Creamy Middles

Vestigials: Upon reports that Major League Baseball is considering a ban on home-plate collisions, Jay Cowit and David A. Arnott talk about that and other elements of major American sports that we could do without.



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Music by J Cowit and the Ruthless Orchestra.

The Creamy Middles Podcast is a weekly discussion attacking the belly issues of sports -- ideas that go beyond wins and losses. Jay Cowit usually produces it, though David may occasionally step in. Music is either royalty-free, by J. Cowit and the Ruthless Orchestra, or 29 Sunset. Subscribe in iTunes or in another podcatcher with this RSS feed.