Team of Rivals Podcast

If you're baseball and only baseball, skip this one.  Pete, Ron and Elliott stick around after their show to talk about all that was revealed at D23 for Star Wars.  The Clone Wars, The Mandalorian, Cassian, Obi-Wan and …

We recorded for nearly 2 hours this week, but only the first 50 minutes were about baseball.  This part ends in a strange way and the rest of the recording will be released as a bonus later in the week.  Pete, Elliott …

Red’s out. The Infiltrator and The Director join Elliott, Pete, and Ron to discuss the Cardinals’ lack of activity at the trade deadline and the Cubs’ STUNNING last-minute moves. They spend a lot of time on the Cards …

After a month's "hiatus" (thanks Ron), the Team spends a few minutes catching up on the last few weeks' happenings, before delving into the boring modern game and the electronic strike zone. Brecklyn and Ron then go off …

Ron and Pete are joined by Dan and John from Cubs Cards Cast to discuss this year's trade deadline. What are the Cubs and Cards likely to do in the next 36 hours? Which players are they ready to move on from? Will the …

With Elliott on the DL, it's up to Brecklyn, Pete, and Ron to discuss Addison Russell's demotion, the hottest team in the NL (no, not the San Francisco Giants), and the impending trade deadline. Which Cubs and which …

It only took 20 minutes for the crew and @Holy_Elle to talk about baseball, as everyone agrees that the NL Central – especially the Cubs & …

For the second week in a row, our full crew is back. Ron, Pete, Elliott, and Brecklyn sat down to talk about the All-Star Game and voting, the Rays …

Everybody – yes, EVERYBODY – is In tonight, as Ron makes a return from his family vacation. The Team talks about Lord Stanley's Cup, the most recent Cubs-Cardinals series, and the vexatious season that Cardinals fans …

Aaron Mullins makes an unscheduled appearance on this week's show with Elliott and Pete to discuss the Cubs' signing of Craig Kimbrel, the Cardinals' …

Brecklyn graduates! Elliott's back! Aaron Mullins is driving home!

The Team of Rivals (with Special Guest Aaron Mullins) discusses the Cardinals' …

After a lengthy absence, Brecklyn returns, and on the verge of graduating with honors! She and Pete discuss the angst that Luke Gregerson is giving Cardinals fans right now, the return of Addison Russell, the Zobrist …

It's starting to look like a two-team race in the NL Central as the Cardinals and Cubs face off for the first time this season with a three-game set at Wrigley Field. But who cares about that, when we've got a Ron …

It's CubsTalk with Pete and Elliott!

With Brecklyn out working on her thesis, the resident Cubs fans make a game attempt to discuss the First Place Cardinals' recent hot streak, led by their suddenly resurgent offensive …

Yes, Ron's still on hiatus, but Brecklyn, Elliott, and Pete continue to soldier on. Things are starting to tighten up in the NL Central, as the …

With Ron still on hiatus and Pete attending Star Wars Celebration, the WDIIA crew shanghaied Elliott for this week's show. They discuss a good week for the Cubs, a bad week for the Brewers, and a great week for the …

Blake Root, Jacob Foote, and Brecklyn Carey get together to discuss the first week of the 2019 season. They discuss the demotions of Carl Edwards, …

We're one week in… Is it too early to panic?! Friend of the Show Aaron Mullins joins Brecklyn, Elliott, and Pete to discuss the first week of …

Guest host and friend-of-the-show Adam Maurer sits down with Elliott and Pete to discuss what Marvel/Disney gets right and what DC/Warner Bros. gets wrong in their respective superhero universes. Adam provides the kind …

Ron's still off on walkabout, and Brecklyn is studying for her LSATs, so our good friend Adam Maurer joined Elliott and Pete to talk Opening Day, demotions and designations, the Kyle Hendricks extension, and 2019 season …

Captain Ron is taking a hiatus, but he left the keys in the ignition, so Brecklyn, Elliott, and Pete are taking the pirate ship out for a joyride. This week, they discuss Mike Trout's massive contract extension, the …

With Brecklyn heading for higher ground, Ron, Pete, and Elliott discuss the thawing of relations between the MLBPA and owners, Carlos Martinez, and …

Ron takes a week off and Brecklyn is studying for an exam, so this week's episode of ToR is very Cubs heavy. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

Elliott and Pete steer the ship into the choppy waters of Bryce …

Pete was out on this episode but Ron, Elliott, and Brecklyn covered the opening of Spring Training games by discussing the Cardinals flurry of …

Braden hijacks the start of the show with a tribute to his love, MLB The Show. The Team then turns to discussions of the Manny Machado signing and the free agent market, the pitch clock, CMart's injury, Dallas Keuchel, …

Ron, Pete and Elliott get together to discuss the start of Spring Training, the new (?) free agent reality, and the triumphant return of the Stomping Grounds Post of the Week!

