Listen "SF 14 - Who Is This Nick Pollack Guy Anyway?"
Episode Synopsis
2:00 – Opening with good vibes by remembering the time Nick forgot to record Zac Gallen’s side of a podcast interview
5:00 – Reminiscing on the Slack days
6:00 – Pitcher List meetup!
6:45 – Nick is from Brooklyn but doesn’t have an accent
7:30 – Nick puts a watermelon inside of a stroller to fit in in Brooklyn
9:00 – What if it was a Doberman in a stroller instead of a "pocket dog" 👀
11:30 – Shoutout to all the other Psych majors/CompSci minors
12:30 – Let's be clear—Midnight Agenda is a booty call and not a reference to witchcraft
13:00 – Ben Palmer knows all the skeletons in the Pitcher List closet, including the name of Nick’s old band name
16:30 – When Ben is short for… Benton?
17:30 – Zac(h) goes down BAD at Starbucks
21:30 – Progressive Metal go harddddddd
24:00 – A truly impeccable analogy between catchy music and healthy eating
26:00 – Zach samples Cannibal Corpse and Ben takes issue with Yngwie Malmsteen
29:00 – All genres are beautiful!
31:45 – It should indeed probably be called White Metal
33:30 – Certain chord progressions are corny
34:30 – Zach is a basic bitch in his musical tastes
36:30 – You’ve never listened to Porcupine Tree or Pineapple Thief?
40:30 – Nick does NOT care for flutes
41:30 – The history of Pitcher List, according to the founder of Pitcher List
46:00 – Ooooooooohhhhh imposter syndrome!
47:15 – WHY WOULD YOU SUGGEST I START AUSTIN GOMBER OVER NATHAN EOVALDI
48:00 – Fantasy blame and toxic fandom
50:45 – A cease and desist from MLB?
52:00 – Nick has Washington Post bylines, what have you done lately?
56:00 – Sorry Nick, we’re UNIONIZING
59:00 – The short-lived article series titled Hit It or Quit It
59:30 – Fireworks (that you can’t hear) make Zach almost fall out his chair (that you can’t see)
1:00:00 – Weekly shoutout to the 15 loyal listeners!
1:04:00 – Division III life!
1:10:00 – Why baseball? Because pitching is so cool!
1:11:00 – And also when pitching, you get to be the center of attention
1:13:30 – In which baseball is like Yu-Gi-Oh
1:19:00 – Pitching is the greatest position and also the worst position
1:21:00 – The time Dan Wharthen’s wife said his butt looked good
1:22:00 – Nick loves a good ol’ slider
1:24:45 – And also the perfectly placed 3-2 Chris Sale changeup to Mike Trout that wound up a grand slam anyway
1:29:00 – Does it get any better than chicken tenders and fries at Citi Field?
1:30:00 – The Great Chicago Hot Dog/Crab Dip Waffle Fry Debate, Part 69
1:32:30 – Modeling windups on David Cone and Tim Lincecum
1:34:00 – We made it all the way to episode fourteen before revealing that Jim Palmer is Ben’s father
1:35:30 – Order of Operations trifecta
1:38:15 – Zach keeps fantasizing on his cereal-before-milk supercut
1:39:00 – Spitballing baseball movies and the misleading, manipulative plot of Bull Durham
1:44:00 – An INCREDIBLE League of Their Own pun
1:48:00 – Quantum physics is crazy, man
1:50:30 – Nick’s superpower: selective omniscience
1:52:00 – Writing and analysis advice: sit down, be humble!
1:58:00 – The Full Count!
Nick’s Book Recommendation: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Nick’s Food Recommendation: Al Di La in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Nick’s Movies/TV Recommendation:
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