And the Pitch Podcast
1) Season's Over, If You Want It
Thanks for listening to this podcast and thanks to the guests for joining! It made the back half of the season (which was wild as hell for Giants and Dodgers fans and a bunch of teams in the AL east) ...Show More
2) 11. Bernie Night in Oakland, with Sean Keane
It talked to comedian Sean Keane about Bernie Night, a Weekend at Bernie’s II themed Oakland A’s event that took place in 2012. We also talked about Terry Kiser’s IMDB page (he played Bernie), the bal...Show More
3) 10. Jose Bautista Flips a Bat to Hell, with Ruhee Dewji
I talked to Ruhee Dewji about being a semi-new but devoted Blue Jays fan, Wildcard games, going down 0-2 against the Rangers, not knowing what’s happening when you’re at the stadium, "OK Blue Jays," B...Show More
4) 09. The Hollow Sadness of a Game-Ending Balk, with Aaron Anderson
Aaron Anderson is an electrical foreman and friend of mine of a couple of decades. We talk about a balk we saw in Seattle, what is and is not a balk, when umps should “swallow the whistle" and not be ...Show More
5) 08. The David Freese (or Nelson Cruz 😩) Game, w/ Ryan Page
Ryan Page is a musician (Bad Dads) and podcaster (Beatles vs. Stones) among his fatherly and professional pursuits. (Facts: I’m a member of both that band and that podcast). We talk about sad fans in ...Show More
6) 07. The Phillies Win, w/ The Phillie Phanatic + his Best Friend Tom Burgoyne
The Phillie Phanatic is the official mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies. Tom Burgoyne is his best friend. We talk about Brad Lidge’s final pitch of the 2008 World Series, parades, two-day rain delays...Show More
07. The Phillies Win, w/ The Phillie Phanatic + his Best Friend Tom Burgoyne
43:05 | Aug 25th, 2021
7) 06. Dodger Stadium’s First Pitch & All that Preceded It, w/ Eric Nusbaum
Eric Nusbaum is the author of the book Stealing Home and the co-creator of the Substack newsletter Sports Stories. We talk about the first pitch at Dodger Stadium in 1962 and the tangled story of how ...Show More
8) 05. Oakland A's Go Down Looking, w/ Joey Devine
Joey Devine is a comedian, writer and host of the Roundball Rock podcast. We talk about a nasty sinker (two of them actually) from Derek Lowe, closing a game against the A’s in the 2003 playoffs. A sa...Show More
9) 04. Randy Johnson Explodes a Bird, w/ Zach Buchanan
Zach Buchanan is the Diamondback reporter for The Athletic. We talk about Randy Johnson annihilating a mourning dove in 2001, oral histories, bonkers baseball moments, Randy’s aura, the guy who filmed...Show More
10) 03. AJ Pierzinski Steals First, w/ Rick Paulas
Rick Paulas is the author of Eastern Span, a neo-noir set in Oakland circa 2013. We talk about AJ Perzynski's run to 1st, White Sox ‘05 pitching, booing in Angels Stadium, Ozzie Guillen as Donald Trum...Show More