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Tag: MLB

  • Rewriting history

    Rewriting history

    The Chicago Cubs have won the National League Central and will be heading to the playoffs as the NL’s top seed. The Cubs were dominant throughout the year, clinching their playoff spot with over two weeks to go in the season and finishing the year with 103 victories. With this much success it’s easy to […]

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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.05: Sometimes sports become more than sports

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.05: Sometimes sports become more than sports

    The whole gang is back together this week as Austin, Aj and Jared tackle the week that was in the world of Major League Baseball. Playoff pictures are starting to become more clear and Wild Card spots are rounding out. No podcast is complete without some sort of lively debate, so the crew tackles the debate […]

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  • I believe

    I believe

    I remember a smoke filled apartment, with the Cubs play-by- play in the background visiting my great grandma. Let me tell you about my great grandma. She ran away and joined the circus as a teenager, she smoked up until a year before she passed away in 2002, and she was the biggest Cubs fan […]

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  • October should be your favorite month

    October is the best month. Other months are garbage compared to October. No month can even challenge October. March? Too cold (in most places). September? Too hot (in most places). November? The holiday season is a living nightmare and everyone knows it. July? Stop. October is where it’s at, and here’s why. Halloween, duh. The […]

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  • MLB blackouts give fan base growth a black eye

    MLB blackouts give fan base growth a black eye

    For several years now, Major League Baseball has been ramping up efforts to keep America’s pastime from slipping into America’s past.

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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.04: MLB Playoffs and sports villains

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.04: MLB Playoffs and sports villains

    The MLB playoffs are just around the corner and Jared, Austin and Ted have you covered on all angles of the playoff tie breaker scenarios. They look at all the matchups and possibilities for Wildcard scenarios as the season winds to a finish. Sit back and crack a cold one as the conversation takes a turn […]

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  • The Zebra Report – 9/22/16

    The Zebra Report – 9/22/16

    Since there weren’t any just atrocious moments from referees this last week,this week’s Zebra Report will just discuss things we see every week that frustrate me greatly. So let’s start with everyone’s favorite topic. What the fuck is a catch in the NFL? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines catch as “ to use your hands to […]

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  • WNTD 1.27: The Cubs are NL Central Champs!

    WNTD 1.27: The Cubs are NL Central Champs!

    The We’re Not That Drunk Podcast returns for the first time without a guest in almost six months. So naturally, the crew needed a guest host, so Jared Leeper fills in for the injured Tom Danielson. America’s favorite segment Dicks of Twitter makes it’s glorious return as Ted was brave enough to search the mentions of Matt […]

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  • The Zebra Report – 9/15/16

    The Zebra Report – 9/15/16

    I was a former intramural referee in college, which I highly recommend to any college student or future college student reading this. Seriously, it’s a fun, easy job that pays decent. I take great pride in my ability to critique officials based on my five years of reffing sports at the collegiate intramural level. So […]

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  • TGS Pro Weekly 1.01: Bouncing Around Major League Baseball

    TGS Pro Weekly 1.01: Bouncing Around Major League Baseball

    In this baseball only edition of TGS Pro Weekly, hosts Austin Narber, Jared Leeper and AJ Speck talk the most relevant stories of the summer in regards to Major League Baseball.

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