Foul Puck Pod: Recent Episodes
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The baseball plot thickens, the NHL continues to be a cesspit, and the Bay Area is suddenly the hot spot for professional women’s sports teams!Contents include: - Shohei Ohtani betting scandal update- salary comparison across leagues - NHL ongoing sexual assault case (CW for non-graphic discussion of a charged sexual assault)- Bay Area WNBA team is go!!!If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
🎵Reunited, and it feels so good!🎶 The episode in which your hosts are together for the first time since 2014, and manage to be remarkably coherent in the face of cake and margaritas. 🍹🎂Contents include: - Warriors update; World Series update; Oakland A’s move to Vegas update- Hockey talk: Panther’s vs Senators game - YOU get a penalty, and YOU get a penalty, and YOU…- NWHL: Launching and Challenges editionIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
What’s it like to be a phenom, and if you’re so exceptionally good that you get to choose your own destiny, does it benefit you to hang out with a mediocre team? Join us to find out! (vicariously, through Shohei Ohtani.)Contents include: - WNBA Bay Area team gossip; Joe Lacob; general sports gossip- Shohei Ohtani injury and athlete injury handling; comparative contract discussion - Mike Fucking (derogatory) Babcock (TW for non-graphic discussion of player abuse)- WWC Spanish drama update- more sports updatesIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Road Trip! In which 2/3 of the pod get to see the greatest living athlete of our generation perform live for about $50, not counting gas.Content warning: please note that this episode discusses in detail the publicly televised sexual assault of a female soccer player at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Contents include: - Simone Mf’ing Biles: Live and In Person - oh, and there was some other gymnastics, too- WWC Spanish drama update: Vilda, Rubiales, and the queen, oh my. - Little League World SeriesIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Lucky underwear? Opposing team jerseys ritual? At least you’re not carting a toaster around to ensure your team wins! …or are you? In which the Foul Puck crew gets superstitious.Contents include:- WWC update: US, Spain, Sweden, Australia- MLB: Marlin’s, A’s, around the league- Little League World Series- Sports superstitionsIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Tune in to episode 63 for all the info about the women’s world cup circa the Group Stage, the unfettered drama that is book tok, and your hosts answering the pressing question: who is the hottest Doctor?Contents include:- WWC 23: end of the group stage overview, Nike ads, ACL epidemic, and the status of research in women’s sports- Book Tok and hockey and the importance of the fourth wallContent warning: at the end of the section on the women’s world cup, there is a relatively brief discussion of gender essentialism and the state of gendered medicine and research in sports. We have done our best to speak about this in a sensitive way, but please fast forward if this discussion is not for you.If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
In this episode we seek to answer the controversial question that has plagued us all throughout the years: What mascots could you legally slap on the grill? Contents include:- A’s fan protests and the reverse boycotts- Tour de France- Women’s World Cup: the group stage and the USWNT- Women’s College World Series: the Oklahoma Stomp; how much winning is “too much” winning?- Outdoor Consumption of Exotic Meats, aka, The Most Forbidden MascotIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
In which outings are had, tree species are debated, and we attempt to define what qualifies as “too much winning.” AKA the Back-up Sports Edition.Contents Include:- Women’s College World Series: Gators, The Cardinal, the Oklahoma Stomp- NBA Finals: Fuck Boston; who are we rooting for?- Bay! F! C!- Your 5 Mins of NHL- Cycling, Soccer, and Softball!If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
What's the difference between a "game," an "athletic activity," and a "sport," anyway? The hosts come to a conclusive ruling.Contents include:- Current A's streak- NBA playoffs and Warriors updates- Alabama collegiate betting scandal- What is a "sport" anyway?If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
In which we discuss the considerations of media-booth space sharing and the apparent epidemic of nutshots in the NBA play-offs.Contents include:- the A's: their park, their future, their spits ownership, and their presumed move to spits Vegas- NBA playoffs: who's attacking whose nads and why; Warriors prognostication- Five Minutes of NHL with RebeccaIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Nancy previews the upcoming NBA playoffs and Rachel talks about the baseball match-up heard around the world!Contents include:- NBA playoffs: play-ins; the western bracket; California Classic; the first round- World Baseball Classic: Mike Trout vs Shohei Otani- NWSL: Portland, San Diego, and the Women’s World Cup- Baseball’s new rules- WNBA upcoming season- 5 seconds of hockey- A’s previewIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Who’s had a sports injury, and what was it like? How do the various major leagues handle sports injury disclosures? And where are the sticky fingers of capitalism in all of this?Contents include:- injury announcements and how they differ across major leagues- how much right do fans have to players' medical information? - how much more will this be relevant with the increase in sports betting?- how does violence in the sport affect or correlate with violence outside the sport?If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Leaky in the Five Hole, in which we discuss the age-old dilemma of sports fans everywhere: how many screens do you watch on at once???Contents include:- Nancy’s fütbol rabbit hole- how do you decide which game to watch if you have competing options?- baseball shenanigans- brief discussion sexual assault in the men’s professional sports, as relates to the careers of Trevor Bauer and Anthony Lam, among others.Content warning: this episode does content non-graphic descriptions of alleged sexual assault.If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Welcome home, Brittney Griner! (Alternate title: Argentina won, whatever.) In which Nancy is bullied by her co-hosts and we rehash the last of the World Cup.Contents include:WC wrap-up: the final; the ‘flu’; the colonialism; the racismRebecca and the hockey hotelBrittney Griner’s return to the USAssorted Sports UpdatesIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
