The Sandwich Corner

The Last Episode - for a while, anyway.

Dave hosts a Zoom group call which will feature, hopefully, a lot of familiar faces from the past 15+ years of the DITCOW/Sandwich Corner podcast. We'll chat about everything from Rory's historic Masters win the other day to the years of our conversations about sports and other stuff. Then we'll bring down the curtain on our small but mighty podcast which gave us memories, laughs and more.

Saying goodbye is hard, but if we're going to end it, let's end it with a big party. Thank you all so much for tuning in all these years. The Corner may make an occasional return to break particularly big sports stories, but this episode marks the end of its original run. What a run it's been!

Checking in with Chris in Syracuse, 2025 NCAA Tournament Week 1 Recap

Chris in Syracuse, a.k.a. Get Your Own Show joins Dave as we recap the first weekend of the 2025 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. It had a lot of blowouts, but there were also some nice surprises and great battles throughout the field. UConn made a big bid for the Sweet Sixteen only to come up just short to the very tough Florida. We had Duke continuing its dominance with easy wins over their two opponents and BYU pulls together two solid wins to make the Sweet Sixteen. Plus we cover what's to come in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight rounds of the Big Dance. The Corner continues its own road to our series finale and it'll be great to hear from GYOS once more before it's all said and done.

Chatting MLB One Last Time with Ari and Gerry

Ari in Philadelphia and Gerry in Piscataway join in with Dave for our final MLB spot of the series, for the forseeable future. We'll get into some improvements with the MLB uniforms, the swan song season for ESPN until they end their partnership with baseball next year, plus what's to come for the two World Series teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. All this plus much more from MLB as we look ahead, plus look back on all the years covering baseball on the podcast. Ari, Gerry, and Dave had some good times chatting about All Star Games, Postseason Games, first-guessed releiver decisions, and much more.  Plus, a cameo from Ari's son Jacob as he breaks down some of the numbers behind key players and muses on the woeful White Sox, among other topics.

The Final Random Questions Show with Kevin on the Cape

As the farewell tour continues, Dave and Junkie reunite one last time to take on the chat's questions and the rest of the world. We look back on all the fun, charming moments of doing Random Questions segments together, a recurring segment that goes back to 2011. Plus we look at what's new : Junkie's family life, Dave's metamorphosis into a musician, and obviously many other twists and turns neither of the two will see coming via their tangents.

Sandwich Corner: Starting the "Farwell, for Now" Tour with John, Mike, and Andy

Dave announces the "Farwell, for now" podcast tour as the long run of DITCOW/Sandwich Corner begins its journey until the Finale in Early April. Joining in are our golf panelists, John in CT, Mike in North Jersey, and Andy in Seattle. No real topic tonight, but we'll have some golf, football, and basketball talk among other things.

2024 College Football Preview pt. 2 - Group of 5 Conferences with John in CT

John in CT joins Dave once again for part 2 of our 2024 College Football Preview.  This time out we'll cover coaches on the hot seat, then preview the Group of Five conferences: Mountain West, Sun Belt, MAC, AAC, and Conference USA. There could be some battles between Appalachian State and Texas State for Sun Belt, while Fresno State, UNLV, and others fight it out for the Mountain West title. In Conference USA, Liberty is not just a favorite to win, but potentially a favorite to make the playoff out of the Go5. There's also some changing of the guard afoot in the MAC, known America's favorite Tuesday night pastime.

Later we'll make predictions for each of the conferences, both Power Conferences and Go5 conference, and offer any other predictions for the season.

2024 College Football Preview pt. 1: Power Conferences with John in CT

John in CT joins Dave to break down the Power Teams in FBS Football, plus our season storylines for 2024.   Bama enters a new era after Nick Saban retires, Georgia tries to bounce back after their unexpected early exit with a really exciting new quarterback, the Pac 12 folds and gets poached by the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC, and Texas and Oklahoma start their first season in the SEC.

In addition, we have the first ever 12 team playoff on the horizon.  We'll look ahead to how the new format will work and which teams could really take advantage of the bigger field.

2024 Open Championship Recap and Olympics Preview with John in CT

John in CT is back to recap the Open Championship won by Xander Schauffele at Royal Troon Golf Club.   We'll also look at some of the other players from the tournament which had many twists and turns.

Later, we'll segue to the Olympic Games, where the crew will preview this Olympiad's Golf Tournament in Paris, France.  There will be a lot of heavy hitters in this tournament including Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler who's had some struggles of late, Jon Rahm, Shane Lowry, Collin Morikawa, Tommy Fleetwood, and many more.

Euro 2024 and Copa America 2024 Recap with Parcells Falling Out

Our good friend Parcells joins us to recap what have been really exciting international soccer competitions in both Europe and the U.S.

First, we'll recap a thrilling, spectacular Euro 2024 tournament that was exciting until the very end with a great England/Spain final where the Spaniards went ahead in the final minutes.  Next, we'll recap the more infamous Copa America back in the U.S. where the event was tarnished by terrible fields, poor security, awful performances by the USMNT and Mexico, and more, but still full of great storylines like Canada's Cinderella run to the Semifinals, Lionel Messi's presumed final game with Argentina that ended in a Copa championship, and more.

We can also take a few moments to chat about what's to come for international soccer in the next few months, plus a pretty cool friendly between Manchester United and Arsenal at SoFi Stadium later in the month.

2024 NBA Offseason Update and Other Stuff with Chris in GA

Chris in GA is back with Dave to catch us up on the latest in the NBA's offseason.  We'll cover everything from the draft to Summer League and some big trades and free agent signings so far.   Big names on new teams, including a signature name in Klay Thompson going from Golden State to Dallas.  DeMar Derozan is on a new team, plus we look at the Lakers' new coach hiring in JJ Redick, JB Bickerstaff (Cavs' Former Coach) taking a new role as the Pistons coach, plus much more.