Around the Bases: Recent Episodes
Around the Bases
A sports podcast that... goes around the bases. We talk about all sports, but focus on NFL, College football, baseball, hockey and basketball. We are a Detroit based podcast so we mention Detroit teams frequently.
In this Episode, Ryan, Tom and Kristian discuss the NFL regular season, and touch on the MLB postseason. Tom finally shares a story about his personal life, and Ryan goes through what in his mind when he's sleeping.
1:28 - 18:05 : On First Base, the crew touches on Michigan Football, and has a discussion on what teams are acceptable to represent in public. Kristian gives his NFL game of the week where obviously Ryan disagrees with everyone, and says it will be a blowout.
18:05 - 26:36 : On Second Base, we finally talk about Baseball! We discuss the Minnesota Twins postseason record, and you know bad records can't be brought up without mentioning Detroit sports teams. The crew also discusses which teams could go all the way.
26:36 - 36:13 : On Third Base, Tom has an all time bad Millennial morning, where nothing goes his way. He also touches on an encounter with a long lost friend that caused the bad morning.
36:13 - 44:18 : We are convinced Ryan has been taking drugs before sleeping, as is shown by the dreams he has. Tom also has a crazy dream involving a controversial UFC fighter and a household pet.
A packed show, where we venture into dating yet again, talk about flag football fantasy teams, and Ryan brings up a promise that Tom has not yet fulfilled.
1:28 - 12:17 : Kristian is caught up with Ryan's double date saga, and the crew talks about potential ways to make Tom and Ryan's double date better, or possibly ruining it to give us good content for the pod.
12:17 - 27:57 : Tom hates GIECO commercials, more specifically the one that has no concept of what kind of a player Jerome Bettis was. This brings up the debate of our hypothetical flag football team with NFL Stars, new and old, with the crew as captains.
27:57 - 37:49 : Ryan brings up a story of an unfulfilled promise that has his friends questioning him, and brings up something that Tom promised to do three years ago. Will Tom ever finish it?? Only Tom knows, and he is still unsure.
37:49 - 50:00 : More of Ryan's dating life! There are some really good tips in here for anyone who is on their first date: Do the opposite of what Ryan did. I question if Ryan secretly does this stuff for content on the Pod.
Ryan and Tom introduce the world to the Around the Bases podcast, and explain how the format of the show will work. Topics this week include Michigan Football troubles, Contenders and Pretenders in the NFL, a follow up on Ryan's dating life, and a spooky Friday the 13th story. This episode gets very heated without Kristian to come between Ryan and Tom.
First Base (6:07-18:39) : The Michigan Football Minute - Why Ryan hates Jim Harbaugh and his strategy to turn Michigan into a contender
Second Base (18:39-39:29) : Ryan and Tom cycle through the NFL's undefeated teams, and determine whether they are contenders or pretenders. Ryan and Tom get pretty heated and Ryan lives in the past. I guess you can tell who writes these summaries.
Third Base (39:29 - 47:29) : A night of telling scary stories on Friday the 13th goes wrong, Tom and Ryan try to figure out the true cause of the mystery.
Home Plate (47:29 - 1:02:34) : Ryan continues his double date story from last week's episode. Ryan thinks the experience left him empty handed but his good pal Tom has a surprise for him.