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Battery Mates - the Podcast

A Brit and an American explore their beleaguered baseball fanhood and discover nothing all that groundbreaking about life itself while they"re at it.

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Episode 134: Sometimes Eddie Rosario Shows Up

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2021/10/29

The October Classic is underway! Matthew and Toby are joined by Addisu Demissie, an Atlanta fan who also managed Cory Booker’s presidential campaign, and Ross Morales Rocketto, a Houston fan who also co-founded Run for Something. No one outside of those teams’ two cities is particularly thrilled by this World Series match-up, so Ross and Addisu break down how their clubs got here and do their best to get Battery Mates Nation to root for (or against) them.

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Episode 133: Not How the Doctor Described It

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2021/10/01

Matthew and Toby are joined by Steve Krupin — former White House speechwriter, current SKDK managing director, and longtime Nationals fan— to preview the final weekend of the regular season and the playoff picture, recap how the year went for the Clevelands and the Nationals, gawk at the feats of Shohei Ohtani, examine the pitch clock tests in the minor leagues, and send happy birthday wishes to Chief Hollywood Correspondent, Kate Stayman London.

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Episode 132: Try Harder Duda

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2021/09/03

Matthew and Toby are joined by Seth Reznik to discuss the New York Metropolitans. Other topics are covered, sure.

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Episode 131: Young Young Prospects and Old Old Dudes

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2021/07/29

For a special Trade Deadline edition, Matthew and Toby are joined by Kelly Kreft — Orioles fan, data scientist, and 2012 Obama vet —to discuss first and foremost the breaking news that the Cleveland baseball franchise has a NEW NAME (no spoilers here!). Other discussions include wish lists for Trade Santa, the first all-female broadcast of a MLB game, and whatever Javy Baez just did to taunt the Reds.

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Episode 130: PKs as They Are Known in America and...

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2021/07/14

For a special All-Star Game edition, Matthew and Toby are joined by Jeff Gabriel (who’s frustrated he can’t get in a clean hit over Euro 2020). The ball is flipped around the horn about the emptiness of the All-Star Game, the incredibleness of Shohei Ohtani, the stickiness of the stuff, and the awfulness of Trevor Bauer. Everyone checks in on how the 2021 season is treating their team.

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Episode 129: Thirsty Thursdays with the Nuts

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2021/06/14

Matthew and Toby are joined by Brent Colburn, Obama alum and VP for communications and public affairs at Princeton University, to go around the horn on Pittsburgh’s allergy to first base, the crackdown on Sticky Stuff™, MLB teams’ role as leaders in the community, and pitchers getting hurt being hitters.

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Episode 128: Playing a Bit Rubbish

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2021/05/27

Matthew and Toby are joined by Run For Something co-founder and Astros fan Ross Morales Rocketto, who dishes on his ballpark routine, why he hates the Rangers, and why he’s embracing being the haters this year. All three go around the horn on the Tomahawk Chop still being a thing in Atlanta, the Manfred-aided plot to strong-arm the city of Oakland on a new ballpark site, what’s up with all these damn no-hitters, and of course the ongoing saga of Tony LaRussa and the White Sox clubhouse.

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Episode 127: The Most Sarcastic of the Double Plays

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2021/05/07

Matthew and Toby check in quickly on how things are going across the pond after the implosion of the Super League and go around the horn on fans being in the stands… players being vaxxed… hitters being historically bad… Angel Hernandez maybe being worse… the Astros getting sad about fans getting mad… and the rule that prevented John Means from having a perfect game. Toby dives deep on baseball’s antitrust exemption, and Matthew promotes a very good cause.

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Episode 126: Soccer Is Actually an English Word

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2021/04/23

Matthew and Toby turn to Chief Over-There Correspondent Matthew McGregor to explain what just happened with the proposal and rapid collapse of a European Super League, and then go around the horn on COVID outbreaks, players’ vaccine hesitancy, new rules being tested in the Atlantic League, and the latest political fallout from the relocation of the All Star Game.

