Explore every episode of the podcast Mona Lisa Baseball

Peanuts and beer (2:04) Oakland losing its identity (10:24) Piloting the heat in Sacramento (12:32) Hibernating teams (16:46) Brodie Brazil fired (19:53) John Fisher hates you (23:01)

Neighborhood kids (0:12) MLB protecting investments (5:27) Growing up Red Sox (10:46) Why anonymous? (15:54) Everybody's doing it (17:12) Global baseball, WBC, Olympics (21:13)

Game 1 (0:58) Game 2 (2:52) Game 3 (11:03) Game 4 (14:12) Game 5 (18:49)

Yankees vs Dodgers! (0:12) Rob on the radio (2:02) Expanding playoffs (7:22) World Series with clocks (7:51) Japan vs. USA (12:51) Robo umps in spring training (20:28) Tech drama (28:22) Luis Arráez (33:49) Best ratings possible (36:38) Use your boo (39:04) Fernando Valenzuela (42:19) The Shohei Ohtani bet (43:53) Blake Snell didn't feel like pitching today (45:14)

Sports business (0:22) Steroids for kids (1:09) Danny Almonte (3:40) Buscones (5:40) International draft (11:29) It's not child labor (15:25) The RBI Program (17:03) Other sports? (18:26) Baseball talent as a natural resource (21:27) Building cisterns (26:14)

Call your team (0:13) 87 NLCS (3:15) Will Clark was cleats up (4:24) MLB in sac and a kick in the Nuts (6:07) Guess who got a hit? (9:34) No rival games in September?! (11:18) Tony Gwynn launch angle (11:57) Paul Skenes and Mr. Baseball (13:06) Phillies lineup (16:00) Do you remember finger signals? (20:43)

Paul Skenes had a good seven (0:12) All star showcase (8:03) Have you accepted the clock? (13:16) Ellie De La Cruz and new rules (16:31) Do you know who Bo Jackson is? (17:37) Pete Rose, Bert Blyleven and Uncle Rico (19:59) Fail like Star Wars (22:26)

Announcers going rogue (0:09) Old highlights (4:25) Will Clark buys Angel a beer (5:31) Small changes? (7:10) Another gambling scandal (8:43) Lucrative advertisers (10:08) Launch Angle (13:00) A fun baseball team? (13:53) Fear the beard (14:59) No sports allowed (18:25) Paul Skenes and fireball city (19:22) An empty stadium is a bad look (21:21) It's the owner's sport (22:39) Another stupid American thing (25:34)

Angel Hernandez retirement party (0:29) ABS is coming (6:03) Interference! (8:22) College spike and silly hats (12:37) Atomic baseball (14:54) Framing is out of control and the Draymond Green effect (15:50) Uniforms will change next year (24:58)

Edit out the audience (00:10) Blocking the path and plowing the catcher (3:18) Robot umps are coming and so are side effects (7:22) Owners need growth or how many jackets do you need? (10:46) Shohei will never pitch again (14:13) Egregious profuse time wasting and clocks (15:00) Grow the game? (16:27) Baseball's best shots (17:07) The new thinking fan's guide to baseball (19:46) Kids don't play baseball in the street anymore (21:23)

The Customer (0:18) The Owners and Community (2:45) The Pace of Play (4:49) The Unwritten Rules (9:27) The Bautista Bat Flip (13:57) The Human Role (18:52)

A's in Sac, Fisher, Wristbands and Cashing Out (0:16) New Uniforms? (9:20) Shohei's Ball? (13:04) Trevor Bauer in Mexico? (15:02) New Rules 4 speed? (15:34) Pitcher Warming Must Appear? (17:44) 4 mound visits? (19:57) Dirt Paths? (22:19) The Backlash is Real! (26:02) Blocking Paths? (29:07) Angel Hernandez? (32:10) ABS Challenge is Here! (33:24) The Mets Suck? (34:53) The Decline Has Begun (35:58)

Pro Golfer (0:10) Superstars (5:52) Pitching and Golf (9:51) Ben Hogan (14:19) LIV Golf (15:05) Kids watching Lou Gehrig (17:45 ) Ball Players vs Teacher Salaries (19:52) The Latrell Sprewell Philosophy (20:49)

Sports Radio (2:56) Game Changers: Ichiro Suzuki, (8:20) Babe Ruth, (9:47) Shohei Ohtani (12:50) Ballpark Sizes (19:12) 59 in 84 (23:36) Dizzy Dean (24:17)The Little League Punk (29:07) Court Storming (31:59) The Uniform Fiasco (36:56) The Ken Burns Series (40:34) Play Real Baseball (43:54) Old Movies vs. New Rules (47:13)

Poetry and American products (0:12) Dodgers deferred (4:30) Flawless greens (7:21) Unwanted A's (12:30) Fake history? (17:37)

