Breaking Balls with Emily Nyman
136 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago -Breaking Balls is a high energy, weekly baseball podcast featuring discussions on all things MLB; past, present, and future. Host Emily Nyman provides her unique and often humorous perspective on current events, hot button issues, strategy & fundamentals, MLB history, and everything in between.
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Episodes
Ep 84: Triple Duh
November 07, 2021 21:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBEmily & John discuss the 2021 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves and the road to their first title in 26 years, Snitker being criticized but coming out on top, Max Fried, Gold Glove award nominees, Silver Slugger award nominees, the Fielding Bible, Mets fire Zack Scott, The 2nd Annual Postseason Classic final results, Top 3 “So Bad They’re Good” Preseason Predictions, & more!
Ep 83: Free Range Relievers
October 31, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBEmily & John discuss the Dodgers demise, Braves v Astros, who they’re rooting for, Snitker family feud, Charlie Morton, the Chop, commissioner overreach, reporters stirring up nonsense, A’s fire sale, voicemails, Top 6 New Names for the Bullpen, & more!
Ep 82: Home Runs Win Games
October 24, 2021 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBEmily & John discuss the check swing heard ‘round the world, the continuation of the ump show, Passan’s magnum opus, Dodgers v Braves, Red Sox v Astros, players talking that ish, Eddie Rosario god-tier?, Boonie’s back, MiLB players get some housing, Postseason Classic update, voicemails, Top 6 Shows We Are Stoked to Watch This Offseason & more!
Ep 81: Growing Pains
October 17, 2021 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBEmily & John discuss how their predictions faired from Ep. 80, underdogs, frauds, a weird rule, ump performance review, Yankees get rid of Nevin & Thames, a Postseason Classic update, voicemails, Top 3 Teams That Shocked the World & more!
Ep 80: Pain Relief
October 10, 2021 01:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBEmily & John discuss the Yankees losing the Wild Card, Gerrit Cole, Phil Nevin, Aaron Boone’s future, a sense of relief, Red Sox vs Rays, Astros vs White Sox, NL Wild Card, NLDS x2, the Airbender, Mets next steps, voicemails, Top 6 & more!
Ep 79: [redacted due to superstition]
October 01, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBEmily & John discuss Yankees vs Red Sox, Stantonian blasts, 3-batter minimum, Blue Jays series, AL Wild Card craziness, NL Wild West, Cardinals go streaking, 2nd Annual Postseason Classic, voicemails, The Best of the Worst & more!
Ep 78: OUTATIME
September 24, 2021 01:00 - 55 minutes - 38.5 MBEmily & John discuss the Yankees getting embarrassed at home by Cleveland, Cole’s tough start, Sevy back, AL East showdowns, 2021 Mets we hardly knew ye, Machado telling Tatís Jr. how it is, Salvy Perez new single season HR king (for catchers), voicemails, Top 3 Teams We Can’t Believe We Have to Root For, & more!
Ep 77: Are You Not Entertained?!
September 18, 2021 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MBEmily & John discuss the subway series, crosstown beef, Yankees infield shakeup, Mets non-shakeup, Vladdy vs Ohtani, momentum, voicemails, Top 6 MLB Fights We Wanna See & more!
Ep 76: Oh No, We Suck Again!
September 10, 2021 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBEmily & John discuss Yankees regression, making more history, the Mets still pushing, Cole & Loaísiga, Pete Alonso being that dude, thumbs back up in Queens, deGrom update, voicemails, Jeter, Top 6 Things We Wish We Knew Before Going to Hall of Fame Induction Weekend & more!
Ep 75: Two Thumbs Down
September 03, 2021 16:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBEmily & John discuss Yankees vs A’s, Oakland Coliseum, 1961 & 1998 Yankees, Kluber, Gallo GIDP, Big G, Javy Baéz vs Mets fans, rehab assignments, voicemails, Top 3 All-MLBae Team & more!
