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Apr 2024
1h 29m

Trial Royale: Best Baseball Movie, Round...

The Ringer
About this episode
This week, Dave, Neil, and Joanna are back for another Trial Royale! In this multi-week series, they’ll be debating the best baseball movie. They begin with the Major League division! They start by discussing what makes a good baseball movie (6:00). Then, they play a little trivia game (19:58) and go through some pretrial awards and dismissals (32:01). Final ... Show More
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