Three Swings – Details, episodes & analysis

After four years of baseball and other things, Rhea Butcher brings Three Swings to a close with an episode of gratitude and memories. Thank you to everyone who listened to the show, who supported the show, who bought a t-shirt, who went to a live show, who sent us a Rosin Bag question. We love you and we couldn't have made this show without you. Rhea also talks the highs and lows of the last week in baseball, including Javy Báez's baserunning wizardry, fan fights, and Jacob deGrom's historic ERA. THE JAVY BÁEZ PLAY: https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1397965478027530246 SEE RHEA LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC JUNE 4-5: https://www.ticketmaster.com/rhea-butcher-washington-district-of-columbia-06-04-2021/event/15005AADC905D542 GET RHEA'S NEW STANDUP ALBUM: https://astrecords.com/collections/digital-albums/products/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootleg LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rhea talks the Oakland A's and MLB's bad faith negotiations with the City of Oakland, the Year of the No Hitter, and the return of the "unwritten rules" conversation. Plus Sinéad O'Connor, social media, and the fruitless discourse of cancel culture. SEE RHEA LIVE IN WASHINGTON DC JUNE 4-5: https://www.ticketmaster.com/rhea-butcher-washington-district-of-columbia-06-04-2021/event/15005AADC905D542 GET RHEA'S NEW STANDUP ALBUM: https://astrecords.com/collections/digital-albums/products/pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootleg LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus SUPPORT THREE SWINGS ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/threeswings CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM AND SEND YOUR #ROSINBAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Clinton Yates (The Undefeated) joins Rhea to talk about why MLB's decision to recognize the records and statistics from the Negro Leagues is the problem not the solution, and why words like "recognize" and "elevate" reflect the same white supremacist vision of the sport that segregated professional baseball in the first place. Follow Clinton Yates: https://twitter.com/clintonyates Read Clinton's article on The Undefeated: https://theundefeated.com/features/mlb-elevating-the-status-of-negro-leagues-is-the-problem-not-the-solution/ LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus SUPPORT THREE SWINGS ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/threeswings CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM AND SEND YOUR #ROSINBAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rhea has your Division Series recaps and predictions for the powerhouse League Championship series (Boston vs Houston, Milwaukee vs LA). Plus Brock Holt hits for the cycle and why the Yankees are the Traveling Wilburys and the Red Sox are Phish. And a correction to last week's Three Swings Award for NL Manager of the Year (hint: Rhea is VERY impressed with one manager's bullpen mgmt). And shoutouts to the Headspace app and the Highland Film Festival in Akron, OH! GET TICKETS TO RHEA'S LIVE SHOWS HERE: https://rheabutcher.com/livedates LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rhea returns this week with a trophy case full of Three Swings Awards, another round of playoff predictions, and an interview with photographer and baseball superfan A.W. Klass! It's a packed episode, with consideration of the Brewers' promising underdog performance, the MLB's problematic disparities in dealing with substance abuse and domestic abuse, the Cubs asking-for-trouble attitude in putting the infamous billy goat on their World Series ring, and the virtues of playing the small ball instead of a home run game. Plus, photographer and baseball superfan A.W. Klass joins Rhea for a conversation on relating queer identity to sports fandom, the choice between creating a radical community or radically infiltrating extant communities (or both), and purple silk yarmulkes that may or may not be heirlooms from Prince. GET TICKETS TO RHEA'S LIVE SHOWS HERE: https://rheabutcher.com/livedates LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rhea's back with another in-depth look at the US Women's National Team, this time with a profile of Emily Tsujikawa. Plus, a preview of playoff matchups, another deeply felt apology to Rockies fans, a look at the way the MLB and MLB Tonight are handling the allegations against Roberto Osuna, and a case for women's baseball being vital to the health of the sport. Also, meditations on putting political pain and anger aside in favor of happiness, and a play-by-play recount of the double play Rhea's team turned at their last game! LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rhea delivers an in-depth look at the US Women's National Baseball Team! Plus a review of the Dodgers/Cardinals series, an apology to Rockies fans, and a heartfelt plea to the MLB to NOT adopt the extra innings "runner on second base" rule. ALSO thoughts on being kind, dealing with pain, and finding the human within the monolith. LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh off a cameo in the latest Apple Keynote (what?!) THREE SWINGS RETURNS! Rhea talks the mental process of playing better baseball, the Women's Baseball World Cup, baseball voices you should be paying attention to, fantasy updates, seeing Jason Isbell live, and oh yeah, MLB updates and World Series predictions. LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of Daniel Murphy's acquisition by the Cubs, Rhea breaks down Murphy's history of homophobic rhetoric and poses a basic question: thirteen years after Billy Bean's involuntary retirement from major league baseball, why does it remain impossible for pro athletes to come out? Plus Rhea weighs in on the women's baseball world cup, division race updates, and whether or not Jacob deGrom's 10 win season is Cy Young worthy. LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RHEA IS BACK just in time for the Division Races to heat up! Rhea talks the Dodgers terrible August and whether or not it spells disaster for their postseason chances. Will the miracle A's catch the Astros in the AL West? Are the statistically dominant Red Sox somehow underrated? Cleveland is running away with the AL Central; what are their chances in the postseason? And Atlanta and Philly are running away from the Nationals in the NL East. Rhea has thoughts and predictions on all your postseason contenders. Plus Rhea talks baseball fights, beanballs, and fake rivalries. And recaps their experiences at the Baseball for All 2018 Nationals in Rockford, IL. Big thanks to all the Threebies who attended! Check Out and Support Baseball For All: https://www.baseballforall.com/ LISTEN TO THREE SWINGS AD FREE ON FOREVER DOG PLUS: https://foreverdogpodcasts.com/plus CONNECT W/ THREE SWINGS ON TWITTER & INSTAGRAM // AND SEND YOUR ROSIN BAG QUESTIONS: https://twitter.com/threeswingspod https://www.instagram.com/threeswingspod PLEASE SUBSCRIBE/RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. THREE SWINGS IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/three-swings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices