This week, the guys welcome musician/artist/filmmaker/skater/Jeremy's former roommate, Rich Salamander, to talk about some random baseball topics. We hear about Jeremy and Rich's shared experiences with the 2005 White Sox and the 2016 Cubs as well as a home run derby moment gone awry. The gang also discusses Major League, Field of Dreams, and Good Will Hunting, in addition to other random old baseball guys and major moments in history. Be sure to check out Rich's work at richsalamander.com. @richsalamander and @doyourboardreport on Instagram. Also, listen to Rich's band (with Jeremy) on Soundcloud @englishsofthearts!

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#128 - Talkin' Baseball w/ Rich Salamander

The guys are back from their All-Star break to bring you a recap of a straight doubleheader between the White Sox and the Twins. It was truly a tale of two games which featured Jack and Jeremy and a foul ball in game 1 and a near fight stemming from a loudly spoken comment by one of the guys in game 2. Tune in to see if the guys got a foul ball and who of the two said the fateful comment and if that person got their ass kicked. You’ll also hear tales of people trying to walk through the metal detector with their pockets jammed full of crap, Jack and Jeremy being accosted by over-excited White Sox fans after a Gavin Sheets walk off homer, and a lot of musician lookalike sightings! Jack also kicks off the show with a nice baseball yarn and supplies us with another fun impersonation. Don’t miss a minute of this week’s ep!

#127 - 7/19/21 Minnesota Twins @ Chicago White Sox straight doubleheader!

With the All-Star Game fast-approaching this year, Jack and Jeremy take it upon themselves to scrub the All-Star rosters from the past 10 years to determine the worst All-Stars for each league year-to-year. Also this week: Jeremy sinks into deeper Cubs depression, Jake Marisnick is a greasy dude, and the guys take a shot at Joe West just because.

#126 - The Worst All-Stars (2010-2019)

Milwaukee is the place to be this week as the guys travel back to Miller Park/Am Fam Field to see the Cubs in a rare road game vs. the Brewers. The guys get to see a pretty good game...for 7 and a half innings... The heated rivalry between these two teams sends Jack and Jeremy on a roller coaster of emotions and we hear the blow by blow of the events. Jack describes Jeremy's wild mood swings, Jeremy rants about David Ross's management in the series, and the guys report back about a passive aggressive dad and a dude who worked at Boeing who was WAY too into himself. It's a long ep, folks, so buckle in!

#125 - 6/28/21 Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers

Jack and Jeremy delve into the numbers this week as they review the compiled statistics from every Rain Delay Theater game they've attended for the podcast - there are some surprising heroes and zeroes seen for the pod. The guys also talk about Rick Sutcliffe and the Cubs no-hitter for Jeremy's birthday as well as an unfortunate fan who hasn't really kept up with the health of Ernie Banks. Take a listen to Rain Delay Theater by the numbers this week! Also, you can follow along with the cumulative stats here: https://tinyurl.com/rdtstats

#124 - Rain Delay Theater Statistics

Our long national nightmare is finally over as Jack and Jeremy return to the southside of Chicago and Guaranteed Rate Field to see the White Sox take on the defending AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays! Get settled in for this massive recap episode as the guys are instantly reminded exactly what they've been missing for the last year and a half being away from the White Sox. We're treated to stories of the wacked out El ride down to the park, a group of drunken, F-bomb dropping adolescents behind Jack and Jeremy, and all the same old material on the video board. Ear piercing whistles, earnest 7th inning stretch singing, and coining of a new term "White Sox bad" are all part of this week's SUPERSIZED episode. Tune in and hang around for this one, folks!

#123 - 6/14/21 Tampa Bay Rays @ Chicago White Sox

Jack and Jeremy decide to set their crosshairs directly on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball and, more specifically, Matt Vasgersian and Alex Rodriguez. These two have been putting out a nonsensical, babbling broadcast for awhile and Rain Delay Theater had to address this debacle by watching and (heavily) critiquing the June 13th broadcast of Cubs vs. Cardinals. Non-sequiturs, beer snakes, and Spanish Translation 101 are just some of the topics covered in this one. And, it goes without saying, that Jack and Jeremy had to address the Anthony Rizzo non-vaxxed news of this past weekend. The guys get deep into that in the first part of the show. Tune in and enjoy!

