Explore every episode of the podcast Staffcast
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
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| 20 - Worms in the Dirt with Chelsea Janes | 14 Aug 2024 | 01:13:53 | |
For episode 20 of Staffcast, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by the Washington Post's Chelsea Janes to talk about baseball's self aware weirdos, the loss of Billy Bean, making up rules, presidential first pitches, beating mascots with bats and steel chairs, Mets fans deserving nothing, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 19 - Egomaniacs With an Inferiority Complex | 24 Jul 2024 | 01:29:20 | |
For episode 19 of Staffcast, Sean, Trevor, Tom, and Richard do something a little bit different and talk about what goes into being a professional relief pitcher. The anxieties, the complexes, the adrenaline spikes of pitching, the depths of failing at your job, being the Steve-Os of baseball, the advances baseball has made in the mental health front, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Sound of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 10 - The Obligatory Mailbag Episode | 06 Mar 2024 | 02:03:56 | |
For episode 10 of Staffcast, Richard, Trevor and returning un-retiree Sean celebrate reaching double digits by answering your questions about Sean's new job, footraces, City Connects, Dennis Wilson, foods that are affronts to God, CERVEZA CRISTAL, getting a lobotomy and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/ twitter.com/RichardStaff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: I Know There's An Answer - The Beach Boys Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 9 - Petty and Potentially Felonious with Jeff Passan | 05 Feb 2024 | 00:46:33 | |
For episode nine of Staffcast, Trevor, Richard, and returning pinch-host Tom Hackimer are joined by ESPN's Jeff Passan to talk about giving away years of your life, getting dunked on by eight year olds, punching mannequins, the ability to bring happiness to millions, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/ Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Paranoid Android - Radiohead Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 8 - Cow Tools with Foolish Baseball | 29 Jan 2024 | 01:38:26 | |
For episode eight of Staffcast, Trevor, Richard, and pinch-host Tom Hackimer are joined by Bailey of Foolish Baseball fame to talk about Sean going missing, how to make baseball hip, Cow Tools, the beauty of Weird YouTube, More Cow Tools, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: Subscribe to Foolish Baseball on YouTube: Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Talkin' Baseball - Terry Cashman Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 7 - Seam-Shifted Woke with Tom Hackimer | 16 Jan 2024 | 01:46:15 | |
For episode seven of Staffcast, Sean and Richard (Trevor will be back!) are joined by free agent weird thrower Tom Hackimer to talk about his free agency, vlogging his Tommy John recovery, Helen Ruth, being a Sicko Lib, rotting your brain on Twitter, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: Subscribe to Hack on YouTube: youtube.com/@HackAttackimer/videos Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Poor Poor Pitiful Me - Warren Zevon Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 6 - I'll Still Keep Drinking That Garbage with Emma Baccellieri | 08 Jan 2024 | 01:33:44 | |
For episode six of Staffcast, Trevor, Sean, and Richard are joined by Sports Illustrated's Emma Baccellieri to talk about her thinking people were threatening to shoot her dad, any and all things soda, Osama allegedly owning Snapple, how to love a glove, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: Subscribe to The Soda Fountain or else: Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 5 - I Want to Look Like a House Just Fell on Me with David Roth | 19 Dec 2023 | 01:33:44 | |
For episode five of Staffcast, Trevor, Sean, and Richard are joined by Defector's David Roth to talk about Sean's fake height and incredibly accurate weight, hearing Chris Russo's voice in your ear, writing blurbs on the back of Topps cards, the baseball names Donald Trump would love saying the most, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: Read David Roth's beautiful work: defector.com/author/david-roth Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Colour Television - Eddy Current Suppression Ring Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 4 - I Learned More on My First Trip Than Working for the Kennedys with Michael Zagaris | 09 Dec 2023 | 01:31:33 | |
For episode four of Staffcast, Trevor, Sean, and Richard are joined by 49ers and A's team photographer Michael Zagaris to talk about working for RFK, dropping acid, getting arrested with The Who, touring with the Rolling Stones, the beauty of Oakland Coliseum, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Intro: San Francisco Bay Blues - Eric Clapton Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 3 - I'd Vote For Either of You Over Steve Garvey with Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier | 13 Nov 2023 | 01:41:39 | |
For episode three of Staffcast, Trevor, Sean, and Richard are joined by filmmaker teacher and writer Kelly Candaele along with author and professor Peter Dreier to talk about athletes using their position to speak out, Kelly's mother Helen Callaghan who inspired him to make A League of Their Own, the strength of baseball's union, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: twitter.com/RichardStaff And follow Peter and Kelly on Twitter too: Read Peter and Kelly's work: Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Intro: Which Side Are You On - Dropkick Murphys Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 2 - I Gotta Protect My Future Children with Jerry Blevins | 02 Nov 2023 | 01:30:08 | |
