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Cannonball Couch - A Pittsburgh Pirates Podcast

16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratings

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Cannonball Couch Episode 16

August 04, 2021 13:07 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB

Welcome back to Cannonball Couch! On today's episode, we address Pittsburgh's recent big trades (0:00) and the other big trades across the MLB (26:10). To conclude the episode, your hosts finish with 3 hopeful predictions each for the rest of the 2021 season (41:10). Be sure to tune in next week for more Cannonball Couch!

Cannonball Couch DRAFT SPECIAL

July 13, 2021 13:09 - 39 minutes - 35.8 MB

Welcome to the Cannonball Couch Draft Special. In this unique episode, your hosts dive deep into the Pittsburgh Pirates' controversial 1st overall pick.The debate between if the pick was used to the fullest or not is explored, and a final conclusion is found. Enjoy, and be back for our post-All Star Break episode next Sunday at 8 PM ET.

Cannonball Couch Episode 14

June 28, 2021 14:11 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MB

Welcome Back! On this episode of Cannonball Couch, we discuss Pittsburgh's impressive week (0:54), the upcoming All-Star game (22:45), and more management failures from the MLB. Please enjoy, and look out for episode 15 next Sunday.

Cannonball Couch Episode 13

June 21, 2021 01:39 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

Welcome to another episode of Cannonball Couch! Today, we discuss the Pirates recent performance in the past week, Derek Shelton's future as the manager of the team, and dive deeper into the "sticky stuff" scandal which is changing the league as we know it. Be sure to tune in next Sunday at 8 PM for Episode 14.

Cannonball Couch Episode 12

June 12, 2021 13:21 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB

Welcome to the long-awaited Cannonball Couch Episode 12! After a brief introduction, we discuss possible trade deadline moves for Pittsburgh (5:18), one starter's troubling inconsistency (13:44), The MLB's (and Gerrit Cole's) latest scandal (22:19), Jacob DeGrom's record-breaking season (47:00), and the future of Cannonball Couch (50:06). This episode was made with a completely new and more professional style, so be sure to give us your thoughts. Thank you for listening.

Cannonball Couch Episode 11

May 24, 2021 23:17 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MB

Welcome back to another episode of Cannonball Couch! Today, we discuss the Pirates' recent performance (4:45) and highlight the outstanding season of 2 players (10:53). We then take a deep dive into the minor leagues (26:20), and finish by addressing the recent "unwritten rules" controversy in the MLB (44:07). Enjoy!

Cannonball Couch Episode 10: April Recap, Minor Leagues Are Back, and More!

May 08, 2021 17:39 - 56 minutes - 52.2 MB

Cannonball Couch is back for another exciting episode! This week we start with a little bit of talk on how the divisions are shaking out after a month, the Dodgers have been ice cold, and the Red Sox on fire, but will those records persist, we give you our thoughts and insights(5:30-12:19). Then we briefly touch on the Pirates pitching, which has been putting on a show, despite their lack of run support(12:20-25:44). We get to our main topic of the show which is Minor League Baseball, it’s ba...

Cannonball Couch Episode 9: Pirates Are Hot!

May 03, 2021 13:29 - 1 hour - 56.3 MB

Welcome back to another episode of Cannonball Couch! Today, we discuss the Pirates' recent hot streak, and examine the current strengths and weaknesses of the team. We begin by diving into Pittsburgh's pitching squad (0:00-38:16) before breaking down the current MLB standings (38:16-50:25). We finish today's episode by looking at the Pirates' offensive performance (50:25-1:01:30).

Cannonball Couch Episode 8: The Pirates aren’t good, but are they bad?

April 19, 2021 13:50 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB

A little late again but nevertheless we are back for another Cannonball Couch! This week we start off with some talk about the extra innings changes that have been made and how we feel they effect the game (3:58-12:20). Then we get into how the past week has gone for the Pirates, are they gonna lose 100, we don’t think so, but making .500 is going to be a struggle (12:21-1:01:07). As an anecdote we discuss how stupid the name change to American Family Field is, and why Miller Park was one of ...

