You Don't Know Jack

10 yrs 375 Million

That is what we call job security, we talk Tom Brady's Fox Sports Deal, the Kentucky Derby, the NBA playoffs, WNBA expansion, and F1 coming to Miami!   

A turning point..

With the leak of the supreme court draft poteinally overturning Roe V. Wade we take the time to discest legally what it will mean for the women of a country already divided. We discuss Trevor Bauer suspension, how bad the Yankee fans truly are, and finally the wonderful thing that is the Dapper Dan Awards!    Subscribe ! 

Soxs, O's & everything in between

We talk baseball, Wimblendon, Women's Hockey Salary increase to double salary caps and Greenway Ave, shines on Saturday for its walk/run!  @jackYDK  Rate and Share    

Look alive it's 25!

25 episodes in and we are still knocking it out of the park, one week of baseball and we are so glad our old friend is back.  The NBA playoffs are kicking into high gear, the WNBA drafted some excellent players and address the Brittney Griner detainment, and the untilmely death of 24 year old Dwayne Haskins.  Tweet us.. @jackYDK 

Opening Day!

We have our peanuts, cracker jacks or jills, and all is right with the world. We make our best predcitions for the upcoming season, so listen to see if you think we are on the right track or toatally off base.  Tweet us:  @JMGGMPG @RTLPOD  @JackYDK     

Great Basketball

This week we are all about watching great basketball, and counting down the days until baseball starts.  We also discuss the supreme court, with nominee Brown-Jackson  hearings and Justice Thomas stirring some controversy.  We honor the memory of the late Sec. of State Albright, and musician Taylor Hawkins.   

Brackets, Baseball, & Boycott Dan.com

This week we compare brackets, baseball is back, and so is Tom Brady.  The hotstove is heating up, Freeman moving to LA and the Twins gained a platimum glove player.  The NFL has a sexual assult problem, and Dan Snyder is still the worst. Do your best on boycottdan.com   

In like a lion 🦁

March is in like a lion, and cover a lot of basketball.  Mens, Womens, High School, ACIT's you name it we got you covered.  Baseball still is locked out but there might be hope on the hoirzon. The NFL is shaking up QB's and a little advice, never bet on your own professional sport. Our thoughts always turn to Urkraine and the amazing people of Europe who are welcoming the refugees with open arms, warm meals, and a little hope.    

Not in 77 years...

We are yet agian living through another once in a lifetime historic event, at this rate we have nine lives. We discuss the war between Russia and Ukraine how the world has repsonded and how the world of sports is reacting.  Subscibe to this podcast and Tell your Friends.   

The Good, The Bad, & The Equal

Punches were thrown, people were suspended, Derby Wins stripped, The 2022 winter olympics were a bust, and the MLB locked out is at a stalemate.  Jessie Diggins wins silver the first woman in xc skiing to win a medal at the olympics in the 50K, Brian Flores is back coaching in the NFL for the Steelers, and the United States Womens Soccer Team was given 24million dollars in a settlement and won EQUAL Pay for international matches.  Subscribe to the podcast and send us a tweet. @JackYDK 

Good Game SUPER halftime

We are back for episode 18, with a review of our Super Bowl highlighs and also check in on our prop bets.  We reveiw some winter olympic controversies, wins, and losses. Lydia is still watching curling...  This a fun crisp episode and stay tuned as we pivot towards college basketball in the upcoming weeks!  Baseball get it together.. 

Super Bowl 22'... 'Merica

The most American thing we all do in Feb. is gather (if safe) eat too much food, drink too much beer, and enjoy hopefully a good football game. We make our best preditions and have some fun with prop bets. Tune in next week to see if we were right.  Winter Olympics, the good, the dissappointing we cover all the events that have happened in the last week.  76er's gain Harden hopefully this will be a good fit for him, and Philly can make it's way into a long playoff run.  Finally we end th...