The World Cup Episode, or, Vaguely More Defensible Bullshit.In which the pod talks about the World Cup and celebrates Rachel’s birthday. Please note that this episode deals with sensitive topics including the oppression of women, migrant workers, and queers, as well as general human rights abuses.Additional notes: Nancy at one point claims French player Olivier Giroud has a brother on the team - this is incorrect, she was conflating him with the Hernandez brothers. Also, Rebecca notes that the Qataran criminalization of homosexuality is the biggest issue we care about, which is an accidentally misleading statement - it is the most personal issue to us, but we recognize that all human rights abuses, including those against queer people and women and immigrant workers, are bad and should be condemned. If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
Foul Puck returns after a lengthy hiatus to re-affirm our long-standing motto of “I’m not looking that up!”Contents include Rachel despairing, Nancy being smug, and Rebecca throwing over her beloved Flyers, along with:MLB: the demise of the A’s; end-of-season recap; preview of the 2023 season’s changesNBA: 4x Champion Warriors; Warriors growing painsWNBA: Becky Hammon, Brittney Griner, and the Vegas AcesNHL: Boo, Flyers, Boo; State of the CapsIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
A previously recorded episode in which Rachel previews the (lack of) spring baseball, we talk CBAs, and the future of sports fanbases by age.Contents include:- Baseball CBA and “strike”; government involvement; “ghost wins”; the effect on the MLiB; expiring contracts; won’t anyone think of the fans?- Fanbase age demographics across sports- FP team ownership planIf you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
A (very belated) wrap-up episode for our Olympics coverage of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Contents include:- figure skating controversies- snocross- reverse ageism- and much more!If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!
For our final Winter Olympic Mini-sode, Rebecca takes us deep into the labyrinthine vocabulary that makes up the sport of curling! Join us for the olympic edition of sports mad libs!
Alternate title: One Cleat and One Bowling Shoe
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Tune in to our 12th Winter Olympics Minisode to hear about the origins, types, and likelihood of injury in snowboarding! Pro-tip: wear a helmet.
Alternate title: Snurf
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In Winter Olympics Minisode 11, we explore language, discuss the miracle of 3D printing, and imagine how much cooler this sport would be with a bow and arrow instead of guns.
Alternate title: Biathlon, But In 3 Syllables
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What is it that's getting "combined" anyway? Join us on Winter Olympic Minisode 10 as we explore the origins, details, and strategies of Nordic Combined!
Alternate Title: Mitigating Mediocrity
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Tune in to our 9th Winter Olympics Minisode to learn why everything you've ever believed about which is the fastest color is wrong (and also about short track speed skating)!
Alternate title: Skate Speeding
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Join the hosts of Foul Puck for an in-depth and completely objective analysis and learning moment about the merits of cross-country skiing! Bonus content: roller skiing and the effects of climate change.
Alternate title: Crowdsourcing the Brain Cell
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Twizzles, Axels, and Lifts, oh my! On Olympic Minisode 7 we dive into the details of Figure Skating, including the lesser-know disciplines and the weirdness of the team event.
Alternate Title: All Licorice Is An Abomination
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For Olympic Minisode the 6th, Rachel introduces us to the origins, styles, and scoring of freestyle skiing, which the rest of us know nothing about!
Alternate Title: Pipe Dragon
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Join us as Rebecca, our hockey person, talks about Olympic hockey! Includes the differences between the NHL and Olympic play, why you won't see any NHLers at the Olympics, and why the women's team captains keep marrying each other. CW: minor discussion of racism.
Alternate Title: Episode Wepisode
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Winter Olympics Primer the Fourth takes us to some very normal hills where we learn about V-style, the K-spot, and just a hint of sexism (in case you thought we'd gone off brand for too long).
Alternate Title: Geese Everywhere Nod Knowingly
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In our third Winter Olympics minisode, we discuss whether we'd prefer to go highway speeds down an icy waterslide headfirst or on our back. The one thing we can all agree on? Driving the luge-track zamboni must be hella fun.
Alternate Title: Hey Baby, Wanna See My Monobob?
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Join us for our second Winter Olympic Mini-sode as Rachel introduces us to the various types and events of Alpine (Downhill)Skiing!
Alternate Title: Gravity, Take The Wheel
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Welcome to the first of our Winter Olympic Primer Minisodes! Join us as Rebecca explains the equipment, format, points, rankings, and all the other details of Long Track Speed Skating!
Alternate Title: It's Not About The Distance, It's About The Size Of The Track
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Welcome to our very first Winter Olympics Mini-sode! In this short episode, Rachel gives an overview of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Content warnings for brief discussion of the Uyghur genocide.
Alternate title: Shuffle Shuffle Bang!
