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This Week in Blernsball
by Ben Blum and Jacob Morris
Baseball was as boring as mom and apple pie. That’s why we jazzed it up. Each week we debate the latest in baseball news, culture, and ride off on wild tangents. It's time for This Week in Blernsball!
Episodes
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Episode 80 - The CBA has been Disbanded!
Holy big extensions Batman! Wander Franco and Jose Berríos signed monster extensions in the two weeks since we've met last. Award season is here, which is way better than the holiday season. Predictably, Shohei took home AL MVP and Robbie Ray took home the AL Cy Young, setting him up for a big...
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Episode 79 - The Showdown Commences
Award season has begun, with St. Louis taking home a record 5 Gold Gloves. Also, congratulations to Vladdy Guerrero Jr. on his winning the Hank Aaron Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance in the Field of Excellence. The battle for the Greatest Fictional Athlete continues, with matchups…
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Episode 78 - Return of the Bracket
The season is over, Atlanta has won, so now what? The answer, dear listeners, is the bracket we've been putting off since the first wave. It's time for the greatest fictional athlete bracket! Prepare yourselves for a massive bracket where athletes from fiction face off to determine who will reign...
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Episode 77 - Searching for Announcers
NOTE: This episode was recorded before Game 1 of the World Series. Dodgers vs Red Sox, the Battle for Mookie's Soul! What's that, they didn't make it? Screw this World Series. Who to cheer for when there's no morally good team to cheer for? Well at least Freddie Freeman is in the World Series!…
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Episode 76 - Don't Forget About Bob Dole!
Apologies for the audio quality, the Internet Ninjas had it in for us this week! The Red Sox were this close to taking a commanding series lead, and then blew it in the ninth inning to let Houston tie the ALCS 2-2 last night. How will their pitching respond in Game 5? Will their hitting continue…
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Episode 75 - A Total Absence of TV Content
This week, we spent so much of our time breaking down the playoffs, we completely forgot our other mission, to talk about TV! The Red Sox-Rays series was a barnburner. Congratulations Ben on his Red Sox advancing to the ALCS in dramatic fashion and sorry to the rest of us on having to watch a Red...
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Episode 74 - The Kids can call you Kaiju
It's playoff season! Perhaps most importantly, the Yankees lost! Get ready for a month of edge of your seat, exciting baseball! We try to come up with an iconic nickname for Shohei, like "The Bambino" or "Iron Horse." You'll never guess what the result is! Remember back in March how we made some...
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Episode 73 - It's a Wild Wild Wild Card
The Red Sox, Blue Jays, and Yankees are duking it out for the AL Wild Card, but there can be only one! What's that? There are two wild cards now? There can be only two! Meanwhile, in the NL, the epic collapse of the San Diego Padres seems complete, as they sit 5 GB with just 12 to play. It's time...
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Episode 72 - Turd Ferguson
Farwell Norm, you'll be missed. The high flying, incandescent, Blue Jays have caught Boston and New York for the AL Wild Card. How much higher can they fly before the season ends? Holy cow, where did this version of the San Francisco Giants come from? And what a matchup in the NL Wild Card! And...
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Episode 71 - Hi! Atus
Guess who's back, back again? It's us, back from a knock to the noggin! The Red Sox are struggling, falling behind the Yankees as the Bronx Bombers continue to surge in their post-deadline boom. Can they be stopped, or will their revamped lineup be able to sustain their subpar pitching? The Blue...
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Episode 70 - Cleveland Guardians of the Galaxy
Good job Cleveland, not only are you not Detroit, you have a baseball team name that isn't a racist slur (starting in 2022)! The Rays are loading up for another run, getting Nelson Cruz from Minnesota. Is Champa Bay ready to add another boat parade to the mix? Where does the NL West end up? With...
