The boys are back together after an Opening Weekend that basically acted like it had somewhere to be. Eric’s driving back from the woods (as he tends to do) and catches the Blue Jays’ weekend on the radio, which somehow makes it feel even more dramatic. We break down one of the most unathletic plays we’ve ever seen from Chris Bassett, who is now officially a noted non-athlete, and Spoon provides a full forensic analysis of Bassett’s throwing form to home plate.

Then we get into the weekend’s ABS madness, including the game where C.B. Bucknor got overturned six times, because of course that happened in Week 1. The rookies went absolutely feral, and Spoon explains how the Rookie of the Year market has already flipped on its head thanks to one weekend of overreaction.

While we’re in the markets, we take a lap through early Cy Young and MVP chatter, including a guy named Mike Trout reminding everyone, loudly, that he’s still one of the best players on the planet.

We also dive into Munetaka Murakami’s explosion in Chicago and the real question. With that team-friendly deal, is he basically already a trade block conversation? Is that the whole point of the signing? Eric gives us the temperature check from Tokyo Swallows fans, and what the reaction has been like from Chicago and the US side.

We finish with Spoon’s picks for the Tuesday slate in North America (Wednesday in Australia), plus the story of Spoon’s all-time heater on Australian sport on Monday, a day he’s been waiting for his entire punting life. There’ll be an article coming to break it down properly.

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Baseball’s back, Opening Day’s here, and Spoon has arrived with a menu. We run through his best bets for Opening Weekend, and a strikeout look for Sandy Alcantara to kick things off for Miami.

Plus, Eric drops a bonus early-slate play with Tarik Skubal at juicy plus money, because if Detroit are favourites and Skubal deals, why not make it interesting?

Odds will move, books will disagree, and we’re not pretending to be wizards — this is for fun and discussion. Gamble responsibly.

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The boys are back with Opening Day upon us. Eric’s been flat-out, Spoon’s recovering from a big Sydney weekend, and I asked the question we all pretend we know the answer to: how much does spring training actually matter? We dug into the numbers and—shockingly—Eric was surprised (rare).

That snowballed into a chat about some of the weirder postseason formats around the world: Japan’s “ghost win” advantage in the NPB playoffs , the KBO’s step-ladder chaos where the higher seed gets a built-in edge , and the college baseball tournament bracket that looks like it was designed by a beautiful lunatic . Then we spiral into “if MLB expands again… what does October even look like?” Ghost wins? Play-ins? Don’t tempt us.

We wrap with a quick look at Opening Night: Yankees vs. Giants on Netflix, Spoon’s thoughts (not thrilled), and why the broadcast team is absolutely outrageous—Matt Vasgersian on the call, with CC Sabathia and Hunter Pence, plus a desk featuring Elle Duncan, Barry Bonds, Albert Pujols, and Anthony Rizzo.

Spoon closes it out with his best bet for Opening Night.
We’ll be back hours after the game to recap it, run our first Destiny Draft, and drop Spoon’s best tips for Opening Weekend.

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