No Crying In Baseball

Happy Pride to all! Marcus Stroman sets the bar high, Mike Pence demands an apology for what he does not understand, and the Blue Jays teach us how a team can help its players be better people. Aquaman opts out, Chas and Nicky bounce back, and Joey adjusts his brain to a DH role. We discuss A-Rod’s gums, but not as much as he does. Patti tries to explain the business of cable-based regional sports networks, blackouts, and fair market value. We cross-train with the Celtics and commencement, and celebrate the all-female umpire crew working the Cuban National Series. Patti cheats on Pottymouth by dating another podcast – check her out on the Daily Deuce.

We say “Pretend you are the Dewey Decimal System and file it under Mythology,” “It’s something I used to eschew,” and “You said “eschew perfectly.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 defends Baltimore’s City Connect choices – it’s high concept, people. We discuss booing by fans AND by moms (We don’t like it but it seems to work for Trea). Adley goofs off at the MLB flagship store. Luke Raley strikes out Vladdy, then gets lit up. Christopher Morel can’t stop raking. Craig Kimbrel reaches a milestone. In the Police Blotter, The Dodgers apologize to the Sisters, Glen Kuiper gets fired for his not-really-a-flub, and Aaron Boone keeps on getting tossed, this time for “expectorating.” Summer collegiate leagues are starting, and Broxton Rocks Marika Lyszczyk becomes the first woman in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. Good luck to Venezuela’s Francys Sandoval, the only girl playing in the 12U Baseball World Cup.

We say “It’s a very light toddy,” “Take backsies and a spit take,” and “you can’t say holy shit to that.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 for birthday cross training, swag fails, rule corollaries, and a guest appearance by West Coast Correspondent Deborah. Adolis > Aaron, Mark Vientos comes up and Yahoo won’t let Patti capitalize on that, Seiya is turning a corner, and Bryce Miller scores an emergency fantasy draft. Deborah and Jayson Stark do a deep dive into the state of the new rules, and if the A’s are bad, or Spider-bad. Liam Hendriks brings the love through food trucks. We take an upstream look at the Dodgers vs.The Sisters debacle. Zac Gallen channels Randy Johnson in the worst way, and we revisit Sticky vs. Tacky on the occasion of Domingo Germán’s suspension. Deborah is going to buy this shirt, you might want to, too. Congratulations, Pottymouth, Jr.

We say, “No scrum for swag rule,” “All those guys are 0 for Tuesday,” and “Mommy and Mommy are fighting again.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Nothing better for these moms than talking baseball on Mothers Day, plus a detour to the farmers market for bread and booze, to NYC for a show, and a little sitcom talk. The entire AL East remains above .500 which makes us proud and pissed at the same time. Cedric Mullins hit for the cycle during Patti’s book club and Triston Casas “regrets” his 442’ homer. If Mickey Moniak’s season debut including a homer and 2 stolen bases on his 25th birthday had happened for the NYY instead of the LAA, Harrison Bader would have gifted him a very nice bottle of wine. Pottymouth checks in on not-in-her lineup boyfriends plus new to her lineup Christopher Morel. Kenley Jansen gets his 400th save but gets drawn offsides by Willson Contreras, more than once. Crosstraining and the Police Blotter are one and the same as college basketball and the NHL join MLB for slurs and insensitivity. Start prepping for next summer’s Women’s Baseball World Cup now – opening play-in rounds start next week.

We say, “If you can make the ice work, I can make the next drink work,” “We did not need to use duct tape or a paper clip at any point,” and “I’m going to explain logic.” Fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 agree with Fernando Tatis, Jr. when he says, “who doesn’t love Ha-Seong Kim?” Max Muncy flexes his dad power. Pottymouth’s weekly Kiké mention is really about the ceremonial first pitch of his model cousin Sofía Jirau. Last Friday’s Hammers vs Os game, with Max Fried vs. Dean Kremer, was the 5th time in MLB history with two Jewish starting pitchers. The High A Hillsboro Hops (with manager Ronnie Gajownik) vs. Vancouver Canadians (Ashley Stephenson position coach) series brought us women in uniform on both sides of the field. Our Police Blotter features a conversation of when is a flub really a flub as we discuss the suspension of Glen Kuiper, As broadcaster, for his on-air racial slur. We highlight the international asshattery of Trevor Bauer, and the multiple plunkings of Arozarena. Bryce Harper and Jose Altuve come back quickly, and Liam Hendriks shines in a rehab start. Justine Siegal piles on the impressive firsts by adding “first woman to coach in LMB.” Our pre-season predictions predictably stink.

