A baseball podcast with a Nationals bias
We finally have a topical reason to talk baseball nicknames! Dubiously topical? Cat jerseys may not be customizable, our outfield is a cornucopia of ups despite our current MASH unit status, and Scotchguarding bases is an... interesting concept. Resting Pitchface is joined this episode with some very special guests, the girls of DC Force Baseball (!!!), so definitely check out what they have to say!
Episode 22: Player To Be Nicknamed Later
Just how many players are Dorian Gray-ing their way through MLB? Who are all these new Nationals? Did Bryce Harper make a pact with a sea witch? "Answers" to these questions in the latest episode of Resting Pitchface, as well as what's up with the Cardinal's Christian Night, is there a right way to stats, and will Max Scherzer ever stop talking about his home run? And this time around, we're crying about our starting pitchers, not the bullpen!
Episode 21 - Sort By Huggability
It's Resting Pitchface's favorite time of year, the All Star Break! Which still doesn't have pool noodle jousting, but should, especially with this many Nats going (snubs aside). We discuss that, furthering the cause of international baseball, menacing oceans, and our new guys, who we're pretty sure aren't aliens. And our DL might look rough right now, but the Mets need either a necromancer or probably a doctor, and at the very least an exorcism.
Episode 20 - Salty Potatoes
Thank you to pinch-hitting guest host Jenn Rubenstein (@jennrubenstein)!
Anthony Rendon has a BFF! And they both have the shirts to prove it! Also, the Nats have a Trea Turner cloning factory or at least are starting an impressive collection. Joe Ross keeps trying to do it all, Resting Pitchface has a family, Darren Baker may be a basket full of kittens, and Bianca the dog has a Saga in this episode, featuring special guest host Jenn Rubenstein! We did try not to discuss the bullpen but they keep coming up. At the moment our bullpen is the worst penny.
Episode 19 - Trea Turner Clone Factory
**In this episode we discuss Child Sexual Assault. If you would like to skip this section, it comes up with warning around minute 42 and ends around minute 50. **
Intergalactic baseball is sadly still not a thing, sigh. But we here at Resting Pitchface can still find ways to bring space into Earth-based baseball, especially when the NL East is a collection of black holes stacked on top of each other; Organic Farmer Jayson Werth may revive farming at the first Jedi temple; and Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, and Koda Glover are lighting it up with some out of this world Ks. Oh, and the concept of the Closer should definitely be shot into space!
There's so much positive to talk about! De Nile is just a river near the Potomac! The Ryanaissance is real (and we all can spell it), Jayson Werth is himself but stronger, and Max Scherzer continues to exemplify our starting pitching. Couple that with some strong feelings about playing through injury and some Things Observed at Fenway and you've got yourselves the making of a #classic Resting Pitchface episode.
Sometimes the baseball players we love make bad decisions, which can run the gamut from poor choices in bleaching to falling off their dirtbikes *cough* MadBum *cough*. Obviously, we talk about all the ways those bad decisions can manifest, with side paths into new baby Strasburgs, the return of the Zach Duke update (this time in PSA form), and, inexplicably, Veggie Tales? Also, the Mets are pretty broken, Gio is killing it (best Nats ERA, and probably most consistent!), Bryce Harper is not Fievel, and Dan Kolko might get subsumed into Jayson Werth's beard. All alternate titles for this episode involved nipples; be thankful that there is resistance to the podcasttatorship.
The (roughly) first week of baseball is behind us! There's lots of positives, some glaring negatives, and plenty to fuel a full season's worth of discussion. Of course, we here at Resting Pitchface focus on our favorite topics, such as comfort goats, falling down properly, The Bullpen Situation, and the most recent addition, how does this affect my fantasy team. With all that, women's baseball showcase, speedy centerfielders, and more, we're off to a terrific seasonal start!
Recorded immediately prior to Team USA versus Team Also USA (Puerto Rico), it's the World Baseball Classic! From which countries have teams and why to how all the aesthetics of the tournament could improve with a Bedazzler, we've got it all with our particular Resting Pitchface flair. Look out countries of the world, we're coming for you to steal your baseball players.
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, its 75 degrees in february and BASEBALL IS BACK.
It's a Resting Pitchface spring training 'preview': pace of play saltiness, inescapable politics, Bryce and others make Boom Boom, and of course too much talk about terrible infectious diseases of the face. Y'all, 2017 is just getting started. LET'S GO NATS!!!
Resting Pitchface is back from accidental hiatus with some offseason thoughts! Bryce finally gets his (wedding) ring! Adam Eaton is very small and presumably not a lake monster! Birthday girl Laura gets kicked down a slide by Chris Heisey at Winterfest! You'll have to excuse the rest, the offseason makes us a little punchy.
We're over our post-NLDS funk and are back and ready to dig into the various narratives of the ongoing postseason, including pitcher usage and returning heroes. We don't leave the Nats out, not with some longtime favorites leaving and a whole bunch of possible moves coming up in the offseason. Also, trust us, there are some things you shouldn't google.
It’s the NLDS! AAAH! Scherzer vs Kershaw! AAAH! We discuss that, of course, but also superstitious hot dogs, friends of the podcast, and all those other teams also going through the playoffs on this first episode of our shorter, but more frequent, special edition Resting Pitchface Does the Playoffs. Featuring our patented brand of Angry Science Time.
Ghosts playing baseball? Normal. Women playing baseball? Gimmicky. We've got a lot to say about that, as well as plenty on Vin Scully's retirement, the impact of Nats-Pirates trades (complete with requisite Zach Duke Update), and the power of TFU TFU TFU in this week's Resting Pitchface. Oh, and well more than five minutes on beards.
Late night episode here at Resting Pitchface! This ep we’ve got the Women’s Baseball World Cup, more baseball pet calendars, Cat Latos’s Dad, obligatory cephalopods, and not very much serious thought about Tim Tebow’s bid for baseball immortality. What can we say? We like to keep it eclectic.
Trea Turner is faster than a black mamba snake but slower than a cheetah. You’ll have to listen to this week’s Resting Pitchface episode to find out just which animals can match his top speed, as well as our thoughts on baseball returning to the Olympics, whether Old Bay counts as a PED, Gio Gonzalez’s emoji cloud, and many other things.
One thing we’re all sure of: The Leaping Cephalopods is a great team name.
The theme of Resting Pitchface this week is Bye, Bye, Bye, as we discuss the retirement of A-Rod, some DFA’d former Nationals, and of course, the departure of Jonathan Papelbon. IT’S ABOUT TIME.
There’s some other stuff in there, but we all know what is the most important thing.