Tipping Pitches
Alex Bazeley & Bobby Wagner
Better trash talkers than Ham Porter. Slower baserunners than Benny "the Jet" Rodriguez. A baseball podcast.
- 1 hour 25 minutesMeet 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 super PACs, and the hilarious failure of yet another corporate sponsor of Major League Baseball.
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20 April 2026, 10:02 am - 38 minutes 18 secondsThree 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 us joy in the baseball world, and three things that take that joy away. The episode is also (conveniently) absolutely unhinged. Enjoy this preview!
To hear the full episode and access a back catalogue of nearly 60 more bonus episodes, head to patreon.com/tippingpitches.
16 April 2026, 10:02 am - 1 hour 14 minutesWeather 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 Tampa Bay Rays (the final holdout) jersey patch onto The Most Evil Jersey Patch Sponsors, Ranked list. And finally, they review some of their favorite promotions from the “50 Most Eyebrow-Raising Promotions of 2026,” an article on FanGraphs by Kiri Oler.
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The Most Evil Jersey Sponsors, Ranked (Tipping Pitches, 2024)
The 50 Most Eyebrow-Raising Team Promotions of 2026, by Kiri Oler
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6 April 2026, 10:02 am - 2 hours 17 minutesA (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 predictions about things in and around the baseball world (14:00). Finally, they’re joined by ESPN Senior MLB Insider Jeff Passan to debate whose responsibility it is to propose creative bargaining solutions for the existential challenges facing MLB, discuss the cultural and financial momentum the sport is enjoying, and take the temperature of the owners and players less than a year from the expiration of the current CBA (1:16:00).
Follow this link to play along and build your own bingo card at home using the same squares we made! https://bingobaker.com/#10263642
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30 March 2026, 10:02 am - 1 hour 58 minutesThe 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, Class Struggle, and the People's Team." They discuss, among other things, the need for a book about baseball and Marxism, the Mets' peculiar history and ties to countercultural political movements, and their current political status.
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23 March 2026, 10:02 am - 1 hour 13 minutesThe 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, other beer distributors, and more.
Use promo code SPONSORS to get 50% off your first month of the Tipping Pitches Patreon and listen to the extended version of this episode.
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Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP. This episode was recorded at Blank Check Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Subscribe to Blank Check wherever you get podcasts.
16 March 2026, 10:02 am - 1 hour 6 minutesThe 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?
YOU CAN SIGN UP NOW (PROMO CODE "SPONSORS" FOR 50% OFF) TO GET EARLY ACCESS TO THE FULL VERSION OF THE STADIUM SPONSOR DRAFT, ONLY ON PATREON.COM/TIPPINGPITCHES.
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Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
9 March 2026, 10:02 am - 1 hour 6 minutesThe 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.
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2 March 2026, 11:02 am - 2 hours 13 minutesThe 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 political compass where the x-axis is a measure of their economic policy and the y-axis is a measure of their social policy.
For the first time in Tipping Pitches history, you can follow along, in real time, as Bobby and Alex place the teams on the chart ONLY ON PATREON.
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23 February 2026, 11:02 am - 32 minutes 44 secondsTony 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 discuss what this means — if anything — for 2026 CBA negotiations, Clark’s legacy as Executive Director, whether the role has become one exclusively for former players, and more.
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18 February 2026, 3:34 am - 1 hour 6 minutesManfred 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 the 2025 season was because he brought a beer into the dugout. Finally, they discuss some Rob Manfred quotes about prediction markets and upcoming CBA negotiations. You're not prepared for the amount of Ayn Rand discussion in this podcast.
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Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.
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