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Our fiftieth episode!!! In which we find that two thirds of the pod do not know where The Washington Football Team is based. Contents include: - Pandemic check-in at 20 months - Ovi and the scoring record chase - Who won the World Series, anyway? - Geography who? I don't know her. - Native American mascots (CW: discussion of racism and racial slurs) - Warriors update
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In which we root for a sinkhole to open under the field of the 2021 World Series, and in which Nancy waxes ecstatic about the WNBA Playoffs.
Contents include: The End of Baseball (incl the Giants) WNBA Post-Season: Finals and formats; Phoenix vs Aces; players of note; controversies; Sky vs Sun; Chicago + Candace
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Rachel tells us all about sports betting. Alternate titles include: All Levels of Hyperbole; The Pie and Laundry Episode.
Sports betting: rule changes; legalization and sponsor agreements; advertising; pros and cons WNBA Playoffs: format; Sky, Mercury, Storm, Sun, Aces Vaccination: Women's sports, NBA, NHL
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A Paralympics Viewing Discussion and Rec List, followed by Evander Kane: The Extended Saga. Alternate title: "Reason for Firing: Pressed Ham"
Contents Include: Paralympics: What are we watching? Evander Kane: The Extended Saga Indoor sports and vaccination rules in the age of plague: continued Unwritten Rule of Baseball: The Fans Are Never Wrong A Brief History of Soapboxes
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Slippery balls and the Commissioner's Cup. Alternate titles include: More Slip Than Grip; #StickyStuff: The Stickening
Contents Include:
StickyStuff: pitchers v batters; safety concerns; details of the ban; incidence of injury
Commissioner's Cup: concept; hosting; Breanna Stewart Warriors Update: summer league and the draft; return of Iggy; other trades Indoor sports and vaccination rules in the age of plague
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In which we learn a whole lot about sports, get really excited about the Paralympics, and talk a little too much about trains.
Contents include: - Historic Disabled Olympians - Trains - Paralympic Games History - Paralympic Classifications - Paralympic Sports - How to Watch - Who to Watch
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In which the best way to get ahead in gymnastics is to be a twin. Potential titles included: "Man go fast on bike, man win race"; "a cheeto riveted to the wall"; and "sportsmanship and kindness."
Contents include: Gymnastics, Rhythmic and Artistic: Simone Bikes; the Averina sisters Climbing: Janja Garnbret beats the pants off everyone Cycling: man go fast, win race Softball: concern trolling and play differences Older athletes and parents in elite sports Women's track and field: Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu First medals for many countries Impressive people: Tamyra Mensah-Stock, Feryal Abdelaziz, Raven Saunders, the USA women's basketball team "Gal Pals": Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr The composition of Olympic medals
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The Olympics have a storied history, and the early Olympics even more so. Join us as Rachel gives us a run-down on how to go from "event bystander" to "gold medalist" in a matter of minutes!
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Manage to catch some of the Olympic diving that's been all over the airwaves the past week or so? Rebecca explains how on earth the scoring for that works, as well as the different kinds of dives and diving apparatus, while Rachel speculates as to how you might become a Left Guy Judge. Join us!
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Rebecca fills us in on the differences between track cycling and road cycling, the peloton and the velodrome, and explains how a sport that awards medals to individuals is still, somehow, a team sport. Also: Olympic breaking wind.
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Ever wondered whether you'd perform better in the kata or kumite Olympic Karate competitions? Or what the difference is between a sport-based vs event-based approach to the Olympics? We have the answers!
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How do you have surfing as a competition in a land-locked host city? and other questions, answered by Rachel!
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Ever wondered about the correct technique for putting your shot? Or how we ended up with such an event in the first place? Rebecca reveals all in our latest primer!
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An exploration of types of Olympic swimming, past and present, including vocabulary terms and event descriptions for multiple swimming events, as well as who to watch!
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If you watched the opening ceremonies, you saw the little montage of athletes working out and practicing while in pandemic lockdown. This episode is about the person climbing their fireplace (and all their friends).
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Presenting the fourth of our Summer Olympics Sports Primers! In this episode, host Rachel takes us through some of the differences between fast-pitch softball and baseball and tells us how to watch some of the first Olympic Softball in over a decade! Also included: windmill terminology.
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Presenting the third of our Summer Olympics Sports Primers! A very fast and dirty overview of the types of olympic gymnastics; events, scoring, and apparatus; and who to watch in 2021.
Alternate Title: Shut Up, Nancy.
*note: Nancy misspeaks - MyKayla Skinner is not an alternate, she is an individual competitor with the US team. Also, the women's team is not majority minority; it is an even split. And a clarification - Suni Lee beat Simone Biles specifically on the uneven bars both days and beam one day, but not in the all-around.
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Presenting the second of our Summer Olympics Sports Primers! In this short episode, Rebecca teaches us which way to face in a boat, and reassures us that we'll be able to get our feet free and thus not drown if the boat tips over. Thanks, Rebecca!
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Welcome to our very first Summer Olympics Sports Primer! In this short episode, Rachel gives an overview of the 2020-Olympics-that-were and the 2021-Olympics-to-come. Give a listen to learn what to watch, how to watch, and when to watch it!
