Intentional Walk-Up Songs (feat. Steve Sladkowski)

Bobby and Alex discuss questionable algorithm-generated sports predictions, then give an update on corruption in Anaheim, try to make sense of Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson’s fantasy football dust-up, and take stock of Gabe Kapler’s national anthem half-protest. Then they bring on PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski to talk about the parallels between a touring musician and the minor leagues, why baseball fans like punk music, the cravenness inherent to baseball ownership, the state of walk-up songs in baseball, and more.

Links:
Follow Steve Sladkowski on Twitter
Listen to The Unraveling of PUPTheBand
“What Are The Odds?” On Effectively Wild
Gabe Kapler’s blog post about the national anthem
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Songs featured in this episode:
PUP — "Lionheart" • Rush — "YYZ" • R.E.M — "Losing My Religion" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”