And the Pitch Justin Cox

Thanks for listening to this podcast and thanks to the guests for joining! It made the back half of the season (which was wild as hell for Giants and Dodgers fans and a bunch of teams in the AL east) extra great. Feel free to hit me up at @routinelayup or andthepitchpodcast@gmail.com. Later! 

Walk-off music: Dimed Out by Titus Andronicus

It talked to comedian Sean Keane about Bernie Night, a Weekend at Bernie’s II themed Oakland A’s event that took place in 2012. We also talked about Terry Kiser’s IMDB page (he played Bernie), the ballsiness of a Weekend at Bernie's sequel, voodoo, hip hop’s apparent love for the film, organic marketing, $2 tickets, Salisbury Steak, bunting in a no-hitter, remembering some guys, off-field injuries, the 2021 Giants, and making Weekend at Bernie’s III.

Sean: twitter.com/seankeane
Justin: twitter.com/routinelayup
Terry Kiser’s first pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf8sH1Y0-70

I talked to Ruhee Dewji about being a semi-new but devoted Blue Jays fan, Wildcard games, going down 0-2 against the Rangers, not knowing what’s happening when you’re at the stadium, "OK Blue Jays," Bautista’s HR, Bautista’s bat flip, policing fun in baseball, tortured Toronto sports, her David Price nickname generator, the Rougned Odor punch, the hectic AL East Wildcard and Jays Covid journey.

Ruhee: twitter.com/ruhee_
Justin: twitter.com/routinelayup

Song: Son the Father, by F****d Up
The pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V8W6_bD7bE
Get Your David Price nickname: http://ruhee.ca/david-price-names/#

Aaron Anderson is an electrical foreman and friend of mine of a couple of decades. We talk about a balk we saw in Seattle, what is and is not a balk, when umps should “swallow the whistle" and not be narcs, summer wildfires, doing an escape room while color blind, tufted puffin research, a Seattle crime scene, Justin’s $5 shorts, Justin Duchsherer’s 14th inning balk in 2004, the 2021 Giants, hellish Wild Card play-in games, fantasy baseball ethics, adding a balk category to our fantasy league, Dodger fandom in Northern California, and The Distillers.


The balk: https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-beat-dodgers-on-walk-off-balk-c290916038
Justin: https://twitter.com/routinelayup
Aaron: https://twitter.com/AaronAnderson82
Song: City of Angels, by The Distillers 

Ryan Page is a musician (Bad Dads) and podcaster (Beatles vs. Stones) among his fatherly and professional pursuits. (Facts: I’m a member of both that band and that podcast). We talk about sad fans in heroic moments, Ray Allen’s Three, a dummy guide to Rangers' history, Pudge’s coolness, clutch David Freese, watching sports with the kinds of people who say stuff like “sportsball,” whether Nelson Cruz should have caught that ball, Josh Hamilton’s story, hating Lance Berkman, loving Albert Pujols, Nolan’s blank face, nerd GMs, RIP Charlies Watts, holy moly Bill Wyman.


The pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEEOZpdp9bo
Justin: https://twitter.com/routinelayup
Email ideas: andthepitchpodcast@gmail.com
Ryan: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0awNvVnOhhUxmtEaiBkVLm?si=wZ-rthp6R6CyHenjvts7RQ&dl_branch=1
Walk-up music: Can You Hear Me Knocking, by the Rolling Stones

The Phillie Phanatic is the official mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies. Tom Burgoyne is his best friend. We talk about Brad Lidge’s final pitch of the 2008 World Series, parades, two-day rain delays, monitoring weather with Bud Selig, mascot job interviews, the Galapagos Islands, being a mascot in the pandemic, Elton John, Billy Joel, Jimmy Buffett, Bruce Springsteen, and Jackson Browne.

Justin: https://twitter.com/routinelayup
Phillies: https://twitter.com/Phillies
Lidge’s last pitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8__taCZqk
Song: Take it Easy, by Jackson Browne