No Crying In Baseball

Pottymouth and Patti (but not Patti’s voice), take you into a holiday week with boyfriends from Toronto and Pittsburgh. While Pottymouth finds those MA connections, Patti looks at the cooks. Cody Bellinger goes to the Yankees, just like dear old dad, but we are more interested in his girlfriend as a serial MVP dater. MLB releases their report on pitcher injuries – the bottom line is, fault is everywhere except at the pitch clock. There are no more Guarantees at the CWS ballpark, and the public funding for the Rays park keeps rolling. We say, “You are very powerful but not THAT powerful,” He did not earn anybody a f’n taco,” and “ Yay! Pencil Bat!” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

On recent shows, Patti and the Pottymouth have talked about Ohtani's 50-50 Ball, Freddie's World Series Grand Slam Ball, and other meaningful baseballs. In this bonus Episode, from The Sports Appraiser Podcast, we bring you the experts to dig deeper: Michael Osacky is a USPAP Compliant sports appraiser and lead appraiser for PSA, which is the world’s largest third party grader of sports collectibles. The Sports Appraiser Podcast helps listeners become smarter about how to collect, value, and care for sports collectibles. In this episode, Michael explores the history and current value of some of the most iconic home run balls, including those of Mark McGwire, Aaron Judge, Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, and Hank Aaron. Discover the story behind Shohei Ohtani's home run ball that recently sold for $4.4 million. Learn about what influences the value of these collectibles and what the future might hold. Please subscribe, follow, like, and leave a review. Email info@Baseballintheattic.com with any questions or comments or visit the website baseballintheattic.com. Your friends at No Crying in Baseball will be back as usual next Tuesday!

A 26 year old is a forever Met and is $765 Million richer. A 10 year old is a forever Freddie fan and his parents can send him to college. CHI is making some moves with Kyle and Carson, and TOR is just getting started wth Andres. We introduce our guys from the no-City-designation Athletics and our Washington Nationals, including some goofy, some hot start, some local boy makes good, and some of the best kind of scandal. Winter ball brings us cherry blossom pink, home run derbies in paradise, and celebratory cartwheels. It’s not strictly legal but you too can own part of the Trop. And congrats to Tom Hamilton, and here’s hoping he’s “underway at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario!" for years to come. We say, “We both had cocktails and it was not going to go anywhere useful,” “he did a lot of putting his mouth before where his money was for a while,” and “that is what always happened to me with that f’in curse jar.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Here’s to believing that Pottymouth’s picks for LAA and MIA are men from Florida and not Florida Man. Patti avoids the potential pitfall by concentrating on California instead and exploring the ongoing Taylor vs Tyler naming conventions. We are flabbergasted that Aroldis F’n Chapman can still get a job and this Maura McGurk piece explains it better than we can. We workshop some approaches for a confrontation between Pottymouth and AF’nC such as, “I’m a schoolteacher. How do you explain yourself to my students?” There’s a new MLBPA Executive Committee in place and it is just as pitcher-y and boyfriend-y as always. Plus bonus potential kerfuffle. Patti takes a moment to put public funding for Vegas and St. Pete ballparks into perspective. Japanese pitching legend Ayami Sato becomes the first woman to play baseball professionally in Canada. Our police blotter touches on the civil suit around Tyler Skagg’s death, Shohei’s baseball cards, and the ridiculous Golden At Bat rule that was just floated for the heck of it. Check out our bonus content on the Jonrón Derby over on Patreon. We say, “Catholics know this word,” “It’s all a scene down in the basement,” and “You don’t want loose bodies.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Baseball teams fed a lot of people, Big Papi bought part of a ballclub, Brandon Crawford retired, LAD signed Blake Snell – how was your holiday weekend? We kick off the new year of baseball boyfriends with our picks for the CWS and COL. This week’s math lesson is how the playoff pool, this year a record-setting > $129 million, gets calculated and distributed to postseason teams. Rudy Guiliani tries to hang on to a handful of World Series rings, and Shohei Ohtani would like those baseball cards back, please. Kim Ng creates “MLB for Softball,” and we’ve got winter ball news from the Dominican Republic, Taiwan, Venezuela, and the, um, Canadian Intercounty Baseball League. We say, “Rimbonbante,” “My little tongue twister of Venezuelan Ball,” and “What’s the consonant version of numerology?” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Happy Thanksgiving week to all our friends – we are so thankful for you, and also that baseball thing. The big awards were announced and we’re surprised by our non-zero prediction success, happy about Stephen Vogt, and bitter about Chris Sale winning and Colton Cowser not. We brush up on hot stove vocab like “tender,” Rule 5, and qualifying offer. Kelsey stands in for Justine in Mexico and Alyssa goes to the Guards which may lead to Patti customizing a Nakken CIty Connect. In political news that we care to discuss, Sen Durbin introduces the Fair Ball Act in a strong pro-labor statement, and the Trop (and its replacement) is in a public-funding quagmire. We cross-train with Jaylen Brown, Bill Nye, Alex Ovechkin, and the Orlando Pride. We say, “Never put your money where my mouth is,” I could hear the heavy Cy in your voice,” and “Is Rich HIll our new Bartolo Colon?” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Wander Franco just keeps trying new things and we’d like him to stop trying to collect the whole set. We try to block out the Juan Soto rumors because it is all a big tease because we’re pretty sure he’ll stay in NYC. The Trop is a wash for this season so the Rays will actually play in Tampa for the first time – thanks to the Yankee’s spring training facility and $15million. The Great Wall of Baltimore is on the move and Patti does not care for it. What’s the point of a neutral environment? Premier12 lets us watch some veterans and spot some up and comers while we bide our time for WBC qualifiers. Shohei’s 50th home run ball is a tourist attraction in Taipei, but who gets the record payout? And PIT throws down a heck of an offer for Paul Skene’s rookie debut patch card. Women baseball players, it’s time time to check in with the new league. Happy birthday, Mr. Pottymouth, our favorite tech support staffer. We say, “ Here I benefitted from my indecision,,” “Beer is bipartisan,” and “I like having the thing that makes Aaron Judge come off as a baby.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Bluesky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