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Episode 69 - The Gronk Episode
It's the Gronk Episode! If you know, then you know! The Toronto Blue Jays are back in Toronto, after nearly two full years on the road! It'll be exciting, a little bit unsafe, and a lot of bit fun. Shut up and take our money! Are the Red Sox legit? Sure seems like it! Does MLB have a domestic…
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Episode 68 - Kahn Tent
It's the All-Star Week, which is a strange thing to call a three-day weekend. We revel in Vlad Jr's monster performance at the Midsummer Classic, becoming the youngest MVP in All-Star Game history. Pete Alonso didn't have a bad showing either, mashing his way to his second consecutive Home Run...
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Episode 67 - Ooh, the Germans!
Ich bin ein Berliner! And with that, there's some German for you in this Yiddish heavy episode of This Week in Blernsball. Who made the All Star Game? Lots of Blue Jays and Red Sox, that's who! Revel in our teams being good! Sho time keeps rolling. He's a no-doubt MVP candidate as he walloped 31...
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Episode 66 - Piss on you, I work for Mel Brooks!
You may also call this episode Spaceballs: The Podcast! Or We'll Podcast until we get vashnigyered! In baseball news Hector Santiago was suspended for a sticky substance on his glove, giving him the dubious honour of being the first pitcher to be suspended under the new foreign substances rule.…
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Episode 65 - Pants Optional
MLB has a new initiative to attract fans, and it's pants-free baseball! Checking in on the sticky stuff situation got a whole lot more interesting as Max Scherzer and Sergio Romo dropped their pants to prove they aren't hiding anything to doctor the baseball. Wander Franco is legit and the Rays...
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Episode 64 - When I'm (Episode) 64
This episode has two titles. Can you find them both? Continuing from last week's sticky situation, MLB has issued some punishments for the use of foreign substances on baseballs. Have they swung back too far in cracking down on this situation? Our analysis says maybe! Can Boston keep up their hot...
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Episode 63 - Hack the Bone
We took a week off, so there's lots to discuss this week! Marcel Ozuna...disappointing. All we have to say is that there's no place in baseball for this kind of behaviour. On to the sticky stuff! And by sticky stuff we mean, the literal sticky stuff pitchers are putting on the ball. Does it…
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Episode 62 - Manoah's Ark
Congratulations Joe West? You broke the record for most MLB games umpired, but at what cost? At what cost! Vladdy Jr is hot, but the Blue Jays are cold, looks like it's time to call on the reinforcements of Alek Manoah! Way to force a promotion youngster! The AL East is the AL Beast, and we're...
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Episode 61 - The Pedro Pascal Appreciation Episode
This podcast is good...But it could be better! Are we already into Year of the Pitcher territory? Only six weeks into the season, with outstanding pitching performances piling up, and another no-hitter last night, there's sure a convincing case building. Are the Los Angeles Angels the most...
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Episode 60 - I think there are Cabbages in Oakland?
The Oakland A's might be on the move! After unsuccessful negotiations to build a new stadium at Howard Terminal, the A's have gotten the blessing of the Commissioner's Office to begin exploring relocation options. Welcome to the MLB Las Vegas A's, or maybe Athletique de Montréal! Boston keeps on...
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Episode 59 - Spine Tingly-Dingly
Happy Star Wars Day, if you're listening to this on drop day, then May the Fourth be with you! Also, Happy Cinco de Quatro! Enjoy our longest tangent yet, as we discuss Star Wars, and all things Star Wars related. In baseball news, Robbie Alomar isn't a great person. Some of us may have had...
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Episode 58 - Look at Me Now Dad!
Big things from juniors this week! Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit three dingers and drove in 7 against the Nationals, and Fernando Tatis Jr. had multiple 2 HR games at Dodger Stadium. Way to outdo your dads' boys! MadBum pitched a no-hitter. Or did he? Does a 7-inning no-hitter count as a no-hitter?…
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Episode 57 - Blame Canada!