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Alternate title: Universal Jerk-off Motion (finals predictions and prognostications with a side of well-informed complaining)
Contents include: NBA: Warriors 20/21: the best we could have expected, really; play-in bracket; Steph's still got it; off-season possibilities; finals thoughts NHL: finals trajectories; Av's and Caps; Nazem Kadri's suspension MLB: A's are still doing ok!; run differentials and why we care (or don't) NCAA Softball play-offs Litany of Complaints re: Trying to Watch Women's Sports WNBA/NWSL updates
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In which Nancy definitely butchers some names there at the end: sincere apologies to all concerned! Also, now we want an egg sandwich.
Contents include: WNBA: season starting NWSL: AU; GOALS newsletter and women's sports numbers NHL: playoffs and playoff complications MLB: the devil has come to take his due; Matt Olson: Drag Queen; umpire conspiracy theory Pod Vocab: Trade deadline; Future Considerations Draymond Green and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Take ...Olympics? Steph Curry and his 3-pointers
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In which we're fine, we're all fine. In fact, we're super!
Contents Include: Extended Pandemic Check-in Soccer: Super League - what happened; why; 27 words Hockey: women's international cancellation MLB: A's Faustian Bargain; A'sSHAT; baseball changes that have stuck NBA: Steph Curry; the Warriors NHL: Patty Marleau; Nicky Bakstrom Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Pitchers shouldn't glare at fielders who fuck up
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Welcome to spring with Pod Special Guest Mandi Marquardt to talk about all things soccer and appropriate oral boundaries!
Contents include: NWSL: new kits; rebrandings; coming teams; "friendlies"; Challenge Cup; Violence In Soccer; Olympic and National Teams; US Soccer lawsuit NHL: Canucks and the plague; capitalism reigns; trade deadline MLB: All-star game; A's pitching and season start NBA: Current state of the Warriors; Steph Curry's injury; play-in round Tales From The Negro Leagues: Cool Papa Bell
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Alternate titles for this track include: "Came In Hot With A Slurpee And A Bag Of Chips" and "The Fyre Festival Cheese Sandwich of Weight Rooms".
Contents include: Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Why You Should Have Your Power-hitter Bat Clean-up NCAA: (apologies to Hoosiers and Missourians)NCAA tournament men's vs women's facilities, swag, weights, food, staff, and tests History of the NCAA/Title IX/NCAA Funding NAACP Jackie Robinson Award Assorted Updates: Warriors; NWHL; Athletes Unlimited
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A year and two days after sports shut down, your hosts review the last 367 days personally, professionally, and in sports. The back-up title for this one was "Gritty On My Ass", so you know it's good.
Contents include:
-What sports mascot would you get tattooed on your buttcheek? -Pandemic Pod Revisited: How were we? What were our predictions? Last Events Before Lockdown; Living at Work -Sports in the Pandemic: successes and failures; bubbles!; mesh hats; zero attempts; games with fans; vaccination of athletes and the ethics thereof -Olympics? -Success of women's sports in 2020 -Hopes and expectations for 2021
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The Hosts Branch Out, aka screaming about sports that are not basketball, hockey, or baseball - refreshing!!
Contents Include: Volleyball: AU; picking a fav; team make-up; charitable connections Sports Media: The Last Dance; Cheer Squad; Cheer Cheerleading: is it a sport?; types and culture; an abbreviated history; injuries Fantasy Sports: what, who and how; Feelings; skill vs luck Tales from the Negro Leagues: Seamheads and the stats of the NL
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In which we revisit grade school science concepts about solar heat and the melting point of ice.
Contents include: NHL: science is magic; plague league NBA: plague impact; Jazz victory trajectory; Warriors rollercoaster Bandwagon fans: gatekeeping and fan privilege; the effect of bandwagon fans on sports fandom MLB: allowing fans, how can this possibly go wrong Brief Political Diversion Regularly Scheduled Feminist Rant (w/ thanks to Roxanne Gay) Athletes Unlimited: a new league with new vision and new rules
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Join us as we take up our new hobby: competitive jigsaw puzzling!
Contents include: NWHL Season Postponement: what happened and when?; the "bubble"; how funding affects women's sports; a missed opportunity NHL: team herd immunity; "Covid Protocol List"; increased health and safety protocols Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Don't pull the infield in during early innings MLB: more trades; KD's of the world; FP road trip plans; spring training NBA: warriors doing remarkably well; Steph, Dray, Andrew, and Kelly; injuries; "not chasing wins" controversy; The Jazz
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In which we decry capitalism generally, specifically, and at length, and in which Nancy talks too much.
Football Season Finale: - boring, but also frustrating; tossing the laundry; missing team pieces - coach's car wreck; "moment of silence"; our collective agoraphobia
FSF Good Things: - 1st woman ref; Black coaching staff; Amanda Gorman
Less Good Things: - Patrick Mahomes' injuries; End Racism; punts; domestic violence
ETC: - halftime; commercials and the various genres thereof; beer commercials are the only commercials who get it; Fuck Capitalism
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A simple piece of furniture can hold such sinister meaning, and provoke such immediate emotional response.
Contents include: NWHL season: twitch streams; the zamboni; record viewership; current standings Barstool Sports and the NWHL: historic behavior; Erika Nardini; Saroya Tinker Henry Aaron retrospective Brief Basketball Dramz MLB and The Short-Sighted Trades Ovi Goal Watch Foul Puck ASMR section
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An important intellectual discussion of multifaceted approaches toward team selection and loyalty. (We talk about our favs, yo.)