Strikes and Gutters

Ladies and Gents.. Garrett Eagan

If you think you are busy.. that is nothing compared to our guest Garrett Eagan. We were lucky enough to get an hour of his time to talk local sports, his predictions for this weeks NFL playoff games, and what he recommends on the Sheetz's menu.  Follow us on Twitter Garrett: @Geaganpxp  Matt @jmggmpg  Lydia @RTLPod  Like Share and Subscribe !   

Winter Blues

We keep this week crisp with an update from down under, our predictions for NFL playoff games, and what our honest opinions on the Camden Yards expansion and the BIG 12 restructure. Stay Safe out there.  Leave us a review, subscribe and tweet the show!   

A Bakers Dozen

We have hit episode 13 of Season 2, we raise a glass to our namesake the great Jack Gilmore! The Georgia Bulldogs are national champions, Novak Djokovic might get deported, and the Yankees hired a woman to manage their A Minor league team in Tampa. Matt explains what is like to be detained in the Cayman Islands and Lydia is happy the temps are above 40.     

New Year same Pandemic

Happy New Year, we took two weeks off to enjoy family time for the holiday.  We cover a lot in this weeks episode, from the increase in Covid-19 cases, one year since the insurrection. The Washington Football Team announcing their new name, College Bowl Games, Antonio Brown, MLB still on lockout, and a NBA assistant coach moving on to head up the Las Vegas Aces.  We mark the passing of two greats  John Madden and Betty White both titans of their industry and leaving an incredible legacy.  ...

Records are meant to be broken

This week we cover Curry crushing Ray Allen's previous 3pt record at MSG yesterday and how his playing has changed the way the game is played.  UMD- Pulled off a win with their new interim coach, FSU's head coach is heading to Southern Utah, and Nike bestows it's first UCLA soccer forward phenom Reilyn Turner. We switch gears to discuss a little F1 with SIR Lewis Hamilton. Remember to like and share the show, and tweet us @JYDK @RTLPOD and @JMPGMPG  The Meatloafhttps://www.avantgarde...

The Beatles, Heisman nominations, and NWSL

What don't we cover in this week's episode?  Matt and Lydia love a good musical interlude and that is exactly what you are getting at the top of the show. We discuss Get Back on Disney+ and also a great series on Hulu featuring Sir Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin.  Congratulations to Ft. Hill High School for winning the State Championship over Mt. Ridge.  College Payoffs are exactly what we thought they would be and all we can say is WAY TO GO CINCI!  What makes a Heisman winner and wh...

Shake ups, Lockdowns and State Championships

We cover a lot of ground in this weeks episode, we talk  about the big college coaching shuffle, with Notre Dame and Maryland Basketball.  The baseball lockout and how that might look for the upcoming season and the player's sticking points with the MLB/owners.  Ft. Hill and Mt. Ridge are heading to the state playoffs and are playing today 12/4 at 3:30pm. Go TEAM!  We end the episode discussing the tragedy in Michigan which resulted in the deaths of four students. The 15 year old shoot...

Thankfully we are back!

After a brief hiatus, we are back we discuss college playoffs, MLB Hall of Fame nominations, and MLB Comeback Players of the year.  Matt and Lydia will be celebrating Thanksgiving with family, and making our signature dishes.    We are thankful for you, and wish you and yours a very happy healthy Thanksgiving!   

Homecoming, NHL and THE BRAVES WIN!

Matt survived his first driving lesson, The Homecoming game was played with a 42-7 win for Fort Hill, Halloween fun was had by all, and the Braves won the World Series the first time in 26 years.  In the past week our small community has experienced two tragedy in as many weeks. While the homecoming football game was played, it was with a heaviness in the air and a sense of honor that made celebrations much more subdued this year.  The NHL... well what can you say but get it together,  a...