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Episode 125: The Absence of the Feeling of Shame

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2021/04/02

It’s the first actual breaking-news episode of Battery Mates, as Matthew and Toby react to the news that MLB will move the 2021 All-Star Game in response to Georgia’s new voter suppression law.Breaking News music from Fesliyan Studios (https://www.FesliyanStudios.com).

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Episode 124: We're All Goddamn Winners (Even the Mets)

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2021/04/01

Glory! Glory! It’s Opening Day! Matthew and Toby play back all of the submissions to the 2021 Preseason Predictions Contest and revel in the arrival of a new season.

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A Special Announcement

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2021/03/29

It's just three days until the baseball games start counting. That means the deadline for the annual Battery Mates Nation Preseason Predictions Contest is approaching fast. (That deadline is Wednesday, March, 31, at 9a ET). Here’s how to enter (it takes about a minute) — use your Voice Memo app to answer these six questions:1. What's your name?2. Who's your team?3. How many games will your team win in 2021?4. Will they make the postseason?5. Which two teams will play in the World Series? 6. Who will

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Episode 123: You Have to Remember That Greg Abbott Is...

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2021/03/19

With two weeks to go before Opening Day, Matthew and Toby are joined by Justin Barasky, celebrated fan of the Clevelands who spent 2020 taking back the Senate as a senior advisor at the DSCC. The horn is gone around on the Rangers’ plans to have a full house for their opener, Trevor Bauer’s latest exhausting behavior, the Clevelands’ name change, and the rule experiments coming to the minor leagues this season. Justin talks about trying to stump Senator Sherrod Brown in baseball trivia, credits the

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Episode 122: The Quiet Part Out Loud

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2021/03/04

Matthew and Toby are joined by Faiz Shakir, chief political advisor to Sen. Bernie Sanders and his 2020 presidential campaign manager. The ball gets whipped around the horn on the Tatis extension, the Mariners CEO’s remarks at a local rotary club, gambling’s creep into sports media, and the creep that is Mickey Callaway. Faiz shares stories from his days as the Harvard Crimson’s second baseman, his little league coaching strategies, and what it’s like to play on the literal Field of Dreams.

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Episode 121: You Are at Work After the First Pitch

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2021/02/18

As pitchers and catchers report to spring training, Matthew and Toby launch Season Six with a visit from Mike Casca, Dodger fan and communications director for Sen. Bernie Sanders, for a wide-ranging discussion on MLB’s continued efforts to use the media to screw over the players in advance of the CBA expiring, juiced and unjuiced balls, the Dodgers’ payroll, and the Marlins’ plans to have 20% capacity crowds this season. Mike talks about why he doesn’t mention being a Dodgers fan around Bernie,

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Episode 120: We Don’t Have The Word Ornery

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2021/01/31

Matthew and Toby get together for a wintry mix of conversations about Curt Schilling not getting enough votes, the Clevelands making Toby sad, other payroll-slashing owners, Rob Manfred’s latest gambits, Matthew’s new favorite baseball card, and where folks should and shouldn’t buy pillows.

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Episode 119: It's Literally Christmas Eve

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2020/12/24

Matthew and Toby catch up on news from the offseason, discuss the ways Rob Manfred keeps messing things up, and lay out what’s in their letters to Baseball Santa Claus.

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Episode 118: This is Not a Breaking News Podcast

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2020/11/10

Matthew and Toby do their best to remember the World Series, dive deep on Rob Manfred’s handling of the Justin Turner debacle, discuss what the offseason has in store, and reveal the anxiously awaited results of the 2020 Preseason Predictions Contest.

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Episode 117: The Team Is Based in St. Petersburg Anyway

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2020/10/21

Matthew and Toby preview the World Series, if that’s what you want to call it, and make the case for the team everyone should root for. The Research Department pulls together some data on what this World Series could portend for the election, and way too much time is spent analyzing a Trump tweet about Fauci and his Nationals mask.

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Episode 116: Gabrielesque

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2020/10/13

As the Championship Series get under way, Matthew and Toby check in on the Clevelands’ early exit, the aggravating Astros, and other reasons people aren’t all that jazzed about the 2020 playoffs.

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