HERMITOLOGY

Another fun one. Episode 45 full of awesome music from Cult Of Luna, the wisdom of Mr. Marc Normandin, the return of socktalk, tons of baseball discussion and some quality ranting from both the two jackasses who host the show.

Enjoy.

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We’re on something of a roll here: two shows in two weeks! And they’re both really good, if we do say so ourselves. (We do.)

Here’s the haps.

Your (Expurgated) Emails

Musical Guest: Cult Of Luna

Human Guest: Marc Normandin of SBNation, Over The Monster and elsewhere

Baseball Talk:

• The Angels are horrible
• The Giants swept LOLs Dodgers
• Roy Halladay: Done? A grinder or selfish?
• The “Royal ‘We””, always a pertinent topic
• Proper LOLmenclature: A Field Guide 
• J.A. Happ: We really hope you’re OK.

What’s Next:

• Ian at BP, the Houston BP Event and other things
• Riley at Getting Blanked & PureVolume

One of our better efforts.

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We’re back from yet another unintentional hiatus with a killer show for you, Internet denizen. Here’s it’s is:

• Intro
• Emails from lunatics
• Musical Guest: COLISEUM
• Human Guest: Eno Sarris of FanGraphs
• Baseball Talk
• LA BP event -  Parks, Miller, Thorburn, Sutton, Kasten, Colletti & boring baseball
• Ian’s trip to O.co
• The Halos BLOLpen
• It’s a bad time to have hamstrings
• Why are the Rockies?

What’s Next?

• Ian bought a new bass and some other stuff
• Riley guest posting at McC, Getting Blanked, PureVolume

Goodbye world!

GET SOME.

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WE’RE BACK after  long and much-needed hiatus! Here’s what’s in store for you, valued listener!

Open

1. Emails
2. Musical guest: AKIMBO
3. Riley interviews Ian — or was it the other way around?
4. Some baseball chatta
5. What’s next
6. Go home, you’re drunk

Thanks for listening and playing along at home!

r&i

Ian Miller and I recorded an extra special Opening Day episode of the PRODcast, featuring SI.com/Baseball Prospectus/MLB Network superhero Jay Jaffe, emails from complete lunatics and the skull-crushing tunes of ZOZOBRA.

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Nope, not the Jackie Robsinson episode, because we could never disrepsect Jackie Robinson with a whimsical episode name. Mo Vaughn, on the other hand…

Here’s the show:

• Intro
• Emails
• Musical guest: ZOZOBRA
• Interviewed guest: Jay Jaffe
• Baseball talks!
• Ian’s tour and Riley’s new column at Getting Blanked!
• Keep up the good work, internet. We love you. 

A quick and dirty version of the PRODcast this week. 

productiveouts:

Greetings, friends.

We are without a “special human guest” this week, so you’re stuck with 75 minutes of the two of us reading email novellas from crazy people, rambling about discussing baseball-type things and melting your face with the music of Fight Amp.

Enjoy!

r&i

The show rundown is as follows:

Hello

Emails from lunatics

Musical Guest: Fight Amp (songs from Manners & Praise)

1. “Bad Listener I”
2. Faith In Man”
3. “Bitter Son”
4. “School”

A few baseball-type things

1. Is it Baseball yet? No.
2. Vernon Wells drags his piles of money to the Bronx in exchange for two Star Wars characters
3. The slow decay of Roy Halladay
4. The end of the LOHSE saga
5. Ricky LOLmero to High-A
6. Puig to start the season in the minors
7. Fantastrophe Draft: It, uh … happened or something.

What’s next?

1. Ian at BP & Riley at PureVolume this week
2. SHIRTZ ‘N HATZ

Buh Bye

A fantastic interview with Mike Ferrin of MLB Network Radio, emails from crazy people, baseball chatter and a compelling sales pitch from NotJose Mota.

GET SOME.

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Gentlemen and gentlewomen: 54 weeks and 40 episodes into this journey and we’re finally hitting our stride. Or something. But we made another Proud Kratz for you. Enjoy?