The Team fights through Brecklyn's internet issues for the season's last episode to discuss Racist Ricketts, Hunter As Prey, The Phillies Phlop, the Luke Hagerty Comeback Story, and a very disappointing NL Central …

The full crew is back in business this week and with the free agent market colder than Chicago's weather, they're left to speculate on which teams …

Brecklyn has gone full-on Typhoid Mary, leaving Ron and Pete to do a show with Droolin' Elliott, who was high on life after major oral surgery. They …

The Four Are One! Elliott's awake and Ron is barely hanging on, but the Team of Rivals got together to preview the Cubs Convention and the Winter …

The full Team of Rivals crew is back! Brecklyn, Elliott, Pete, and Ron discuss Andrew Miller signing with the Cardinals, the ongoing Addison Russell …

With Ron out for a medical emergency and Elliott felled by a migraine headache, Brecklyn and Pete were left to see how much of a mess they could make …

Brecklyn is under the weather, so Josh Potter kindly joined Ron, Pete, and Elliott to discuss the two big developments in RivalsLand: The Cardinals' …

With Brecklyn out studying for finals, the guys gather to discuss the quickly accelerating offseason. When will Jerry Dipoto stop dealing? How much of a madman is Brodie Van Wagenen? Are the Cubs really laying low this …

CAUTION: This is a baseball-themed episode. The Team covers a wide range of topics, starting off with pumpkin spice, Elliott's fantasy football team, and Pat Mahomes' voice before finally settling in to discuss a wide …

This week's show starts off on the wrong foot and goes down from there. Scott Boras dominates this show, kind of like he dominates the offseason. In between quotes from this week's Boras Press Conference, the crew …

The Grand Slam is back for a second week in a row, and they cover the first week of the offseason, talking about their reactions to the World Series, contract options being picked up (or not), Clayton Kershaw, the …

We have issues. Lots of them. 1) Pete is back. 2) All of us are here. 3) Will the Dodgers win one game in this World Series? 4) Who is Harper more valuable to: The Cards or the Cubs? 5) San Diego. 6) What's wrong with …

Ron and Brecklyn start solo, until Elliott finally wakes up and joins the show mid-intro. Writer/producer/director Adam Maurer joins them on this …

Pete is out this week, so John Pearman from Cubs-Cards Cast was kind enough to sit in our Cubs chair for this week's show. Joined by Elliott, Ron, and Brecklyn, he tackles the end to both the Cardinals and Cubs seasons, …

It's a very dark podcast this week, as both the Cubs' and Cards' seasons have come to a close. Elliott and Pete lay out their shortcomings of Cubs skipper Joe Maddon, and their admiration for Theo Epsteisn's …

Ron, Pete, Elliott – plus special guests Adam Maurer, Dustin Duquenne, and Braden – jumped on to give their takes on Game 163 between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs. Pete and Elliott don't have the most …

The Team was at full strength this week! Ron, Pete, Elliott, and Brecklyn brought the business! They discussed the most recent match-ups, and the …

Elliott is M.I.A. Have you seen him?

Brecklyn, Ron, and Pete get together this week to discuss pimped doubles, Nostalgia Night, Minor League …

Brecklyn Carey brings balance to the show and joins Ron, Pete and Elliott as permanent co-host! The gang talks about Joe Maddon's curious personnel decisions - including Pedro Strop's injury - and the Cardinals …

Elliott and Ron kick off this episode with some nonsense before Pete dials in while on the road home. They talk Brandon Morrow, Josh Donaldson, umps who hate Joe Maddon, and Ohtani's arm unraveling. They eventually come …

Pete and Ron were joined by Adam Maurer to fill in for the missing Eliott Duy. Gene Bonds also crash-landed to talk about the National League's best division, why nobody blocked Daniel Murphy going to the Cubs, Josh …

Cubs minor league enthusiast Tim Huwe joins the boys to talk about the Cubs' system and draft and development strategies. The guys also have a quick discussion of this week's big moves – Adams to the Cards, Murphy to …

Brecklyn Carey of Birds on the Black joins the guys for a wide-ranging discussion of the Card's recent hot streak, Pete's "feud" with Bleacher Nation, intraleague play, robot umpires, and a host of other topics.

