Episodes
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The Bruce Meyer Interview
Bobby and Alex are joined by MLBPA Executive Director Bruce Meyer to discuss the latest round of proposals in collective bargaining, the biggest changes to the sports labor world since he got into it in the late '80s, how organizing between contracts sets a union up for success in bargaining, and...
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Introducing 'Click Through'
You never thought the day would come: Bobby and Alex are launching a new video podcast. It's called Click Through, and it's a podcast about how the internet used to feel. Every week, they start by selecting two semi-random Wikipedia pages. Then, they set a timer for 60 minutes and have to get…
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The Brewers Are Ruining Baseball (feat. David Rubenstein)
Bobby and Alex discuss a critical contribution that David Rubenstein made to the magical run of the 2026 Milwaukee Brewers. Then, they make an important announcement (NOT SARCASTIC) about their future and a new project they're working on. Finally, they discuss the UNFAIR ADVANTAGE the Brewers had...
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Bit of an October Surprise
Bobby and Alex (believe or not) spend an ENTIRE podcast talking about…baseball games. They review Games 1-2 of the World Series, admiring the Brewers resolve and the level of competition of their series with the Rays. Then, they preview games 3 and 4 and discuss whether the Rays have a legitimate...
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The Small Market Apocalypse
Bobby and Alex discuss the SCRAPPY, UNDERDOG Milwaukee Brewers eliminating the EVIL, UNFAIR Los Angeles Dodgers. They also discuss the PLAY THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY Tampa Bay Rays triumphing over the GO WOKE GO BROKE Cleveland Guardians. Finally, they preview the World Series matchup that Rob…
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Introducing: Moneyball Cameron Winter
Bobby and Alex discuss the viral backlash to the inclusion of the Geese song "100 Horses" on the newest MLB The Show soundtrack. NOTE: This is an extended preview of "Three Up, Three Down" on the Tipping Pitches Patreon feed. To hear the full episode, as well as The Audit, extended interviews…
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Building the Plane Out of the Black Box As We Fly It
Bobby and Alex discuss MLB’s fluctuating October slogans and decide whether “There’s No Time Like October” is actually pretty good, all things considered. Then, they check in on the status of the Championship Series and recap some Division Series action. Finally, they check in about the latest…
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The New Market Inefficiency Is Markets (feat. Tom Sexton)
Bobby and Alex discuss the [redacted] market Rays and Brewers looking like October powerhouses in their respective division series vs. the big bad New York Yankees and high-payroll San Diego Padres, respectively. Then, they zoom out and discuss the brand of baseball being played this October thus...
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There's No Time Like October!
Bobby and Alex discuss Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander's twin flame careers and Scherzer's incredibly on-brand final game of 2026 (and maybe ever). Then, they briefly dig into Pablo Torre Finds Out's report about Life Surge — a potentially fraudulent Christian investment conference that has...
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Sell High...While You Still Can (feat. Julie Kliegman)
Bobby and Alex speculate on what Rob Manfred gets paid as commissioner of baseball. Then, they discuss a handful of interesting quotes coming from a letter written by a Braves minority investor and the lackluster playoff bracket on the American League side. Finally, they're joined by author and...
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Numerous Bigger Fish to Fry
Bobby and Alex react to some long-awaited news about the sand in beautiful Malibu, California. Then, they review the status of the 2026 Tipping Pitches Bingo Card, before being joined by Ringer Senior Features Writer Katie Baker to discuss her piece on Dodgers owner Mark Walter. They discuss the...
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Dodgers Derangement Syndrome
Bobby and Alex discuss Pablo Torre and Hunterbrook’s investigation into Dodgers owner Mark Walter’s alleged self dealing, including what it portends (if anything) for the future of the team. Then, they briefly discuss the NBA’s punishment of Steve Ballmer and the Clippers, before publishing the...
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Arte Moreno Sold the Angels to Stan Kroenke. Why Now?