#122 - ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball

...And here's part two of the Rain Delay Theater double header: Cubs vs Padres from June 1st. In this ep, the guys talk about a group of One Direction wannabees sitting in front of them, a deteriorated Ryne Sandberg jersey, we meet a "climber", and perhaps a reprise of the close-walking duo trailing Jack and Jeremy on the walk back to the car...? Jeremy also gives an uncomfortable review of the bathrooms and Jack provides yet another impression in this solo bonus intro this week! Check it out!

#121.5 - 6/1/21 San Diego Padres @ Chicago Cubs (Part 2)

Jack and Jeremy bring you an unexpected recap of the Cubs/Reds game from May 28th. These tickets were gifted last minute from Jeremy's work and luckily brought a whole episode's worth of material. In this episode, we hear Jack and Jeremy embroiled in a fiasco to acquire scorecards, a guy who was more into Craig Kimbrel's entrance music than Craig Kimbrel, and a horrific story of being tailed by two people leaving the game! (Listening note: we recorded this as one episode, recapping this Reds game and a Padres game from June 1st, but it ran pretty long, so we decided after the fact to break it up into two episodes. Padres game recap coming soon!)

#121 - 5/28/21 Cincinnati Reds @ Chicago Cubs (Part 1)

This week Jack and Jeremy play a guessing game of unlikely teammates who overlapped for only a short time and seem to bridge together two generations of ballplayers. But the episode isn't all fun and games as Jack and Jeremy also lay into Tony LaRussa's handling of the Yermin Mercedes situation. This one is NSFW with the four-letter expletives, so be forewarned! And also, with the Cubs struggling to get to the 85% vaccinated threshold, the guys try to guess the anti-vaxxer Cubs! Fun!

#120 - Guess That Teammate

In light of the recent unceremonious release of Albert Pujols by the Los Angeles Angels, Jack and Jeremy take a look at the final year stats of Hall of Fame players and discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. The guys also touch on the David Ross's lovelife, the Wade Miley no-hitter, and some more Cubs postgame show analysis.

#119 - Final Years of Hall of Famers

The Rain Delay boys are back at the ballpark again this week, one day later than expected, to see the defending World Champion LA Dodgers take on the (real) Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Hopes weren't high for this one being a good game, and, well, it was a lopsided affair, but not how you'd expect. Jack and Jeremy see Clayton Kershaw's shortest outing of his career - they also meet a verbose, heckle-challenged fan, a canned National Anthem, and confused food vendors. Plus, hear how Ildemaro Vargas and Jake Marisnick stole the heart of one of the hosts of the show. Fan catches, rookie home runs, and crunchy hamburger buns are all included in this one, so check it out now!

#118 - 5/4/21 Los Angeles Dodgers @ Chicago Cubs

The day has finally come! Jack and Jeremy return for their first in-person baseball game in over a year and a half to see the Alternate Site South Bend Cubs take on the Alternate Site Schaumburg White Sox in the final Alternate Site game of the year (and maybe ever...?). Unpredictability is the name of this game as the Cubs team arrives 45 minutes late to the stadium, a player is chastised for not hustling in an unofficial inning after the outcome has been decided, and the guys see a COMBINED PERFECT GAME!!! You'll hear food recaps, travel mishaps, and good ol' fashioned fan rants! Hear the Rain Delay boys in their true form: two bums talking about other bums at baseball games! Tune in!

#117 - 4/30/21 Alternate Site Game: Cubs @ White Sox

This week, Jack and Jeremy have a news and notes episode with a big announcement about returning to the ballpark for the first time since 2019! The guys talk Cubs/Mets, Chili Davis, Jean Segura's much celebrated 200th double, and Jeremy tells a story about meeting up with a man to trade baseball cards. Tune in!

#116 - News and Notes

Inspired by the recent Cubs/Brewers dustup, Jack and Jeremy run down many of the unwritten rules of baseball and give their opinions. Does Jack support bunting for a hit in a no-hitter? Does Jeremy like that the new guy in the bullpen has to wear a girl's backpack and carry the bubblegum? Does A-Rod get trashed multiple times? That's a definite yes. The guys also touch on the Carlos Rodon no-hitter and Brewers color analyst Bill Schroeder's comments on the Willson Contreras home run. This is just the beginning!

#115 - Referendum on the Unwritten Rules of Baseball

Jack and Jeremy share their tales of baseball game excursions with insight on the gameplay, the players, and the characters in the stands!

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