The Ground Rule Single gentlemen are back with your weekly dose of baseball commentary, news, analysis, and banter.  This week they field an extra wacky question from the mailbag, discuss teams you can write off for the postseason, and learn about possibly the most crazy baseball birthday yet.  Brawls, drafts, beers, and broadcasters, it's all inside this week's episode!

00:00 - Question: What non-city specific song is the best to play when your team wins a game?

01:05 - Intro

03:40 - Updates and Mistakes

21:05 - Mailbag

30:35 - News and Notes

49:05 - Article of the Week: It's a Winner: Treating Dimentia with Baseball Memories

53:25 - What Teams Can We Write-Off 70 Games Into the Season?

1:03:05 - Baseball Birthdays

1:18:55 - Stuff You Don't Need To Know

1:28:45 - Outro

Join the guys as the podcast travels through the week in baseball and this week through time and space as well.  They discuss the All-Star game, Biogenesis, Uber-Met Marvelous Marv emails in from beyond the grave, video game geekery, the MLB Draft, and everyone's all time favorite, Baseball Birthdays.  

00:00 - Question: What is your favorite type of baseball play?

01:26 - Intro

06:29 - Updates and Mistakes

24:00 - Mailbag

28:45 - Time Travel

29:30 - Back to the Mailbag

42:46 - Main Topics - Biogenesis and the MLB Draft

1:06:35 - Article of the Week "Abolish the MLB Draft!" - Rany Jazayerli @jazayerli

1:12:18 - Baseball Birthdays

1:23:10 - Stuff You Don't Need to Know

1:31:30 - Outro

Another week, another great episode full of baseball insight, fun, and seemless segues.  The guys welcome Jim who's been at 9 of the most historic games in recent baseball history.  Very fun and fascinating.  In addition, they talk about the Yankees, being banned from baseball, warm Old Style, trouble with lyrics, and beautiful mustaches.  

00:00 - Question: What is the worst pet to take to bring a pet to the park day?

00:49 - Intro

06:02 - Updates and Mistakes

15:22 - News & Notes

45:11 - Main Topic - Interview with Jim from Trouble with Lyrics talking historic baseball games he's seen in person

1:10:55 - Baseball Birthdays

1:29:06 - Stat of the Week: Run Differential

1:33:47 - Stuff You Don't Need to Know

1:41:36 - Outro

This week, the boys recover from Memorial Day weekend in time to take on MLB's home-and-home series "Rivalry Week", get into serious discussions about potential grit-based front office moves around the league, and dive headfirst into some of the best reader mail yet.  

00:00 - Question: What is the worst ballpark food you can imagine?

01:39 - Intro

05:01 - Updates and Mistakes

22:12 - Mailbag

40:02 - News & Notes

57:50 - Article/Media of the Week

1:00:44 - Main Topic - 1st Quarter Surprises

1:18:25 - Baseball Birthdays

1:36:13 - Stuff You Don't Need to Know

Join the boys as they discuss front office moves, Nacho sombreros, MORE minor league team names, throwing 130 pitches, and mustaches.  The guys are also joined by special guest @FrontOfficeGuy!

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Welcome to another episode of the Ground Rule Single Podcast! The guys try to keep it positive but run afoul of two of their prervious nemeses.  They also explain the MLB salary structure so you know why your team is keeping that bright young prospect down on the farm. As always they open the mailbag, correct their many mistakes and take you down into Dr. Terry's study for baseball birthdays!  

Bonus content from the Ground Rule Single guys as they offer up an off the cuff review of "42" the new hit movie based on Jackie Robinson's 1947 historic season breaking the color barrier in baseball.  Come for Dr. Terry's historical breakdown of the real events the movie is based on... stay for for the baseball puns and allusions to A Knight's Tale!