2016 FA Cup Final is set.

Yes, we will be picking the FA Cup Final again this year.

This year's Final will feature Crystal Palace and Manchester United.

Guess who Mike is picking?

We will make our FA Cup picks during the next podcast recording session.

NHL: Kings done in 5. Team batsu game!!

When both hosts pick the same team to win the championship, the risk of team batsu is always great.  See Liverpool in the League Cup Final.

It's happened again, this time in the form of the Los Angeles Kings - an LA team Mike will continue to support because they didn't tear his heart out and stomp on it - losing in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs to San Jose 4 games to 1.

Cue the "frickin' laser beams" bit.


As Mike and Tim both picked the Kings, it's a team batsu game!!!

The batsu will be announced on the next podcast.

Mike and Tim still have individual batsu games to finish (Tim with his Houston gear, Mike with the non-existent-in-Kansas City chili M&M's) and Mike still has a batsu pending for his bad bracket.

Episode 194 - Batsu Games and 2016 NBA and NHL Playoffs

First off, we have to issue the batsu games coming to Mike.

For Mike's pick of Juventus in the UEFA Champions League, Mike will have to eat a pack of Chili Nut M&M's (full disclosure: Mike has never even heard of this flavor of M&M's, let alone seen it on store shelves, but Tim insists this is a thing).  This batsu will have to wait until after Monday, April 25 to be executed due to Mike having a broken tooth that will not be fixed until that date.

For Mike's bad bracket, the batsu is still pending.

Now, on to more picks.  NBA and NHL playoffs start this week (in fact, NHL playoffs have already started), and the guys agree on who the respective champs will be:

NBA: Golden State Warriors
NHL: Los Angeles Kings

Both picks are now subject to potential team batsu.

Lastly, Tim talks about his trip to Cincinnati and his experience at the Reds' game as well as Cincinnati chili.

And because we're publishing this on the day we've designated (via our League Cup team batsu) as Pull For The Yankees Day: GO YANKEES!



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Congratulations to Villanova!

The tourney is over!

In this evening's championship game, Villanova beat North Carolina.

Tim does indeed finish with the better bracket, getting one of the final 2 correct.