Ep 131: So, Your Team Missed the Playoffs
Emily & John discuss the end of the season, division races, playoff format, predictions, football, & more!
Breaking Balls with Emily Nyman
Breaking Balls is a high energy, weekly baseball podcast featuring discussions on all things MLB; past, present, and future. Host Emily Nyman provides her unique and often humorous perspective on current events, hot button issues, strategy & fundamentals, MLB history, and everything in between.
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Episodes (131)
Ep 130: BACK BACK BACK BACK
Emily & John discuss the end of days for the Yankees & Mets, the Martian, playing the kids, AL West, NL MVP & Cy Young, Ohtani: still MVP?, Emily: football fan?, voicemails & more!
Ep 129: And We’re (Actually) Back!
Emily & John discuss everything that’s happened over the last month! Yankees & Mets trials and tribulations, the AL West, Pete Alonso, playoff races, and much more!
Ep 128: Aaand We’re Back!
Emily & John discuss Domingo Germán’s perfecto, the first half, the All Star Game & Home Run Derby, Mets & Yankees issues persist, setting sights on the Wild Card, Ohtani having a Judgian season, trade deadline rumors & more!
Ep 127: The Chicken Parm Incident
Emily & John discuss Yankees vs TEX & SEA, Judge’s torn ligament, Stanton, Donaldson, DJLM, Gleyber, accountability, dinner at Volpe’s, Cohen press conference, Mets lineup regression, Manoah’s 1st FCL start, Reds, asterisks & more!
Ep 126: True Lies
Emily & John discuss the Yankees vs Red Sox in Boston, “let the kids play”, player development & differing expectations, Yankees purgatory, Mets floundering, Vientos optioned, organizational rot, expanded playoffs, Hal Steinbrenner & Manfred comment on reverse boycott, David Freese passes on Cardinals Hall of Fame, Luis Arraez MVP chatter & more!
Ep 125: Battle of Mid
Emily & John discuss the Subway “Series”, Judgeless Yankees, Alonsoless Mets, Mark Vientos riding the pine, Anthony Volpe riding the struggle bus, Drew Smith hand2sticky, the beatdown in ATL, Managers: what do?, reverse boycott in Oakland, Anthony Bass DFA’d, NESN, Luke Voit chest moss in NY, voicemails & more!
Ep 124: Look Who’s Tipping
Emily & John discuss Aaron Judge cheating accusations, broadcasters making something out of nothing, how anyone can just say anything now, bad blood between Yankees & Blue Jays, Domingo Germán: Certified Double-Platinum Loser, Mets tough stretch, Let the kids play?, starting pitching woes, voicemails & more!
Ep 123: See You Next Tuesday!
Emily discusses Yankees IL woes, last place, IKF, Bader, the Guardians, AL Pitcher of the Month, Fernando Tatis Jr., Bryce Harper, Scherzer & the Mets struggles, new rules impact, the Marly Rivera incident.
Ep 122: Get a Grip
Emily discusses Domingo Germán’s close call, Max Scherzer’s ejection & suspension for foreign substance use, Phil Cuzzi & Dan Bellino, career tarnishing judgement calls, Oakland A’s closing up shop, Madison Bumgarner DFA’d, Cole shuts out the Twins, Clark Schmidt struggles.
Ep 121: It’s 8th Inning Somewhere!
Emily & John discuss the start of the season, teams extending beer sales, nuances, Tomás Nido or Francisco Alvarez?, Emily meeting Brian Cashman, Franchy Cordero, retired numbers, Paul O’Neill, voicemails & more!
Ep 120: Spring Training Heroes?
Emily & John discuss Volpe, Baty & Vientos, MLB commercials, new skedge matchups we are stoked to see, bat boy & girl performance reviews, ST hero, voicemails, Cactus & Grapefruit League champs, preseason predictions for divisions, AL/NL, World Series,& end of season awards!
Ep 119: Hal Force One
Emily & John discuss the WBC championship game, Edwin Diaz, Jose Altuve, risk, Steinbrenner’s Yankees, voicemails & more!
Ep 118: PIVOT!
Emily & John discuss changes of heart about the WBC, upsets, beatdowns, ’T’ from Great Britain just can’t hang in the US, Puerto Rico’s perfecto, John Smoltz commentary, the return of the BB curse, 19-year old pitcher vs Mike Trout, Spring Training who?, voicemails, & more!
Ep 117: WBC (We Be Complaining)
Emily & John discuss the WBC, fan reaction to rules changes, Yankees & Mets injury report, SPRINGOOOOOO, Grapefruit & Cactus League Pennants, Voicemails, Spring Training Hero front runners & more!
Ep 116: Season 2 Premiere
We're back.
Ep 115: The Homestretch
Emily & John discuss Yankees winning again, Judge hits 2 jacks, Mets vs themselves, glad half full, Pujols resurgence: sus?, Aaron Boone, Gabe Kapler, Josh Donaldson, Vogelbach & Ruf, In Buck we trust?, & more!
Ep 114: Baby’s 1st Home Run Ball
Emily & John discuss Mets holding on for dear life, IKF: power hitter, Yankees still mid, Aaron Judge, AL MVP debate, Pujols, all-time home runs hit off different pitchers, voicemails, & more!
Ep 113: “Life Stuff”
Emily & John discuss Judge chasing 61, Tío Albert chasing 700, the Yankees descent into sadness, Mets vs Dodgers, the 2023 schedule, Mets Old Timers Day, retiring numbers, Timmy Trumpet, Josh Reddick, Mr. August & August Bozos are revealed, & more!
Ep 112: Get Lucky
Emily & John discuss NY baseball woes, hoping for collapse, luck, prospect call ups, IKF, Tatis Jr. PED suspension, the 2022 Field of Dreams game, voicemails & more!