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Is THIS year's Astros squad in World Series or bust mode..?

Welcome back to another episode of Bubba (@bdentrek) and the Bloom (@RyanBHQ). On BATB 102, the guys continue their 2024 positional previews with the outfield preview part 1. They will go over the top 20 in ADP, listener questions, and more. 

Some Players Discussed- 

Ronald Acuña Jr.

 Julio Rodriguez 

Corbin Carroll 

Kyle Tucker 

Mookie Betts 

Fernando Tatis Jr. 

Juan Soto 

Aaron Judge 

Many More

Welcome back to another episode of Bubba (@bdentrek) and the Bloom (@RyanBHQ). On BATB 84, the guys will continue their positional reviews. Tonight, they continue with the outfield position. Discuss the top 30 outfielders drafted, how they finished the season, and more.

Some Players Discussed-

Ronald Acuna Jr

Julio Rodriguez

Aaron Judge

Corbin Carroll

Christian Yelich

Kyle Tucker

Juan Soto

Many More

The Houston Astros were in first place in the American League West only 18 game days in 2023, but they ended the year with another divisional title and a first round bye. In this episode Craig and Rex look at the Astros furious final weekend run to the title, Kyle Tucker's bizarre did he or didn't he chase to a 30/30 season and the four wild card match-ups. We wrap up the episode discussing the movement to retire Roberto Clemente's number 21 league wide and we return to the Astros' retired number fetish.

Errata; "Kill the Umpire" (1950) starred Wiliam Bendix and Una Merkel. Did Craig really say, "Houston played good?"

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MLB Draft, Home Run Derby, All-Star Week & Friday night Pitching – boo's, Manfred, MLBonFox

• MLB Draft more booing for Manfred and Houston Astros
• MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred is ready to continue as commissioner
• Athletic article by Evan Drellich analyzes Manfred’s rehire situation
• Things to like about Rob Manfred include the loss of the shift, ghost runner, larger bases and the pitch clock.  Is baseball better off than before.
• Average ticket holder is now 6 years younger than 2019
• Theo Epstein would be a good one to consider for the commissioner’s office
• AllStar Game introductions - American League Reserves announced by Joe Davis
• Houston Astros – no love from the stands for Kyle Tucker, Yordan Alvarez & Framber Valdez
• Dusty Baker deserves our respect not boo’s
• MLBonFox failed miserably with Tampa Bay Rays – 
• Who are Wander Franco & Shane McClanahan? 
• Their introduction missed during the introduction of the Seattle Mariners, the game was held in Seattle
• Where was Cleveland Guardians, Josh Naylor at the AllStar Game
• Bo Naylor & Josh both hit home runs in the same inning on Friday
• Home Run Derby friends & rivals -Randy Arozarena & Adolis Garcia 
• Cuban outfielder friends Arozarena & Garcia save Gerrit Cole’s first inning.
• Garcia steals Acuña’s home run
• A Tale of 2 Pitchers
• Chicago White Sox Michael Kopech faces a tough first inning giving up a grand slam
• Milwaukee Brewers Corbin Burnes a tale of 2 pitchers – Sweltering heat in Cincinnati with the Reds. Burnes delivers 13 strikeouts in 6 innings

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One solid prediction made by your hosts? We picked the Phils and the Padres as “fun to watch” before the season started and the NLCS has proved us right. Our postseason BFs include qHar-adjacent Brandon Marsh, once and maybe forever BF Juan Soto, Kyle “King Tuck” Tucker, and Machete Maldonado. Patti’s former bfs on the Phillies are embracing the chaos. Pottymouth’s former HOU bf Jeremy Peña makes an impression with his bat and that whole mom thing we love. All you folks complaining that the new postseason format eliminated the teams with the best records? Win. The Games. That Matter. We like it scrappy. “Sparkles” McCullers joins the short list of players suffering ridiculous injuries with a champagne bottle incident. Our guys are all over the Gold Glove nominees, which doesn’t surprise us because defense is sexy. We circle back on the Guardians / Yankees series because even the force of Patti’s book club could not overcome the rain delay / conspiracy theories to knock out CLE.

