About this episode

Katie Nolan and Maddy Kelly discuss sports, comedy, and various anecdotes related to baseball and cricket.

Hello! It's the podcast that's ready to tell you WAY too much about the legacy of Gary Lineker. Today, Katie and the Casualties discuss a boring MLB All-Star Game, a thrilling Home Run Derby, Jordan Walker's adorable grandmother, Sal Stewart's grunts in the box, Mrs. Met's formal wear, A-Rod making up three different stories about Justin Verlander in thirty seconds, and a full prep session of historical anecdotes for your World Cup Final watch party on Sunday - from the Hand of God to the Shorts of Brown, and a story of the dog that saved the 1966 World Cup. Then, Comedian Maddy Kelly joins the show [45:33] to talk about her career as the Bad Boy of the British Columbia U12 girls tennis circuit, her soccer career as a throw-in specialist, gymnastics, splits, and making tennis friends, watching the World Cup and what could be done better, loving baseball and embracing her Dodger fandom, the conflict of a Canadian-born fan rooting for the Dodgers in the 2025 World Series, whether Tate McRae and Justin Trudeau are traitorous for rooting for the USA because of their significant others, her Clippers fandom and a sales pitch to LeBron, a Wimbledon wedding, a social media faux pas from…

People in this episode

Host: Katie Nolan

Guest: Maddy Kelly

Topics covered

• MLB All-Star Game
• World Cup
• Australian cricket scandal
• Dodger fandom
• sports anecdotes
• comedy

Keywords

• Gary Lineker
• MLB All-Star Game
• Home Run Derby
• World Cup
• Australian cricket
• Dodger fandom
• Maddy Kelly
• sports comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Places: British Columbia, Australia

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