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Modern Baseball: Heartbreak in the Digital Age (ft. Jonah Birenbaum)

Columbia House Party

Show Notes

Play ball! In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are jointed by Jonah Birenbaum (@birenball) to discuss Modern Baseball's debut album, Sports. A little too on the nose to have a sad baseball writer discuss an emo band called Modern Baseball? We don't think so. Find out more about why neither the hosts nor guest can remember much from their formative MoBo concert experiences, why the band's lyrics resonated so well with the guys in their early-20s, and whether Blake tells Jake that The Region qualifies as "a town that said reckon all the time" on this week's podcast.

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