Contents include: NWHL Season: Leveille, Babstock; hockey fan art; Important Penguin Tangent; hair maintenance in women's sports; separation of the NHL from college hockey; full face shields; cross-sport promotion How to Pick A Team: names; colors; location; players; affinities; flow-chart recommendations; friend's teams; commentators; enjoyability; back-up teams RIP Henry Aaron: career and white-washing thereof Wardell Stephen Curry II
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A very musical episode, featuring some highly questionable humming and many Objectively Correct Opinions. Contents include:
An Important Thanksgiving Recap Walk-up Songs Explained: strategies; copyright; host choices Goal songs: strategies; context; host choices A's trades: Semien and Hendriks Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Why You Shouldn't Throw A Strike If You're 0-2
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Welcome to your NWHL N-Dubble preview episode!
Contents include: NWSL: new teams! new games! NWHL: 2021 Season and playoffs; social media and public support Tales from the Negro Leagues: The Negro Leagues are a Major League now! ...ish. NHL: Willie O'Ree and racial platitudes from white men's organizations NBA: the Warriors don't suck! James Wiseman, Andrew Wiggins, and Kelly Oubre Jr.; Steph Curry's new record; The Nets and the big If NHL pt 2: Division alterations and the effects thereof; the Stars and the Avs and the Sharks, oh my NFL: Season Finale approacheth
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In which there are a lot of feelings and a not-insubstantial amount of sports news!
Contents include: Basketball: A Lot of Feelings - NBA Draft: Warriors Edition; James Wiseman; Wanamaker and the Saga of Klay Thompson; assorted injuries; Kelly Oubre Jr. - vocab lesson: bench player; sixth man; ACL Kim Ng - first female GM in men's professional sports Brett Peterson - first black assistant GM in the NHL Tales from the Negro Leagues - Toni Stone NHL return??
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All of our friends live on the internet (especially now).
Contents include: Time is meaningless: pt. 1 Presidential Series Finale Recap Baseball Season Finale: bitches gonna complain about the manager; Blake Snell and Game 6; stats vs gut instinct Baseball Vocab: manager vs general manager vs front office History of Stats in Baseball: sabermetrics; moneyball; statcaster; player interactions vs player stats Baseball Season Finale: the Public Health Edition Basketball: back!!! probably!! maybe! Raptors need a home; Warriors draft pick; Draymond, we stan. Hockey: 2021? maybe?; international player difficulties; Chicago team land statement; Baine Pettinger; being queer in pro sports
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In which Rebecca gets her research on and her dander up - possibly one of our best episodes to date.
Contents include: Most Of My Friends Live On The Internet: a pandemic check-in with each of the hosts The National Anthem In Sports -History: baseball and WWI, football and WWII -paid patriotism -school recruitment -poverty draft/immigrant draft -could we change it?; the definition of patriotism; coerced, meaningless, rituals -what power do fans have to protest, and how can it be done? Nancy gets factchecked
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In which we rate the Tampa Bay Ray's performance on gymnastic floor routines.
Contents include: Listener Question: Infield Fly Rule - fly ball; base running rules; tagging up; preventing double plays; sac fly; sac bunt. Ji-Man Choi: We Stan! also: "surprisingly athletic"; background; the "isms" World Series: Dodgers v Rays Game 3: fans in the stands; various calls; "starter" vs "opener" Game 4: Arozarena and the Comedy of Errors
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Happy Birthday, Sue Bird, and congratulations on your engagement!!!<333
Contents include: - NHL: Stanley Cup - the origin, appearance, and logistics thereof; 2020 post-season vs a normal post-season; Lightning vs Stars results; Stars injury list; the "embellishment" call - WNBA: Seattle Storm win the championship by kicking ass and taking names; Sue Bird, we stan - Stanley Cup Redux: embellishment call cont.; pulling the goalie; Stars did good, we're proud - MLB: Wild Card Series vs Wild Card Game; post-season 2020 vs normal post-season; A's bow out; Marlins bow out; Go Rays - the complications of following multiple teams - MNBA: Lakers vs Heat; Lebron, AD, and JB; 40 pt triple-double; Go Heat!
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Ever wonder about who on this pod has a sporps tattoo, or where such a tattoo might be? We reveal all in this scandalous episode!
Contents Include: - Tales From The Negro Leagues: The Indianapolis Clowns; Hank Aaron; Mamie Peanut Johnson - The ethics of the return of college sports - WNBA: playoff structure and teams overview; considerations resulting from systemic misogyny, WNBA edition; go Storm! - NBA: current playoff standings and games; Beat LA! - MLB: the weird beginning of a weird postseason; A's vs Marlins - Baseball 101: position players pitching - NHL: Stanley Cup - 2020 Cup playoff format; back-to-back games; Khudoban and goalie percentages; Benn and Seguin and Pavelski; pick your favorite child; spare family lottery pool; Game 2 projections
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Why are women's sports so hard to follow? Is it bad PR or are we just lazy? In short, yes.