Ep 74: Tonight We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 1996
August 27, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBEmily & John discuss the Yankees streak, the Mets getting bodied in Cali, Stanton, The Bronx hometown hero, oh Peter-Peter-Peter-Pete-Pete-Pete, upcoming schedule, Miggy’s 500th, voicemails, Braves Ashland drops in to talk Braves v Yankees & answer our 4 questions, & more!
Ep 73: Can of Corn
August 20, 2021 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBEmily & John discuss MLB’s rare W in a cornfield, Yankees vs CHW, beating the shift, Red Sox, Yankees resurgence, Mets brutal road trip, Dbacks no-hitter, voicemails, Top 3 Former Yankees/Mets Who Came Back to Bite Us in the Ass & more!
Ep 72: Baby’s 1st Prop Bet
August 13, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBEmily & John discuss Yankees 2nd half surge, Gardy party, Mets slipping, Field of Dreams, Ramón Laureano, gambling broadcasts, voicemails, Top 6 Promotions for MLB’s New “F*ck Them Kids” Campaign & more!
Ep 71: Between Two Balls - Part II
August 05, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBEmily & John welcome World Series champion Joba Chamberlain to discuss the trade deadline, foreign substances, reliever vs starter, jersey number etiquette, 2009 World Series & much more!
Ep 70: Time Capsule
July 30, 2021 21:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBEmily & John discuss Cruz to the Rays, pre-trade-deadline moves, the Cleveland Guardians, Yankees vs Red Sox, superstition, 50 year old bat boys, voicemails, Top 6 ARodisms & more!
Ep 69: Baseballympics
July 23, 2021 01:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBEmily & John discuss Yankees v Red Sox, Alex Verdugo, enforcing stadium bans, Luis Rojas getting tossed, Heyman v check swings, voicemails, matching MLB players with Olympic events & more!
Ep 68: A Midsummer Night’s Dong
July 17, 2021 00:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBEmily & John discuss Cole’s 129-pitch masterpiece, Altuve & Judge, the HR Derby, ESPN’s coverage, the Celebrity softball game, 1st half reflections, 2nd half predictions, voicemails, Top 3 Best Moments of the 1st Half & more!
Ep 67: Between Two Balls
July 09, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 53.1 MBEmily & John welcome Yankees beat writer for The Athletic, Lindsey Adler, to discuss the current state of the Yankees, where they can improve, how far she can go with her questions, which players she loves to interview, Emily’s newest conspiracy theory, we reveal our 2021 Breaking BallStars, listen to voicemails, & more!
Ep 66: GLOVEBUSTERS
July 01, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBEmily & John discuss MLB’s first ejection since cracking down on foreign substances, inconsistent Yankees, Cone vs. O’Neill, the Mets still hangin on, Schwarber playing out of his mind, the upcoming Subway Series & the terms of their bet, voicemails, “Does the HR Derby F up your swing?”, & more!
Ep 65: MLB PreCheck
June 25, 2021 01:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBEmily & John welcome guest Max Greenfield (formerly of the Washington Nationals, analyst for PitcherList & pitch design expert), to discuss spin rate, pitch mechanics, and how all of this is affected by foreign substances & the MLB crackdowns, voicemails & more!
Ep 64: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
June 17, 2021 23:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBEmily & John discuss NY baseball, spin rates, the commissioner’s memo, who’s to blame for this mess, ball tampering, player-on-player crimes, Pete Alonso’s conspiracy theory, Jack Leiter’s draft intentions, voicemails, checking in on their Bold Predictions for the month of June & more!
Ep 63: Foreign Substances
June 10, 2021 21:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBEmily & John discuss Red Sox breaking out the brooms, what’s wrong with the Yankees, MLB’s crackdown on “sticky stuff”, Gerrit Cole, if Bauer is a hero, the role analytics have played in the modern game’s evolution, ump scorecards, voicemails, Top 4 Things Made Better With Foreign Substances & more!
Ep 62: We Are Not So Different, You & I
June 03, 2021 23:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBEmily & John discuss the Yankees embarrassing weekend vs the Blue Jays & Tigers, upcoming schedules, offense rankings, elite pitching, crosstown similarities, voicemails, Top 3 Bold Predictions for June & more!
