The boys are all back in town. Eric’s fresh off the Australian Women’s Championship, so we start with what he saw, what the vibe was like, and how the Aussie scene feels heading into the first season of the WPBL. We do our best not to overdo the three-guys-talking-women’s-baseball thing, realise we’re dangerously close to mansplaining, and pivot back to MLB.

From there we hit a wild travel story that saw the Blue Jays ride the bus from Phoenix to Anaheim after a flight malfunction, talk Mason Miller’s ridiculous start and whether a reliever can actually make a real Cy Young push if he keeps this up, plus Rolsey gives some love to a closer flying under the radar who’s putting up Mason Miller-level numbers.

Spoon has something on his mind and delivers a proper rant, then we debut our first Theme Team of 2026… which turns out is going to become a whole series. It’s a spectacular idea on paper, we fumble through the execution, and you’re probably going to love it anyway.

Eric has to dash to pick up his dad from the airport, so Spoon closes with two midweek plays before we get out.

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It’s just Rolsey and Spoon this week with Eric still away, and we’re recording a day early because Spoon’s heading to Cowell, South Australia tomorrow to visit his partner. He was so excited he joined the booth five minutes early, which genuinely never happens.

The Cowell trip sends Rolsey straight back to his months living in Cooktown, Far North Queensland, and the boys spiral into a love letter to Australian country towns.

We then briefly touch on Shohei Ohtani’s latest start and why Dave Roberts should obviously win multiple Manager of the Year awards for the impossible task of “replacing Shohei Ohtani” (heavy sarcasm, just to be clear).

The Mets are floundering… but we promise not to do the full Mets thing again.

Spoon then runs through a few teams he’s high on right now, including some surprises, before we look at the most interesting weekend series coming up.

Finally, Spoon drops two plays for the Friday slate in Australia (Thursday in North America) featuring Rangers vs A’s and Mariners vs Padres.

It’s a loose one, feel free to skip the first five minutes and the last five minutes. You’ll be entertained either way.

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Eric’s away covering the Australian Women’s Championship, so it’s Rolsey and Spoon battling through some technical issues and doing what we do best: talking baseball anyway. And fittingly, Spoon has been on an absolute heater with his tips, which we get to later.

We start with a truly wild Monday in MLB, break down the biggest moments, and then Spoon adds two more teams to his early-season “red flag” list (and no, it’s not the Giants and Red Sox again).

From there we grind through the gremlins to get to Spoon’s Midweek Mail, before Rolsey closes the show with a very specific Peter Gibbons reference for the Office Space faithful.

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