Deal deferred (0:14)Will he pitch again? (2:19) No DH is worth that (5:07) New Babe? (5:36) Curling and marbles (7:24) Draymond Green and Earl Weaver (10:57) Baseball is back? (16:51) Amazon's MLB (19:44) A's and B's (21:10) Suites, nets and eyeballs (22:28) Nerfing baseball (27:05) Betty Crocker vs. uncle Rico (29:08)

3 levels of hawkeye (1:46) Clayton Kershaw (4:28) Post season numbers (8:59) Matt Williams, Babe Ruth and Hunter Pence (14:15) José Berríos and Whit Merrifield (11:42) New mid-east league (15:53) Overconfident Phillies (22:42) Stoked on Boch (25:36) Mid-season tournament (28:25)

Fallen classic (0:37) Catcher cam (8:50) Adolis Garcia breaking records (11:27) Soggy cereal criminals (14:47) Mad Manfred and the double hook DH (18:47) Big Show in San Francisco (23:21) Blow it up (26:37) Playoff changes next year? (29:10) Automatic balls and strikes "ABS" update (31:24) Old managers (35:49)

The year baseball changed more than ever & playoff rules (0:13) Shohei the freak? (3:04) On the Jumbotron? (3:57) The best pennant race you were ever all in for? (5:43) Giants 1993 (5:48) Giants 2004 (7:09) Giants 2012: radios and whiffle ball (7:36) Giants 89, A's and newspaper box scores (11:03) A's can't beat the 62 Mets (13:14) Wellness check on Brewers and Rays (15:02) No baseball player should make over 5 mil (18:12) Mets and Padres suck: the value of team cohesion (19:58) Start your stars rule (23:53)

Attendance (0:43) Quicker pace (3:02) Player pay (6:11) Shohei injury (6:41) Best team in mlb? (8:16) BABIP (9:37) Shock collars on outfielders (13:10) TV viewership (16:08) Sub 2 ERA (19:34) Clayton Kershaw (22:40) Violations (24:28) John Kruk (25:22)

Dichotomy of emotions (0:53) ESPN (Disney) Bets (7:04) I met Barry Bonds in an airport '97 (14:03) Fantasy vs. Reality (15:00) Shohei Ohtani double header (17:21) Hawkeye installed (18:15) Cream of the crop (21:51) Lou Gehrig fame (23:13) Babe's called shot (24:23) Cheer like you boo (26:47)

Angry managers (0:15) Disengagements (2:00) Sal Frelick (3:59) What is Mona Lisa Baseball? (5:09) Shohei Ohtani is doing Babe Ruth things (6:43) Desperate for stars (10:56) Nolan Arenado isn't hustling (19:44) Rain delays & Milli Vanilli (25:37)

Mid-season tournament & other gimmicks (0:10) Strikeouts are boring & expansion is coming (2:37) Thomas Boswell & the delighted Englishman (9:26) 1998 (11:57) Play naked (13:10) AB testing ABS (15:43) Fading fandom (17:54) Players want more time (19:29) Jim Bouton's Ball Four (21:52) The Ripkins (22:52) Too hot for baseball (26:20)

Futures Game & ABS challenge (0:21) Red carpet (3:30) Booing Astros & PitchCom (5:28) Sticky stuff (6:29) All-star ratings (11:10) Pioneer League (16:48) Players want more time (21:34) Elly De La Cruz steals 3 bases on 2 pitches (22:07) Derby (25:48)

John Kruk's Circus (0:00) Violation stats & getting used to new rules (2:41) Shift ban fail & Joey Gallo: hitting savant (6:41) Jeff McNeil shift violation (9:13) Stealing bases like it's 1999 (15:29) Dodgers pull kid who goes 6 with no hits (17:45)

Reverse boycott game (0:18) Public money (0:50) Dinner with Rob (3:16) The A's are tanking (5:14) Bryce Harper & the Las Vegans (8:59) Expansion (9:41) Rockies beef (11:12) The Rays (12:31) Skyscrapers are falling (13:20) Rough decade (14:38) I-15 Heat (15:21) Glen Kuiper said a word (17:03) A's legacy (19:52) Vegas pros (23:18)

Worst clock violation ever (0:11) The new Mona Lisa! (2:55) Coalmine canary (6:51) Riding Giants (9:12) Earl Weaver said it best (14:18) Somebody is always trying to improve baseball (15:18) Question for Alex Honnold (19:08) John Kruk is right (20:57) 415 foot single (21:12) Showboat Bonds (22:52) Next year (25:37) Fan participation (28:44)

Bally Sports bankrupt (0:37) Padres, MLB & digital rights (1:52) TV Blackouts (4:24) Direct to consumer (5:38) Rob Manfred & Noah Garden were ready (9:33) Fox overpaid for U.S. Open (17:32) Why rules change (18:31) The padres are a disappointment (19:48) Balanced breakfast (21:44)