For episode two of Staffcast, Richard, Trevor, and Sean are joined by Jerry Blevins to talk about the Mayor Pete Dance, lewd hotmail addresses, Paul Sewald, lack of ball protection, Ichiro, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/ twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff And follow incredibly cool inaugural guest Jerry Blevins: https://twitter.com/jerryblevins Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Intro: Sympathy For The Devil - Rolling Stones Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 1 - Retirees Need Hobbies Too with Trevor Hildenberger and Sean Doolittle | 10 Oct 2023 | 01:08:34 | |
In the debut episode, Richard, Trevor, and Sean talk about retirement, becoming a crank, relievers being freaks, bathroom breaks, and Eddie Guardado. Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/ twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Original photo by Scott Taetsch Intro: Tweezer Reprise - Phish Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 18 - Weird Throwers Club with Josh Hejka | 10 Jul 2024 | 01:25:38 | |
For episode 18 of Staffcast, Trevor, Tom and Richard are joined by Mets minor leaguer Josh Hejka to talk about spending too much time in Brooklyn, inherited runners, the minor leagues post-unionization, superspreader Noah Syndergaard, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Von dutch - Charli xcx Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 17 - Heroes and Villains with Céspedes Family BBQ | 12 Jun 2024 | 01:00:54 | |
For episode 17 off Staffcast, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman of Céspedes Family BBQ to talk about going Julie Kavner Mode, the accursed Peter O'Brien, Undercover Boss Alex Rodriguez, every single home run given up by Hack and Hildy, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Listen and subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-Cast! Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: IMDABES - Gmcfosho Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 16 - Bullpen Petting Zoo with Trevor May | 28 May 2024 | 02:09:25 | |
For episode 16 off Staffcast, Trevor, Tom, Sean, and Richard are joined by former reliever and current content creator Trevor May to talk about the kids being too good, the Oakland A's debacle, dumb loser John Fisher and his awful gifts, the various paths of retirement, throwing fastballs, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Listen to Trevor's podcasts: Rates & Barrels And subscribe to his YouTube channel: Trevor May Baseball Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Rumble - Skrillex featuring Fred Again and Flowdan Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 15 - Baseball: The Movie: The Podcast with Noah Gittell | 15 May 2024 | 01:14:21 | |
For episode 15 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by author Noah Gittell to talk about his new book Baseball: The Movie, Iowa [derogatory], the Mets in movies, the irrationality of fandom, Sicko Richard Nixon, the magic of baseball, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Check out Noah's website for upcoming book events: noahgittell.com Buy Baseball: The Movie at your outlet of choice! Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Runaround Sue - Dion Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 14 - Creating a Monster with Bradford William Davis | 08 May 2024 | 00:58:20 | |
For episode 14 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by investigative journalist Bradford William Davis to talk about New York supremacy, the decay of social media, the lies of Major League Baseball, the very normal and healthy relationship between sports and gambling, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Catch Bradford and future guest Noah Gittell at the launch of Baseball: The Movie on May 14: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062168200-0 Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Not Like Us - Kendrick Lamar Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 13 - It Hurts Everyone with Michael Hermosillo | 17 Apr 2024 | 01:20:31 | |
For episode 13 of Staffcast, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by major league outfielder Michael Hermosillo to talk about baseball's awful new org limits and its consequences, Fanatics' tiny little font, playing in the 2020 season, being teammates with Shohei Ohtani, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Space Song - Beach House Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 12 - Wanna See Something Funny with Sean O'Connor | 10 Apr 2024 | 01:24:37 | |
For episode 12 of Staffcast, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by comedian Sean O'Connor to talk about getting beat by Todd Frazier, fixing elbows, working with Norm Macdonald, awful impressions, baseball movies, descents into madness, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/ twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Hybrid Moments - Misfits Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 11 - The Toddcast with Todd Frazier | 27 Mar 2024 | 01:00:35 | |
For episode 11 of Staffcast, Richard, Sean, and newly-minted host Tom Hackimer are joined by Foul Territory's Todd Frazier to talk about the Doolittle-Frazier wars, the beautiful state of New Jersey, chugging Pedialyte, being harassed by wild turkeys, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo/ twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Follow Foul Territory on Twitter: Subscribe to Foul Territory on YouTube and catch them live at 1pm EST Monday through Friday: youtube.com/@foulterritoryshow Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Fly Me to the Moon - Frank Sinatra Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 21 - I've Done Some Research on Gobbler's Knob with Devin Mesoraco | 10 Sep 2024 | 00:59:24 | |
For episode 21 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by guest host Emma Baccellieri and Devin Mesoraco to talk about life in Punxsutawney, retiring from baseball, moving to coaching, catching Jacob deGrom, the catcher-umpire relationship, being the only Twitter account Joey Votto follows, and more!
Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Fishin' in the Dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 23 - The Mets or Cambodia with Noah Kulwin | 25 Oct 2024 | 01:35:13 | |
For episode 23 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard mark the belated first anniversary of the show with Blowback's Noah Kulwin and talk about the Sphere New Deal, the beautiful Mets, criminal memorabilia, Richard Nixon's most evil deeds, marine layers, the new season of Blowback, and more! Listen to the first episode of season 5 of Blowback and subscribe to get all the episodes at blowback.show! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 22 - Quietly Detested with Sam Blum | 24 Sep 2024 | 01:00:50 | |
For episode 22 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and guest host Chelsea Janes are joined by the Athletic's Sam Blum to talk about the horrors of the 2024 White Sox, the post-Shohei Angels, being on the Major League injured list, getting booed as a writer, the joys of covering awful teams, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Calling All Angels - Train Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 24 - I'm Here With Bugs with David Roth | 05 Nov 2024 | 01:24:21 | |
For episode 24 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Defector's David Roth to talk about Remembering Some Guy Fieri, the simple joys of Donruss cards, Frye Guys, betting slop, Mike Francesa, RFK Jr., and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests on Twitter: twitter.com/whatwouldDOOdo twitter.com/t_hildy twitter.com/RichardStaff twitter.com/HackAttackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: You Must Be Stopped - Chavez Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 25 - Relievers Have Done Worse Things with Andrew Miller | 19 Nov 2024 | 01:08:32 | |
For episode 25 of Staffcast, Sean and Richard are joined by former major league reliever and current MLBPA special assistant Andrew Miller to talk about his new job with the union, being the model for current playoff pitching usage, going back to college, MLB's freakiest stadiums, pitching in Game 7 of the World Series, getting an RBI against Greg Maddux, being on the mound during the NESN boob honk, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/seandoolittle.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hildy.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/richstaff.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/hackattackimer.bsky.social Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Even The Losers - Tom Petty Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 28 - I Have Many Normal Friends with Ed Zitron | 27 Jan 2025 | 01:26:03 | |
For a very special episode 28 of Staffcast, Sean, Trevor, Tom, and Richard are joined by tech writer and podcaster Ed Zitron to talk about America's greatest cultural victory: baseball, spending 2024 becoming a baseball freak, what players talk about to pass the time, the worst people ruining the joy of the computer, AI slop, emailing Rockies owner Dick Monfort, and more! Subscribe to Ed's podcast Better Offline and subscribe to his Where's Your Ed At newsletter! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Unfuck the World - Prophets of Rage Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 27 - Trauma is Integral with Jolly Olive | 11 Dec 2024 | 01:13:32 | |
For episode 27 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Jolly Olive to talk about picking a channel name, preserving and passing down the stories of Guys via YouTube, Freddy Sanchez's gifts, getting arrested for murder in Altoona, people watching his livestream reactions, some dude named Juan Soto, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Ocean Man - Ween Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 26 - The Everything App with Fabian Ardaya | 04 Dec 2024 | 01:15:55 | |
For episode 26 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by The Athletic's Fabian Ardaya to talk about when Italians attack, going from the Angels to the Dodgers, his favorite players to cover, fabricated uxoricide, Bob, breaking news, working on what remains of X, The Everything App, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: dodger blue - Kendrick Lamar Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 29 - I'll Impugn Myself Just for Fun with Laura Albanese | 31 Dec 2024 | 01:18:44 | |
