No Crying In Baseball

Congrats to the Brewers! We love Sal’s Lambeau Leap, we love that Milwaukee closed the schools for the parade, we love a Contreri hug, and we love that capitalism got screwed not because of small market teams but because of a short series. Pottymouth ponders if David is her new October Kiké. Patti’s former once and forever boyfriend gets a black eye from the WS trophy. The Hall of Fame gets a haul. In non WS news, a bunch of guys we like are clearly also liked by their coworkers – the Player’s Choice awards are announced. The Police Blotter reactivates with a revocation of Wander’s pardon, and the beginning of the Clase and Ortiz trial. The Hot Stove fires up and we catch you up on all the important dates on the books until the owners lock out the players on December 1st, holding the season hostage for a salary cap. And we leave you with the instruction to vote like your life depends upon it, because it does.We say, “Did I say that in English?” “If you would like to have a Fanta with him, he could be a boyfriend,” and “shoutout to the Wine Guy.” Fight the man, go see some live sports, send your game balls to Meredith, 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. We have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

What do the World Series teams have in common? Some things you know and maybe some you don’t. Lots has been made of the fact they are both small market teams with low payrolls. Both the MLBPA and the League are running with that to sell their opinions on a salary cap. A bit has been made of the first series to take place completely in domed ballparks – to which Patti argues “Roofball” is a better phrase since American Family Field’s roof is retractable. Experts (well, one) agree that it makes the MIL ballpark far superior to the Trop. A misguided attempt has been made to classify this as a Short Kings series, but in what world is 6’ short, and Pottymouth proves you have to take out all the pitchers – they are some Very Tall Men – to make the math work to defend “short.” Not nearly enough is being made of the haunted hotels in both cities, where visiting teams stay. So we do. Watch some LVBP and look for Wanda Rodriguez. Congrats to Francisco Lindor on being named the Roberto Clemente winner this year, and thank you to Payton Tolle for just being you. We’re both rooting for the  Brewers but Pottymouth wants more baseball and Patti just wants to get it done before the Rays gain any traction. And we leave you with the question, Would you prefer a Game 7 or to go out on Halloween?We say, “It was just short of adorable,” “Maybe a muted game with a lovey red is the thing,” and “Anything below 5’10” is 5’9”.” Fight the man, go see some live sports, send your game balls to Meredith, 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. We have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth

They never go well for Patti’s people in the postseason. We lament the absolutely preventable “unnecessary night of nonsense” resulting in game postponements after four hours of concessions sales and out of touch commentators. But that extra airtime sure squeezed in a lot of not-family-friendly ads, causing us to defend ourselves as not prudes but come on there are children watching. We did enjoy the context matters bit though. The Brewers celebrated their sweep with the Captain saying captain things, custom champagne labels, and timeless tickets. And how about that David Hamilton saving his homers for us? Chase and Jose have a hero/villain thing happening, and Jonathan channels Baby Shark power. Joey and Allie share a mutual admiration moment. Award season begins with finalists announced for MLBPA’s Players Choice Awards and the Rawlings Gold Glove. Winter ball is going to cost Pottymouth some money, and LIDOM kicked off with some familiar faces.We say, “If you add the f*cking in the middle, the syllables work,” “I don’t think the issue necessarily is the half-naked woman,” and “Who doesn’t want a boyfriend named Petey?” Fight the man, go see some live sports, send your game balls to Meredith, 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. We have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth

Jonathan Aranda has exceptional qHAR as well as winning the most improved vs the Evil Empire award. Chase’s walk up gets customized, and he has an exceptional birthday. We bid farewell to Kyle, Caleb (who gets a stern talking to), Spencer and Drake, both of the sad puppy dog eyes. José’s golf swing scores a clutch homer, and Sal learns from Yeli. Spectator interference rears its ugly head via yet another Yankee fan, 30 years after the Jeffrey Maier incident, but this time we have the technology. Winter ball is getting started and may take on a new look this year if the expected lock-out happens in early December. For now, the LVBP (Venezuela’s league) gets going with lots of formers on the roster. MLB brought some significant proposed changes to the structure of both the regular and post-season, tying these money-makers to player health and fan enjoyment while requiring a salary cap. In addition to noting players can play elsewhere during a lockout, the memo to owners notes team staff can attend player weddings as long as they don’t talk about baseball. We stand in solidarity with Mr. Splash.We say, ”The Junior is the younger of the multi-Victor industrial complex,” “stress-crocheting,” and “still gross, but legal.” Fight the man, go see some live sports, send your game balls to Meredith, 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. We have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.

Roofs over ballparks, retractable or not, are in play this postseason, and ‘in play’ enough that they may change the course of a game.  Weird that the AmFam Field ground rules have us complimenting the Trop on something, but here we are. Adley’s team is out and Pottymouth has a lot to say about how they lost. We have good things to say about Kyle Teel even though he is playing against Patti’s hometown team right now, and good things to say about Spencer Jones even though he is a NYY. Patti wishes Cam Smith could be in the postseason even though she is just fine that his team is not. Pottymouth is all in for Jonathan Aranda, and Yeli has a C on his jersey and the blessing of a legend. Congrats to Team Italy for winning the WBSC Blind Baseball International Cup. Check out the rules here! Grand Teton National Park is no longer in play as a potential MLB game site and the spokesperson for the National Parks Conservation Association could not possibly add more baseball metaphors into their official statement. Next weekend is the SABR Women in Baseball Conference, which is all virtual so you can watch too. Pottymouth is off to Boston, and Patti is off to attach more pompoms to hats for schoolkids. We say, “The frickin’ fans start with the ‘we’re proud to be racist’ song,” “I did what a responsible fan should do and that’s change the f*ck out of my clothes,” and “I want to see John Henry dance merengue.” Fight the man, go see some live sports, send your game balls to Meredith, 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. We have episode transcripts available!  They are available for free at our Patreon site. Say goodnight, Pottymouth.