Maryland Pride in the West

Podcast Hill is firmly still in the glorious state of Maryland, our state reps successfully became successful secessionists. Matt stays awake for a while nine innings and we discusses the upcoming homecoming game with Matt's predictions for a win.  This is homecoming week here in Western Maryland, and the rival game that has been going on for nearly a century between Allegany and Fort Hill High Schools. This will mark the return of the game after being cancelled last year due to COVID-19. ...

Name, Image, Likeness

Fall is officially starting to creep in on Podcast Hill. Baseball playoff season is in high gear, the WNBA season just ended,  and the NFL is off to a great start.  What a great time to be a sports fan.  We pay tribute to Colin Powell, a man who served under 4 presidents, married for 58 years and who died at 84 earlier this week.  We also touch on name image and likeness and what that will look like for college athletes this year.  Follow us @JackYDK to stay up to date and send us your...

Strange Trips & Big Wins

We keep this episode crisp and clean. Matt goes on a long strange trip, the Boston Red Sox advance to play the Astros, the Ravens WON, the Raiders lost their head coach and The NY Nets still have to pay Kyrie Irving 19million dollars for not playing.  This week has been crazy, the Boston Red Sox and the Atlanta Braves advance. Both teams are firing on all cylinders hopefully it continues, who knows another upset might just happen.  The Ravens won, field goals were missed, touchdowns an...

October is for Baseball

The world is alright ,because Playoff Baseball is back even though Matt can't stay awake past the 5th inning.  We talk of course MLB playoff season, The Ravens, a little Urban Meyer and Sage Steele to round things off.       

A little bit of equity...

What a week, HOLY TUCK, MLB playoff season is heating up with the Cardinals on the hottest winning streak and able to clench the wild card, it is changing by the hour so we will have a better view of upcoming games next week.  The Terps take on #5 Iowa and both teams are 4-0 it will be an exciting night in College Park, we are keeping our fingers crossed that  Matt can stay awake long enough to enjoy it.  We take a deep dive into equity with women's sports, offer some perspectives and ju...

And... We're Back!

Ed DeWitt joins us on this weeks episode to discuss, the NFL Baseball, some fantasy football. and the great dynamic duo the Manning brothers. The weather has changed and we know that championship baseball is right around the corner, we make or predictions on who we think will be in the World Series this year. The Ravens finally beat the Cheifs, the WFT are still doing the best with their injured leader and we try to predict what might happen for the Super Bowl.  We are back after a lit...

Long time listener, first time guest.

We want to extend the warmest and happiest birthday wishes to the one and only Mike Burke, congratulations on your 62 trips around the sun!  Mike's best friend and long time listener Rick Hawse is on episode 49. Rich is back in town visiting his old haunts and answered the call for MD crab cakes. We are forever grateful they were delicious!  Greg Hare is our one and only 49 for YDKJ what a guy, and we were lucky to have him on a previous episode.     

Fat Jack and other musings

This episode features some of the best nicknames in the game wearing #48 Fat Jack Fisher, a Frostburg native and right handed pitcher for the O's.  We discuss a potential future olympian and current Sea Otter we wish him the best of luck in his last race in Omaha this Saturday.  The French open where you can come from behind to win Novak Djokovic has won his second major title and is on the grand slam track heading into Wimbledon.  It looks like Mike, Matt, and Lydia will not be cracki...

Track, Wall, See You Later!

This episode has been long anticipated and it does not disappoint. Detroits own Micheal Reghi joins us. His voice may be very familiar to O's fans across the nation and current Cleveland fans today. Matt and Mike ask the questions we all have of this great broadcaster, and we find out the origin of Track, Wall, See You Later!  We were honored to have Mr. Reghi on YDKJ and hope to have him back soon!   

This one Hits.. at 46

Episode 46 is the Mike Flanagan episode! This New Englander had the gift of a dry sense of humor, a great arm, and was just an all around great guy.  Maryland Lacrosse is making waves, they beat Duke, to then take on UVA, and lost by one. We also discuss our jousting techniques, so stay tuned for our tips and tricks for this official Maryland sport.   The Maryland baseball team is a third seed in the NCAA championships, they will take on Charlotte on Friday June 4th.  The Belmont is th...