The first-place Red Sox? Blame Canada! The 9-2 Dodgers? Blame Canada! Jackie Robinson Day on a Thursday? Blame Canada! Joe Musgrove threw a no-hitter? Ok, he can have credit for that one. This week's Simpsonrama Episodes of the Week: Homer Defined (Ben), Homer the Smithers (Jacob)
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Episode 56 - The Return of the Season
Regular season baseball is back. And MLB made a progressive decision! For perhaps less than progressive reasons, Atlanta is no longer hosting the 2021 All-Star Game due to Georgia's new voter suppression laws. Let's all not think too hard about the fact that the All-Star Game probably shouldn't…
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Episode 55 - Zach Snyder's This Week in Blernsball
It's Zach Snyder's This Week in Blernsball - Longer, Edgier, and Batman says the F word. Yes, it's not baseball, but on our nerd-centric part of the show, we review the Snyder Cut, our final evaluation, perfectly cromulent, but nothing earth-shattering. It's injury season, not a happy time if...
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Episode 54 - Perfectly Cromulent
This episode is a fine episode. Sure it's no 25th Episode Spectacular, or episode devoted to COCAINE BEAR, but it's cromulent. We talk lots about baseball, just like we promised last week, plus there's a dog! We make some predictions for the 2021 Season, bookmark this episode to see just how…
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Episode 53 - COCAINE BEAR
This week... nothing much happened. Sure there were some minor spring training transactions and some exhibition games, but the big news was off the diamond. The big news was COCAINE BEAR, the upcoming film soon to win all the Oscars directed by Elizabeth Banks and produced by Lord and Miller.…
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Episode 52 - A Little Bit Blasphemous, A Little Bit Rock And Roll
With Spring Training in full swing, it's time to overanalyze some games! We all know that the Jays are going to be World Series Champions based on 21 innings of play, which is how things work, right? It probably isn't good that there are fans there though. Minor League Baseball (might) be back…
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Episode 51 - What Could Possib-bly Go Wrong?
Spring is here! Spring is here! Hope springs eternal with the arrival of spring training. Whether it's the promise of a championship season, or maybe just finishing at .500, we all can hope with the arrival of spring that things can return a little more to normal. Albert Pujols teased retirement...
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Episode 50 - The 50th Episode Gramp-Tacular
Listeners, there are a finite amount of Futurama episodes. So finite that we have to go back to the granddaddy of them all to fill this segment, it's officially the Simpsonrama Episode of the week. Also, baseball did some awful stuff this week. Really terrible stuff, and also there was another...
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Episode 49 - The Worst Football Player of All Time
This week, we lost one of the all-time greats. Farewell Hammerin' Hank, not only were you a terrific baseball player, you were an awesome all-around person. On a happy note, are the Blue Jays big spenders now? Are the Red Sox bargain hunters? Did our teams Freaky Friday each other? Also, the...
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Episode 48 - Springy the Springfield Spring
THE BLUE JAYS DID IT! You all said it couldn't be done, but the Blue Jays did the ding dong thing! George Springer is a Toronto Blue Jay! Of course, on such a big day, we spend most of our time on our longest tangent of all time and talk about, among other things, pizza, Betty White, The Office…
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Episode 47 - The John Belushi Funtime Variety Hour
There was baseball news this week! Actual gosh-darn transactions took place! So we spent most of our time talking about cartoons, musicals and the City of Chicago for reasons beyond even our understanding. Also, there was a Star Trek: DS9 episode about baseball! But seriously folks, the Mets, THE...
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Episode 46 - The Utah Episode
The baseball world was...slow this week, to say the least. Very slow. Alright, virtually nothing happened. Instead, we talk Kobra Kai, The Simpsons, Nic Cage, Canadian Rock Bands and much more! Futurama Episodes of the Week: The Mutants are Revolting (Jacob), Zapp Dingbat (Ben)
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Episode 45 - Here's to Another Lousy Millennium
This lousy year has come and gone, here's to another that hopefully doesn't suck as bad. San Diego is making a push for NL West dominance, acquiring Blake Snell and Yu Darvish, watch out Dodgers, here come the Padres! MLB is suing their insurance providers to get them to pay up for lost revenues...
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Episode 44 - Need a Team Name? Why not Zoidberg! (V)-(;,,;)-(V)
Two major stories broke last week, while we were off dealing with some stuff. Firstly, Cleveland is finally changing their team name to something that isn't racist, but waiting until at least 2022 to do so, so enjoy 2021, racist team name! Our choice for the new name is the Cleveland Zoidbergs if...