Contents include: Basketball: - WNBA game timing; never read the comments; Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky; lack of good women's sports PR; Nancy on the couch -NBA game: Thunder vs Rockets; James Harden v Chris Paul; 'flopping' vs 'embellishment'; status of the playoffs - star players vs team play Hockey: - Colorado Avalanche vs the Dallas Stars Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Don't Swing on a 3|0 pitch Kentucky Derby and horse racing: America's Whitest Sport
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Content warning for slightly graphic discussion of police violence toward Black people, in the context of the Jacob Blake shooting and the response of sports with the boycott/strike.
Contents include: The shooting of Jacob Blake by police and the subsequent response of Sports: - Hockey: Eastern NHL vs Western NHL response; the NHL nap factor - Basketball: the origin of the strike; actions by the NBA; actions by the WNBA - timeline of teams involved and the actions taken by them and when - Baseball: Jackie Robinson Day, Chadwick Boseman, and Bruce Maxwell - Hockey Pt. 2: Logan Coture shows his whole ass online (not literally, that would have been more appreciated) - Matter is the Minimum/College Sports and activism - Vocab 2020: Boycott vs Strike Tales from the Negro Leagues: Satchel Page and Barnstorming
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One year of Foul Puck!!! What better way to celebrate than by talking about sports, butts, and sports butts? Also sliding. Which can be done on your butt.
Contents include: Current Baseball: The A's, the Giants, and Messy Bitch Baseball; the A's are the best team in baseball? The A's are the best team in baseball!; baseball is...doing ok? Current Hockey: Capitals are Chaotic; Fliers are Phenomenal; Stars and Avalanche are progressing forward; The Game That Lasted All Day; hockey bubble is doing... ok? College Sports Update: the impact of canceling football; canceling of other sports; impact on smaller sports (incl student athletes and the talent pipeline) Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Don't Tell Your Powerhitter To Bunt The Basics of Sliding: overrunning; tagging; the singular rule of sliding; headfirst vs feetfirst; #moarbutts; the body mechanics of sliding Happy Birthday, Foul Puck!!
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Women's Hockey, the NHL Diversity Alliance, and Rachel's Covid Conspiracy Theory, oh my!!
Contents include: - Current Baseball: The Marlins are a whole new team; MLB has the plague; A's sweeping the Asstros; Rachel's Rona Theory; A's/Asstro's brawl - Vocabulary: Walk-off Grand Slam - Hockey Diversity Alliance: JT Brown, Evander Kane, Akim Aliu; #WePlayFor; conversations in the bubble - Tales from the Negro League: Rube Foster and the Bunt Rally - Explainer: The State of Women's Hockey in North America (small and underfunded)- player boycott; history of women's leagues in NoAm; structural challenges and lack of pay; connection (or lack thereof) with the NHL
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We recap the NWSL Challenge Cup, rave about Seattles thematic team naming system, and Rachel struggles to control herself when talking about baseball and the MLB's imaginary Hat.
Contents Include: - NWSL Challenge Cup Wrap-up: new sponsors; new teams; increased viewership; the leadership of Lisa Baird; the final; and not a single case of plague! - Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Don't Infect Your Entire Team With The Plague - Current Baseball: Darwinian survival of the fittest, and the pre-eminence of the West - Current Hockey: shockingly good??? also the hockey refusal to disclose injuries; the playoff format; and the reveal of the 32nd team - Current Basketball: Bubble and Wubble status; social justice actions; and current teams doing well - Matt Dumba and the NHLDA
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In which we welcome a very special guest, Mandi Marquardt, who tells us all there is to know about soccer! Yes, all of it.
Contents include: - NWSL: the experience of being a fan; a brief history of the NWSL, the World Cup, and the Women's National Team - The Basics: a ball; a field; rules; timing and scoring; players and player roles - The Challenge Cup - The Basics Pt. 2: Goalkeepers; scoring and draws; penalty kicks - Discussion of concussions and injury - Mandi breaks down the Challenge Cup
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If you haven't figured it out by now, our motto is: we are always 100% right. Alternate titles for this episode included: "the calm before the shitstorm" and "MLB is asking us to imagine a hat."
Contents (and hosts) under pressure, do not shake: Featuring Special Guest Soccer Super Fan Mandi Marquardt! - As Yet Unnamed Segment: The Giant Career of Rube Foster - Korean Baseball 101 and screaming inside our hearts - Brief Socialism Meltdown: screaming outside our hearts - Swole Daddy redux - NWSL Challenge Cup: Mandi calls the Cup; how is the bubble going? why do we hate astroturf? what's the risks and frequency of injuries? who are we rooting for? - NHL update: O, Canada (bubbles); Hotel Rivalries; the upcoming Stupid Season and its format; current status of the NWHL? - NBA and WNBA returns: arrival issues; is it good or bad for them to be playing simultaneously? - MLB: the Calm Before the Shit-storm
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Are sports really coming back? Is this a socialist podcast in disguise? Does league management know what a "bubble" really is? Listen to find out!