Mark Manges

In Memorium    It is rare when you are able to have the athlete you are honoring in the room, but this week we did!  Mark Manges a star athlete and all around great guy joins us for #45 The Mark Manges Episode!  He regals us with some fantastic stories and insights as well as the hard work he is doing to help maintain and improve The Greenway Ave.  Stadium  This episode is not to be missed!     

Mark Manges

It is rare when you are able to have the athlete you are honoring in the room, but this week we did!  Mark Manges a star athlete and all around great guy joins us for #45 The Mark Manges Episode!  He regals us with some fantastic stories and insights as well as the hard work he is doing to help maintain and improve The Greenway Ave.  Stadium  This episode is not to be missed!     

The Great 44

This week is the Steve Trimble episode this local #44 is a legend and a true success story, and what a legacy he has left.  We discuss a local olympic hopeful in Daniel Diehl and his quest to qualify for the olympics at 15 he has already smashed a Phleps record.  He takes to the pool May 22, 2021 in Omaha!  MLB: Has had 6 (we count them all) no hitters so far this season, the highest in a year was 8 in 1884. We love the idea of a no hitter, but the rarity is what makes it special, it is ...

Bet on one Horse....

The winner for Episode 43 is Larry Brown! There are not a lot of 43's to choose from, but as  a running back for the Washington Football Team from 69-76 he certainly deserves the honor! Frances Mouse is back to talk about the Preakness, and the drama that comes along with a horse named Medina Spirit and his trainer in Bob Baffert. Francis gives us some advice on betting, and also why this controversy with Baffert gives him pause on betting the Preakness.  John Means pitched a not hitter ...

The Wizard

Episode 42  the Walt William "The Wizard" episode is coming in hot.  We discuss how we failed to pick the winning pony for the 147th Kentucky Derby, but how we live to bet another day for the Preakness.  The highs and lows of the NFL draft and how the Ravens always pick well for the team they need to win ball games.  Minor League Started tonight and again how grateful we are to have baseball back. 

Place you bets..

Coming down the stretch with number 41 The Tom Maddy episode!! Francis Mouse joins us in studio to help us novices bet on the ponies. We learn about the odds, of a triple crown winner, how many races are actually run during the day and how you too can go for the trifecta. Place you bets HERE   We hope you win!!     

40 weeks later...

Episode 40 the Bobby Boyd episode, this great cornerback for the Colts  retired early and was a part to the big seven.  We discuss the guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin case and the and know that the the work is just starting for justice reform.  We talk about our favorite American pastime and try to explain the kerfuffle with a super soccer league.   We have been bringing the entertainment for the past 40 weeks we hope you will stick around for many more!     

Baseball is perfect, leave it alone.

This week is #39 the Eddie Watt episode, the great relief pitcher for the O's with Randy "the moose" Milligan as a strong runner up.  They both did not need the mound moved back, or abbreviated double header games and a runner starting on second base. We discuss the proposed changes to our perfect game and why we don't think they belong.  University of MD extends Mark Turgeon's contract until 2026 and hopefully builds a great national title contending teams.  Online Sports Betting will...

Baseball comes back to B-More

(Please Note, this episode has some audio issues... we are working on resolving them, the content is amazing!) Ron Cassie joins us for #38 The John Lowenstein episode.  Ron Cassie is a senior editor for Baltimore, where he’s has worked since 2012, covering the environment, education, medicine, politics, and city life. He is here discussing his latest article, The Birds are Back in Town We discuss towards the end of the episode, the NCAA Mens and Women's 2020 season winners and everyon...

Small-Time BIG Guest!