For episode 29 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard spend the final day of the year with Newsday's Laura Albanese to talk about Tommy Hunter's bull semen, covering fights, being in the presence of Alex Rodriguez, Eric Adams using Girl Scouts as a shield, the Wilpon Mets, that time Regis dressed up as Shrek, and more! Subscribe to Laura's First Time Listener, Long Time Caller Podcast! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Pinball Wizard - The Who Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 46 - Searching for Every Jason Schmidt Strikeout with Anthony Bowens | 29 Apr 2025 | 01:13:59 | |
For episode 46 of Staffcast, Trevor and Richard are joined by All Elite Wrestling's Anthony Bowens to talk about the 2000s Giants, playing adult league baseball, what goes into performing live on television weekly, changing your gimmick, getting Jane's Addiction, hitting Abraham Lincoln with a chair, deserving a retroactive World Series ring, wrestling in baseball stadiums, the Godfather of Hockey Fights, the fifth starter on the 2002 Giants, Barry Bonds, and more! Go see an All Elite Wrestling show near you or at All In: Texas on July 12th at Globe Life Field! Watch Anthony and the rest of the Valley Boys! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Underground - Jane's Addiction Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 45 - Meet Me at Jim Morrison's Grave with David Roth | 23 Apr 2025 | 01:43:55 | |
For episode 45 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by David Roth to talk about John Rocker getting epic, cool and normal mayor Eric Adams, John Sterling home run calls, having a Wikipedia page, Bosch, low stakes scams, trillballins brands, the surprisingly-good Mets, making Yoenis Cespedes bench press a John Deere mower, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Fashion - David Bowie Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 36 - Plummeting 200 Stories to Your Death with Anthony DiComo | 24 Feb 2025 | 01:06:03 | |
For episode 36 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by MLB dot com's Anthony DiComo to talk about getting yelled at on TV, Port St. Lucie's largest non-smoking billiards hall, AI slop, the death of X, The Everything App, the bright future of the Mets, Terminal Moneyball Brain, causing a big scene at the Chik-Fil-A drive thru, the wonders of hypotheticals, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Everything Sucks - Reel Big Fish Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 35 - They're All the Ringos with John Nolan | 17 Feb 2025 | 01:17:15 | |
For episode 35 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by Taking Back Sunday's John Nolan to talk about his Mets fandom, the return of Pete Alonso, the baseballer to musician pipeline, the anxiety and adrenaline of being on stage, songwriting, hearing yourself at the grocery store, Bob Dylan's Christmas album, music superstitions, and more! See Taking Back Sunday on tour! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: El Paso - Taking Back Sunday Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 34 - The Internet's Weirdest Mets Fans with Scott Rogowsky | 10 Feb 2025 | 01:01:08 | |
For episode 34 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and surprise guest host Sean O'Connor are joined by Quiz Daddy Scott Rogowsky to talk about naming your audience, Make-A-Wish home runs, disgraced honorary Harlem Globetrotters, Sean and Scott's start in comedy, making pitchers better, baked baseballers, Neutral Drop, whether Roki Sasaki knows OJ, Trump on Wendy Williams, and more! Subscribe to Scott's Stubstack atRogo's Modern Life! See Sean and Nikki Glaserat the Beacon Theater! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests: Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Cars Trucks Buses - Phish Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 33 - Astigmatism and a Dream with Charles Star | 03 Feb 2025 | 01:35:36 | |
For episode 33 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by tortured Pirates fan Charles Star to talk about Sean's new glasses, winning a World Series because of cheating on eye exams, the horrors of the Pittsburgh Pirates, Nasty Bob Nutting, players going to external facilities, being relatable as a coach, throwing players into the meat grinder, and more! Listen and subscribe to ALAB Series and City Saint / Country Saint! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Wicked - Ice Cube Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 32 - Ineffectively Wild with Meg Rowley | 27 Jan 2025 | 01:30:26 | |