Bobby and Alex gather for this mini reaction episode to discuss the surprising sale of the Los Angeles Angels to billionaire serial sports owner Stan Kroenke. First, they grade the Arte Moreno era on his on and off field performance, before bidding him (and his FBI bribery investigation) adieu…
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The Self-Dealing We’ve Done Along the Way (feat. Jen Ramos Eisen)
Bobby and Alex discuss Chris Sale turning back the clock and what the podcaster equivalent would be, before assessing MLB’s current labor strategy of proposing as many anti-player policies as policy in the hopes that one will stick. Then, they’re joined by Great Friend of the Show Jen Ramos Eisen...
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The Mark Walter Fiasco. Plus: Dodgers Myths Busted, Part Two
Bobby and Alex attempt to unpack the complicated web of financial mess that Mark Walter has created by using money gained from his insurance businesses to personally enrich himself. They assess what it actually means for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and fact check some of the more flippant public...
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Quarterly Labor Roundtable, Vol. 1
Bobby and Alex discuss some distinctly Tipping Pitches news at the top of this week's show, including a news story in The City Reporter about Diamond Baseball Holdings stealing tips from Brooklyn Cyclones concessions workers and Apollo Global Management investing nearly $3 billion in the Yankees....
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The MLB Twin Flame Franchises
It’s what you’ve all been waiting for: another concept episode!! With Alex traveling this week, Bobby has cooked up an idea: pairing every MLB franchise with their “twin flame” — the team that most closely aligns with their spirit. There are twists and turns you could never predict in this one!...
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Sipping Pitches 2.0
Bobby and Alex are joined by friend of the show Matthew Roberson for the sequel to 2025’s much-lauded Sipping Pitches, AKA the MLB liquor taste test. They taste 11 (!!!) alcohols that are owned or prominently sponsored by MLB players and coaches while going around in round-robin fashion sharing...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Thorny
Bobby and Alex discuss the rising cost of (you guessed it) sandwiches! Then, they share an important reminder about Sipping Pitches 2.0 and the Patreon, before digging into the complicated issue of the international amateur free agent draft and how it relates to the representation of Latino…
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A(Q)I Slop
Bobby and Alex discuss the hazardous weather that MLB expects players to breathe while playing mostly meaningless July baseball games. Then, they dig into the iPad AI apps heard 'round the world, before finally getting into a wide-ranging discussion of the state of purchasing tickets to major...
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Bryce Harper vs. FanDuel vs. Cameo vs. Kyle Schwarber vs. Jordan Walker
Bobby and Alex discuss the…interesting occupations that MLB spokesperson Glen Caplin had in the 2010s, before digging into Zack Wheeler’s critical comments about the All-Star Game selection process. Then, they try to unpack the fraught Bryce Harper/Cameo/FanDuel story, in which Harper recorded a...
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High Intensity Interval Podcasting
Bobby and Alex discuss the Angels firing their GM of six years, Perry Minasian, and what it means for the current state of Angels incompetence. Then, they discuss the interesting and unfortunate connections between the Angels and Mets organizations, before reviewing Bobby’s trip to his first...
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Leveling the Playing Field. Plus: Introducing Tipping Pitches: The Audit!
Bobby and Alex discuss the debate over the word “analytics” that’s raging across the basketball internet, observing how eerily similar it is to the one that has poisoned baseball discourse over the last decade. Then, they make an exciting announcement about a new series of episodes called the...
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When You’re Here, You’re Family (That’s a Threat)
Bobby and Alex discuss the results of a listener poll on whether or not the Marlins train trip should count for a bingo square. Then, they banter about the World Cup and Fox’s coverage of it, before pivoting into their bread and butter: coverage of more CBA proposals. Finally, they discuss the…
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The Proof Is In the Podding [Patreon Preview]
This is a preview of THREE UP, THREE DOWN, an alt-weekly paid version of Tipping Pitches that publishes on Patreon. To hear this — or the 60+ UNFILTERED, RAW, HONEST, bonus episodes we've done — head to patreon.com/tippingpitches. Links: Tipping Pitches Rockies Meetup Interest Form Join…
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Some Pies Are Bigger Than Other Pies (feat. ArtButMakeItSports)
Bobby and Alex banter about Daniel Murphy's stray socialism joke on the Mets broadcast and compare it to Vin Scully's legendary socialism aside from over a decade ago. Then, they weigh in on MLB's PR war over blackout restrictions and the salary cap, before discussing an awkward alliance between...