We say, “It’s perfectly acceptable for Arozarena to do his pose at third WHEN HE HITS A TRIPLE,” “Dad to dad baton thing,” and “I bet *he* can rollerblade and not pull anything.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Crosstraining with Games 7 provides the opportunity to revisit both grammar and the “gear algorithm.” Vocabulary lessons include “hamate excision,” “batter’s eye,” and “cheezstayk” (which Patti objects to on many  levels). Pottymouth’s trip to Philadelphia includes a great showing by Patti’s former bfs (Castellanos, Pache, and Marsh), an Aquaman sighting, and beer as souvenirs because it is always the right size. Yu Chang is about to obtain superpowers, Corbin Carroll has super speed, and LA has something super as there are a large number of Little Tiny Dodgers. Patti’s bfs Raleigh and Raley are not only alliterative, but also repetitive with the homers. Our Police Blotter includes suspicious edits, a pottymouth but not in a good way, and an opportunity to say “run it out.” Pottymouth is all about the Mexico series, especially swag bags, and the Padres and Giants spending time out in the community, but MLB expansion there is not likely.

We say “I wish there were more Pucker,” “zombie apocalypse,” and “he only wears his shirt unbuttoned one button but it feels like more.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

The A’s buy land in Las Vegas so of course Patti and West Coast Correspondent Deborah talk anti-gentrification, environmental clean-up, affordable housing, and pitch a cross-training idea of an NHL expansion team at Howard Terminal. Max Scherzer takes over the Police Blotter with his ejection for hands “the stickiest it's been.” The case in point pigeon delay leads WCCD to express some compassion for umpires dealing with new rules with little guidance. Manny makes a kid’s day, Kiké expresses 100th homer joy in a fully Pottymouth way. Bryce is a medical miracle, Joey’s bat wakes up as soon as Patti benches him, Vladdy is no friend of the NYY, and Josh Harrison just keeps doing his job.

We say “Coffee is my beer,” “Inigo Montoya moment,” and “having dirt bike accidents and not telling the team before  it was cool.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Jackie Robinson Day always teaches us something new. The 2013 Red Sox commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, Pedro begins a mentoring program, and Pottymouth takes issue with the bleeping of David Ortiz. Yu Chang starts hitting, Jarred Kelenic hits it far, and Franchy is hitting big for the wrong team. Patti dives into the math around the uptick in stolen bases – will this year’s champ hit 60? 80? And Trea wants to make sure we’re stealing for the right reasons. Tatis finally gets a shot at AAA ball. We’re with Rocco in the Police Blotter where he takes issue with umpires allowing Doming Germán to remain in a game after not following the crew chief’s directive, and we’re baffled about the “umpire discretion/we’ve got a policy but no one followed it” pitch clock violation when all the Dodgers fans wanted to do was welcome Cody home. Yankees broadcasters need to understand that kids from Cleveland get to rock long hair, even when forced to wear a NYY uni. A handful of teams are extending alcohol sales past the 7th inning, given the increased speed of the game, begging the question of the goal of ending sales early – it used to be to prevent drunk driving – which seems to be a moving target.  Don’t get us wrong, we’re all in for a second beer because we are either on the metro or with a designated driver, but the policy, dammit. Stay tuned for what happens next weekend when the Pottymouth’s ditch Patti for a baseball trip to see the Phils and the Iron Pigs/Woo Sox.