We visit the corrections department to straighten out what teams will be playing where in the World Baseball Classic, and Pottymouth laments that Winter Ball is  now a home for all the guys on the “never gonna be a boyfriend” list.  We could not be prouder of DC Girls Baseball player and friend off  the show Maggie Heaphy, for her invitation to the elite 4th Annual Girls Breakthrough Series and her leadership in  starting The Leadoff Initiative.  We say “That is why we drink. To support the local economy,” “I kinda want to crosstrain with Gritty,”  and, “This is them booing against the Yankees, financially.”

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 minor league union is official, the 21st Roberto Clemente Day is honored in style, and postseason prep has begun. We drink theme beer, learn all infields are not equal and get lost in Vinnie Pasquantino’s syllables. Bobby’s qHar gets some notice by people who are not us and Ke’Bryan learns about appropriate snack timing. Joey Meneses and his inside the park HR contribute to the return of Patti’s Happy Place. Adam Jones teaches us how to negotiate a contract (a plane ticket and beer!), as the WBC qualifiers are in full swing. A tip of the NCiB ballcap to the seven women playing college ball this year. We say “tiny little pocket constitutions, “take the mojo where you can get it,” and “we taught the Brits how to woo.”

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 Angels-Mariners brawl turns out to be a treasure trove of boyfriend activity including suspensions, pizza deliveries, giant tips for drivers, and another Abigail Situation. We break down Freddie’s no good very bad week. Pottymouth un-dumps Jerran Duran and puts dibs on Jonathan Araúz as a possible future bp. We say farewell to Lo Cain, welcome our As bfs to the show, and appreciate Raimel Tapia’s dramatic qHar reveal.  Kyle Tucker runs on PitchCom. Good humans this week include David Price, Joe Ross, and Liam Hendriks for speaking out on reproductive rights, and Max Scherzer treats the Rumble Ponies to a feast to remember during his re-hab stint. Note to Stras, you can do better than Chipotle.

The Senate Judiciary Committee reached out to Advocates for Minor Leaguers which signals movement on MLB’s antitrust exemption, the reason minor league players are allowed poor wages and conditions. A vote decided Oakland’s Howard Terminal is not a port after all, which means the As are not yet going to Vegas. The Padres released their City Connect unis this week and we are ready for the beach! We say “smells like wine, tastes like beer,” extreme Yankees exposure, and “temper the passion, protect the skull.”

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.

There should be a new NCiB drinking game for the number of times we say “league-imposed lock-out” in this episode. This week’s CBA negotiation update requires Patti to add yet another layer of complication to Rule 5 Draft, talk about ghost wins (they are a thing!), note that the player’s union is taking steps to protect stadium workers but as yet the League is all talk, and remind dear listeners that spring training and the regular season could have started on time, while negotiations are in progress, except for the, say it with us, “league-imposed lock-out.”

Pottymouth chooses Martín “Machete” Maldonado, and Patti highlights Kyle “Maybe MVP” Tucker as Astros boyfriends. For the Dodgers, both of us lean into the good guy and excellent significant other aspect of boyfriend selection with Pottymouth going with Chris Taylor and Patti selecting Matt Beaty. Our women in baseball segment notes Baseball For All's upcoming 1st Women's College Club Baseball Championship tournament, Mexico’s moves to start a league, and the Mets hire of Elizabeth Benn to direct Major League Operations. We crosstrain with women’s soccer to say it’s about damn time equal pay happenns, and with women’s basketball to share our concern and support for Brittney Griner, currently detained in Russia.

We say “our pal Bernie Sanders” and “The owners should suck it the hell up and write big honking checks.”

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How do you make older cars turn, stop, handle, or have good steering feel? Luckily we have Kyle Tucker of Detroit Speed to explain it all. He talks about his time working for GM, testing the C5 prototype fresh out of college, how he started his own company, what they did differently, and why their cars perform with the best. It was a great discussion about modifying, thinking, engineering, and testing. Detroit speed makes subframes, sway bars, control arms, axles, springs, and more. It's hard to put into words how good their cars are, so you'll just have to watch one of Matt's One Takes to get his word. 

Recorded on Nov. 3, 2021 

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Matt Stroup and Nate Grimm look at some big-name September call-ups, including top shortstop prospect Gavin Lux of the Dodgers and Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker — and what to expect from both as they try to carve out playing time on stacked first-place teams. Plus, some good news for fantasy players who waited patiently on Adalberto Mondesi, and why Sean Manaea could be set up for a strong September as well.