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Grading the World

Joe Capraro and Matt Baker

LIsten to hear us give out letter grades for the week"s most interesting stories and people.

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58:27

34 • Hodgepodge

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2021/05/02

Tabletop PONG, Florida Men, the death of amateurism, and the curses of the New York Jets and New York media.

58:31

33 • Utopian Pipe Dreams

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2021/04/25

Darryl is loving San Diego, Matt wants college athletes to get a proper education, and Joe wants it to happen in a year; plus Derek Chauvin and COVID vaccination policy.

58:52

32 • Best of friends

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2021/04/17

You'll get every permutation of two-on-ones in this episode: Joe and Matt sharing Darryl stories, Matt and Darryl finding Joe's sore spots, and Joe and Darryl finally agreeing on a point.

58:05

31 • Name Dropping

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2021/04/11

Mendy Rudolph, video game Nick Anderson, two Don Mattinglys, and Pumpsie Green #3.

57:11

30 • Unpaid Leave

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2021/04/04

While Darryl waits for his immunity to kick in so he can get back in the classroom, we welcome special guest Emily Niemann for a frank and revealing look at her experience as a member of the 2005 national championship Baylor team, and living on a campus that had written policies hostile to LGBTQIA students.

77:39

28 • A view from the inside

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2021/03/21

Special guest Aisha Rodney, a nurse and former college basketball player, joins us with harrowing tales from the COVID front lines and the NCAA transfer portal. Bonus: Matt's hoop dreams

89:11

27 • Coronaversary Extravaganza

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2021/03/14

Baker is back from ninja gymnastics for a talk about the NBA All-Star game, revisionist Kobe Bryant history, disgusting things coming out of Oklahoma, and the best and worst of Fenway Park. Bonus: Pumpsie Green reference

76:36

26 • Occasionally intelligent, often amusing

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2021/03/06

While our Matt is busy with ninja gymnastics, we welcome Matt Vautour of masslive.com for a talk about how to improve some sports by fine-tuning how they are played and how to completely ruin others by the same method.

65:38

25 • Brake lights at the end of the tunnel

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2021/02/28

Commissioner Matt has seen the light and is back, this time to punish lousy owners.

81:13

24 • Mr. Clark's classroom

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2021/02/21

The gents are joined by special guests Aida O'Brien and Yoomi Park for an educational discussion about how to fit transgender/non-conforming athletes into systems built from obsolete notions of gender.

67:36

23 • Humanizing the GOAT

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2021/02/14

A Super Bowl recap, a bad look for UMass, and the church of Texas football.

60:03

22 • A few of Joe's least favorite things

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2021/02/07

Tom Brady, growing up in New Jersey, The Dolans, Tyreek Hill and Antonio Brown, and Super Bowl commercials.

57:34

21 • Just plain old hypocrisy this time

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2021/01/31

The gents are joined by special guest coach/teacher/parent Vincent Gioffre for a squaretable discussion of school sports, pro fandom, and hating Tom Brady.

78:38

20 • The Return of Human Decency

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2021/01/24

A special guest fills us in on the latest from Agawam kindergarten, and Darryl shares his sports fan origin story.

62:28

19 • Memory loss

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2021/01/17

Struggling to remember, and things we'd rather forget.

87:34

18 • The Longest Week

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2021/01/10

As you may expect, this one is a lot more plus than sports. Stay safe everyone.

71:35

17 • Grumpy old men

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2021/01/03

Matt reveals the unique rooting habits of his two sons, Joe gets agitated about a lot of things, and Darryl does his best to keep the FCC fines at bay

63:18

16 • Hell freezes over

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2020/12/27

Joe and Matt agree on things, and Darryl doesn't pick the Celtics.

61:59

15 • Traveshamockeries

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2020/12/19

The boys are joined by not one, not two, but THREE special guests for a discussion of all things squicky about sports these days.

69:17

14 • Freedom

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2020/12/13

James Harden, Kyrie Irving, dueling college basketball coaches, and why are we even bothering?

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