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The Salary Cap Wars Are Just Beginning
Bobby and Alex discuss the long-anticipated MLB-MLBPA CBA proposals —including the Players Association's "competitive integrity tax," and the owners' hard cap and floor proposal. They debate the merits of a cap in a world where owners have a long, storied history of lying about their finances…
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For Sale: Baby Parlays, Never Placed
Bobby and Alex banter about what NYC subway stations would make the best baseball player names, before eulogizing the gone (but not forgotten) Draftkings sports book at Wrigley Field. Then, they analyze what John Henry's quotes about bargaining signal about the state of CBA negotiations, before...
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Less-Lethal Podcasting
Bobby and Alex discuss Noah Syndergaard’s lackluster right-wing grift, including whether or not it’s “hard” to be conservative in MLB. Then, they acknowledge that MLB and the MLBPA met for their first official bargaining session ahead of the expiration of the current MLB CBA, discussing whether...
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The Power Hour Personality Quiz, Part 1
Bobby and Alex have returned for the third installation of the Tipping Pitches Power Hour (AKA Power Hour III AKA Tre Power, Tre Hour AKA Power Hour Part Trois), and this time it’s bigger and better than ever. In a frankly absurd investment of time, energy, and liver enzymes, Bobby has built a...
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They'll Give Anyone a Podcast
Bobby and Alex discuss a legendary media figure's subtweet of the Tipping Pitches podcast, before engaging in a philosophical discussion of what a strike really is. Then, they spend the rest of the podcast filling out an MLB survey on the current state of the game, its stars, how it's consumed…
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All Time Breslow
Bobby and Alex discuss a golden opportunity for Alex to break in to the MLB analytics community with the New York Mets. Then, they dig into the surprising news that Craig Breslow fired Alex Cora and a bevy of Red Sox coaches over the weekend, wondering whether Breslow has much of a plan on where...
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Meet the New Billionaires, Same as the Old Billionaires
Bobby and Alex discuss the record $3.9 billion sale of the San Diego Padres and what it signifies for the state of the baseball ownership class. Then, they run through a list of Tipping Pitches core topics, including retired players yelling at clouds, MLBPA executive turnover, sports betting…
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Three Up, Three Down (feat. The Woke Pope) [Patreon Preview]
Hello! We were unable to record at our normal time this week, so in lieu of sharing nothing on the main feed, we've decided to publish this extended Patreon preview. It features the first half(ish) of our keystone Patreon segment — three up, three down — where we discuss three things that bring…
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Weather App Gap Relationship
Bobby and Alex review the latest in interesting things Bryce Harper is doing to his body, before discussing a stunning defensive performance from Jo Adell in which he robbed three home runs in one game. Then, Alex — design and UX expert that he is — reviews the updated MLB app. They slot the…
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A (Semi) Heated CBA Debate With Jeff Passan. Plus: The 2026 Bingo Card.
Bobby and Alex discuss the return of baseball and everything that comes with it: the ABS challenge system, an ill-conceived “fire and brimstone” pregame speech, Uniqlo (??), and more (5:15). Then, they preview the season the only way they know how: an off-the-wall series of complicated longshot...
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The 2026 Banned Topics. Plus: The People’s Team (feat. A.M. Gittlitz)
Bobby and Alex discuss a bevy of things that happened since they last recorded three weeks ago, before launching into this year's installation of the Banned Topics. Then, they're joined by author and friend of the podcast A.M. Gittlitz to discuss his new book "Metropolitans: New York Baseball,...
