Catching Up on Giants Baseball

This week the guys break down the two series against Texas teams and important questions are answered: 
Should the Giants have kept Dubon over Estrada? 
Why isn’t Yordon Alvarez more appreciated? 
Why does the Rangers new stadium look like a giant Costco? 
All these questions as well as our long term outlook for Ramos, Brett Wisely is quietly becoming a total stud and Max takes us on an unexpected ranty tangent about the automatic balls and strikes challenge system. 
 
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*This episode was recorded Friday morning but audio issues and editing schedule issues caused a delayed release. Just know we talk about a lot of relevant issues but we don't touch on the Rangers series. Thanks!
This week we break down the Giants series against the D-Backs and Yankees, discussing the epic collapse by Camilo Doval in game three against the Yankees and the epic sunburn Jackson got attending that game.
Who's fault is it that we don't have Aaron Judge smashing home runs for the Giants, what's wrong with Doval, how great has Ramos been, what can we expect from Wilmer? All these questions and more are answered on today's episode.
We play a new game "Correction or Continue" where we ask if a recent hot or cold streak is due for a correction or likely to continue.
 
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Links:
Pod Meets World
Baz Lurhmann sunscreen song

This week Max and Jackson break down back to back series wins against the floundering Mets and the powerful Phillies. If the Mets go into full fire sale, who should the Giants rescue from that sinking ship.
Then we hit the Bryce Harper brouhaha and the importance of pitching inside. Brett Wisely is killing it with a new swing change, Randy Rodriguez is unhittable and did the Giants handle LaMonte Wades tender hamstring irresponsibly? Probably, because now he's out at least a month!
Then we preview the Yankees series and give our 90's nostalgia picks for the week.
 
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Deion vs Barry dunk contest
Eno Saris article about front door sinker

Jackson and Max break down the wild and crazy week that saw the Giants sweep the Rockies and take two of three from the Pirates while averaging nearly 8 runs per game.
Luis Matos winning player of the week, Matt Chapman putting on a one man show fit for Broadway and LaMonte Wade can't be kept off the bases, this week had it all.
We give some of the highlights of the week and the lowlights as well (Blake Snell were looking at you) as we discuss an epic week in Giants baseball. 
Then we talk about which of the three young players, Luis Matos, Heliot Ramos or Marco Luciano should stick around all year and then we answer the question on everyone's mind...who has the best mustache as we near the end of Mustache May?
 
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Links:
Bones Brigade Documentary
Darren Lewis game

This week we ask two vital questions:
1) Is it early or is it over?
2) When did it all go wrong for the Giants?
We get to the bottom of these deep philosophical quandaries and try to find some bright spots in the current season.
We also break down the unprecedented rash of injuries and talk about which Rivercats turned Giants we are impressed with so far.
Then, we preview the upcoming week, talk about the epic return of a backup catcher (yes that's where we are at this point folks,) and finally, give your our 90's nostalgia picks for the week.
 
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Oh dear what a terrible week it’s been! Max and Jackson talk about the dismal destruction at the hands of the Phillies, the direly needed sweep that wasn’t in Colorado, and just generally ask and answer, what’s wrong with the Giants?
We try our best to find some bright spots and then highlight the problematic injuries and who is most likely to replace the aging, injured veterans? Then we dig into some deep stats to see if there are answers hidden in the numbers. Turns out they are in plain sight!
Lastly, we talk about the Luis Arraez trade to the Padres, talk about the greatest and most short lived celebration the Giants had this season, and give our 90’s nostalgia picks for the week.   
 
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This week in baseball on YouTube
Lizard skins

We break down the last two series focusing on the Giants abysmal offensive output over the last week. Is this the best we can all hope for or is there more the Giants can do to produce more runs *Hint: we don’t think so. 
Then we break down what’s ahead with a big four game series in Philidelphia. Will the Giants get slaughtered or will the friendly small confines of Citizen’s Bank Park spark the offense. Only time will tell. Also, Alec Bohm has a .1000+ OPS so don’t let him beat you. 
Lastly, with a trip to Philly we talk about the merits of booing as a fan. When is it ok to boo your own team or is it ever ok? We give our thoughts on this pressing issue. 
We end with our nostalgia picks for this week and it’s a classic sitcom and a classic 90’s sports video game.
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Some fun links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=QxaQ9cKYQXo
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=rTimaB1_xcQ
 
 

This week we break down the D-Backs and Mets series. Why does the Giants current brand of baseball fell so frustratingly similar even though so many of the names on that backs of the jersey's have change.
We highlight the bright spots in the bottom of the batting order and the starting pitcher and then dwell on the downer that is Blake Snell's injury and disappointing Giants tenure thus far.
Then we look ahead to the Pirates and a loooong road trip.
Finally we ask the most important question of this new season. With the new lighting system what song would we choose for our cinematic entrance as a closer?
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On today's episode Max and Jackson talk about the Giants win against the D-backs and ask whether it was the best win of the year. Then a look back at the Florida road trip. Was it a success or a disappointment?
Next the hosts play "2 ups and 1 down" where the high leverage relievers feature heavily in both the good and the bad. 
Lastly a look ahead to the importance of the long home stand and hopes for Blake Snell to get his season going tonight.
 

Jackson and Max reconvene after a brutal series against the annoying Nationals and try to find some bright spots from the Giants win in the final game of the series. In what is proving to be a weekly segment, we fawn over Jordan Hicks' most recent start. After considering the Florida road trip ahead we address the epidemic of pitcher injuries in Major League Baseball and beyond.Then have a little fun picking our favorite of "the Jacksons", this year's group of rising phenoms that all share the world's best first name (Max says that's debatable.) We cap it off with everyone's favorite section where we revisit some pieces of 90's nostalgia. This week we examine the frightening head hunting tactics used by Giants legend, Randy Johnson in the 1993 All-Star game and talk about our shared love for the best syndicated comic strip of all time. Links and sources: John Kruk vs The Big UnitCalvin and Hobbes dead birdCalvin and Hobbes snowman accident