A Foot In The Box - Baseball Podcast: Recent Episodes
A Foot In The Box
We give one last goodbye to the 2017 season. And give an update on the future of the podcast.
Back in the studio...We recap the World Series, including a game by game breakdown and an audio montage. Paul also shares the storylines he'll remember from the 2017 postseason.
The Astros are World Series champs. The 2017 season is over. It's our last playoff chat.
It's November and we're still talking about baseball! 10 minutes of Game 7 hype. Let's go!
What made Game 2 great? Did Paul pass his insurance exam? What are Peter's off day plans?
What upsets Peter the most about the Cubs NLCS performance and an update on the playoff hateability rankings.
Why all the Joe Maddon hate? Was the slide play called correctly? Will the Cubs win Game 2?
We recap the NL Wild-Card Game, discuss the high scoring trend in playoff games, and preview Indians-Yankees and Astros-Red Sox.
Our first playoff chat. We discuss the Yankees-Twins game from Tuesday night, Shohei Otani, and preview the NL Wild Card Game.
The AFITB staff team gets together to discuss the storylines of this year's playoffs. We also pick our playoff fantasy teams and make our official predictions. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
For the third year in a row, we are joined by 10 guests to preview the playoffs. Often imitated, but never equaled. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
As the season winds down, we hand out our 2017 awards. Paul also shares his thoughts on last week's podcast and the Sammy Bodeen interview. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Jeff Corbett, the actor that played Sammy Bodeen in Talent for the Game, joins the show to discuss his experience being in a baseball movie. David fills in as co-host for Paul and tackles a baseball conspiracy theory. Paul makes an appearance when he chats with Matt from Minnesota about our last Summer Flick of 2017, Pride of the Yankees. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
On this Labor Day episode, we look ahead to September and recap the early 90s classic Talent for the Game. Also: the best baseball streaks, WAR vs exit velocity, and Dodger ROY winners.
We've somehow ignored the Dodgers up to this point. No longer. Episode 107 focuses on the Dodgers incredible 2017 season. We're also joined by our first Summer Flicks viewing partner, Scott, to discuss the greatness of Field of Dreams. And lastly, we discuss the face of baseball right now, Giancarlo Stanton. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
On episode 106, we go back to 1998 and the home run race that changed so much. We also welcome Chris Masse of the Williamsport Sun Gazette on the show to discuss the LLWS and MLB game from Sunday night. Lastly, we recap a baseball episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We're back from San Francisco. On Episode 105, we discuss the Cardinals Rally Cat, Harper vs Trout, MLB's dream playoff scenario, the most disappointing players of 2017, and the three true outcomes. The winners of the third annual Summer Flicks contest are also announced. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
On this special annual episode, we are joined by our older brothers, John and Kevin, in San Francisco. We recap our own playing days before playing a game of road trip Jeopardy. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We're back behind the mics after a week off for vacation. We talk with Jake Devereaux of BP Boston about the Red Sox mess, compile an active player Hall of Fame power rankings, and analyze the trade deadline. And most importantly, we react to our first piece of hate mail. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Now that All Star week has come and gone, we can focus completely on the second half of the season. Rob Mains of Baseball Prospectus joins the program to discuss statistical trends we see historically in the second half. Also, which offense and pitching staff had the best second halves ever? And a Heavy Weights baseball scene breakdown. It's a fun show, so make sure to listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We look back at the first half of the 2017 season, giving out awards and discussing our favorite storylines. We also revisit the 2002 All-Star Game that ended in a tie. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We did it! 100 episodes. To celebrate, we listed off our 100 favorite things about baseball. Thanks so much for listening and supporting the podcast. Enjoy!
On this week's podcast, we bring on two guests. Our friend and AWL, David, joins us to do a few baseball Mount Rushmores, including brawls and movies. We are also joined by author Mike Luery, who traveled to every MLB park with his son. Lastly, we preview next week's big show, number 100! Listen, subscribe, and enjoy.
On episode 98, we chat with a NASA intern about...a baseball game. We also take a deep dive into the 80s for the 1981 MLB strike. Lastly, we recap a terrible baseball episode of the Brady Bunch. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We remember Lou Gehrig's great career, discuss baseball in the Tampa market with Michael Lortz, look ahead to the 2017 draft, and address the Russian hackers. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
So much to discuss on this week's episode. We recap an exciting weekend of baseball, including a no hitter, seven grand slams, and Pujols' 600th homer. Mike Trout and Bryce Harper did things. Peter and Grady went to the Cubs game that turned around the season. And most importantly, MacGyver is back. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We recap our experience at the White Sox doubleheader, interview Jeff Ellis on the 2017 MLB draft, and play our annual Memorial Day Trade Deadline Game. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Our neglect of the Astros comes to an end. We are joined by James of AstrosCounty.com, reflect on the Astrodome, and listen back to the 2005 NLCS clincher. It's also week three in SNL month and we give updates on Trout, Tebow, and Ross. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
This Mother's Day episode is a bit more lighthearted. We talk about Derek Jeter's best moments, Bryce Harper's new contract, and baseball's baseballs. We also fit in another "listener at a game" segment.