For episode 32 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by FanGraphs' Meg Rowley to talk about the great Decoy Ohtani conspiracy, Bryce Harper's raw milk, northwestern beer, Waymo, Meet Joe Black, the upcoming height apocalypse, Mormon rulings on coffee, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: These Boots Are Made for Walkin' - Nancy Sinatra Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 31 - Worst Moments of Your Life ASMR with Parker Molloy | 14 Jan 2025 | 01:32:15 | |
For episode 31 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by writer Parker Molloy to talk about cars getting hit by trains, using sports as an outlet, the magic of attending games, ASMR walkup songs, Sean Doolittle Giving Up Absolute Bombs, betting with Literally Fanatics, pitching with intrusive thoughts, and more! Subscribe to Parker's The Present Age newsletter! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Dear Coach's Corner - Propagandhi Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 30 - This Is My Song with Deesha Thosar | 07 Jan 2025 | 01:11:56 | |
For episode 30 of Staffcast, Sean and Richard are joined by Fox Sports' Deesha Thosar to talk about New Years resolutions, getting gifts from fans by the bullpen, getting ideas as a national writer, the best thing for a PitchCom to tell you, falling behind on the culture because of baseball, getting into The Sopranos way too late, feeling elderly, Deesha's favorite story of the year, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Woke Up This Morning - Alabama 3 Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 44 - Rank The Beatles with Lindsey Adler | 16 Apr 2025 | 01:28:04 | |
For episode 44 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Lindsey Adler to talk about baseball phrenology, transitioning...to pitching, asking every important person you come across to rank The Beatles, the new generation of Georgeheads, a Dan Flashes Party, two-tone summer, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, Bill de Blasio, and more! Subscribe to Lindsey's Substack! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Reclamation - Fugazi Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 43 - Make It All Knuckleballs with Mike Petriello | 11 Apr 2025 | 00:40:18 | |
For episode 43 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by MLB's Mike Petriello to talk about going back to school for a Baseball-Reference page, getting killed by a famous person, the best and worst stat abbreviations, Hack's bass, Grok spitting out garbage, the ability to change all recorded pitch classifications, tracking Babe Ruth's body, StatCast's new batter position metrics, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Green Skies - The Subway Ghosts Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 42 - My Favorite Little Weirdo with John DeMarsico | 01 Apr 2025 | 01:36:34 | |
For episode 42 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and guest host and artist Abigail are joined by SNY's John DeMarsico to talk about being around Gary, Keith, and Ron every day, the art of being a good director, experimenting with angles, the scourge of the K-Zone, losing games to national coverage, the weirdos in the crowd, bringing movies to broadcasts, hating Emilia Perez, accidentally putting boobs on TV, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Wild Thing - X Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 41 - The Bullpen Simulator with Jerry Blevins, Anthony DiComo, Foolish Baseball, David Roth, Scott Rogowsky, Sam Lebowitz, and Jeff Passan | 27 Mar 2025 | 02:20:48 | |
Welcome to the bullpen. As a special Opening Day bonus, Tom and Richard are joined by relievers Jerry Blevins, Anthony DiComo, Foolish Baseball, David Roth, and Scott Rogowsky, broadcaster Sam Lebowitz, and manager Jeff Passan in the world's first ever true to life Bullpen Simulator. Tom Hackimer - Reliever #1 Richard Staff - Reliever #2 Anthony DiComo - Reliever #3 Foolish Baseball - Reliever #4 David Roth - Reliever #5 Scott Rogowsky - Reliever #6 Jerry Blevins - Reliever #7 Jeff Passan - Manager Jeff Sam Lebowitz - Actual Broadcaster Sam Lebowitz Random Man on Manhattan Bound LIRR- Dying Passenger | |||
| 40 - Shabbos Horn Honkers with Jeffrey Paternostro and Jarrett Seidler | 24 Mar 2025 | 01:44:26 | |
For episode 40 of Staffcast, Tom, Richard, and guest host Laura Albanese are joined by For All You Kids Out There's Jeffrey Paternostro and Jarrett Seidler to talk about the disappointing half of duos, pitchers being proud of their hitting, Award Winner Richard Staff, criminal Italian cops, Idi Amin, morally reprehensible Hall of Famers, tricking God, awful tattoos, texting Anthony DiComo and more! Listen to For All You Kids Out There! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 39 - *Unintelligible Barney Noises* with Jeff Passan | 17 Mar 2025 | 01:40:40 | |
