Rod YouTube, podcast, and social media content to distill the Five Essential Rules to Life that the baseball and finance luminary lives by. Through a treasure chest of clips straight from the man himself, they take you on a journey which, at the end, will have you feeling closer to A-Rod than you ever would've thought you could....
At long last, Bobby and Alex are joined by enemy of the podcast Richard Staff to discuss his Defector feature on the shrinking of the minor leagues and the growing gap in competition between them and the majors. Afterward, of course they had to get into some shit talking and meme describing.
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Bobby and Alex run through a list of news items that have gotten somewhat lost in the shuffle in the last few weeks, including the appraisal of damage to the Tropicana Field roof and the Rays' subsequent 2025 plans, the Orioles reversing course on their left field wall change from two years ago, Diamond Sports group's interminable bankruptcy proceedings, free agency, and more.
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This week on the show, Bobby and Alex are joined by friends of the show Jane, Lauren, and Stephen from Batting Around to draft the silliest, most ridiculous, most Online, and just generally dumbest things that happened in the 2024 baseball season. From false ejections to panicked statements and everything in between, this episode runs the gamut (as it always has!).
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Bobby and Alex bookend the 2024 season with a conversation about the ways it felt unique in comparison to the seven other seasons they've covered on the podcast. Then, they talk through some of the upcoming content plans they have for this offseason, including some exciting Patreon experiments and "Main Character Month," a series that will drill down on some of our faves with single episode features about the figures who've captiva...
Bobby and Alex gather to react to a World Series bookended with two classic games that the Dodgers ultimately dominated over the Yankees. They discuss the shocking Freddie Freeman performance, the resilience of a very injured Dodgers pitching staff, the buttons that Dave Roberts pressed to navigate all 27 outs each time they took the field, an underwhelming Yankees showing, the outlook for Los Angeles heading forward, and what the ...
Bobby asks Alex whether or not he has any other grand predictions (after predicting Freddie Freeman's huge Game 1 moment in the previous podcast). Then, they discuss the Dodgers winning Games 1 and 2 of the World Series and whether the Yankees have a chance to come back, plus the performance of Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and more. Finally, they review Rob Manfred's pre-World Series press conference, dis...
Bobby and Alex gather to preview the 2024 World Series, which is here at long last and consists of two teams that everyone is having very Normal and Measured reactions to! They do so by presenting a list statements and deciding whether they will be true or false by the end of the series. Baseball analysis is everywhere for those with eyes (ears) to see (hear) it!
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