{"podcast":{"title":"Generations (Talking 'bout My Sports...)","slug":"generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448","podcast_index_feed_id":6576448,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e57de50c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mysportsgeneration","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38402331/38402331-1769882518998-222f3ce984ee1.jpg","author":"Jonathan Tan","episode_count":247,"summary":"A Boomer, a Gen Xer, and a Millennial walk into a podcast — and nobody agrees on anything. Steve was there. Jonathan has the stats. Mark has the East Coast take. Together they cover basketball, baseball, football, and hockey across three completely different eras of fandom. Real memories, real arguments, real numbers — from Muhammad Ali to Barry Bonds to Wayne Gretzky to the Raiders' 40 years of heartbreak. No hot takes. No corporate sponsors. Just three generations telling it straight. New episodes every Saturday. Now on YouTube.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-06T18:20:18.491195+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448"},"episode":{"title":"S4 E26 - World Cup, Dying Batting Averages, & NBA is not an Accounting Firm","slug":"s4-e26-world-cup-dying-batting-averages-nba-is-not-an-accounting-firm","published_at":"2026-07-11T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/s4-e26-world-cup-dying-batting-averages-nba-is-not-an-accounting-firm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mysportsgeneration/episodes/S4-E26---World-Cup--Dying-Batting-Averages---NBA-is-not-an-Accounting-Firm-e3ludeq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e57de50c/podcast/play/122680218/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-11%2F427752931-44100-2-54d2e90bcce4b.mp3","summary":"Generations Talkin' My Sports | S4 E26 | "World Cup, Dying Batting Averages & The NBA Money Machine" Every Saturday at Noon Pacific — now on Spotify & YouTube simultaneously Mark gets a well-deserved day off. It's just Steve and Jonathan, old school, two guys jabbering — and somehow they cover the World Cup, why barely 10 players in MLB are hitting .300, the NBA's money machine eating itself alive, Rui Hachimura vs. Phil Garner, and the Tour de France. It's a wide one. Buckle up. ⚽ World Cup — How Did the US Get Outclassed by Belgium? Steve watched it in a packed bar and knew within 10 minutes. The US wasn't outrun or outmuscled — they were out-thought. Belgium was patient, controlled, and waited for the Americans to make mistakes. They made mistakes. Jonathan breaks down why our guys aren't getting the same club-level experience against elite competition that the top European nations develop from childhood — and why Mexico, by contrast, left everything on the field and should hold their heads high. The Mexico-England game at Estadio Azteca was by far the best match of the tournament and deserved every one of its 48 million viewers. ⚾ Only 10 Players Hitting .300 in MLB — Is Baseball Broken? In 1975, 20 players hit .300. This year: 10. Jonathan runs the numbers. Eight in the NL, two in the AL. Steve asks the obvious question: is the home run obsession destroying the craft of hitting? Jonathan says it's not the launch angle that bothers him — it's the complete abandonment of situational baseball. Giants are second or third in batting average and last in walks. They aren't trying to get on base. Nobody's bunting. Nobody's hitting behind the runner. Nobody's playing to win the at bat for the team. They're playing to win their next contract. 💰 NBA Trades…","meta_description":"Generations Talkin' My Sports | S4 E26 | \"World Cup, Dying Batting Averages & The NBA Money Machine\" Every Saturday at Noon Pacific — now on…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3632,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/episodes/s4-e26-world-cup-dying-batting-averages-nba-is-not-an-accounting-firm/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generations-talking-bout-my-sports-6576448/s4-e26-world-cup-dying-batting-averages-nba-is-not-an-accounting-firm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}