Cannonball Couch Episode 7

April 12, 2021 15:31 - 1 hour - 64 MB

The Pirates have played more than one game! That’s about the most exciting news this week as we come back for a slightly delayed episode of Cannonball Couch. We start our show with a little bit of talk on the pirates rotation past and present, and how starters leaving Pittsburgh has changed their career (2:14-36:00). We then briefly touch on the division and how it could pan out as we get more and more games underway (36:01-42:43). We also touch on the struggles and triumphs of the early offe...

Cannonball Couch Episode 6 - Regular Season Underway, News, and NL Central Breakdown

April 03, 2021 15:14 - 1 hour - 71.6 MB

Meaningful baseball is back as the Pirates snatched a win from Cubs on Opening Day, and we break all of that down plus our thoughts on the outlook of the bullpen, offense, and starting rotation (1:59-38:39). We then finish up our division preview segments with some NL Central talk, we give our thoughts on the best players and how we think the season will shake out in the pirates own division (38:40-1:09:18). Lastly we wrap up with some talk about the news around the league, does Pittsburgh ha...

Cannonball Couch EP. 5 - End of Spring Training, Pirates Banter, and NL East/West Breakdown

March 27, 2021 16:39 - 1 hour - 86.5 MB

After a week long hiatus Cannonball Couch is back, and with lots of Pirates news! We start the show with talk about the Pirates pitching and hitting and how we think they will carry over once meaningful games begin (2:24-35:08). Then we get into a brief discussion about the Pirates upcoming #1 overall pick and who we think they should go with this July (35:09-41:38). We then dive into our division breakdown, highlighting two this week to make up for our missed show last week we cover the NL W...

Episode 4 - Spring Training Updates, and AL West Breakdown!

March 13, 2021 15:24 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB

We have a little bit of a shorter episode this week, but we still have lots to get to! We start off the show by recapping the pirates explosion of runs that occurred early in the week, and what this could mean for the team moving forward. Aside from that, we get into plenty of other Spring Training news and updates, as well as our personal thoughts on some player performances up to this point (0:48-30:36). After that we go on to discuss our thoughts on the AL West and the happenings in that d...

Episode 3 - Week 1 of ST, AL Central, and More!

March 06, 2021 15:10 - 1 hour - 92.1 MB

We’re back for another week of Cannonball Couch! Spring Training is underway, and we cover it all as well as giving our top and bottom performers from week 1 (3:25-42:29). After that we jump into our AL Central breakdown, as our preseason coverage of the divisions continues (42:30-1:36:28). We end the show with a small preview of what’s to come next week for the Bucs! A bit of a longer show today but we have lots to cover and we hope you enjoy!

Episode 2 - Spring Training Talk, AL East Preview, and League News!

February 27, 2021 22:27 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

Episode 2 of Cannonball Couch is here! Today we start off by updating you on all the Pirates happenings from the last week as the full squad has taken the field and prepares for game action coming tomorrow against the Orioles (1:47-23:10). Next we start our preseason division previews, this week we focus on the AL East, and give you insight and statistics as to what you should expect this year out of that division (23:11-1:07:07). We finish up the show with a light preview of the Pirates upco...

Episode 1 - First Episode, News, Rotation Talk, and More!

February 20, 2021 15:39 - 1 hour - 65.2 MB

We sit down to join you for the first time on Cannonball Couch! Today we cover News & Notes from around the league (1:58-24:14), including Pirates signings from the last week, Tatis’s monster extension, and more. We also give our bold predictions for the season (24:15-43:44), and we dive into our thoughts on the rotation as we move into Spring Training (43:45-56:16). We finish up the show with team leaders in a few different categories (56:17-1:07:19). We hope to see you back next week as Can...