With two weeks to go before Opening Day, Matthew and Toby are joined by Justin Barasky, celebrated fan of the Clevelands who spent 2020 taking back the Senate as a senior advisor at the DSCC. The horn is gone around on the Rangers’ plans to have a full house for their opener, Trevor Bauer’s latest exhausting behavior, the Clevelands’ name change, and the rule experiments coming to the minor leagues this season. Justin talks about trying to stump Senator Sherrod Brown in baseball trivia, credits the Cavs’ 2016 championship for his mental health, and introduces Battery Mates Nation to a whole host of really stand-out Ohio Republicans.  

And it’s that time of year again to submit your entry in the Battery Mates Preseason Predictions Contest. It only takes a minute to enter. Here’s what to do: Pull up the Voice Memo app on your phone, and answer these six questions:

1. Who are you?

2. Who's your team?

3. How many games will your team win in 2021?

4. Will they make the postseason?

5. Which two teams will play in the World Series?

6. Which team will win the World Series?

Then send that audio file to thebatterymates AT gmail.com by 3:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30. That's it. With that, you're not just entered to win one of our fantastic, quirky prizes, you’ll also get your entry featured in our Opening Day episode.