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Published by Emily Nyman
Breaking Balls is a high energy, weekly baseball podcast featuring discussions on all things MLB; past, present, and future. Host Emily Nyman provides her unique and often humorous perspective on current events, hot button issues, strategy & fundamentals, MLB history, and everything in between.
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Emily & John discuss their return, 2024/2025 offseason, Yankees & Mets June swoon, Sotomania, AL MVP, ace pitchers & more!
Emily talks about the Yankees & Orioles mid-off, AL MVP race, NL MVP race, getting back in the saddle & more!
Emily & John discuss the Subway Series, slumping Yankees, red hot Mets, Aaron Judge, Edwin Diaz, Foreign substance ejections & more!
Emily welcomes guest @NotGaetti to discuss Yankees, Aaron Judge greatness, King of the Gil, the Mets, Pete Alonso, Jose Abreu, the Astros struggles, statistics in online discourse, which Yankee contract is worse: Ellsbury or Stanton?, and more!
TW: This episode contains discussion of Sexual Assault, Abuse, Rape. Emily welcomes guest Lindsey Hill, victim & accuser of disgraced ex-MLB player Trevor Bauer, to bravely tell her story in her own words and advocate for those who still haven’t found their voice. If you are in need of support, there are people who want to help: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-SAFE (7233) Or text “Start” to 88788 National Sexual Assault Hotline: 800-656-HOPE (4673) Intro music: Syd Dale - Base Line
Emily is joined by her former teammate & dear friend of the show, Sammy Fonts, to discuss the Yankees rough patch, Judge slump, boss bet, Mets Rally Pimp, Jackson Holliday, Orioles fans, dumdum Umps & more!
Emily discusses Yankees v Astros series, 2023 Yankees PTSD, Volpe, Soto, Oswaldo Cabrera, Yankees rotation, Yankees personality (unprecedented), Astros No-No the Jays, tough start for the Mets, Hoskins & McNeil dust up, Steve Cohen CNBC interview, In Clay Holmes We (Should) Trust & more!
Emily & guest host Javier Reyes (host of Locked On Padres) discuss the 2023 playoffs, Juan Soto: New York Yankee, Gerrit Cole, Alex Verdugo trade, Padres trade for Dylan Cease, teams going for it, AJ Preller, Brian Cashman, Blake Snell & Monty still on the market, the desperate loser still begging for a job (you know the one), most despised Yankee & more!
Emily & John discuss the end of the season, division races, playoff format, predictions, football, & more!
Emily & John discuss the end of days for the Yankees & Mets, the Martian, playing the kids, AL West, NL MVP & Cy Young, Ohtani: still MVP?, Emily: football fan?, voicemails & more!
Emily & John discuss everything that’s happened over the last month! Yankees & Mets trials and tribulations, the AL West, Pete Alonso, playoff races, and much more!
Emily & John discuss Domingo Germán’s perfecto, the first half, the All Star Game & Home Run Derby, Mets & Yankees issues persist, setting sights on the Wild Card, Ohtani having a Judgian season, trade deadline rumors & more!
Emily & John discuss Yankees vs TEX & SEA, Judge’s torn ligament, Stanton, Donaldson, DJLM, Gleyber, accountability, dinner at Volpe’s, Cohen press conference, Mets lineup regression, Manoah’s 1st FCL start, Reds, asterisks & more!
Emily & John discuss the Yankees vs Red Sox in Boston, “let the kids play”, player development & differing expectations, Yankees purgatory, Mets floundering, Vientos optioned, organizational rot, expanded playoffs, Hal Steinbrenner & Manfred comment on reverse boycott, David Freese passes on Cardinals Hall of Fame, Luis Arraez MVP chatter & more!
Emily & John discuss the Subway “Series”, Judgeless Yankees, Alonsoless Mets, Mark Vientos riding the pine, Anthony Volpe riding the struggle bus, Drew Smith hand2sticky, the beatdown in ATL, Managers: what do?, reverse boycott in Oakland, Anthony Bass DFA’d, NESN, Luke Voit chest moss in NY, voicemails & more!
Emily & John discuss Aaron Judge cheating accusations, broadcasters making something out of nothing, how anyone can just say anything now, bad blood between Yankees & Blue Jays, Domingo Germán: Certified Double-Platinum Loser, Mets tough stretch, Let the kids play?, starting pitching woes, voicemails & more!
Emily discusses Yankees IL woes, last place, IKF, Bader, the Guardians, AL Pitcher of the Month, Fernando Tatis Jr., Bryce Harper, Scherzer & the Mets struggles, new rules impact, the Marly Rivera incident.
Emily discusses Domingo Germán’s close call, Max Scherzer’s ejection & suspension for foreign substance use, Phil Cuzzi & Dan Bellino, career tarnishing judgement calls, Oakland A’s closing up shop, Madison Bumgarner DFA’d, Cole shuts out the Twins, Clark Schmidt struggles.
Emily & John discuss the start of the season, teams extending beer sales, nuances, Tomás Nido or Francisco Alvarez?, Emily meeting Brian Cashman, Franchy Cordero, retired numbers, Paul O’Neill, voicemails & more!
Emily & John discuss Volpe, Baty & Vientos, MLB commercials, new skedge matchups we are stoked to see, bat boy & girl performance reviews, ST hero, voicemails, Cactus & Grapefruit League champs, preseason predictions for divisions, AL/NL, World Series,& end of season awards!
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