We say “way more wahoo than I’m comfortable with” “welcome back to three years ago”, and “he’s good to go until he gets on a bike.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

The governor of Maryland shows that he postgames like we pregame, so he is our people. Our Brewer’s boyfriends get our attention this week as Brice Turang grand slams for his first HR, and Garrett and Haley Cruse Mitchell have some social media fun. Patti’s CLE bf Myles Straw leads the league in stolen bases and gives Patti her only lead in fantasy baseball. In a BF plus one crosstraining note, we wish Mallory Swanson a speedy recovery. We note that Corbin Carroll does not dig himself out of the ”parents dropped me off for the first day of school” issue by saying that they just needed the car. The unforeseen consequence of the pitch clock appears to be the frequency in which players will now appear on the Police Blotter for reacting to  not being granted their requested time out.  Manny is the first, of course, to be tossed for arguing the issue, followed closely by Tim Anderson.  Anthony Rendon continues his descent from his former once and forever bf status with his suspension for an altercation with a mouthy fan. Dartmouth says it’s climate change and  Emory says watch us score all the runs. Thanks to Jeff Passan we have more of the story of how the minor  league CBA came to be. The Copa de la Diversión is bigger this year so prepare to buy all the merch and get yourself to at least one of the 400 Fun Cup games this season. 

We say “Bartles and Jaymes,” “keep that name in your rolodex,” and “anthropomorphizing alcohol. ”Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 Patti and Pottymouth for a conversation with Bryan Ruby, ballplayer, country music artist, and founder of Proud to Be in Baseball. Come for the important conversation about creating a safe space for LGBTQ+ baseball players, learn about the life of a journeyman baseball player, and share some country music dreams.  Stay for the qHAR tips and the near miss of being named for Cal Ripken, Jr. Find Baseball Country, Left Field, and more of Bryan's music in "all  the places," and look for him at a ballpark near you this summer.

In which we make likely terrible predictions for the upcoming season, celebrate the new CBA for Minor League players, and share a teaser of our upcoming interview with ballplayer, country music artist, and founder of Proud to be in Baseball, Bryan Ruby. Adley Rutschman sets an enormous number of firsts on his first Opening Day. Pottymouth heads to Boston to reassure Dad about some particular Red Sox. We look at the effect of MLB’s new rules on game time, stolen bases, and beer sales based on one day of data. Minor Leaguers ratified their first ever CBA, more than doubling their salaries and improving their living conditions in one fell swoop. Patti and Pottymouth make their annual predictions on standings, championships, and individual awards, rooted deeply in research and not at all on small sample sizes and whims. Pottymouth wants you to Czech out more international baseball. Be sure to subscribe to the show so you don’t miss our full length interview with Bryan Ruby, dropping later this week!

We say “Raking on both sides of the situation,” “So Much Painful,” and “Bracket to win, bracket of your heart, and bracket just to mix things up.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 kick off Season 7 (!) with a World Baseball Classic wrap-up, an Opening Day kick off, and an intro to our flocks of pitchers. The WBC left many happy results in its wake. Team Australia’s Mitch Neunborn was signed by the Phils, Nicaraguan closer Duque Hebbert signed on site by the Tigers, and Team Israel built new ballfields. There were so many more eyeballs on the games, fans in the seats, and merch in the shopping carts than ever before. Closing out our Fantasy Boyfriend Baseball League recruitment, Pottymouth claims the Blue Jays as her pitching flock, with a focus on Alek Manoah. Patti takes the newly shiny Rangers, which allows her to reference rodeos *twice.* And we had to make our tough calls to narrow down this year’s boyfriend group to fantasy team rosters. NCiB hero Kim Ng is appointed to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition, and 13 women will take the field as uniformed coaches this season. MLB gets a sense of humor and uses noted rule-follower Tim Anderson and others to explain the rule changes for this season.

We say “I throw a nice party and I gotta big screen,” “bouncing Czechs,” and “Alek Manoah may have gone shopping but so did the Rangers.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Do we sound sultry or gravelly after three straight days of cheering at World Baseball Classic games, the best baseball weekend of our lives? You make the call. We’ve got the details of what it felt like in the stands, where everyone hung on every pitch, made new best friends, and danced it off won or lost outside the ballpark. Because there is other baseball too, we’ve got our last weekend of baseball boyfriends. Our Astros guys were both drafted as seniors in rounds that no longer exist, David Hensley for Pottymouth and Chas McCormick for Patti. For the Dodgers, we have battling second basemen in Pottymouth’s Miguel Vargas and Patti’s Michael Busch. Darren buys Dusty a grand slam dinner, we watch the birth of a ritual, and we are officially back on misguided sticky stuff enforcement.

