Peace, Love and Baseball

The Rangers are World Champions, free agency is here and the offseason hot stove is settling in to a slow burn.

🎄Is it Christmas...?! Maybe you put up some lights, but dare you listen to Christmas music or (dun, dun DUNNN) put up the TREE??! I've got some hard and fast rules when it comes to the Holiday Season.

⚾️Off-season headlines and deadlines: free agency and the non-tender deadline, manager musical chairs and the how the Reds wronged Joey Votto 🏆 @officialBBWAA Awards Season nominees/favs to win

🎁 Next week is our Gift Guide episode! Check out last year's episode here and submit your gift guide requests to [email protected]

🥃⚾️Listen to this week's episode of Bourbon and Baseball here. Kelsey joins Suzy to talk World Series, off season dreams for the Cardinals and Gold Glove SNUBS!

🎶 Stream Validity's newest single Need You to Stay ⁠here on Spotify ⁠or wherever you get your music! Listen to our episode with Wesley McKinney of Validity ⁠here!

The countdown to MLB in London is on! Today we're joined by international events professional, Katie (who lives and works in London) and born and bred Brit, Andy (who is attending his first baseball game ever on June 24!) to get all the insight on the upcoming St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs series in the UK. Will British royalty like King Charles be in attendance? Will American royalty like FRED BIRD be in attendance?! And most importantly - will there be beer for sale in the seats??? Plus get a fun perspective of what our friends in the UK may or may not know about America's Favorite Pastime as we take it Back to Baseball Basics and quiz Andy on foundations of the game. If nothing else, you simply must listen in for his charming British accent.

🇬🇧What does the monarchy and the recent coronation mean in the UK these days? [5:30]

👑Sooo will King Charles be at the games? [22:50]

🧐Is there anticipation for the London series in the city? What's the good word? How many attendees will be tourist vs. people living in the UK? [25:50] - the "must-have" app City Mapper found here!

✅Must-Dos for tourists coming to London [32:45]

☑️Maybe Don'ts (things to pass on, rules to know) for tourists coming to London [43:00]

🎙Listener questions on the in-game experience - what could be different? [51:50]

⚾️What do Andy know about America's Favorite Pastime? Back to Baseball Basics! [59:20]

Today’s episode is brought to you by @Validity 🤘 Stream the latest album “Indivisible” here on Spotify or wherever you get your music.

[1:35] Willson being Willson - our catcher settling in to himself and his role

[5:05] Life lessons from Kung Fu Panda - the secret ingredient to your life

[18:25] My public apology to J Flare- Let Jack out of the Box! Is PDJ our Dragon Warrior?!

[24:00] Show Me the Stats- BABIP

[27:30] Two Truths - How can it be true that teams like the Cardinals and the Phillies are making good contact, at the top of the stat board putting balls in play, but not scoring runs and winning games?

[32:55] Mookie Betts plays shortstop! Welcome to the bigs, Drew Maggi!

Today’s episode is brought to you by @Validity 🤘 Stream the latest album “Indivisible” here on Spotify or wherever you get your music.

Derrick Goold's St. Louis Post Dispatch article on Jack Flaherty's "controlled burn of emotions" here!

Talking About Bird's episode with me here on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts! Follow @TalkAboutBirds on Twitter

[2:00] What is Cardio Interval Training (SCIENCE!) and WHY should I care? (RESULTS & BENEFITS!!!)

[9:20] LIIT (Aerobic) vs. HIIT (Anaerobic)

[15:00] All about OTF. Pros/Cons of an OrangeTheory workout from a former OTF coach (that’s me!)

[37:50] MLB Headline Hot Takes- Opt outs, predicitions, big muscles, and arbitration

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