Contents include: - Designated Hitter 101: pros, cons, and bunting - Changes We'd Like To See To Baseball - NWSL Challenge Cup: who we're rooting for; Rachel's short-lived Australian soccer career - NHL return-to-play plan (such as it is) - The burning question no one will answer: how many infected people is too many infected people? - NBA and MLB return-to-play plans (one of these is better than the other) - Socialism break - Unwritten Rule of Baseball: the Color Line
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As sports begin to think about maybe returning to play out the ends of seasons and attempt play-offs, we discuss the latest in their plans for return as well as the social justice actions many players have taken up.
Contents include: -We're #1!!...in plague -NHL re-opening plans -MLB and BLM -WNBA and the plague season -NWSL and being the first sport back playing live -Mystics/Wizards and Juneteenth marches; Juan Toscano-Anderson and the Currys -NBA bubble -NBA/NHL/MLB cultural differences on the ability to publicly dissent with the re-openings -MLB attempts at re-opening -Extended Pandemic-prompted Meltdown -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Go easy on the relief pitcher
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Welcome to the ongoing pandemic sports podcast, where we talk about what sports would be happening if sports were a thing right now! This week Rebecca teaches us all about cycling.
Contents include: -Cycling 101: Tour de France and the ability to social distance; team cycling vs individual cycling; strategies for winning; ascending and descending; Lance Armstrong -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: don't walk in front of the catcher on your way to home plate -Capitals player Brandon Leipsic's shitty misogynist group convo and the ensuing consequences -sexism in sports as a female fan cont'd: general misogyny; mansplaining; issues of physical safety -women's sports should come back first!! -current status of sports return plans on a scale of dumb to heckin' stupid -cross stitch sectional
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There are still no sports, but we soldier on.
Contents include: -why can't we just combine the summer and winter olympics in the same year? -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: don't step in the batter's box while the pitcher is warming up -mid-game rituals -Current team updates: Superdome naming rights; NHL plans for restarting; NBA plans for restarting; WNBA plans for restarting; the difficulties of quaranteam logistics; MLB ownership plans for restarting -Listener Question Corner: is kissing during a game unsportsman-like conduct? -the wonderful world of cornhole
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In which Nancy and Rachel reminisce about being young women playing sports, and the sexism that comes with. (We still promise laughs.)
Contents include: -Sports updates: drafts? maybe? time is a flat circle -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Nobody but the pitcher can step on the pitcher's mound -Being a female sports fan: as a kid; as an adult -Church league sports vs school sports; sexism in sports leadership and culture -being an adult woman sports fan
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There are no sports. You know this. So in this episode we take a listener question and do a deep dive into MASCOTS!
Contents include: -Current teams updates: is anything happening? -We are a socialist podcast -Cancellation of the Olympics -Logistics of a potential sports return -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Hierarchy of who catches a fly ball -when will sports return?/time is meaningless -The Great Mascot Debate (includes taxonomies uwu)
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Our second quarantine pod, and our first full podcast recorded after the cessation of sports and the official declarations of Shelter in Place for two of our three hosts.
Contents include: - Facts of The Current Bullshit: What's the effect of Covid19 on our actual lives right now? On our families? - A timeline review of The Day Sports Stopped - Treatment of staff; who in sports is currently getting paid? - Parental Question Corner: Was the NBA shutting down a turning point? - How have our teams responded to the crisis? What is the role of public shaming? - The class issues of Covid19 as illustrated via sporps - Unwritten Rule: Don't Touch Your Face and Wash Your Damn Hands! - Adopt an MiLB player - Quarantime filling
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The world is upside down! Who knows what we talk about? It's a surprise to everyone! (This was recorded pre-pandemic pod. Did I mention the world is upside down?)
Contents include: -Current teams update: Steph Curry is back! but D. Russell is traded; luxury tax and the salary cap; hockey trade deadline and the Caps' acquisition of Kovalchuk; Caps are sucking, Flyers are doing amazing; Rebecca's love of the trade deadline -Olympics talk: what's it like to have your fav players on a national team with players you sports-hate? -Baseball spring training: Cactus League vs Grapefruit League; RIP Joyce Schobrich, dedicated baseball fan; Astros bean counter -Warriors 03/05 game: Steph Curry's return; Warriors loss; retro uniforms
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Recorded after the news that All Sports Is On Pause, our hosts discuss the impact of such a sudden stop to all sports with regard to the seasons in progress, the season upcoming, all the many people who work in sports, and the hobbies they will now have time for.
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We're back! This week we play a bit of catch up, and talk as much about the football season finale as people who don't follow football can. #YayCapitalism #sarcasm Plus, is hitting people in the head with a baseball okay? And what the heck is an EBUG?
Contents include: -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: retaliation via beanball -Football Season Finale: --49ers got their asses handed to them --bullshit call vs bullshit rule --patriotic coding in sports --commercial costs and cultural monopolies (#fuckcapitalism) --Rebecca's Super Bowl watching experience --Actual Football Questions --Native American imagery appropriation -Baseball Spring Training: Astros scandal continues; a "fun" scandal; this pod is against death threats and headshots -Hockey: Ovi and the 700th goal; EBUGs and the zamboni driver who shall live in infamy
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Welcome to episode 8! This week we talked a bit more about the Astros and what to do when the winner gets ousted, Rebecca's undying love of Nicklas Backstrom, a scandal in figure skating, the first out queer player in men's pro hockey, and more. Come for the sports intros, stay for the bad jokes and occasional cat noises.
