Absolute Bunts

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Synopsis

The podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.Join Jon and Henry each week as they get to grips with America's pastime. With humour and a complete lack of knowledge, they work their way through the rules of the game and cover the various statistics that are important to know if you're a baseball fan.

Episodes

  • Absolute Bunts Ep. 5 - Our Shared Humanity

    07/08/2018 Duration: 58min

    **Absolute Bunts is the... baseball..... podcast..... errrr.... wait....** Turns out it's been so long since we recorded that Jon has forgotten how to intro the episodes but we're back, Henry's bigger and we're much, much better... (we aren't) This week on Absolute Bunts, we talk about some basebally things and some not basebally things including: * Jon proposes a game which may result in death or arrest * Another week, another nail in the coffin of Hit By Pitch  * Henry apologises for the potato famine * The All-Star Game * An aside on Russian Literature * Tim Tebow's Journey to the Centre of the MiLB * Henry throws Jon a MiLB quiz * "They are shifting... and we don't like it!" All this and more besides on this terrible podcast. Enjoy!

  • Absolute Bunts Ep. 4 - #RootedInOakland

    09/07/2018 Duration: 01h07min

    **Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball** Henry has returned - Lazarus-like - from the pit of despair that he has found himself in to talk to Jon about the not-insignificant portion of the national pastime that remains unknown to them both. Amongst other things, they talk about: * Everything they got wrong the week before * Baseball slang - "Well they totally cheesed that one!" * Why baseball players always have equally-lengthed sleeves with themselves but not necessarily their teammates * Hashtags? More like gashtags amirite? * RBIs - everything you need to know about the stat All this and much more beside on this week's episode of Absolute Bunts. Enjoy!

  • Absolute Bunts - Episode with an Expert 1 - Tom Pringle

    02/07/2018 Duration: 01h04min

    **Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** Except this week, there is a twist. Jon Mackenzie is not joined by his good friend Henry Cooke but is joined instead by resident Bat Flips and Nerds expert-in-chief Tom Pringle. They talk about Tom's route into the game, how he watches the game, the Bat Flips and Nerds community and the wider UK baseball community which is coming together next season for a two-game series in London in which the Yankees take on the Red Sox. After that, they discuss: * The evil world of Thomas the Tank * Steve Irwin's untimely death at the fins of a dastardly ray (genus unknown) * How hard can batting actually be? * BABIP - not as difficult as it might seem (still bloody difficult) * Who's gonna win that there World Series * Are lamb lunches shit? And many other things. Enjoy!

  • Absolute Bunts Ep. 3 - Hot Corner

    23/06/2018 Duration: 01h01min

    **Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball.** Absolute Bunts is back to provide you with your weekly entertainment and so that means Jon and Henry are back with everything you didn't know (or, more importantly, they didn't know) about baseball. With Henry's bulldog Watson cameo-ing through various bodily processes, our two protagonists soldier on regardless to open up the oftentimes confusing world of baseball. This week they talk: * Corrections - Henry corrects his shameful knowledge about the place where his new team - the Rays - are based. Jon adds some nuggets about Oakland. * The Draft - Do you know anything about the draft? We don't. We've decided to build our own Draft Team who we will follow throughout the season. This also gives us an excuse to learn the positions on the field. * Rules of the Game - Today we finally reach Rule 3.00 - Equipment and Uniform. Who knew liquorice was so divisive? * The Book of Ray - Hen

  • Absolute Bunts Ep. 2 - A Decade of Futility

    12/06/2018 Duration: 56min

    Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball. In the second episode of the Absolute Bunts podcast, Jon and Henry generally do a good job of sticking to the baseball chat. Jon is honest about the workability of his baseball movie proposal 'Hit by Pitch' and Henry decides he's had enough of the Cubs and he wants to spend his life petting manta rays. There is also in-depth discussion of the "Rules of the Game - Section Two - The Field of Play" and we learn all about Earned Run Average, Dazzy Vance and Lefty Groves. We hope you enjoy it!

  • Absolute Bunts Ep. 1 - The Mendoza Line

    02/06/2018 Duration: 01h33s

    Absolute Bunts is the podcast in which two men who know nothing about baseball talk about baseball. In the inaugural episode for the Absolute Bunts podcast, Jon and Henry talk about why it is that they love baseball before rapidly going on to talk about things that aren't baseball: Euclidian and non-Euclidian geometry, the meaning of life, and Henry's previous life in the police force. They do talk about baseball a bit too: Jon talks about his six-month stint sharing a bed with a man he was not romantically attached to and reveals the plot to his baseball movie idea, while Henry talks about men dressing up. There is also in-depth discussion of the "Rules of the Game - Section One - The Objectives of the Game" and we learn all about Batting Average and the Mendoza Line. We hope you enjoy it!

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