For episode 39 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by returning guest Jeff Passan to talk about felon coaches, e-sports, BeastMode getting one hit KO'd, sportswriter brawls, Bob Photography, John Cena betraying hundreds of make-a-wish kids, the loathsome Geoffs, playing catch with fast throwers, stepping on rakes for 30 seconds, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Mr. Plow Jingle - Homer J. Simpson Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 38 - Creating Art in the Void with ArtButMakeItSports | 10 Mar 2025 | 01:17:25 | |
For episode 38 of Staffcast, Trevor, Richard, and guest host Laura Albanese are joined by LJ of ArtButMakeItSports fame to talk about page 250 of Janson's History of Art, "cheating" in art class, tweets reaching the subjects, the beauty of sports photography, the perks of the account, the universal dread of sports fans, the state of the Yankees, keeping artists alive forever, and more! Subscribe to ArtButMakeItSports on Substack! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Meet James Ensor - They Might Be Giants Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 37 - I'm Responsible for So Many Deaths with Nate Fisher and Will Sennett | 03 Mar 2025 | 01:45:58 | |
For episode 37 of Staffcast, Sean, Tom, and Richard are joined by A Closer Look's Nate Fisher and Will Sennett to talk about broadcaster apologies, iPad players, the beautiful TV show Reacher, getting Sean's legs extended, striking out Timothee Chalamet, players fearing the train, their movie Eephus, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guests: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Tubthumping - Chumbawamba Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 49 - Citi Field Insurrection with Ellen Cushing and Kaitlyn Tiffany | 21 May 2025 | 01:41:03 | |
For episode 49 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by The Atlantic's Ellen Cushing and Kaitlyn Tiffany to talk about what Juan Soto is actually doing in the bullpen, baseball as reality TV, our beautiful Pete Alonso, vibing while kids suffer, horror stories of Mets past, asking to get stepped on, pandering Bryce Harper, Hack's first and only game as a fan, amendments on jerseys, naked streakers, and more! Listen and subscribe to Hits Different! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: I'm So Blessed - CAIN Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 48 - Less Kissable Than Nixon with Emma Baccellieri | 14 May 2025 | 01:27:21 | |
For episode 48 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Sports Illustrated's Emma Baccellieri to talk about Richard Nixon and his awful first kiss, the White Sox Fan Pope, turning breakfast into a holy relic, getting into the X-Files 30 years late, Old Slop, SODA, the true origin of 7-Up, the real freaks of Quora, r/50Something, scoring games, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Self-censored and edited by Tom Hackimer Intro: Checkers Speech - President Richard Nixon Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders (Pretend Hack remembered to include it) | |||
| 47 - Surrounded By 40 Decapitated Heads with Sal Gentile | 07 May 2025 | 01:31:59 | |
For episode 47 of Staffcast, Tom and Richard are joined by Late Night's Sal Gentile to talk about YouCam5, the Mets becoming "cool", writing comedy about Donald Trump, eating concrete because of AI, how sick it is to be a baseball player, betting on late night television, going slowly insane with Seth Meyers, silly little voices, Spider-Men in Jamba Juice, the worst commercials to air on SNY, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by Italian Dave (twitter.com/theitaliandave) Intro: Float On - Modest Mouse Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||
| 50 - Yes! We Have No Staffcast | 03 Jun 2025 | 01:13:00 | |
For a very special episode 50 of Staffcast, I don't know what happened, I wasn't there! To mark this milestone, Staffcast has rid itself of Richard Staff with Tom and Lindsey Adler staging a hostile takeover to talk about a bunch of books, the intensity of baseball players, taking coaching feedback, having a crush on Napoleon Dynamite, Max Scherzer's strongest held opinion, and more! Follow your incredibly cool hosts and guest: Sean Doolittle Trevor Hildenberger Richard Staff Tom Hackimer Episode art by Abigail Noy (sympatheticinker.com) Edited by the dreaded Tom Hackimer Intro: Tears In Heaven - Tom Hackimer Outro: Shooting Stars - Bag Raiders | |||