Episode 133: Pitchers and Catchers Report
Gleeman and The Geek
John Bonnes
4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2014
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
Aaron and John visit Rye Deli on the same day the offseason ends and discuss what we want to see from the 2014 Twins, what to expect from the pitching staff and how to start their own bar with zero experience. Here's the breakdown:
2:00 - Aaron’s moving update
3:30 – Brunch
4:20 – Players in the best shape of their life
8:00 – John & Aaron’s public speaking schedule
14:00 – John meeting Aaron’s Mom
17:30 – Twins claiming LHP Brooks Raley
24:30 – Underrating and overrating Derek Jeter
37:20 – Rye Deli owner David Weinstein tutors John & Aaron on how to start a restaurant/bar with no experience
44:30 – What’s important for the Twins 2014 season?
59:40 – What can we expect from the starting rotation in 2014?
1:05:00 – Valentine’s Day
1:12:00 – Mailbag
1:29:00 – The first kiss
1:31:30 – Parker’s Second Chance Video
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We men and the geek |
| 0:11.5 | Green man and the geek |
| 0:14.0 | Green man and the geek |
| 0:18.0 | Talking baseball every week and the geek talking baseball |
| 0:21.6 | every week |
| 0:24.4 | because the queen |
| 0:27.5 | and the geek |
| 0:30.7 | and welcome |
| 0:34.0 | to a pitchers and catches |
| 0:37.1 | are to the end of the off season. |
| 0:39.4 | Right? |
| 0:40.7 | Thank God. |
| 0:41.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.7 | We still have anything to talk about. |
| 0:45.6 | But it's still the end of the off season. |
| 0:47.9 | Right? |
| 0:48.2 | Pitches and catches report today. |
| 0:49.3 | Today is the day pitches and catches report. |
| 0:51.1 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.5 | Although, as we've talked about, so many key guys are unsigned. Not that I think the Twins are going to sign them. Right. Oh, welcome to the Gleman and the geek podcast. He's John Bonus. I'm Aaron Gleeman. John Bonus from Twinsdaily.com, Aaron Gleeman from whatever. It doesn't matter. You don't need to pay that much attention to me. It is Sunday afternoon. we had rye delicatessen in a lovely uptown minneapolis. |
| 1:13.4 | Aaron brought me here for a date. Yeah, this is my spot, John. That's what I understand. Do you have, like, a seat, a booth or something that you'd like to go to? Corner the bar right there. Or a little half-priced wine, hoard a little, you know, make moves, John. We've done probably like three or four podcasts here. Yeah, we have done a couple of podcasts. They're nice to us. I like it here. That's right. Good food, good drinks. I think they think the owner, David Weinstein, is going to be stopping by at some point during the podcast to let us sample some things. Yes, we do. Yeah, you're honorary. |
| 1:45.5 | I'm honorary now. |
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