Ep 61: Solo
May 27, 2021 17:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBEmily discusses Kluber’s no hitter, the current state of the Yankees, possible OF choices, the NL East, unwritten rules, voicemails, Top 3 Reasons Emily is Looking Forward to John’s Return & more!
Ep 60: ER
May 21, 2021 00:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBEmily & John discuss league-wide injury woes, Yankees outfield, Sunday Afternoon Baseball, Manny Machado, swinging on 3-0, Tony La Russa is at it again, Jeter’s six-part docuseries, voicemails, Top 6 & more!
Ep 59: Guess Who?
May 13, 2021 19:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBEmily & John discuss the Yankees home stand, Mets clubhouse scuffles, why NY sports media sucks, legendary DFA’s, voicemails, Top 3 No-Hitters of 2021 & more!
Ep 58: Working for the Weekend
May 07, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBEmily & John discuss Yankees resurgence, managing whatcha got, All-NY Pitchers of the Month, a wild series in Philly, the shake up in Queens, umpire accuracy, voicemails, Top 3 Reasons We Were Right to Switch Recording & Release Day, & more!
Ep 57: No No-No!
May 01, 2021 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBEmily & John discuss their new recording & episode release schedule (record on Tuesdays, release Thursdays), Padres vs Dodgers, friend-of-the-show Diego is a fortune teller, Yankees on the upswing, Mets can’t buy a run, Mike Tauchman: Yankee Legend, 7-inning no-hitters, voicemails, & more!
Ep 56: Wake Me Up When April Ends
April 24, 2021 19:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBEmily & John discuss slow starts, fan panic, hustle, canned press conferences, shaking it up, positive outlooks, early season fluctuations, Padres v Dodgers, Cole v Bieber, the role of a hitting coach, voicemails, Top 3 Performances of the Past Week & more!
Ep 55: Sad Boi Hours
April 17, 2021 22:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBEmily & John discuss ARod heartbreak, more MLB rule changes, Yankee struggles, beanball bonanza, if the Mets will ever play again, no-no’s, Umpire Hall of Fame, voicemails, a Top 3 & more!
Ep 54: The Extra Innings Rule Sucks
April 11, 2021 00:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBEmily & John discuss HBP walk-off wins, Yankee struggle bus, Judge out of the lineup, Ohtani making history, booing players, Texas Ranger revenge, DH vs Pitchers hitting, voicemails, Top 6 Things to Happen on April 8 Besides Emily’s Birth & more!
Ep 53: Just Extended!
April 04, 2021 00:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MBEmily & John discuss all things Opening Day, Lindor’s extension, Mets postponement, the Sanchize, voicemails, Top 6 MLB Pranks & more!
Ep 52: Little Podcast on the Prairie
March 27, 2021 22:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBEmily & John go back to their roots to discuss 52 weeks of Breaking Balls, the ever-growing IL, MLB’s foreign substance crackdown, end-of-season award predictions, voicemails, bad takes from the past year (with flashbacks!) & more!
Ep 51: Days of Our A-Rod
March 20, 2021 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBEmily & John discuss J-Rod’s trouble in paradise, Kay & Sterling reunion, Yankees lineup construction, Guillorme’s marathon plate appearance, Spring Training correlations, 2021 predictions, voicemails, Top 3 Things We’re Most Looking Forward to at the Ballpark & more!
Ep 50: BASEketball
March 13, 2021 21:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBEmily & John discuss NBA Dunk Contest vs. Home Run Derby, JBJ finds a home, banning the shift, deadening the ball, voicemails, the Home Run Improvement finale & more!
Ep 49: Spring Training Heroes
March 06, 2021 20:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBEmily & John discuss the start of Spring Training, live fans, Yankees & Mets back in action, sample size fun, voicemails, Spring Training Hero & Side Kicks, Top 6 Things Less Entertaining than Spring Training & more!
Ep 48: Home Run Improvement
February 27, 2021 21:00 - 51 minutes - 35.2 MBEmily & John discuss MLB players mixing it up, the legend of Turk Wendell, Judge 2.0, Bellevue Breakfast Rotary Club KO’s Mariners CEO, voicemails, Emily & John premiere their HR calls, Top 6 Reasons You Should Send in a HR Call, & more!
