The Windup: A show about Baseball
The Windup: A show about Baseball
The Athletic
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More like the funtable!
Love the Roundtable. These guys legitimately make me more interested in THE mlb. It’s the only podcast I download and listen to immediately.
PChop’d
‘Being An Idiot?’
… “When I hear those numbers,” Poker asked on July 25, “Am I being an idiot?” The question answers itself. In the blatantly affirmative. *** Re. Raf Devers, Butt and Wipe wondered why the Last MLB Team to Integrate dealt Devers to Frisco. Like Mookie Betts, Pedro Martinez, Mo Vaughn, Jim Rice and Reggie Smith before him, Devers committed the cardinal sin in Beantown and among the schmucks at Duh Globe. Devers ain’t white.
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Peter Guillam
PLEASE DONT CANCEL The Roundtable!!!!
I heard Grant’s joke(?) about it so just want to say that this is the only podcast that I don’t miss an episode of. Opening banter is top notch.
Firsttime longtime
Don’t cancel the Roundtable!!!
This podcast is consistently great. They say the numbers aren’t great, but I say ignore the old school download numbers and look at the WRC+. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Tim BH
Good stuff!
I’m a big Roundtable fan. I both learn and laugh a lot. Keep it coming!
Greg Loughlin
If you’re starving for baseball content, …
Losing Keith Law and Eno Sarris from the rotation has really hurt this show. Jason Stark is too goofy to take seriously, and I always skip The Roundtable, where writers compete with one another to make the funniest jokes about how bad MLB teams are.
Pokerface Chet
The only great podcast
The Roundtable is the only truly great podcast about baseball. It features two super intelligent, funny, and thoughtful wordsmiths and one big miserable dummy who claims to be a jock.
Jukebox_Heroshima
Keep it to baseball
Too much inane chatter about things unrelated to baseball.
98456733245
Roundtable is a crusher!
The roundtable is the best baseball-adjacent podcast out there. Glad to have Sam back on the airwaves, and grant and Sam make andy tolerable 😂
Kyle in Nola
Roundtable HEAD for life
The Roundtable is the best podcast period, never mind baseball. Fun interesting dudes talking about ball and ball related things with funny, interesting tangents. Sam Miller is such a great addition. Smart, thoughtful explorations of different unique, personal ideas and observations. Grant and Andy are perfect compliments to each other. Love this show.
Joey G707
The Roundtable
The Roundtable is a navel-gaze fest! These guys talk about themselves more than anything else. 1 star! Starkville is great! ****
ChesterZ2
The Roundtable
Love the roundtable with sam miller. My favorite baseball podcast and may be my favorite sports podcast in general.
og_sandiego
Starkville
Very much enjoyed Starkville interview with Tyler Glasnow
HesFSU
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The Roundtable is A+, great…Starkville is insufferable. No one has ever laughed at their own jokes more heartily than those two.
nispero79
Passing time
This saved me from literally dying of boredom sitting around on the couch
Catsarecool$34
Much Improved
I always tune into the Roundtable now that Sam Miller has joined the fray. He’s so very funny and brings real joy and curiosity to baseball commentary. As always, I would prefer that Starkville were shunted to it’s own feed so I wouldn’t have to continually delete those shows from my feed.
BilbyT
Less talk less balk
First… the Round Table…These guys are knowledgeable and a good listen….when they keep their head in the game. Unfortunately, they seem to style themselves as comedians and entertainers when it really sounds like 3 guys talking at each other in bar without the booze. Want to hear about what a bold prediction is? Prepare for a scintillating 45 minutes of your life you’ll never get back before there is even a point made about the game of baseball. Want to hear if these guys are enjoying the Jets to Brazil reissues or if they ever got into Pavement? Want to hear someone eat on camera and talk about ballpark amenities? Want to hear jaded approaching middle aged sports writers pontificating about the semantics of clubhouse writer culture? Grant and Andy GOT U HOMIE! Wanna hear how bored things get once middle age eclipses? Starkville will snore you through an hour of your day. Well OH BOY did YOU come to the right place! I’m literally only giving this 3 stars because this is supposed to be a baseball podcast channel and I love baseball and don’t want sports journalism to disappear BUT….you guys have GOT TO STICK TO A POINT and TALK ABOUT BASEBALL! I had signed up at one point to pay for podcasts but even the $1 option isn’t worth it when these guys just ramble about nothing resembling baseball talk. I hope this is read and taken to heart. We all want you guys to stay employed and write and talk about baseball because WHEN YOU DO, you’re great! It’s so disappointing when we’re at the last days of Spring Training and we’re talking about hat culture. COME ON GUYS
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A-W-O-L
Asking the Real Questions
Is Roki Sasaki a coward? Are the Yankees’ surgeons not trying hard enough? Will the Angels have the sticks this year?
