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Five and Dive, Episode 556: The Monty Ball Problem
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In Episode 556, Patrick, Jeffrey and Collin chat about bad takes and then discuss five mostly baseball topics.
1. Central Planning: The AL Central is playing to type.
2. Do You Know How the West Was Won?: Our monthly check in on the teams trying and failing to win the AL West.
3. Around the Horn: The Giants creating issues on the field...we'd say for a change, but there has been plenty of those as well. And a longer than usual injury round up.
4. What to Watch: Collin gets into the spirit of things.
5. Patrick sets a trap.
Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.
Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.
1. Central Planning: The AL Central is playing to type.
2. Do You Know How the West Was Won?: Our monthly check in on the teams trying and failing to win the AL West.
3. Around the Horn: The Giants creating issues on the field...we'd say for a change, but there has been plenty of those as well. And a longer than usual injury round up.
4. What to Watch: Collin gets into the spirit of things.
5. Patrick sets a trap.
Five and Dive is listener-supported, you can join our Patreon at patreon.com/fiveanddive. If you want to get in contact with the show, the e-mail address is fiveanddive@baseballprospectus.com.
Our theme tune is by Andy Matthews, who you can follow on Bluesky @andymatthewsmusic. You can listen to him on Spotify and Apple Music. It was produced by Barrie Maguire and Tim Ferguson.
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