Episode Archive: High + Inside

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Eric picks MB's brain about the divisional series of unfortunate events. What happened, where can the Braves go from here, and why do we do this to ourselves?

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Eric + MB take in the exciting finish to the NL Wild Card game while discussing the merits of "full" franchise history, playoff-specific fan gear, and teammates helping one another reach personal milestones by any means necessary.

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MB runs down her pre-playoff anxiety while Eric shops around the league for other teams to potentially give his fandom to.

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Balls are flying out of ballparks and Eric may be flying away from his team for good reason. Then MB + Eric note which specific shit they are too old for.

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Eric + MB celebrate the honored September tradition of Meaningless Baseball by watching a couple innings of the Giants Pirates game. Little did they know they'd be joined by Harry, Lloyd, Al Bundy, and Huey Lewis.

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Eric + MB take it easy by calling the end of a Labor Day game between the Braves and Jays. There's no edits. They performed the interstitial audio with their mouths. Happy Labor Day, go baseball.

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Yeli bares all and asks a dissenter to relax, Eric bares all that's salvageable about the Pirates and where they can improve in 2020, and MB barely contains her excitement after an 8-game win streak by the [still] first place Bravos. Finally, every body can enjoy MB spitting Rimes in an ode to unreasonable sports fandom.

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The Pirates had two good wins this week, but this is the Ronald Acuña Jr. [Half] Hour. After mulling ways to cut down on intentional bean jobs in baseball, Eric + MB share stories in which they absolutely deserved the punishment they got (and arguably more).

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MB unloads some rookie highlights from around the league before Eric unloads a more positive spin on his Pirates fandom after seeing them perform well in person during our second High + Outside adventure of the season. The Braves are still good even when the bullpen sucks.

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MB tosses a cold one to Eric with an MLB highlight featuring a football player, and Eric finds a bright spot outside of his struggling Pirates over on the struggling Marlins. After a robust review of the Braves last 10, they get into the mind of an MLB pitcher by putting their short term memory skills to the test.

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MB throws some early trade deadline news at Eric, but he's got bigger changes on his mind for the Pirates if they want to get his attention back. Their fight against the Reds was a step in the right direction.

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MB gives Eric a roundup of the league leading up to the trade deadline while Eric's interest in following the floundering post-break Buccos somehow diminishes in real time. They combine their efforts to record a script (read: parody song) for GMs facing tough convos with traded players.

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MB + Eric bring the heat to report on their first trip to Petco Park and first MLB game they've attended this season. MB stayed in her seat to take in the full extent of an extra innings Braves win, and they both brought back some Staid' Takes on everything from The Wave to the mascot race.

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MB + Eric commentate the Bell v. Acuña round of the Home Run Derby, then Eric begrudgingly commentates the next round, then MB brags for correctly picking the overall winner.

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MB delivers a starting line up packed with offensive firsts before they put a button on the first half of the season and make predictions for their teams and fandoms in the second half. They round things out with the highly anticipated follow up to the first High + Outside segment with news of MB's foray into recreational baseball.

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After highlighting Al "The Big Cheese" Pujols's first trip back to St. Louis after 8 years in Anaheim, MB + Eric slice off very qualified advice to pitchers re protection during at bats and honing focus instead of "controlling emotions." Eric talks about how stinky it is that his home team is at the opposite end of the standings from MB's Braves before they preview a new High + Outside segment covering MB's dip into a co-ed baseball league.

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MB runs down the details of a slugfest between the Pops and the Rox, Eric laments Joe Musgrove's ejection and its effect on the second Braves/Pirates series, and they both share sauced stories.

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MB throws some draft knowledge at Eric, then they unpack the Braves and Pirates series before previewing, and wagering on, and the upcoming rematch, with some Arnold impressions peppered in. 

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With the Braves and Pirates facing each other for the first time this season, MB + Eric watch the game together and offer their feelings, bits, and a splash of play-by-play during the game. 

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Eric + MB admire the analogies baseball doesn't invoke and deride some home-team-centric bad takes. Every rookie has a rough patch, so MB + Eric each unearth onone of their own career lowlights. 

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MB does a quick Roundup of the 2 hot on top of the AL versus the overall pop of the NL which launches Eric into a question of what's causing his lack of overall league fandom. The two share in the beautiful art of haiku poetry to summarize hot weeks from their home teams before laying claim to some other currently popular properties they've been fans of since before they were cool.

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An exciting baseball hodgepodge opens the conversation into how much momentum can swing teams around in the division. Eric has a Bell to ring for the Pirates, and MB laments the unexpected decline of an important Braves hurler. MB attempts to explain what's up with the Sabermetric  stat weighted On Base Percentage (or wOBA) via song.

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After toasting CC Sabathia's 3,000th strike out, Eric questions another major pitching stat. Too pooped to continue recording, MB + Eric eventually pass the reins to their hometown counterparts Lauren + Tony.

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After highlighting the best team in baseball (the Yankees’ Injured List), MB and Eric both lament their faltering fandom as their teams have rough patches. They also step up to the Trading Block to see what it would take for each person to consider trading their home team’s biggest asset. 

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An early season home run race and a deep dive into why these baseball boys keep fighting so much. Eric + MB play half an inning of a trivia game with a baseball twist and, for the second straight week, drop in some boy band references.

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MB drinks in the Red Sox early struggles, possibly due to a World Series Hangover, while Eric wonders if the MLB can pull him out of an NHL-induced sadness. A High + Inside exclusive reveals the musical side of free agent negotiations. 

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MB unpacks the best and worst of the week’s new MLB record streaks, Eric covers a brawl incited by one of his early favorite players, & they go around the horn to share new ballpark food offerings.

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MB highlights some fast offensive starts around the league before Eric shares his first impressions of MLB watching. After they swap exciting news from each of their home teams (spoiler alert: MB's is a contract extension, Eric's is food), MB explains the slash line while Eric punches in sweet Slash-inspired guitar licks. They bring it home by taking a page out of the league's book to speed up the podcast's pace of play.

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Eric + MB ring in the MLB season and their new show by breaking down their past fandoms and introducing Eric's intentions to be an avid Pittsburgh Pirates fan. Expect some chatter about the MLB in Japan, a uniform updates segment called Uni'd To See This, and some handy jingles to help everyone remember who signed the largest free agent contracts in the off season.