Bob Uecker hosts SNL, Albert Pujols hits a bomb off Brad Lidge, and Tony Conigliaro's career was cut way too short.
Bill Ballou of the Worcester Telegram and Gazette joins us to discuss youth baseball trends and the 2017 Red Sox. We also do a deep dive into the Pittsburgh Drug Trials of 1985.
We’re in the 90s. This week, we tackle the Eric Thames steroid accusations, Dallas Keuchel’s unique 2017 strategy, and the best bunts ever. We also do a deep dive with the 1962 Mets. Enjoy!
We're back with a normal episode. We dive deep into Michael Jordan's year in baseball, banter about current events in baseball, and talk with Kyle Newman of the Denver Post. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
The 3rd annual friendcation podcast. Peter and Matt record from their road trip to KC. They talk to a few Royals fans before the home opener. Experts on the White Sox (James Fegan) and Cubs (Daniel Hodgman) also join the program. Enjoy!
It's Opening Day! Another season (our third as a podcast) begins and with that comes our normal segments: TWTW and Sounds of the Game. We also dish out our 2017 predictions (Trea Turner MVP!). April is Seinfeld month for us. Sbscribe and enjoy!
It's the most popular thing we do, our annual Over/Under episode. We go through each team's O/U line from Vegas and compare our predictions with PECOTA's. You can join in the fun by filling out your own over/unders on our website. Do it!
On our last offseason podcast, we talk about the World Baseball Classic. What has made this year's event so much fun? Will it continue? WBC expert Casey Boguslaw joins us to discuss. We also take a long look at Albert Belle's incredible career.
Dan Rosenheck joins us to talk about his research on Spring Training performance and his career in analytics. We also preview the WBC, discuss an episode of Arthur, and examine the 2001 offseason. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We dive into the hot Spring Training stories, talk about Bo Jackson for awhile, play a game with Kevin, and interview Astros AA announcer Michael Coffin.
The Cardinals have been at the center of the baseball world recently. We talk to Craig Edwards about the Chris Correa hacking punishment and the Carlos Martinez extension. Enjoy!
Another ballplayer gone too soon. We remember Yordano Ventura's life to start this episode. Then we discuss the 2017 HOF class of Pudge, Raines, and Bagwell. Lastly, fellow podcaster Eric Roseberry joins the program to talk about On Baseball Writing.
All four Elliott brothers convened for this special episode to select our 2017 baseball road trip destination. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We talk to author Jeremy Lehrman about his book, Baseball's Most Baffling MVP Ballots. Before that, we did some voting of our own when we cast our 2017 Hall of Fame ballots. Of course, Paul discusses his thoughts on the White Sox rebuild.
After Paul pays up on a bet and raps Batter Up, we dive into baseball's current events. Nathaniel Grow of FanGraphs joins us to discuss baseball's new CBA. Out of the Box and #baseballontv also make their returns. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
The 2016 baseball season will be remembered for many things. We discuss them all. Thanks for another great year of podcasting! Make sure to subscribe to get our offseason episodes.
Take a look back the Cubs historic 2016 season with our year in review. The episode was made entirely with clips from our podcast. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
The Cubs are World Series Champions. Let that sink in. We discuss all the big plays from Game 7 and talk with our friend Marcus, who was at Game 6 and 7 in Cleveland.
Peter watched Game 6 of the NLCS from Section 224 and Paul watched from his couch; we both give our reactions. We also discuss Clayton Kershaw's performances, preview the World Series, and list our top five moments of the playoffs so far.
Playoff baseball, there's nothing like it. We look back at each of the four division series before looking ahead to the ALCS and NLCS. Cleveland writer Zack Meisel also joins us to talk about the Indians. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
After hearing from ten great guests on Episode 71, it's time for us to give our predictions. We give our top playoff storylines, people with the most pressure to perform, and of course, our predictions. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
The 2016 mega playoff preview podcast is here. We talked to 10 awesome guests about the playoff team they cover. It's our labor of love to baseball fans everywhere. Enjoy!
Our last episode before the playoffs. We give our 2016 award winners and revisit preseason predictions. We end the podcast by honoring two great baseball announcers, Vin Scully and Dick Enberg. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
This week we say goodbye to Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez, someone we did not know personally but loved to watch play baseball and live life.
