Lima Time Time

Pat and an ill James discuss many topics, including: *The A's are cowards and their stadium is an eel hazard *Carlos Correa's hand *How much pleasure should you take in the Rangers' struggles? *A Cooperstown story *Many other Astros and non-Astros topics! Sponsored, as always by Bravado Spice.

It's Opening Day! Pat is in a really bad mood for no good reason at all. Among the topics he angrily discusses: *Rating the Astros offseason, once and for all *Most worrisome AL teams *Over/Unders And more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice - the best hot sauce you'll ever put in your mouth.

It's Episode 42 of Lima Time Time! In which Pat and James talk... *Are the Astros Brad Peacock's crazy girlfriend? *An awful lot about J.D. Martinez *James Hoyt or Jandel Gustave? *Who was the Can't Missiest prospect the Astros have had? *Could you hit Tony Sipp? And more! Sponsored - as always - by our friends at Bravado Spice

Pat and James talk about: *Nothing really *James challenges Pat to name the Astros' 1st Round draft picks since 2007 Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Pat & James try again on this whole "recording audio" thing. Among the things we talk about: *What about Colin Moran and A.J. Reed? *What about switching Correa and Bregman? *Would you join the Rangers? And more! Brought to you, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Pat and James try a way to make overall audio better. So we discuss: a) Spring Training, I guess b) Who do you hate? Sponsored, for now, by Bravado Spice

Pat and James talk about: *The excitement of Bravado Spice's new sauce *The importance of Spring Training (again) *Astros Twitter Madness *FanGraphs' Over/Unders *More! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice (@BravadoSpice)

It's a bonus interview with the Boston Herald's Evan Drellich (formerly of the Houston Chronicle)! We discuss... *The awfulness of Darren Rovell *His heated radio show with two guys from Boston whose names I can't currently remember *The difference between Houston and Boston *The Astros controlling their narrative *Astros/Red Sox ALCS? Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

In the Season 2 debut, Pat and James talk about: *The Cheatin'-ass Cardinals' punishment *The World Baseball Classic *How much does Spring Training matter *The 2012 Top 10 Astros prospects *And...more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Pat and James are joined by Extremely Famous Guests Nick Mundy and Clint Gage to discuss... *Bagwell's HOF election *Going to Cooperstown (which was met by many jeers) *Bagwell's Legacy *Who is the next Astro Hall of Famer *Casting the entire 2004 Astros roster *Quintana, Archer, or Gray?

Pat and James welcome former Houston Chronicle beat writer and current St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Jose de Jesus Ortiz to discuss: *The Hall of Fame *2004 vs 2005 *Drayton McLane *Carlos Beltran *Are the Astros in a better position now than in 2005 *US Soccer And more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice! Use the code "Take10" on BravadoSpice.com to receive a 10% discount off your order.

Pat and James discuss the recent additions of Josh Reddick, Brian McCann, and Carlos Beltran. Also discussed: *Have the Astros done enough to catch the Rangers *Do we actually want/need Chris Sale? *Jeff Bagwell and the Hall of Fame *Steve Bartman because why not *We also happily give away two prize packs from our good friends at Bravado Spice! *Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Patrick and James welcome special guest Lance McCullers Jr on to Lima Time Time to discuss the following topics: *The terribleness of Twitter *Of Mice and Men *Removing Tal's Hill *Growing up in a baseball family *Who are his BFFs on the team? *Playing fantasy sports *Favorite places to pitch ...and more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

James and his friend Joe's 10-year old son Sammy talk about the addition of Brian McCann, Josh Reddick, Chris Sale, and how much it would take to lock up Jose Altuve. Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Patrick and James return from Sabbatical to talk to Astros Director of Pro Scouting - and Former Baseball Podcasting Royalty - Kevin Goldstein. Among the topics: *The crapshoot that is the playoffs *The rise of Alex Bregman *Who can we blame for the 2016 Astros? *Injury bugs and the grind of playing 162 games *Jim Crane stories! *We try to bait him into commenting on specific players *Kevin mocks both Patrick and James for their musical tastes And more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Patrick & James discuss... *The end of the season *When the season ended *Keuchel's situation vs Rasmus's situation *Whose DMs get lit up *The plan for Lima Time Time in the offseason *Other things Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Patrick and James don't concede the season, but offer Last Rites for the 2016 Astros. Also discussed: *The Tragedy of Jose Fernandez *Will you miss Tal's Hill? *The randomness of a bullpen *Is this season a success? *Ken Giles' mental state *The untenability of Jake Marisnick *Sept 30: Ole Day Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Patrick and James welcome special guest Nick Mundy back on the show to discuss: *Three totally different viewpoints of the exact same season *Are the playoffs out of the question? *Who starts the Wild Card game? *Astros fans starting to travel? *Is George Springer actually Craig Biggio, and not in a good way? These topics and more are brought to you by Bravado Spice!

Patrick and James have uneasy feelings about the remaining games in the baseball season, and you get to listen to the feelings, which include: *How the Astros get in the playoffs *Revisiting Carlos Gomez's swing *How many starting pitchers do the Astros need? *Is this the most frustrating Astros team in history? Sponsored, as always by Bravado Spice.

Pat and James talk to Special Guest Levi Weaver about the Rangers' Devil Magic, The Most-Hated Rangers, The Most-Hated Astros and *How you feel about September *The Awfulness of the Rotation *Other Stuff ...sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice