Ground Rule Trouble: A Baseball Podcast

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover how confident they are that the NL Wild Card will be a good thing, put out way too early predictions for the rest of the playoffs, and try to figure out if the owners are killing baseball for bucks.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover baseball can save you from male paternity baldness, look forward to the last week of the regular season, learn the #Nats outfield defense is the best in baseball, find out about Beep Ball, and brainstorm starting their own sandlot league.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover they might not actually need the Minor Leagues, find out if the Nats have their bullpen help already on the roster, look at everybody getting hurt, figure out if hitters have cracked the spin rate code, and play Jeopardy!

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Nats have lost the NL East, love how Aaron Barrett revived his career, talk about how Chien Ming Wang made a movie, figure out which starting pitchers are hall of famers, and go through a quiz about superstitions.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover they are at the end of the September call up era, figure out if the Nats should start Scherzer or Strasburg in the Wild Card, look into the drop in attendance, and bask in the glow of Juan Soto -- happiest man in baseball.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Nats' youth is a best tempered by experience, wade through the Player's Weekend fashion faux pas, discuss horny goat weed far too much, break down the new offensive environment, and close with some thoughts on Andrew Luck and walking away while you still can.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover Bob Henley wants to kill Juan Soto and the Nats Season, Scherzer is on his way back, Cricket has a way to help baseball, and Leslie takes us around the world of (baseball) sports.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Mets have to Mets, try to figure out why the Nats won't extend Rendon, discuss the new trade deadline issues, try to find out why Derek Jeter's myth is dying, and decide which sports event they want to sue.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover every team needs to do something--and do it by July 31, discuss the Nats recent injuries, figure out if the Nats can catch the Braves, and try to beat the heat with an indoor stadium.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover how much the Nats can do to stay in the hunt, talk about the new rule changes in the Atlantic League, find out how little the players know about the CBA, and learn where the hell Josh Hamilton has been.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover they both can drop fun facts, congratulate the USWNT, recap the Nats first half.  Then they discuss the All Star Game, Futures Game, and the family HR Derby contest.  Plus they dive into the Expos throwback semi-controversy.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover they can do a podcast after vacation, talk about the tragic loss of Tyler Skaggs, the surging Nats show us Max Scherzer is a baseball treasure, discuss the new look bullpen, applaud netting updates, learn about the history of hot takes, and much  more!

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover they have misnamed their podcast, discuss AAA faux pas, agree on how behind MLB is on netting, discuss how to break the draft, and devolve into Nick Swisher mayhem.  

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Nats might not be dead just quite yet, learn about the advent of the cutter, discuss whether faking injuries is good or bad news, and have fun and not so fun facts.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover Joe Madden is, in fact, a bitch, Adam Eaton and Todd Frazier have beef, the Nats have trade decisions to make, and there might be a paradigm shift in MLB draft leverage.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover Leslie is quite ignorant about Moby Dick, find out just how bad the Nats defense has been, learn how to steal an MLB twitter account, fly through the news, and dive deep into a possible international draft.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover just how far the Nats' injuries can push the roster, look into the new pitching coach, glory in Peter Angelos giving the Nats the money they deserve, and dive into the unwritten rules of when you can leave a game.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Nats kids are alright, AAA baseballs are made of helium too, the Cubs have issues with Addison Russell, the Yankees have issues with injuries, and Eric Byrnes just has (good) issues.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover the Nats bullpen still sucks, try to figure out how to lock down Rendon, learn Strasburg is going down a bad path, talk about Peter Angelos being the devil, learn about the craziest owner in baseball history, and force Leslie to take a quiz.

In this episode Paul and Leslie discover how far a bullpen can push you, develop a new game (long live Nats Bullpen Russian Roulette), discuss Chris Davis' futility, find out if anything we know about the season is real yet, and drown in the second half of the worst quiz ever.