BTTP PODCAST Archives - Banished to the Pen

BTTP PODCAST Archives - Banished to the Pen


Latest Episodes

BttP Podcast 70: Offseason Moves, Baseball Vocab, Favorite ’17 Moments, Gaming
December 19, 2017

Brandon Lee and Alex Crisafulli talk about Mike Dunn, Mike Dunne, Stephen Piscotty, Yu Darvish, Cubs vs Rays, "this season" vs "last season," favorite 2017 moments, and SNES sports games, then cap things off.

BttP Podcast 69: Saber Seminar, an Old Trade, SunTrust Park, Players Weekend
August 11, 2017

Brandon Lee, Mike Carlucci, and Nick Strangis talk about Mike's visit to Saber Seminar 2017 (and seeing Effectively Wild live), a look back at a 2006 trade, Nick's visits to SunTrust Park in Atlanta, and a draft of jersey names for Players Weekend.

Bttp Podcast 68: Fan Survey, Trade Candidates, and Effectively Wild
July 24, 2017

The podcast returns from a hiatus as Darius Austin, Daniel Epstein, and Brandon Lee discuss FiveThirtyEight’s fan survey and Statcast’s Sprint Speed metric, hold a draft of trade candidates, and review the Jeff Sullivan era... Read more »

An NL Central Podcast: First-Week-of-May Banter
May 08, 2017

In this all-banter episode of an NL Central Podcast, Eric, Alex, and Brandon predict Eric Thames for the rest of the season, discuss Paul O’Neill kicking a baseball, whether Brandon should worry about the Cubs,... Read more »

An NL Central Podcast – Fulfilling Its Obligation with a 2017 Division Preview
March 10, 2017

Banished to the Pen's full NL Central Podcast team got together to preview the 2017 National League Central. Alex Crisafulli, Eric Roseberry, Rob Mains, Ross Bukouricz, and Brandon Lee went around the horn to give their takes and answer questions about...

BttP Podcast 67: The EW Switch and PECOTA 2017
February 10, 2017

Eric Roseberry and Mark Sands join Ryan Sullivan to look back on the co-host changes at Effectively Wild, then discuss extra innings, the Reds, the Nationals, the PECOTA projections for 2017, and Eric's own On Baseball Writing podcast.

Mop-Up Duty Podcast – Wrestling (Rumble ’17 Edition)
February 01, 2017

Josh Blum, Matt Nekrich, and Scott T Holland join Ryan Sullivan for the latest wrestling episode, this time to discuss NXT Takeover: San Antonio and the 2017 Royal Rumble, and to look ahead to WrestleMania.

BttP Podcast 66: Winter Meetings Review
December 12, 2016

Nick Koss and Nick Strangis join Ryan Sullivan to talk about Chris Sale to the Red Sox, the Wade Davis-Jorge Soler trade, and Adam Eaton to the Nationals. They wrap up with more picks for favorite baseball movies.

On Baseball Writing Podcast: Ben Lindbergh
November 25, 2016

On this episode of On Baseball Writing, Eric interviewed Ben Lindbergh. Ben writes for The Ringer, and he is the co-author of The Only Rule Is It Has To Work.

Mop-Up Duty Podcast – Wrestling/Survivor Series Edition
November 20, 2016

Ryan Sullivan is joined by fellow Effectively Wild fans Eric Ferguson, Eric Hartman, and Josh Blum to discuss the latest in the pro wrestling world. The group briefly critiques the recent return to the ring by our colleague Eric Roseberry (aka Buck Bou...