Thebloodytampon
Listened for 30 minutes…
…. And received no news or insight. It’s spring training and they somehow managed to have nothing to say.
jabaumann
Know It Alls
No It Alls who don’t know jack! For example did you know Jerry Koosman at Age 42 threw 224 innings to 3.25 ERA in 1984 for the Phillies? You could look it up.
80'sVillager
Mostly good pods
Starkville is unlistenable but otherwise these are good, well rounded podcasts. Although not understanding the Monty Hall problem is a concern on a podcasts that likes to discuss game theory…
Kwbuzz23wk
Roundtable x Sam Miller
Frickin rips man. So good.
jabes01
Quality show
The addition of Sam Miller makes a good show even better!!
Dog Money
Any chance of getting a Daily Baseball Briefing in 2025?
Any chance of getting a 10 minute ‘Daily Baseball Briefing’? Athletic listeners who are soccer (football) fans get treated to a 10 minute ‘Daily Football Briefing’ every day during the season. It’d be great to have a similar thing for baseball! I do love the shows baseball shows that are here already, especially The Roundtable. Keep it up!
JPC-Rangers-2023
Sam Miller!
Every other Wednesday, Sam joins Grant and Andy and it’s FUN! Great banter and discussion. Very wild. Effectively so…. 3 of my favorite podcasters. Give them a listen!
JoeB Ripper
Horrendous
I like Jayson Stark as a writer. These guys are awful as podcasters. It’s so horrible to listen to. Bad jokes, inside jokes, just stupid stuff nonstop. They think this is funny? No, it’s not. Not to anyone. Stick to baseball and get some real radio talent to do this podcast and have Stark and Glanville as guests. God this podcast is so bad.
JEKDC
Lack of baseball knowledge
These hosts are stealing money for the athletic. They know nothing about baseball
bernbp5
The Roundtabke
Awful! I tune in to hear about baseball. Everyone on there seems to hate baseball. Grant is so bad, like he hates being there.
Hey Nowadays
Too casual for a bunch of nobodies
Literally not a single person cares about your personalities or thinks you are funny. We only listen to hear about baseball. Take five minutes before you record to stretch all the cringe out then get to the actual point when you record. I promise we have no interest in indulging your woefully unfunny sense of irony. Wont listen again
ideal listener
Meh
Thankfully we have Grant to counteract Andy and his yelling at the clouds to bring back pitcher wins … the only pro labor podcast that does a top front office run down where 3 of top 5 front offices don’t pay their players.
kdestef
Round table
Tried the Roundtable guys again with the new podcast rollout. Just doesn’t work for me. Came for an AL preview and instead got lots of tangents, distractions, and a brief 20 minute run-through of predicting AL division winners. Wanted more insight.
Johnsonville50
Too many shows
Anything without DVR/Eno Sarris isn’t worth a listen
10110101100
Love it but sound/haptics
I love the Roundtable but I am begging you guys to turn off your the sounds from notifications/alerts during recordings 🙏. It makes me keep checking my email and slack. Please just turn on do not disturb.
Gcs248
Love the Pods
The Roundtable and 3-0 Show are the best baseball pods.
thejbaker81
You’ve always go the the green light
Really enjoy Eno, Britt, and DVR on the 3-0 Show! I always look forward to hearing well-informed and fun baseball chat on the latest.
dropkickjansa
5 for Roundtable.
Love the roundtable! Great trio of excellent writers that is informative and fun to listen to. Definitely my favorite of the athletic baseball pods.
