Brendon Wong and Ronnie Sullivan like some rival teams, and that's OK! They're here to talk it out anyway. Join them for conversations that are mostly sporty, but anything goes. Choose adhesive over solvents, tape over knives, cash over cards. Why Yes, We're Friends. Thanks for asking!
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Are You Ready For Some Football?
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Brendon and Ronnie have been waiting all year for Sunday Night. (Insert the brass horns of FOX Sports here!) As the NFL season kicks off, the fellas talk about a number of teams in an effort to find a team for Ronnie to root for. In the second half, they ring in the first weekend by remembering many of their favorite flamboyant celebrations. Along …
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Brendon and Ronnie put a cap on their Savannah Bananas talk by making a tier ranking of all the Bananaball team uniforms. In the second half, the fellas answer an important question: Which fake milk is best? Along the way, Brendon pitches not one but two genius ideas, and shares some of his recipes for dairy-free substitutes. Ronnie talks about the…
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Brendon and Ronnie are talking about the Savannah Bananas and their unique brand of baseball known as "Bananaball." They briefly talk through the history, report on their recent TV rights deal, and rundown the list of rules that make Bananaball so damn exciting. Along the way, they wonder how Charles Barkley would explain Bananaball, talk about Aar…
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Au Revoir, Olympics and Basketball Rêveries
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Brendon and Ronnie aren't quite ready to sweat away their Olympic fever. In the first half, the guys talk about some of their favorite "Not Ready For Primetime" events. They go through the tension of Track Biking and how Race Walking races are long enough to become funny again. Then, they wrap up by drafting an All-Time Men's Basketball Dream Team …
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List of Fury: Top 25 MLB Players of the 21st Century
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Brendon and Ronnie found a list on ESPN ranking the top 25 baseball players of the new century... What does that even mean? They talk through the list and their thoughts in an attempt to figure that out. During it all the fellas lament on how terrible the Intentional Walk is, remember the time Pedro Martinez threw Don Zimmer to the ground, talk abo…
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Brendon and Ronnie are beating the summertime heat by talking about movies. -- Going to the theater for the AC, watching winter sports movies, and other things that are just cool. Brendon is intrigued by Eddie the Eagle, misses French dressing, and talks about things his kids say now that they've seen Kindergarten Cop. Ronnie defends Batman & Robin…
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Tiers Catalog: City Connect II.5
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Brendon and Ronnie get through the last five uniforms in their tier ranking of MLB's City Connects, including some of the best sets of the whole series. In the second part, the guys talk about some of their memorable "local favorites" throughout the the last 30 years of Giants and Dodgers baseball. Brendon remembers a player who played locally from…
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Tiers Catalog: City Connect Edition II
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Brendon and Ronnie continue through their labor of love: ranking the MLB's City Connect jersey sets and hats. Brendon continues to lobby for Los Angeles sports teams to all adopt purple & gold, and talks about making a bike rack. Ronnie doesn't get down with fast food gimmicks and seems to know a lot about the rapper Nelly. They both fondly remembe…
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Tiers Catalog: City Connect Edition
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Brendon and Ronnie tackle a most important subject: Ranking the MLB's City Connect jersey sets and hats. The fellas talk (at length) about the one-third of the jersey sets before fulfilling a prophecy Brendon put in motion. Along the way, the guys lament that the Athletics don't have a city to connect with, have an existential moment over the ever-…
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Brendon and Ronnie celebrate the 19th episode by having Ronnie explain why nineteen is his preferred jersey number. (Along with his two other choices for Coach Brendon... by using math!) Then Ronnie takes over with a discussion of his favorite portrayals of Batman in popular media and why Year One is one of the best jumping-on points. It includes s…
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Brendon and Ronnie cleanse the palate from the previous episode and talk about something more lighthearted -- Bloopers and Blunders in sports! They remember Bill Buckner's gaffe in the 1986 World Series, Mark Sanchez's Butt Fumble, the home run that bounced off of Jose Canseco's head -- and many, many more gaffes in sports. Along the way, they reme…
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Brendon and Ronnie take on the subject of things in media that, without a doubt, make them cry. Spoiler alert: it gets a little real. However, they first avoid the tears by talking about how the 2024 Stanley Cup Final is a no-win situation for Calgary Flames fans and remembering the infamous Malice in the Palace 20 years later. However, when the ti…
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Brendon and Ronnie record on a warm night, however neither were in San Francisco. That doesn't stop them from talking (a lot) about The City. Along the way, they share their excitement over the integration of Negro League stats in MLB and discuss why Southern Californians say "the" before a highway's number. Brendon tells us how he left his heart i…
