#10 | Jordan is Tony Wolters’ Godfather: Rivalries, Buyers and Sellers, and the Noble Failure of the Week

This week for their TENTH EPISODE CUE THE CONFETTI/PARADES/PIÑATAS STUFFED WITH CHECKS TO PAY OFF OUR STUDENT LOANS, the thing Jordan and Nick love about baseball is rivalries! Dave’s off this week because the thing he loves is his dad and he wanted to hang out with him for Father’s Day or whatever.

We also jaw about Hyun-Jin Ryu’s training routine or lack thereof between starts, why Adam Jones is the best person in the world, and we debut “‘Of the Week’ Of the Week,” a segment where we try to find a new segment. It makes sense when we explain it. Maybe.

The other baseball podcast we shout out this week is the cryptically named “The Podcast About Division III Baseball,” hosted by Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman of @CespedesBBQ - one of the our favorite Twitter accounts, follow them v hard. Subscribe!

Thanks as always to the great @drawawalk for our artwork.

Stuff we talked about:
Jordan’s short film Taco Night on Whohaha
Two pieces on the D-Backs ownership’s political positions
MLB Random Stats
Brittany Ghiroli’s piece on Adam Jones for the Athletic
Fangraphs piece on the odds of hitting for the cycle

Links:
Leadoff Grand Slam on Twitter
Leadoff Grand Slam on Apple Podcasts
Leadoff Grand Slam's Website

(Recorded 6/15/19)