There’s a saying in baseball: “If you build it, they will come.” When Bren Gomez and Diamond Doom couldn’t find a media outlet covering the Dodgers in a way they related to, they decided to build their own–and hoped that other fans would come.
With the Second Base podcast, they’ve created a platform to talk about the team in a way that might feel fresh and appealing to a lot of people, particularly those who ever have been put off by sports coverage that focuses on recitation of jargon and stats.
On the show they talk about the team’s performance on the field but also find time to discuss player beards, Dodger blue nail art, stadium snacks, walk-up songs, and the romance and nostalgia of baseball that goes beyond the numbers. In particular, they welcome other women, who make up half of the Dodgers’ fan population but go largely unrepresented in official coverage of the team.
The show, which debuted at the start of this baseball season, releases new episodes weekly,…