Our favorite Chicago-living brother joins us to talk about the Cubs winning the NL Central for the first time since 2008. We also discuss Mike Trout's MVP chances, the #SaveNelly campaign, and W.P. Kinsella's passing. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
The start of the NFL season can't slow us down! We discuss Rich Hill's perfect start, Cubs' playoff weaknesses, and a weird 80s TV show. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Adrian Burgos joins us to discuss the relationship between baseball and Latin America. We also discuss Tebow's workout, Russians buying baseball bats, and closing out another season of Summer Flicks. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Episode 65 takes a look at a variety of different baseball topics. Paul tells us why fans ran onto the field at a White Sox game, Peter gives us another Vin Scully memory, and we recap another Summer Flick.
Shohei Otani is one of the best hitters and pitchers in all of Japan and only 22. We talk with Jason Coskrey of the Japan Times about the sensation that is Otani. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
On Episode 63, we list five things you should remember about A Rod and Ichiro. We also talk to Nick Stellini about A Rod's legacy with the Yankees. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
With lots going on in the baseball world, we cover several different topics. A-Rod, Ichiro, Harper, Trout, playoff races, and much more. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
On Episode 61, we dive deep into the Trade Deadline. We were also joined by Grant McAuley to talk about the Braves' rebuild. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We break our podcast vacation for an emergency Chicago baseball episode. We discuss the Aroldis Chapman trade and Chris Sale's tirade.
Rob Mains of Baseball Prospectus joins us to talk about his writing and research. We also discuss the lack of interest in the All-Star game and our Home Run Derby live stream. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
At the All-Star break, we take a look back at the first half and compare our preseason predictions with reality. Paul looks at the major weaknesses among contenders and Peter takes us back to 1999. Also, we have two big announcements!
Journey with Peter and his friend, Matt, as they take their annual Friendcation. This year, they stopped to see three friends of the podcast and take in a White Sox game. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Number 56 was a pretty normal episode. We give an update on Matt Bush, All Star voting, and one man's chase of $5.6 million. We also discuss Yulieski Gourriel, Eric Nadel, and the eephus.
Will Leitch joins us to talk about his book, Are We Winning?, and the future of baseball. We also recap another MacGyver episode and celebrate Father's Day. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
The second annual Elliott brothers baseball roadtrip podcast. Join us as we are joined by our older brothers, John and Kevin, from our nation's capital!
On Episode 53, we dive deep into Casey at the Bat. Paul breaks down scoring inning by inning over the past 5 years and Peter gives us Barry Bond's rehabilitation guide.
Paul shares his thoughts on the White Sox collapse, Peter reflects on Fernando Valenzuela's career, and we both play a new Memorial Day game. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We review another new great baseball book on this week's podcast, The Only Rule Is It Has to Work. Other things: 1992 NLCS, pitcher efficiency, and Kenny Rogers. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Episode 50! What a ride it has been. We bring on our favorite listener, listen to an old Baseball Profile, and talk about the Nationals.
On Episode 49, we talk about the Cubs with Rian Watt of Baseball Prospectus. Paul also has to talk about baseball for 7 minutes by himself. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
On Episode 48, we talk about Dee Gordon's suspension, politicians trying to talk about baseball, and Paul cheating on his schoolwork.
History is made on Episode 47, as we interview Atlanta Braves pitcher Daniel Winkler. We also discuss a new baseball book on arm injuries, striking out 20 batters in a game, and Jake Arrieta's dominance.
On Episode 46, we discuss the best and worst of the MLB season so far, Jackie Robinson's life, Red Barber's voice, and the worst ROY's ever. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
With baseball back, we have tons to talk about. We mourn the loss of Kyle Schwarber and celebrate Trevor Story. Paul ranks the best Rookie seasons of all time and Peter says nice things about Hawk Harrelson. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Our one year anniversary show! We celebrate Opening Day by making our predictions for 2016 and introducing a few new weekly segments. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
We preview the 2016 season by taking on the heavyweights, Vegas and PECOTA. Both of us choose an over-under for each team and discuss what we'll be watching for this year. It was a lot of fun so listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Our last Spring Training podcast. We close out ST by talking about Adam LaRoche, Bryce Harper, and Goose Gossage. We also interview a podcast listener from Texas. Listen, subscribe, and enjoy!
Lots of fun stuff this week. We talk with Byron Anderson about his miracle home run and then somehow merge baseball and politics into one segment.
As players are busy stretching and playing catch in Florida and Arizona, we take an hour to look at PECOTA projections, answer a listener email, and play a game with Kevin. Opening Day is just around the corner!