What is the Atlantic League? (0:34) Oakland protest signs (1:31) ABS blooper reel (4:10) Hawk-eye: a robot in your ear (4:45) ABS challenge (5:48) The Summer Game (7:44) ABS technical issues (10:20) Variation (11:40) Birds and other distractions (15:05) The greatest boo ever (18:12) ABS made umpires better (20:00)

Attendance is up? (0:10) Bad movies (2:35) Brodie Brazil's beautiful rendering (5:15) It was known (7:45) Insulting Oakland (8:24) 1919 (11:38) It's Bud Selig's fault (16:15) Selling the shift ban (18:35) Analytics eating its tail (19:58) More HR (20:44) Stupid commercials (21:07) Conan O'Brien (22:35) Designated runner (24:42)

Youth commissioner in a large city (0:11) Baseball vs. soccer (1:10) Coaching (2:38) Giants fans (4:24) John Miller & JT Snow (5:51) Youth leagues; PONY, Little League (6:59) MLB influence (13:28) Buster Posey rule enforcement incites uproar (18:52) Shift ban (20:10) Barry Bonds philosophy (22:32) Will Clark was perplexed (22:57)

Bonds vs. Ichiro + crow hopping (0:10) Future of playoffs (0:51) Buster Posey Rule (2:00) Babies at the park (5:51) Self government (11:07) Eliminating pitchers (13:52) The Metaverse does not exist (14:23) Virtual seats (16:52) Joyous (18:04) Balanced schedule (19:44) Spring attendance (22:19) TV product (23:51)

Rob Manfred's media tour (3:06) Will Clark on shift ban (5:38) Fast teams (6:53) Sergio Romo retirement ruined by clock (7:52) Hunter Pence the hype man (12:10) Baserunner clock violation (15:28) Mid-season rule change (16:07) Repeal clock in playoffs? (16:44) Reggie Jackson was going to buy the A's (18:07) Fear and Blackballing (19:39) Some pitchers are working slower now (20:56) Umpire suspended for doing the right thing (21:24) ABS when? (24:45) Giant digital clocks (27:40) Catchers not thinking as much (30:17) Fixing something that's not broken (31:01) Gamblers love it (31:57) USA Today writer now finds sport tolerable (33:05) Never leave early (34:42)

Reds Guy (0:13) NL DH (4:47) The Athletic King of Cincinnati? (9:35) Johnny Bench Statue & Riverside vs Great American (9:14) Barry Larkin & Dustin Pedroya type MVP (10:54) Only Mark McGwire could do such a thing (15:58) MLB EP exposed (16:47) Oakland and the A's are in a toxic relationship (18:48) Dam building in the west (21:04) Giant Dynasty (24:53) Cody Ross trade (25:31) Tim Lincecum is pure baseball (25:05) At Pedro's Cantina every player had their own unique chant (27:13) Scott Roland shouldn't have been playing (28:32) Buster Posey's Grand Slam was a special moment (29:17) Bat your pitcher (30:58) Elation to riots (31:31) Sergio Romo did a great thing (32:59) Watching a pure thing get destroyed (34:48)

Why the pitch clock? (0:25) Jeff Passan is so smug right now (3:30) Shorter games = more fans? (4:31) Nolan stared him down (6:37) Who's unserious about baseball? (7:23) Plastic surgery on an already beautiful face (8:47) The Prisoner's Dilemma (10:06) Cohen and the Mets (13:16) Blackballed (16:06) Father and son (17:58) Self Regulation (19:22) On field interview (20:57) Playoff fever & the NBA approach (22:26) The price of beer in SF (24:00) Baseball is getting silly (25:26) The box is stupid (26:59)

The original question (0:19) The box (02:29) Replay pause kills drama (3:37) Booing intentional walks (4:52) Booing umpires & replay delay (6:08) Fool the umpire with your baseballness (6:45) Manager gives ump hell (8:28) Chocolate malts are missing (9:16) Pitchers with bats and Madison Bumgarner (9:45) Extra inning marathons (11:40) Double Switches (12:37) Winning your division (13:16) Resting your stars? (13:33) Stupid Questions from stupid journalists (15:47) Catching a foul ball (17:13) Finger signs (17:55) True base stealing (19:26) Defensive freedom (20:27) No clocks (21:32) Pure uniforms (23:09) America loves to watch a train-wreck (24:46) We are an army! (27:22)

Quick discussion about what to expect in season 3 with A1 and A2.

Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders (0:34) They are tracking you (1:25) Don't worry about A.I., worry about people (6:51) The butterfly effect and Bill Lee (9:51) Chess is a stupid game (12:04) Call it "American Hardball" (18:28) No pitch intentional walk; let the crowd boo! (20:05)

The 89 quake (0:16) Dusty Baker has nothing left to prove (4:26) The Phillies finished 14 back and went to the World Series (7:54) The double switch is complicated and we don't really hate Dusty (8:57)