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The Stadium Sponsors Draft (feat. Michael Baumann and Matthew Roberson)
Bobby and Alex have cooked up something special this week: a deranged draft of the MLB stadium sponsors, based on which companies we’d least hate to work for (and which jobs we’d choose). Banks, non-banks financial entities, health insurance companies, car insurance companies, beer distributors,...
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The Renderings We Made Along the Way (feat. Dan Grothe)
Bobby and Alex are joined by friend of the pod and architect Dan Grothe for an episode years in the making about a topic that they care about more than they should — stadium renderings. Who makes them? Who pays for them? What purpose do they serve? Why do they all look like that? Links: Watch…
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The Business and Labor History of NPB (feat. Jason Coskrey)
This week on the podcast, Bobby and Alex take a break from discussing the economics of Major League Baseball and are joined by Jason Coskrey in order to discuss the business structure, labor history, and cultural evolution of Nippon Professional Baseball — the top baseball league in Japan. Links:...
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The MLB Team Political Compass
Bobby and Alex discuss the Philadelphia Phillies’ new hyperbaric chamber partnership and its medical and scientific merit. Then, they update the ranking of the San Francisco Giants’ new jersey sponsor, Airwallex. Finally, in a deeply unhinged effort, they place all 30 MLB organizations on a...
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Tony Clark Resigns As MLBPA Executive Director
Bobby and Alex drop an instant (read: 12 hours later) reaction to the stunning news that Tony Clark has resigned as Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association amid the revelation that he engaged in an improper relationship with his sister-in-law, a staffer at MLBPA. They...
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Manfred Shrugged
Bobby kicks the show off by sharing with Alex an injury he sustained last week and what kind of impact it would have on his career if he were a pitcher for the Mets. Then, they discuss the bizarre Nick Castellanos Instagram post breaking the news that the reason he was suspended for one game in…
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Move Fast, Bake Stuff
Bobby and Alex discuss how MLBPA’s expansion into AI caricatures of baseball players could cure the male loneliness epidemic and lead us to finally determine whether climate change is real. Then, they react to Tarik Skubal winning the largest arbitration case in MLB history, before discussing the...
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Derivatives, EMFs, ETFs, Oh My!
Bobby and Alex start the show by challenging niche celebrity rock climber Alex Honnold to a test of wits and economics knowledge. Then, they place the Chicago White Sox new jersey sponsor, CME Group, on their running list of Most Evil Jersey Sponsors. They then discuss the latest health fad that...
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The Way-Too-Early MLB Lockout Preview
There's a lot of agita swirling around about the Los Angeles Dodgers, a salary cap, competitive balance, deferred money, and more. So, this week on the show, Bobby and Alex discuss the Dodgers' offseason so far, the disproportionate backlash fans have shown it, and whether any of it has changed...
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Line! Go! Up! (feat. Jen Ramos-Eisen)
Bobby and Alex open by discussing (you guessed it) the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Kyle Tucker to a jaw-dropping four year, $240 million contract. They discuss whether this has any impact whatsoever on the impending lockout and what, if anything, we should read into this about the state of…
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The 2026 State of Labor in Baseball (feat. Michael Baumann)
Bobby and Alex are joined by FanGraphs writer Michael Baumann for their seventh installment of the State of Labor in Baseball. This year, they're particularly focused on the impending lockout next offseason, Tarik Skubal's arbitration, MLB's bottom feeders faking competitiveness, and more. Follow...
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Woke MLB Wants to Tax the Rich (Shameful!)
Bobby and Alex discuss the surprising news that Munetaka Murakami — once considered one of the top free agents on the market this year — has signed a two-year, $34 million contract with the Chicago White Sox. Then, they discuss the final luxury tax payment figures that came out this past week and...
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Creative Dentistry
Bobby and Alex discuss Mike Francesa's groundbreaking scoop that Brandon Nimmo was traded from the Mets because of wokeness. Then, they discuss the Mets allowing Edwin Díaz and Pete Alonso walk now that the dust has settled a bit. Finally, they dig into some extremely on brand topics: the Twins...
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