Grocmund17
5 stars for the Roundtable
Also, just wanted to let Grant know that Yusei Kikuchi is ok because 98% of that sushi he ordered is deferred.
bb01002
When Brisbee is trying to be funny…
I pray for an abrupt five-minute gambling commercial.
Fergamania
No No Bunts
If I was interested in listening to people that don't know anything about baseball talking about baseball, I would listen to no bunts, which is possibly the worst show I've ever listened to in my entire life, and I listen to really mediocre baseball podcast all of the time. I am a huge fan of the round table which is also at times one of the worst shows I've ever heard but it is 10,000 times better than no bunts. I under I understand that there's some sort of crossover appeal to their basketball podcast but if I ever see it on this feed again, I'm going to projectile vomit into the sun.
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Nickname Taken 2
Playoff randomness
Carig is right of course, about playoff randomness. As he is an unbiased sportswriter, what he doesn’t understand is how it feels to be a fan. It doesn’t have to do with casual fan vs fan with deep knowledge, fans want their teams to do well but more importantly, rewarded for being good. I have been a Dodgers fan since 1981, and have gradually lost interest over the past 10 years because my good teams have not been rewarded. The poor playoff performances, the gut wrenching losses, the Astros stolen championship all add up. It gets tougher to commit 100% of your heart, even to a good team because of the random playoff outcomes. What Carig got right is that I can spend my time better with sports that offer more certainty eg NBA and NFL, and that is in fact what I am doing. I have attended very few baseball games in the past five years, and stopped subscribing to any baseball sites including MLB TV. I do enjoy the fun banter in this pod, keep it up fellas!
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Hubestar
The Roundtable
If you squint when you listen…
JVDoerr
Some great and some truly awful
There cannot be a collection of podcasts with such a delta in quality and likeability than the Athletic baseball shows. From the mind numbingly dull Starkville, the inane and almost unlistenable No Bunts to the always top quality 3-0 and occasionally interesting On Deck. The bad is forgivable because the good is some of the best baseball pod content out there. However, whoever thought putting Andy McCullough in any talking role (probably Andy himself) needs a long period of self-reflection. He is dreadful. One of the most self-important, irritating, mean-spirited and miss informed baseball voices anywhere. Anyone who entirely spoils a podcast with the always excellent Grant Brisbee needs to stay away from the mic and back to writing.
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Sam Limes
Roundtable is the best
Grant, Marc, and Andy are my favorite team on this podcast. Clever, funny. Erudite, not annoying. They know baseball and baseball details. I think it was Andy who did a great Tom Waits impression. How cool was that. He’s only about 35 and he knows Tom Waits. Andy is my favorite but they are all good. Can’t stand the “made up” stat WAR. Way too convoluted and random. Only pitching stat that matters is ERA and innings. Strikeouts is window dressing. Just keep guys from scoring.
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forEmmett
A Diversity of Offerings
Thanks to DVR someone at least mentions the Brewers once in a while. Baseball is better this year. The numbers are cool. Cheers
yoga.aha
Veteran camera operator!!
Probably the best podcast I’ve ever heard. His story was amazing. Also he sounds just like JD from the history underground YouTube
austin99118822
something something bad apple spoils bunch
Shows are generally fine (especially Starkville) but the Roundtable should be McCullough and Brisbee and clones of themselves because Carig and Woo bashing the Angels without a hint of irony or other sort of indicator that shows any actual understanding of underlying issues makes for the worst kind of content: gratuitous, shallow, repetitive, and neither interesting nor funny on a meta level or on the merits taken straight-up. A large language model trained on 4chan posts can do a better job in coming up with either more insightful or more insulting commentary. The terrible AI that writes as Jim Bowden might do in a pinch.
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mickeymoniakfanclub
The Roundtable Rules!
Closest thing to the former-Baseball Today podcast since that pod ended. Probably needs more body dysmorphia talk though.
TexasHoosier18
The roundtable>
The round table clear the other shows in this pod
incognitolegend
Mostly good.
The Athletic generally had good baseball writers. Drellich, an obnoxious, self-aggrandizing clown and liar, is not among them.
LDavenport24
The round table is elite
The joe Flacco of podcasts
rakuensc
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