Adam Maurer guests as the guys TRIED - they really did! - to talk about the MVP status of Javier Baez and Matt Carpenter; Shohei Ohtani's latest …

The Cards look rejuvenated. Cole Hamels looks good in his first start as a Cub. The Central looks like the best division in the National League. Ron, …

The guys had to gather at an uncommon day of the week to talk through this absolutely insane trade deadline where we witnessed an uncommon amount of …

This week was a tough one if you're a Cardinals Fan. If you're a Cubs Fan, you're doing “just fine”. Pete, Elliott, and Ron revisit their recent visit to the Friendly Confines and talk about their attendance at …

Ron, Pete, and Elliott were joined by Chris Lollis of Cardinals Nation 24/7 and Josh Potter of Two Birds on a Bat and Arch City to discuss the …

After taking a week off, the Rivals are back to address the Triple Play of Bud Norris, the Cardinals Front Office, and Cubs fans' expectations. Plus, Ron bites off way more than he can chew by challenging Matt Burns to …

This week's show starts off with a little #sensualbaseball before diving into the fellas' reactions to the last week's events. Chris Bosio gets fired for racially insensitive remarks? With both teams "struggling", …

The evening's results are just too depressing to go in depth, so Ron, Elliott, and Pete wander around MLB searching for focus. Eventually, the …

John Pearman and Dan Curry of the Cubs Cards Cast join Ron and Pete to explore the upcoming series in-depth.

• What happened to the Cardinals?
• Why …

This week's show starts #OldSchool, with Ron and Pete manning the ship while Elliott attends to the family business. The three eventually dive into a …

Life is good on the North Side of Chicago.  Things aren't as rosy at the other end of I-55, as evidenced by a special appearance by Ron's son.  

Elliott, Pete and Ron were joined by Adam Maurer, a Cardinals fan out in LA. They discuss Alex Reyes only lasting for 4 innings in his first outing back in the bigs and transition to the Cardinals pitching situation and …

It's a day early, but the guys have a whole lot of angst built up for this week's show. 2018 looks a lot like 2017, with both team's offenses …

Elliott and Ron manned the ship for the first half while Pete made his way home. First up, the mess that Robinson Cano is in, followed by hitting …

Pete, Elliott, and Ron jump on to cover a WIDE variety of baseball topics. Has it really only been four days since the Cardinals swept the Cubs? So much has happened in MLB that they didn't know where to start. (Of …

Ron, Pete and Elliott are back together again to recap the week that was, to discuss the upcoming Cubs-Cardinals series (with a guest appearance from B), and the joke that Sammy Sosa has become. Ron also goes into the …

Elliott and Ron recap the week in Cardinals and Cubs baseball and look into the weekend ahead. Elliott raises an interesting question of Darvish or …

Drunk Elliott is taking advantage of $12 seats in the Airport Hanger Park (Miller), so Ron and Pete jump on to recap a weather-shortened Series 1, Anthony Rizzo's OUTRAGEOUS!!! comments about shortening the season, and …

In part 1 of our bonus night the guys are back together again, so they ever-so-briefly cover the upcoming Cubs-Cardinals series with special guest Tina Bradley.

In part 2 of our bonus night, we recap the Star Wars Rebels series. Tina Bradley joins Elliott, Pete and Ron to discuss how this series impacted our Star Wars universe, questions left unanswered and future possibilities …

On this episode we talk the official start of the "base brawling" season. We revisit Yadi's suspension and the logic behind the decision, bat flipping, when to hit a batter and the recent a poor series that the …

Ron, Pete and Elliott log on to officially review the first week-and-a-half of baseball covering pretty much everything Cardinals and Cubs, as well as Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, and #CardinalsDevilMagic. Plus, we …

One week in, and the Team of Rivals just can't resist addressing the hot takes on the first week of the Cubs' and Cardinals' seasons. Ron logs in …

Last night we celebrated opening day in a very Cardinals-centric way. Tonight, we do the same, but for the Cubs. Special guest Anthony Serafini joins …

To celebrate Opening Day 2018 we welcome Daniel Shoptaw from the Meet Me at Musial Podcast, Jim Cromer from Two Birds on a Bat and Chris Lollis of …

Ron leads off with a rant about Little League Baseball coaches, then the guys dive into Justin Turner's wrist, Alex Cobb's brilliant signing, 4A Ohtani, paying minor leaguers the minimum-wage, and Carson Kelly's Memphis …