We say “the chaos and the roosters,” “Could have done without Reagan in front of me,” and “He broke Altuve.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

World Baseball Classic and Spring Training at the same time?  It is an embarrassment of riches leading to overwhelming choices and lack of sleep. Pottymouth’s boyfriends this week are 22 year old shortstops that are a little mysterious, and Patti chooses center fielders playing for their home teams and we both have to get past childhood grudges to do so. For the Yankees, Pottymouth picks Oswald Peraza who we probably saw in Rochester and just missed in Pulaski. Patti picks new Yankee Harrison Bader, who manages to keep up qHAR even after the flow gets the NYY treatment. For Atlanta, Pottymouth selects funny man Vaughn Grissom, while Patti goes with Vaughn’s pal and 2022 Rookie of the Year Michael Harris II. 

The WBC brought the chaos with a five way tie in Pool A, and our Team Italy bfs Nicky and Vinny are moving on. Yu Chang is the Pool’s MVP and yet his team finished last. An electrician struck out Ohtani, Team USA sports bacon on its jerseys, and the Marlins front office makes it really onerous to buy WBC tickets if you live out of town.

We say “Big ass wheels,” “I’m going to keep that grudge as a policy statement,” and “If you don’t know what Happy Days is, I can’t help you.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Pottymouth convinces Patti that Jason Momoa is thematic because Samoan and because Jorge Alfaro. We’ve got boyfriends on the Guardians and the Mets. Max messes with the pitch clock rules, the Red Sox mess with shift rules, and the Os and Pirates don’t need no stinkin’ badges.

Cleveland girl Patti  is so happy to talk Guardian boyfriends, and of course she and Pottymouth pick gold glove outfield  pals – Pottymouth with breakout star Steven Kwan, and Patti with literally jumping  to Kwan’s  defense Myles Straw. Over at the Mets, Pottymouth bets on the sexy defense of Luis Guillorme, and Patti selects Escobar protege Mark Vientos. Former bf Kiké shares a most embarrassing moment, and Jayme Hoskins brings the plus  one to Patti’s former pick of  Rhys. Ronnie Gajownik gets a bench coach shot at Dbacks spring training, and the Red Sox bring Taylor Jackson on as a single A on-field coach. Vladdy has to back out of the WBC, still leaving a loaded line up behind on the DR team. Duran and Verdugo present a country report on Mexico, and the X-Man has us on the  hunt for honkballer swag. We crosstrain with the NHL, profiling some pride  nights done right, from the solid C of the Ottawa Senators and their T shirt rainbow of an arena, to the A+ of the Anaheim Ducks, from the jersey design involvement of long-time in-house organist, Lindsay Imber, incorporating community organizations, fundraising, thematic giveaways, and visible involvement of team  members.

We say “Is that why our beer is pink?” “I think it was better than the first one but I don't remember the first one,” and “You think the music is only in your head, but it's not.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 profile boyfriends from Toronto and St. Louis, detail the shake up in the Os quality hair above replacement (qHAR), and share first day fun with the pitch clock. Alejandro “Captain” Kirk is still a Spring Training no-show for all the right reasons, and is Pottymouth’s TOR bf for this season.  Patti selects TOR trilingual utility player Otto Lopez because baseball is the universal language. On the Cards side of things, Pottymouth picks Pujols mentee Juan Yepez while Patti chooses the fast-tracked big bat of Alec “Burly” Burleson. Patti tries to bring the calm regarding the new pitch clock rules – it’s day one, friends, take a breath! In labor news, Tony Clark draws a line in the sand over salary caps while San Diego and Pittsburgh show opposite ends of small-market spending. Manny gets his extension, Bobby sends a home run right to the gut, and we enjoy MLB’s school picture day.