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Episode 43 - Yippie Kai Yay, Mr. Potter
There was very little baseball this week, so we have a very silly episode full of The Mandalorian, Nick Cage movies and one very good Alan Rickman impression. It's silly, it's fun, and it's nonsensical. How did we survive during the pandemic lockdown? Who knows? This Week's Futurama Episodes of…
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Episode 42 - Hooray Crossover!
We return from our hiatus with lots of baseball news! The Blue Jays might be building a new stadium in Downtown Toronto! The Blue Jays might be in on ALL the big-name free agents! Theo Epstein stepped down as President of the Cubs! What are the Cubs doing with all their big names? Why is there a...
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Episode 41 - The Untouchables
They pull a knife, you pull a gun! Wait, wrong Untouchables, OR IS IT! Congratulations to Kim Ng, Miami Marlins new GM and first Female and Asian American GM of any of the big four sports leagues. She's not a female GM, she's a GM who happens to be a woman. Can anybody trade for Francisco Lindor?...
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Episode 40 - Operation Grand Schlam
It's the offseason...what do we talk about? Thankfully for us, there was lots of stuff going on in the baseball world this week to fill a podcast! The Red Sox brought back not innogultycent manager Alex Cora to helm the team, following a year of firing/suspension, does that spell a reversal of...
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Episode 39 - PUPPY!
This week, the World Series ended, but who cares because JACOB HAS A PUPPY NOW AND EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE!!!! We talk about the Justin Turner COVID mini-scandal, the award races, Tony LaRussa, The Mandalorian and mourn the passing of Patron Saint of the Podcast Sir Sean Connery with a review of...
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Episode 38 - The 39th Episode
The World Series is here! Even though we talked all about the World Series on last week's YouTube only live stream (stupid YouTube not letting us download) this time there are games to look back on and recap. We also take a look at how the pandemic may impact next season, will there even be a...
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Episode 37 - Zany to the Max!
The 2020 disaster generator keeps rolling right along. Not only did we lose two Hall-of-Famers this week, in Whitey Ford and Joe Morgan, but San Diego Padres star Tommy Pham was also stabbed outside a strip club (don't worry he'll be ok). We're forced to ask ourselves the question, after their...
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Episode 36 - There's Room... For both our faces... ON THIS DOOR!
Round one of the playoffs has come and gone, and we're still recovering from the Fall Frenzy of eight games in one crazy day. This week we look back at the first round, ahead at the rest of the playoffs and see what the offseason might hold. Will including fans for the World Series prove to be a...
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Episode 35 - We're Talking Playoffs!
Get ready for a butt-numb-athon, this one is a doozy, clocking in north of three hours! Coming to you LIVE (formerly) from Game 1 of the Blue Jays - Rays Wild Card Series. Want an audio commentary of what was a pretty uneventful game, loaded with Futurama goofs and Simpsons gags? You've…
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Episode 34 - Shawarma Bueller
This week in Blernsball, we're into the stretch drive. With only a week to go until the playoffs, we're breaking down how the playoff picture is shaping up, what the first round will be looking like, and who the frontrunners for the MVPs are. After that we're completely off the rails, breaking…
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Episode 33 - Bill and Ted and Zoidberg
This week, we said goodbye to two absolute legends of baseball, Tom Sever and Lou Brock. The two helped define baseball for a generation of fans in the 1960s and 70s. TWIB sends our best to their families. We break down the playoff picture in the National League with a foodie look at the best...
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Episode 32 - Whales: The Superior People
We almost had a normal feeling week in baseball. The trade deadline came and went with some surprising results, including San Diego and Toronto loading up for what they hope will be lengthy playoff runs, and Ben's beloved Red Sox not completely burning it all to the ground. Of course, it can't…
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Episode 31 - Wildcat Strike
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains strong language and discussion of the issues of race and racism in society. This isn't a normal episode of This Week in Blernsball, but given the developments over the last several days, we felt it was necessary for the discussions we have in this episode to...
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