We are taking a breath and figuring out how to start from where we are. We talk yet more nepo hires, remind you of what the heck a super 2 is, and cover the latest complication in how to just watch the home team play. The Roki Sasaki watch is the next big thing – we’ll help you with the international posting rules, the bonus pools, and why January 15th means big money. Rich Hill and a bunch more “remember some guys” guys have some fun in the Premier12, loanDepot park hosts another international baseball party that we can’t bring ourselves to attend, and Baseball United makes us say “I ain’t gonna play Sun City,” you know, as an example. The Girls Breakthrough Series gives us hope, and Maybell Blair. We say, “Florida, at this point, is a political cesspool,” “Could be a money grab, could be growing the game,” and “Baseball makes so much more sense than war.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on BlueSky @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

It’s really happening, the Women’s Professional Baseball League is underway, looking for owners, broadcast deals, and prepping to draft a year from now. Sure, that World Series thing also happened, with Freddie doing all the things, the kid getting the special thing, the Hall of Fame getting the rest of the things, and the LAD flying to the parade on the Patriots AirKraft. Award season begins with the Gold Glove, and Salvy winning the Roberto Clemente honor. The Giants make a nepo hire but maybe that’s okay? We highlight some free agents to watch, and tell you why winter ball just got even more fun. Pottymouth follows the Queerfancystats model of how to still root for your team with that guy on it, and details her donation formula for Boston Alliance of LGBTQ Youth. Happy Birthday, Pottymouth! We say, “I like Cheese Whiz better,” “Gabriel Moreno remains a bridesmaid,” and “Put us in your earbuds and go stand in line.” Vote, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

We say we don’t care but we talk ourselves into rooting for LAD because of sandwiches, some boyfriend math, and general disdain for the NYY. The dads check in – putting Freddie’s last few months in perspective, remembering childhood dreams, and dancing with the other dads. We lost Fernando Valenzuela last week and Pottymouth gives us some context, some history, and some appreciation. And not for nothing, brings up housing policy. The MLBPA Players Choice Awards foreshadow the big ones. We consider the interpreter version of the Mendoza Line and are still working out if it is the Roberts or the Lasorda line. So many familiar faces in winter ball – baseball does not stop when the Series is over! And the Rays evaluate new sites for opening day. We say, ”I picked both Hernandi,” “I’d eat that sandwich,” and “I’m kind of off billionaires right now.” Make a plan to vote, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