After taking their time to get rolling, the guys discuss Jake Arrieta signing with the Phillies, the end (?) of Scott Boras, the return of Matt …

Pete leads off this week's episode with a correction and the announcement of the 1,000 Follower Challenge. With all three hosts available and online, …

Elliott is at a team dinner, and Pete is in The Biggest Little City in the World, but that's not going to stop the O.G.'s from their weekly chat. This week's show covers the OFFICIAL signing of Seung-Hwan Oh - with a …

Spring Training is upon us. Free agents are signing. Baseball season is FINALLY HERE! Ron, Pete and Elliott wonder if Anthony Rizzo deserves the first "C" since Sammy Sosa, whether Jason Motte is a good depth move or …

Elliott’s out on a date with the Missus, so Ron and Pete kick it #OldSchool. They talk about Bud Norris and the slowly thawing free agent market. And …

Ron, Pete, and Elliott jump on with their hot takes because IT FINALLY HAPPENED! Yu Darvish is headed to Chicago in what is easily the biggest signing of the off-season thus far. They cover the contract details, the …

Pete and Elliott turn the tables on Ron and special guest Chris Lollis (Cardinals Nation 24/7). They discuss the upcoming Cardinals season, what they …

Ron grills Pete and Elliott on the upcoming Cubs' season, what they look forward to, what they fear, and what they hate about their own fans (and Cardinals fans; of course).

With Elliott out sick, Ron and Pete jump on to talk about everything -- and nothing -- because nothing is happening this offseason. Jake Elliott, …

FINALLY! The Stove is getting Hot. Mere hours before this week's show, the Brewers decided to go for it, trading for Christian Yelich and signing Lorenzo Cain. The guys give their ill-informed hot takes on that, Yu …

Ron, Pete, and Elliott wrap up dueling convention week by touching base on Bryce Harper to the Cubs, Sammy Sosa Jackson, Yadi's announced retirement, and Mozeliak's comfort level. They also chat about Tommy "30-30 at …

Is it just us, or is it cold in here? The Stove continues to not be Hot, with Jay Bruce panic-signing in New York for only 3 years?! Plus, we came SO …

With Ron under the weather, Elliott and Pete do their best to pick up the slack, discussing the Wade Davis signing; the Cubs, Cardinals, and Jake Arrieta; and Pete's alternate explanation for this year's Frigid Stove.

Ron, Pete, and Elliott jump online for a mid-Break, midday show to discuss 2018 ZIPS projections for the Cardinals and Brewers, the stalled player …

Merry Christmas everyone! This week's episode starts hot right out of the box, with Ron, Pete and Elliott discussing the "most overrated" players in baseball. One Cardinals third base target (Evan Longoria) is off the …

Ron, Elliott and Pete ask a lot of questions regarding the post-Winter Meetings news. Where will Yu be in the spring of 2018? Will the Cards land …

The dam has broken. Trades and Free Agent signings are happening all around MLB. Ron, Pete, and Elliott discuss all of the moves that the Cubs and Cards have made thus far. They then launch into the Evil Empire, the …

Pete and Ron couldn't help themselves. They had to jump on the podcast to talk about the two 800 pound gorillas in the room and their new teams. …

Ron and Pete celebrate their anniversary by discussing *Shohei Ohtani*, Giancarlo Stanton, Miles Mikolas, Tyler Chatwood, baseball as it used to be, …

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Ron and Pete were already planning to record this episode, but with the late-breaking developments in the Shohei Ohtanti sweepstakes, they had to get online to discuss it. The Cubs are in and the Cards are …

Ron, Elliott, and a little bit of Scott sit in on this episode to cover the latest happenings with free agents and trade talks. They address the two pending deals with Stanton and Ohtani and how these two guys are …

Ron and Pete dive right into the week's big news: The absolute hammering of the Atlanta Braves by Major League Baseball. They get into a pretty hot …

Ron and Pete open with MVP announcements, which leads into a discussion of the GM meeting elephants, Giancarlo Stanton and Shohei Ohtani. After a brief rundown of the nine QO free agents, they seque into Scott Boras, …

After sorting through a host of audio issues, Ron and Pete are joined by special guests Elliott and Scott to introduce a new segment: "Buy it or …

With Pete going off the grid for a few days, Elliott Duy returns to co-pilot Episode 51. They recap the World Series and how game 7 was … meh … compared to the previous 6 games between the Dodgers and Astros. They …