Contents include: -Kobe Bryant further discussion -Current teams updates: Astros cheating scandal rolls on and we absolutely are not gleeful; Warriors trades and Capitals re-signings; Warriors and Sharks playoff chances (slim to none); Morgan Cipres sex scandal -Elite Ice Hockey League pride week -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: don't swing at the first pitch when your team is behind -Parental Question Corner -Super Bowl Preview: the 49ers and Katie Sowers; Colin Kapernick; Marlins shoutout; commercials and their cost -Women's Hockey (or the lack thereof)
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In Memoriam: Kobe and Gianna Bryant - a basketball legend who will go down as one of the greats of all time, but who also had a very serious accusation in his past, and the gifted daughter who was only getting started. What does the death of a celebrity mean to a fan, and how do we reconcile the bad actions of a revered figure after a tragic death? Two of the Foul Puck hosts share a frank discussion. Trigger warnings for death and discussion of sexual assault.
In which we discuss the 01/11/2020 game between the San Jose Sharks and the Dallas Stars, and many other things as well.
Contents include: -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: don't celebrate a homerun or a strikeout -Current teams updates: A's rehires; Warriors continue to suck; Capitals sure did play a game, and that's all Rebecca will say about it -Sharks v Stars --a good game! everyone showed up to play --Pavs return --Sharks and the Early Scoring Trouble --Patty Marleau's 1700th game goal --teammate age gaps --Stars defense --Sharks player contracts -Hockey talk: goal differentials; current conference standings; "Pollock" is not an insult when it's your name; back-up teams
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Hey! Episode 6 here! This week we talk win-lose-or-tie, bad off-ice conduct, figure skating, and touch briefly on the NFL playoff structure. Yes, we do know there's no episode 5. Please hold.
Contents include: -Current teams check-in: baseball offseason; Caps taking too many penalties; Warriors showing minor improvement; Sharks fired their coach; Rebecca is an Ovi stan -Sharks vs Capitals game: high stick goals; hat tricks (natural and otherwise); Evander Kane; Sharks getting up and then falling down; Tomas Hertl appreciation corner; Brent Burns -Unwritten Rule of Baseball: play for the tie at home, but play for the win on the road -Women's professional sports: baseball v softball; women's professional baseball; feminine coding in women's sports -Football post-season: Fuck Tom Brady; post-season match-ups -Ice Skating: 90's retrospective; ice skating events; figure skating scoring; current figure skaters we are watching
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Our fourth episode! In this episode we talk about some rough hockey injuries, a full out brawl in football, professional courtesy vs cheating when you can get away with it in baseball, and much more, including: - Unwritten Rule of Baseball Etiquette: don't steal bases when you're far ahead or far behind - "do your best! ...except for sometimes" - Jazz v Warriors game Nov 11 game recap: -- experienced vs inexperienced teams; -- clock management, foul management, free throws; -- new additions to the Warriors - Current teams updates: -- baseball MVP's -- current controversial hockey call -- Av's are injured -- Warriors are improving? A little bit? Maybe? - Mike Fiers and the Astros controversy -Preview of an upcoming discussion: Gritty/Claude Giroux
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NB: Nancy's audio sucks for the first couple minutes, but it clears up fast!
Welcome to episode 3! In this episode we cover:
- Sports updates! Warriors are... rebuilding. Caps and Fliers are killing it. Stars are on the struggle bus.
- Unwritten Baseball Etiquette: don't steal third with two outs
- what are home runs, and why do we want them?
- the World Series (with apologies to friend-of-the-pod Lani, and to Nancy's father)
The Caps-Stars game from October 12: how'd it go??? - Michal Kempny's face - Hockey terms 101: delayed penalties, face-off dots, empty nets, goal differential, challenges, goalie interference, power play, penalty kill - why a goalie would ever leave the net/sympathy for goalies - Dylan Larken's hockey butt - Commentator Sayings Lightning Round - Ding Dong Don Cherry's fired, we say good riddance.
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It's our second episode! Welcome to the pod! We're still figuring this out! In this episode we talk about: - the A's sad ending to the season (sorry, Rachel!) - what the heck is a spray chart, anyway? - the importance (or not) of batting handedness - taking one for the team - Unwritten Baseball Etiquette (managers should back their players on a call) - whether the Mystics are going to win their first ever championship - Deshaun Watson and the myth of the Dumb Jock - Tuskegee College Long Snapper Johnny Fuentes - On This Day In Sports
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First full episode of the Foul Puck Podcast! Join us as we explore the genesis of the podcast's premise (sports talk and explanation by and for non-traditional sports fans, aka women, PoC, queer folk, and sports latecomers) and meet our hosts!
Featuring: - Nancy, basketball enthusiast and sometime hockey fan (Warriors, Sharks) - Rachel, baseball guru and sometime basketball fan (Marlins, A's) - Rebecca, hockey know-a-bunch and sports fandom commentator (Stars, Capitals)
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Hey, here's a teaser clip of our first episode! This features Rachel giving us the weird baseball etiquette tip. The full episode will be up soon!