As it turns out, the LAD vs NYY World Series is not *everyone’s* dream match up. Patti and Pottymouth are baseball sad, but yet we persevere. Kyle Manzardo and Tommy Edman show up big, the Temptations show up for Francisco Lindor, Pottymouth wants more chances for Oswaldo Cabrera to show up, and Patti wishes Mark Vientos showed up last year. Pottymouth directs your attention to International baseball in Taiwan, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic because 1) it’s fun, and 2) it’s not LAD vs NYY. And we return suspicious eyes to Baseball United again. Our police blotter looks at FanDuel making a deal for naming rights over the Bally Sports Network channels and MLB’s unclear intentions – do they not want sports gambling names on their “product” or are they just miffed they weren’t asked first? We are going to wallow, re-watch some classic Baltimore crime shows, maybe get some sleep, and probably end up watching the World Series anyway. We say, “Stephen Vogt got his wisdom from a mentor, you got yours from Kenny Rogers,” You wouldn’t pull Grimace from the lineup if he were in it, would you?, and “I’m drinking beer and sitting in front of a microphone instead of doing the hard work.” Make a plan to vote, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Join us as we check back in with Shalvah Lazarus, the DC Girls Baseball player who we last spoke with 300 episodes ago. What are the paths, the decisions, faced by young women who want to keep playing the game they love as they approach heading to college? RIP to Luis Tiant – so much more than just the wildest wind up ever. We sum up our playoff hopes with Patti’s hometown team and those guys that went from hapless to miracle. Dave Roberts proves to be manipulative and a disappointment. The Monkeys and Lions face off again in the CPBL playoffs. And the roof blows off the Trop. Special thanks to Mr. Pottymouth for stepping in as assistant producer this week. We say, “Dancing fish heads,” “fuzzy and tall” and “I feel bad about your feelings, not about my actions.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