Ep 47: SPRINGO!
February 20, 2021 20:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBEmily & John discuss Tatís Jr. mega extension, Yankees & Mets Off-Season wrap-up, Stroman, what’s bad for baseball, voicemails, Top 6 Things to Look Forward to in Spring Training, new contest info & more!
Ep 46: Broken Crystal Ball
February 13, 2021 22:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBEmily & John discuss Bauer’s contract, Breaking Balls track record, 2021 rule changes, off-season spending trends, Home Run Improvement, voicemails, Top 6 Reasons Why Jose Canseco Lost the Fight, & more!
Ep 45: MLB The Throw 22
February 06, 2021 22:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBEmily & John discuss the Arenado trade, Bob Nightengale tweets, Cohen: Twitter’s Shooting Star, Callaway, Pedroia announcing retirement, voicemails, Top 3 MLB The Show Cover Snubs & more!
Ep 44: Let’s Get Ready to RUMBLE!
January 30, 2021 23:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBEmily & John discuss the Yankees & Mets pitching staff shakeup, NL & AL East turn up the heat, Hall of Fame voting finale, Schilling having a normal one, BBWF Royal Rumble, voicemails, Top 3 Moments of Pitchers Raking, & more!
Ep 43: Jose Canseco’s Celebrity Boxing
January 23, 2021 21:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBEmily & John discuss Jared Porter, Yankees finally making moves, Blue Jays, 3-way trades, Padres at it again, Crowd Humor: The Wave, voicemails, Top 3 Celebs We Want to See Canseco Fight, & more!
Ep 42: How Do I Reach These Kids???
January 16, 2021 23:00 - 49 minutes - 34.1 MBEmily & John discuss relief pitchers on the move, Theo Epstein’s new role in MLB, sports on Nickelodeon, how to make baseball fun again, crowd humor, voicemails, Top 3 Stadium Traditions/Superstitions & more!
Ep 41: Regional Treasure Island
January 09, 2021 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBEmily & John discuss their hall of fame ballots, Lindor and Carrasco to the Mets, DJLM, Arod vs Jeter, hall of fame character clause, blank ballots, voicemails, & more!
Ep 40: SUPERSTAR POWER-UP!
January 03, 2021 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBEmily & John discuss Bauer fatigue, Padres going for it, Rays trading fan favorites, Cubs clearance sale, “how hot was the stove in offseason’s past?”, voicemails, Top 3 New Year Resolutions, & more! @BreakBallsPod
Ep 39: Breaking Ornaments
December 24, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBEmily & John rewrite a classic song, discuss the right and wrong ways to celebrate, read beloved Christmas stories while using a speech jammer, Christmas Crooner Throw-down, & Top 3 Worst Christmas songs! @BreakBallsPod
Ep 38: Back To The Future
December 20, 2020 19:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBEmily & John discuss Mets GM, Yankees & LeMahieu, the baseball team formerly known as Indians, Breaking Balls Instant Replay event, who will get hot or get cold in 2021?, voicemails, Top 3 Top 3’s with flashbacks, & more!
Ep 37: JAWS
December 13, 2020 02:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBEmily & John discuss Phillies & Dombrowski, giving LeMahieu whatever he wants, uncle Stevie karma, Scott Rolen & Sammy Sosa Hall of Fame status, Breaking Balls Instant Replay poll, voicemails & more! @BreakBallsPod
Ep 36: Break On Through To The Other Side
December 05, 2020 23:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBEmily & John discuss the non-tender deadline, SNY’s Andy Martino, Phillies owner reporting kajillion-dollar loss, fan misery, voicemails, making the case for some borderline Hall of Famers on the ballot, and more! @BreakBallsPod
Ep 35: The People vs. Omar Vizquel
November 28, 2020 21:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBEmily & John discuss The Mets GM, half baked players in the Hall of Fame, Emily’s case against the alleged defensive whiz Omar Vizquel being a hall of famer, voicemails, Top 3 Things We’re Thankful For, & more! @BreakBallsPod