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Probably the best collection of baseball shows under one app. The 3-0 shoe and DVR/Law are great, but the highlight of my week is the Roundtable. There’s plenty of shows with hosts that have no radio talent tossing stats at you for an hour while you take a nap, but few shows are as entertaining and funny as what Grant, Mark, and Andy put on. They’ll always be self depreciating about it, but they know baseball beyond just the numbers and can have passionate discussions and arguments that don’t feel like forced clickbait. Rarely does a show actually feel like hanging out with your friends talking baseball.

I am writing this review in passionate defense of “The Roundtable,” which makes me laugh out loud every single episode. I would set the o/u on out-loud laughs per episode at 3.5.

Now, I am a true nerd and I absolutely love the analysis on the “3-0 Show” (and “Rates and Barrels,” while we’re at it) and “Starkville.” Eno/Britt/DVR are superb; Jayson Stark is my hero; Keith Law is a guru; I can’t get enough of these folks. Their takes are supreme.

But. “The Roundtable” is my favorite day. It could be that I have a lot of podcasts that will talk to me about CSW and Barrel % and I eat it up with a spoon, but there just isn’t another podcast that’s like “The Roundtable.” It is like baseball dessert. Grant, Marc and Andy are so hilarious, have such wry, self-effacing, self-aware humor, and excellent chemistry. It feels like a chance for all of us baseball-obsessed folks to laugh at ourselves. In the banquet of baseball podcasts, it’s a three-layer cake.

This is Ellen Adair writing this review under my husband’s account after two days of unsuccessfully trying to figure out how to do so on an Android/PC, which I understand that, for many, will cast the validity of my opinion into question.

The Roundtable is the crown jewel of the Athletic baseball podcast show. Hilarious and entertaining. They are confident enough not to overrely on analytics. Informative with a healthy dose of nostalgia for the Giants and Royals of the 2010’s and 90’s Yankees. As someone who commutes 2 hours at least 3 times a week, I am grateful every week that 50 minutes of that time is fire.

The round table is the most criminally underrated baseball pod out there. Genuinely good baseball minds talking like genuine idiots. The 3-0 show has been a must-listen for years now. Great chemistry and a fun mix of the measurable and immeasurable parts of the game. Plus like 30 other shows if you’re into that, too.

Tried the Roundtable guys again with the new podcast rollout. Just doesn’t work for me. Came for an AL preview and instead got lots of tangents, distractions, and a brief 20 minute run-through of predicting AL division winners. Wanted more insight.