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Brendon and Ronnie talk about the number one cause of cramped wrists and sore fingers: Pinball. From the youthful ambiance of mall arcades to the loud showroom floors of a pinball festival to the quiet areas of childhood homes with Windows 95 and Space Cadet; these guys LOVE pinball. Brendon shares his vast knowledge of history, machines and develo…
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Brendon and Ronnie talk it up about mascots from... well, everywhere. And they marvel at all of the many things they do. Pull the car over, you're gonna want to see some of these! They go from a pro ballplayer-turned-mascot dancing on dugouts to a chicken man dancing in San Diego to sprinting advertisements defeating drunken Atlanta locals. In the …
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Anhyzer Bush: An Exploration of a Drinking Person's Game
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Brendon and Ronnie tee off about the wonderful recreational sport of Disc Golf! Listen as Brendon gives a short history and offers some help in how to pick discs. Revel in the ways he ties the game to everything from thermodynamics to facing fears. And stay for personal stories like playing a 9-hole course that guided him through the backyards of b…
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Bus Leaving for Anaheim, Azusa, and Co-alinga
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Brendon and Ronnie jaw about the unserious language of baseball lingo, and appreciate the writers and announcers who have shaped it over the years. Then they play a game inspired by the many weird names of California cities. Along the way, Brendon goes deuces wild telling everyone his favorite Vin Scully call, and throws his son figurative and lite…
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Brendon and Ronnie stumble into another 2-parter as they continue talking baseball movies. Brendon finishes out the Kevin Costner Universe of baseball films, weighs in on who the bigger dirtbag coach is between Walter Matthau and Billy Bob Thornton, and asks the hard-hitting questions like, "Who's Clippy?" Ronnie reminds everyone of Angels in the O…
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There's No Crying In Baseball Movies
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Brendon and Ronnie start a conversation about favorite baseball movies, and follow a wide array of tangents along the way. So wide one might describe them as, "Juuuust a bit outside." -- Tales of growing up in a city with minor league baseball, rain delays in Los Angeles, and how the rising generation of WNBA players look scary good. Brendon reveal…
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Brendon and Ronnie have TWO WORDS FOR YOU, and then so, so many more about professional wrestling. Ronnie compares WWE to the Vans Warped Tour, tries to review WrestleMania 40 (but really only talks about four matches), and gets deep about physical storytelling. Brendon gets a crash course in AEW, goes on a James Earl Jones-fueled tangent and teach…
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Brendon and Ronnie cleanse the palette after their previous, nerdy episode. With FOOD! Brendon discusses the challenges involved with cooking for different allergies and diets (often at the same time), Ronnie gets deep talking about food as a love language, and they both reveal what they'd whip up to beat Bobby Flay. This episode runs the gamut tal…
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Brendon and Ronnie hook onto the clickbait of a column from The Athletic. Listen as they get nerdy and go down Stephen J. Nesbitt's MLB franchise rankings. (Based on an unfeeling mathematical system.) Where does your favorite team rank, and why? And along the way, discover the most savage (relatively non-violent) thing Ronnie has seen at a Dodgers …
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Brendon and Ronnie culminate their two-part discussion about the various logos and uniform sets of sports teams. This time around they escape from a shallow grave to pluck the eyes of NBA logos past and present. And then they travel to a remote location to give the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart technique to many of the NFL's logos. Seriously, tho…
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Brendon and Ronnie begin a two-part discussion about the various logos and uniform sets of sports teams. This time around, they scratch the surfaces of Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League; the past, the present, the weird, and the cartoony! So pull the car over and start some Google Image searches for this first part. We beg you! F…
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Brendon and Ronnie woke up and chose violence. (And recorded it!) In this episode, they discuss and debate which teams of the Big 4 American sports leagues are the Yankees of their leagues. Is this about prestige and championships? Rich ownership and media attention? Straight-up personal biases? Whatever logic they use, you can probably bank on who…
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Brendon and Ronnie (finally) get into their discussion about the Nintendo Wii with personal tales of the good, the bad, and the weird of the system's game catalog. Fear not! They also stumble upon a number of side quests like strange Super Bowl halftime events other channels used to show, social commentaries hidden in Final Fantasy games, and one o…
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Brendon and Ronnie talk about how the recent Super Bowl was (almost) an all-timer before talking about how they came to (some of) their individual fandoms. Ronnie tells some heartwarming Dodgers stories about MLB journeyman Brett Butler, and the Helpful Honda People. Brendon recounts how his his family was split between the Giants and Dodgers, and …
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*Shang Tsung pose* It. Has. Begun! Brendon and Ronnie break kayfabe for when they recorded by "breaking" the news of Toby Keith's passing, marvel over a decade of using Spotify Premium, wax nostalgic for Southern California radio stations, and close by talking about one of the best video games of all time: Super Mario Bros. 3.…
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