Russell Shorto a NY times best selling author based in Cumberland, Maryland joins us to discuss his latest book Small-Time A Story of My Family and the Mob.   We can not recommend this book enough, and we were sad when the book came to a close.  You will find it hard to put down once you start. We encourage you to get your hands on a copy to support your local author and bookstore.  Episode 37 is dedicated to two of the best sports nicknames going.  John "T-Bone" Shelby and "Prime Time" ...

ACIT, Brackets , and Tom Phoebus

Tom Phoebus is our #36 this Baltimore native played for the O's and as Mike will point out in this weeks show with much delight, he pitched a no hitter against The Red Soxs.  Joe Carter the calls into the show to discuss the second year without the ACITs, how they arrived at the decision to cancel the 60th tournament and how they are looking forward to a modified but fun 2022 Tournament.  Keeping in theme with basketball, we all discuss our bracket picks, and surprise... it is all one bi...

Ladies and Gentleman... Johnny Holliday

We do not know why we are so lucky, but we won't start asking questions now. The great Johnny Holliday is joining us for this week's episode. #35 the Lonny Baxter episode. As you can imagine we talk all things Terps, including what their chances moving into tournament season and how Football will look in the fall.  Ray swings by on the one year anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown and is happy that the American Relief and Recovery act finally passed both houses; and is on Biden's desk for a si...

There can only be one #34

This is the Len Bias episode, Mike's first and best assignment outlined in his beautifully written column . We have a retuning guest with Mayor Ray Morriss, Lydia finds out how expensive a beer at Memorial stadium was in the 1970's.  Super Tuesday was off to an excellent start with the WVU Balyor game that went into to OT. Illinois dominated  Michigan and predictions were made for the 1's and 2's for the NCAA bracket. We remember Mr. Baseball Joe Altobelli  the manager that lead the O's ...

Eddie Murray the best #33

We are having a little spring like weather and that just makes us want to head to the ballpark to hear the crack of the bat.  Episode 33 the Eddie Murray episode, the best switch-hitter in the game, Steady Eddie 504 home runs and a Baltimore Favorite.  Trey Mancini is back after taking 2020 off to win the fight against stage three colon cancer. He will be the primary first baseman in the start of spring training 2021.  We talk Tiger Woods, his car accident and subsequent injuries and h...

Mad Dog & Episode 32

This week we talk great Maryland  #32's Steve Stone, Joe Smith and the ultimate Mike Curtis.   Another impending snow storm that will no doubt blanket Podcast Hill and surrounding areas with Matt lovingly refers to a white shroud of death. Mike has taken precautions and  stocked up and has his provisions at the ready. We can all agree we are in better shape than Texas, but wish them warmth in the coming days.  Baltimore Sun gets a possible lifeline with a potential purchase by a non-prof...

Hello Mr. Mayor!

Podcast Hill was well salted for the arrival of Mayor Ray Morriss, to join us for episode 31 the pitching coach edition!  Ray worked for the O's in the PR department with the great Bob Brown, doing all of the important work of delivering cakes, organizing bat days, and simply having the best job as a high school student. The Mayor talks about the upcoming downtown revitalization and the River Front Project that will benefit the Queen City far into the future. We have a feeling that Ray w...

The Otter & El Presidentè #30

It is the Greg Olsen "The Otter" and Dennis Martinez "El Presidenté" Episode #30!  We have a lot of fun in store for this episode, Cumberland's own Francis Mouse joins us to discuss his life changing interaction with Henry Aron and all of the fun that comes with playing the best game in the world baseball.  What do you do with a Sunday without football?? You watch The Godfather, The Godfather II and Shaw Shank Redemption, and From here to Eternity. We throw you a slight curveball but we ...

Talent finds Talent

This week we are again lucky enough to speak to Leo Mazzone, as we lost another great in the ranks of baseball history. Talent finds talent and that certainly is the case when Hank found Leo in 1979. He reminisces and always tells a great story.  We then keep with the baseball theme and discuss the broadcast both shake up in Baltimore and DC.   And then.. we gear up for next weeks episode NFL TV SHOW Super Bowl  addition.