We say “designated driver of the podcast,” “Usually i’m very pro-dark lord,” and “I ride Bus 4.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Much ado about Manny Machado as he announces intent to opt out of his contract next year, has a cameo in Pottymouth’s bf conversation and a full on support role in Patti’s. Patti picked Ha-Seong Kim as her SD bf only partially to say nice things about Manny. Pottymouth goes all young, dynamic Dominican players this week by continuing with Juan Soto as her once and forever for SD, and selecting ROY Julio Rodriguez for SEA (which causes us to purchase tickets to a women’s soccer game because we cross-train). Patti seems to have a thing for switch-hitting catchers, evidenced by her selection of Cal Raleigh as her SEA bf. Most pitchers and catchers reported last week, with some notable exceptions, and arbitration concludes with teams winning over players 13-6. CWS minor leaguer Anderson Comas comes out via Instagram, in two languages. Mike Clevenger defends himself in Spring Training media interviews, to the extent he is allowed. Patti aces the pop quiz on WBC trivia, Waino and Yadi tease us with big competitive fun, and the Czech WBC team shows heart by sharing baseball skills with kids from local orphanages. 

We say “They probably went to prom together,” “Can be sexy all over the place,” and “Too weak to lift the credit card.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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 recorded right before The Big Game, putting “Go, Eagles” on record. Purely coincidentally this is Phillies (and Rays) boyfriend week. For Tampa Bay, Pottymouth chooses winter ball favorite Christian Bethancourt and Patti goes for Charm City Villain Luke Raley. Finally, FINALLY, Pottymouth names Kyle from Waltham as her Phillies boyfriend, while Patti scoops up an entire family with her choice of Josh Harrison. Amanda Komekona is named as the first woman on-field coach for Guardians, which ESPN calls a trend and we call a move to equity. The Angelos family eliminates family legal drama as a distraction for Os fans, letting everyone focus on team sale rumors and regional sports network mayhem instead. The Tigres de Licey are the champions of the Serie del Caribe, giving the Dominican Republic its 22nd win. So many boyfriends NOT playing in the WBC after all, so we are focusing on merch. The Mets take out a local Superbowl ad, with an eye for knocking out  the  NYY for Global domination. 

We say, “I can’t even bring a cheesesteak over,” “Don’t ban books,” and “I’ll look it up while you’re talking.”  Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

Our Orioles boyfriends include Patti’s once and forever boyfriend and birthday boy Adley Rutschman, and Pottymouth’s selection of Ramon Urias, completing a boyfriend brother set. Pottymouth’s Brewers choice is a twofer as Garrett Mitchell is pretty great on his own but add in his wife Haley and he’s a sure thing. Patti goes for prospect Brice Turang and his large, remarkably athletic family. We celebrate Toronto pitcher José Berríos working to repair baseball parks in Puerto Rico through his foundation, along with Mets closer Edwin Diaz, and former boyfriends Francisco Lindor and Javier Baez. Discussion of Cole Tucker’s engagement to Vanessa Hudgens leads to online meditation and the absence of High School Musical in Pottymouth’s world. In our Business Beat, we talk advertising on jersey sleeves as well as new plans for redevelopment involving Orioles and Rays ballparks. Turns out Ronnie Gajownik checks off even more boxes in her role as manager of the High A Hillsboro Hops. The Serie del Caribe continues through this week – catch some games!  Patti suggests that if you have time for  one more podcast this week, you check out the interview with Grayson Rodriquez on the Baseball Bar-B-Cast.

We say “over-driven and under-beered,” “donut sliders,” and “she’s my spirit animal.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.

This week’s boyfriends represent the Chicago White Sox and the San Francisco Giants.  Pottymouth focuses on Venezuelan players and Patti pays attention to CWS draft picks from 2017. Pottymouth selects White Sox 2B Lenyn Sosa, who also plays SS for the Leones de Caracas. Patti selects Jake Burger, not for the easy pun potential but because of his remarkable generosity in sharing his depression and anxiety experiences including strategies for managing them. For the Giants, Pottymouth goes with Thairo Estrada, a teaching moment about the importance of removing bullets from hips, and Patti picks outfielder Luis González, whose best stories are pitching-related. Mike Clevinger is the latest pitcher to be the subject of an investigation under MLB’s domestic abuse policy. New gigs for OAK’s Veronica Alvarez, PHI’s Sarah Edwards, and the Cardinal’s Christina Whitlock build momentum for women in baseball, but we really want to know why Bianca Smith and Katie Krall left BOS. We cross-train with the NHL where Pride nights keep going wrong around the edges in the name of “personal reasons.”

We say “It’s a blowtorch, what could go wrong?” “ Now there’s jazz hands,” and "Good to find a man with flexibility.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls to Meredith, 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.