1. Open
2. Emails
3. Musical guest: HOT LUNCH
4. Innervue guest: Mike Ferrin
5. Based ball topicks:
6. Is it baseball yet? No.
7. WBC Recap: #HONKBAL’s fate, DR’s antics, domination
8. Stuff. Has it happened?
9. Has Kyle Lohse signed? No.
10. Hanley Ramirez injury

Not Jose Mota sells you some clothes Good byes!

The interview with Mark Trumbo might be my favorite interview we’ve ever done.

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Yes, it’s PRODcast 39, and it’s a goddamned doozy. It goes/went like this:

• The intro, in which we discuss THIS miracle
• An excellent emailese segment
• Musical guest: KEN mode
• Interview subject: Mike Mark Trumbo
• Baseball talk:
• The CAN/MEX basebrawl
• HONKBAL!!!1!
• Badler on bunting: bad
• Outlooks for the Giants and Angels
• St. Patrick’s Day gear is gross

Upcoming stuff: new SHIRTS, Fantastrophe baseball, and Riley’s PureVolume column on SXSW Goodbyes, farewells, auf widersehns, etc. 

All music other than intro/outro theme by KEN mode off their forthcoming album, ENTRENCH. Featured songs:

1. “The Promises of God”
2. “Secret Vasectomy”
3. “Figure Your Life Out”
4. “The Terror Pulse”

If you like it, please buy it and support the band! And see them on tour with Today Is the Day!

A super awesome show this week, featuring two of our most prolific emailers, some seriously heavy tunes, World Baseball Classic discussion and much more.

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The super-special spring training, World Baseball Classic-ing, listener appreciating episode!

1. HELLOOO
2. Emails
3. Musical guest: BATILLUS
4. Disembodied vocal guests: Criag Oldstein & Dorn Shinebeans from the Internet!
5. Honkbal talk: 
6. WBC Action
7. Ismel Jimenez’s backpants
8. Japanese batting stances/mechanics
9. Cuba’s uniforms
10. Russell Martin bailing on Canada
11. The Dominicans crushing the PhLOLies
12. Korea is done
13. Other things
14. Ian’s trip to Arizona
15. Watching a game “together”?? 
16. What’s next?
17. PO Fantasy Baseball?
18. Ian’s HONKBAL piece at BP
19. Riley’s forthcoming column at PureVolume
20. KWC shows this weekend!
21. Bye bye internet. 

All music, other than the intro/outro theme is by BATILLUS off their forthcoming album CONCRETE SUSTAIN. It comes out March 19th, and you will buy a copy if you know what’s good for you. 

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So many emails. So much talking. So much brutality from Baptists. So much insight from Russell Carleton. So much stupidity from Ian and Riley.

• Salutations and introductions
• Emails
• Musical guest: BAPTISTS
• Disembodied (alleged) human voice: Russell Carleton
• Things baseball and not
• Divining the future

Intro/outro theme by Ian and Riley. All other music by Baptists, from their album BUSHCRAFT. Songs played:

1. “Betterment”
2. “Bullets”
3. “Crutching Trails”
4. “Bushcraft”

Thanks for listening, people of the Internet. And keep doing what you do. It’s important. 

Ian and I are back with our usual hour-plus of baseball-related babble for your earholes. This week, we talked some college baseball with Aaron Fitt of Baseball America, read some outstanding listener emails, blast some Lenz and battle the pile of crap that is AT&T U-Verse’s wireless internet.

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YOU GUYS, RILEY IS BACK AND THERE IS GRABANDO AND THERE IS ALMOST BASED BALL!!!

We were dealing with lots of technical bullshit, so I apologize in advance for any dropouts or weird continuity things. 

Agen-derp:

1. Open
2. Emails
3. Musical guest: LENZ
4. Person of Interest: Aaron Fitt
5. Baseball things
6. Ian’s BP stuff
7. Riley’s new gig
8. End of Grabando

As always, thanks for listening, rating, reviewing, and spreading the #DERP! We love you all. 

-r&i