Dump On The Ump
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It's Opening Day! Joel talks about going to Spring Training in Arizona; we discuss the ongoing Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal; and it could be a long season for both the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox.
Jerry Reinsdorf asks the city of Chicago for $2 Billion to build a new stadium for the White Sox ... Sam guarantees that the Boston Red Sox will win the World Series ... ice football, wrestling basketball, and other sports we think should be in the olympics ... Sam went to Colombia for Carnevale.
Sam and Joel are back to talk about the offseason woes of both the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox; about the joys of the Africa Cup and the Caribbean Series; about Taylor Swift and the best food to serve during the Super Bowl; and about the details of the Athletics attempt to move to Las Vegas.
Sam and Joel are back to talk about their least favorite topic, the NFL Playoffs, and how angry people are about Taylor Swift. However, they also talk about the LIDOM finals, the Caribbean Series, soup, and the latest strange trades in MLB, including Jorge Polanco to the Mariners and Justin Turner to the Blue Jays.
Sam and Joel are back to talk about how 2024 will be the year of ESPN's demise. Also: Oregon coach Dan Lanning turns down the Alabama job; Joel recaps a disappointing college football national championship; the Dodgers sign Teoscar Hernandez; and Soup Talk!
Happy New Year! Sam and Joel kick off 2024 by discussing the Boston Red Sox offseason moves, with Sam making a bold prediction for the Cy Young Award. Joel recaps the New Year's Day college football bowl games, and the boys talk a little bit about soup.
The most whiniest sports fans are in San Francisco, but the most miserable are in Chicago; the Kansas City Chiefs have the whiniest players, and Kansas City conspiracy theories abound; the Red Sox are going after noted samurai Yoshinobu Yamamoto; Oregon State and Washington State retain control of the Pac-2; and the keys to eating a healthy breakfast.
Shohei Ohtani has gone to the Dodgers, and we do a deep dive on the meanings and implications of that move! Also on this episode: Joel calls for the boycott of the Fiesta Bowl; Juan Soto to the Yankees; and is there a conspiracy involving the Guggenheim Group?
We're back! Sam has a conspiracy theory regarding the San Diego Padres. Joel complains about middle school basketball and college football. The boys talk about their recent travels to Greece and the Dominican Republic. Free agency speculation begins.
The MLB postseason has been ridiculous and the format needs to change. Baseball and flag football are being considered for inclusion in the 2028 Olympics. Orioles fans get what they deserve. Record broken in the Chicago Marathon. Mario Cristobal is not a football genius. Horns Down, Texas Longhorns.
The Tampa Bay Rays get swept out of the Wild Card Damien Lillard traded to Milwaukee We should all get really into the biathlon Vietnamese cuisine is the best All Astros fans are on X The cesspool that is college football
Sam and Joel talk about the recent collapse of the San Diego Padres and of the Pac-12 College Football Conference ... both the AL and the NL Wild Card races are coming down to the wire ... Coach Deion Sanders is bringing Prime Time to Colorado ... the Boston Red Sox are in search of a new GM ... Joel has been doing a lot of things while on X.
Julio Urias, Mel Tucker, and Other Scandals by Dump On The Ump
Are the Red Sox tanking? The AL West is going down to the wire. Avoid the clap, give the Astros Covid. We love '90's movies, we don't love climate change.
Apple TV is trying to shove soccer down our throats by producing absolutely terrible MLB broadcasts ... Donald Trump lies about everything he might as well lie about being the same height and weight as Fernando Tatis Jr ... Wander Franco is in a lot of trouble ....
Sam and Joel are back, and they welcome special guest Jake! On this episode: TA and J-Ram don't know how to fight; the Chicago White Sox (finally) fire GM Rick Hahn; Luis Urias is hitting dingers for the Boston Red Sox; and we make our plan to buy the Baltimore Orioles! Also: Why the Texas Rangers will not win the AL West!
After an unplanned hiatus, Sam and Joel return to talk about the changing nature of sports journalism, they discuss improvements that could be made to MLB's All-Star Game and Home Run Derby, they give half season updates on the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, and they look at which MLB teams spend their payroll money wisely and which ones do not.
Sam is here to describe to us why Boston Red Sox GM Chaim Bloom needs to be fired, including the Red Sox mediocre start to the season, their lack of improvement, and their signing of bigoted pitcher Matt Dermody. Joel talks about the recent suspension of the White Sox-Yankees game due to air quality, and whether or not this is going to be increasingly common, and then they discuss the recent troubles of the Oakland A's in their quest to relocate to Las Vegas.
Joel and Sam are back to talk about the race in the AL East, the struggles of the Chicago White Sox, the NBA Playoffs, and Kenley Jansen's latest milestone! Also: We analyze your sex dreams! Podcast!
Sam and Joel welcome special guest JP! They talk about all the things that make Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh sports special, why this might be a particularly painful year for the Chicago White Sox, why the "sweeper" is a BS pitch in baseball, why we all need to take a riverboat down the Ohio River, and why nothing ever really changes in baseball. (All those other baseball podcasts that talk fWar suck.)
Joel and Sam are back to talk all things baseball. The Boston Red Sox continue to find entertaining ways to lose, and the Seattle Mariners have an extra innings curse. New York State AG Letitia James is investigating the NFL for sexual discrimination, and the University of Alabama fires their baseball coach over alleged insider betting. Also: The boys talk about their plans for their steampunk baseball YA novel.
Guys, the White Sox are bad and it's not even funny anymore; we once again call for the removal of MLB's anti-trust exemption status; silly hats only; Jarred Kelenic might be That Guy; the Oakland A's are Vegas bound!
Alex Verdugo is the man in Boston; recognizing the 10th anniversary of the Boston City marathon bombing; Joel gets on the Arizona Diamondbacks bandwagon and talks too much about his own poop.
The umps suck and are only going to get worse; the new MLB calendar sucks; are MLB rivalries going to dissipate?; complaining about the new rules; Joel goes to Pittsburgh
Baseball is back! Sam describes his return to Fenway Park, and Thomas went to a Mariners v. Angels game. Also: We discuss the beauty of cold weather baseball, the tyranny of the new baseball rules, and how glad we are that baseball is back.
Joel tells the story of going to Spring Training in Florida and a WBC game; Sam is as optimistic as ever about the chances of the Boston Red Sox; and Thomas correctly points out that the pitch clock is just another money grab by MLB.