We celebrate the last Jackson standing and lament that the good working people of the midwest cannot watch their teams play in the post season because they work for a living. Patti wants the LAD to be more NYY and get their fans in line. Kyle can’t stop breaking his own records and Bryson has a most excellent birthday even if the guys call him a cheap date. Pottymouth crosstrains with music and we are soto-shuffling and OMG remixing all over town. Buster and Tito get new gigs. Pete does not. What the actual hell with the dog whistle political ads during ballgames? And congrats to KarensKrew, winner of this year’s FBBL. We say, “lose a Jackson, pick up a Grimace,””Pre Soto-shuffle was Manny being Manny,” and “I could dance it for you but that’s not going to work well on the podcast.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Oh friends, that’s it for the regular season! As we head into Wild(card) Week, Stone Garrett gets to have one great game, Elly messed with the early season math, and Phillies Daycare is immortalized on the wall of a bar. Nick goes all 162 on a dare, Kiké reminds Patti to get her eyes checked, and people are not showing their best selves over a historic home run ball. Tom Hanks and thousands of other As fans say goodbye to the Coliseum, many taking a piece with them. Some City Connects get retired, and so does Charlie Blackmon. Buckle up for the postseason! If the extra last-day is any indication, we’re in for a ride. We say, “It is quite an acquired taste and I have not acquired it,” “That’s more impressive than Kiké’s butt,” and “When I decide I care about cricket you know for sure I’m going to ask her about that.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Elly breaks records, Bobby breaks records, and that Shohei guy says “hold my beer.” Jackson is not allowed to hold his beer until next year. We crosstrain with Caitlin Clark (and she cross-trains right back) and Green Day (Billy Joe uses his pottymouth powers for good). Teams are clinching their postseason berths and Patti reminds you why wildcard ranking matters. Pottymouth gets to welcome another Kyle into the fold and LaMonte has a homestand at an away series. Matt joins the dad strength club, while CJ gets sent down for too much time at a club. Barbara Gregorich is awarded 2024 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award, and we learn the greatest acronym of all time. We say, “I’m still gonna hope until there’s no hope,” “That’s hilarious and also insulting,” and, “I want you to do great but I want your team not to win.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Turns out, all the to-do about Kumar Rocker a few years back was worth the wait. Jackson Chourio gives us a 20-20-while-20 and Elly slams when we’re not watching. Non-zero chance of Shohei pitching in the off-season gets treated as a guarantee, while fans pay premiums for a chance to shag his HR #50. Evan Phillips gets a silver bobble and Yamamoto bring a silver lining. Justin Turner gets super powers from his child-decorated cleats in honor of Childhood Cancer Awareness. Youngster Davis hits his 100th and talks slumps, and old guy Matt gets extended with a Buster-like contract. California treats Baseball for All right, there are turf wars in Sacramento, and Christopher Morel takes a day off for his high school graduation. Pottymouth honors Hispanic Heritage Month with a profile of Luis Miguel Castro, first Latin American player in MLB. Patti cross trains with the Washington Spirit and has the sunburn to prove it. We say, “It’s not that lawyers can’t surf, it’s that they choose not to,” “I love a train with my goth friends,” and, “We’re all doing math we didn’t think we could do in our heads.”Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Patti and Pottymouth had the great joy of sitting down with Jean Fruth and Jeff Idelson, who are bringing their new film “See Her, Be Her,” to MLB Network between games two and three of this year’s World Series. “See Her, Be Her” profiles seven women baseball players in seven different parts of the world, and demonstrates the skill, perseverance, passion, and all-around badassery required to play the game they love. Jean and Jeff tell us about selecting the countries, the athletes, the stories to tell, and why film is the way to do it. We talk about “all these little channels of goodness happening” from Baseball for All to DC Girls Baseball, to Kelsie and Olivia, and being the first ones, to one day getting it all together to create a pipeline for girls and women to play at the highest levels. And how just maybe this film moves that process a little farther down the road. Follow up your listen with a visit to seeherbeher.com to watch the trailer and pre-order the companion book with Jean’s photos and essays by the players from the film and some others you may know. Follow Grassroots Baseball on X or Instagram to stay in the know. We say, “How can you not be romantic about baseball…but in the worst way?” “Hey Carlton Fisk, it’s me, Pottymouth!” and “Act surprised, Bob, act surprised.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Three out of nine Jacksons again get a mention, one for breaking the scoreboard, one for a moment with dad, and one for walking it off. Rich re-takes the hill, the Brewers have a Brewer and this stuff writes itself. We’ve got both a good Zach and an “infuriatingly good” Zach. Joe makes a deal, Michael makes a catch, and Liam makes friends at AAA. Junior and Manny have a moment, Edwin and Alexis wish they didn’t. Come back next week for a special interview with the producers and director of the new documentary, See Her, Be Her. We say “Everything is bigger at Camden Yards,” “balance my Kiké effervescence,” and “Yahtzee.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

While we were sleeping, the Babe’s Called-shot jersey sold for $24million. Scott Servais? Fired. Jason Heyward? “Fired.” Joey Votto? Retired. Elly is better when we are not watching him, and Bobby is just good all the time. Salvy hangs with the neighborhood kids, and Shohei is his own kind of magic. Danny is scheduled to catch his own at-bat while the women tell the tale. And along with Orioles owner David Rubenstein, we cross train with the National Book Festival. We say, “I can say that because I was quoting a famous author,” Better than a capitalist *without* a heart of gold,” and “That’s not baseball but it’s also not school.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

In this snack size episode, Maisie, our WAZE voice, co-hosts as we record while driving home after Patti and Pottymouth’s excellent adventure. We were billing our Great American Ballpark visit as a showdown between favorite shortstops, but alas Elly didn’t get the memo, nor did he get on base. Bobby did show his MVP chops however. PNC Park continues to be a thing of beauty although not so much the Pirates. We enjoyed two former Nats center fielders (Taylor and Robles) facing off for PIT and SEA. We rooted for the home teams, chatted with the locals, sampled some local beers, and narrowly escaped rainouts. As you might expect, we talk through the Duran apology and aftermath and Pottymouth provides a possible way to redemption. How about those Jacksons? We say, “Hi, State Trooper,” “I’m sad his F*ck ‘Em shirt is getting a lot of shit,” and “Police Reported Ahead.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, get boosted, and find us on Twitter @ncibpodcast, on Facebook @nocryinginbball, Instagram @nocryinginbball and on the Interweb at nocryinginbball.com. Please take a moment to subscribe to the show, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to NCiB. Become a supporter at Patreon to help us keep doing what we do. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.