After 28 consecutive days of contractually mandated podcast PTO, Set Hike! returns with rejuvenated vocal cords, a suspicious number of stat conventions, and an urgent investigation into why basketball rims at a multi-purpose public pool—now officially an “MP³”—reject jump shots like a nightclub with a dress code. The crew catches up on World Cup heartbreak, Philadelphia’s MLB All-Star carnival, Jordan Walker’s magenta-ball uprising, Eagles training camp, and the suspicious multi-league Brown exchange involving AJ, Jaylen, four franchises, multiple colors, and possibly one shared grandfather. Fan mail forces the hosts to sing every nostalgic sports theme song they can partially remember, investigate the underused verb “spangle,” and decide whether a silverback gorilla or five Kobe Bryant Black Mambas would be the better mall companion. Stat Boy eventually convenes corrections court to explain D.P. Dough, locate present day Pat "The Bat" Burrell, re-remember Roy Halladay's All-Star greatness, and take a stroll down memory lane with "Truck Driver" Sam Rayburn—the 2000's Eagles defensive lineman who apparently crawled so Beau Allen could walk.

Key Topics Discussed

00:22 — Set Hike!’s Back…Tell a Friend

02:48 — MP³: Multi-Purpose Public Pool Basketball

08:54 — Steel Field and the Hardest Rims in Havertown

12:42 — Dr. Green Returns, Plus Penn State Food Memories

19:13 — World Cup Recap and Belgium Breaks America Again

24:56 — Philadelphia’s MLB All-Star Takeover

30:42 — Phillies Legends, Mailata and the Home Run Derby

41:43 — Eagles Training Camp Preview

44:38 — The Great AJ–Jaylen Brown Multi-League Trade

53:14 — Sixers Chemistry, LeBron Rumors and Drake Maye Doubt

56:57 — Wimbledon, McGregor, Wildfire Smoke and Bison Court

1:01:02 — Fan Mail: Greatest Sports Theme Songs

1:10:44 — Drew Titsworth and the Lost Art of Spangling

1:13:32 — Gorilla vs. Five Black Mambas? Someone Get Jerry on the Line.

1:19:27 — Stat Boy’s Corrections Court

Statistics & Facts

• The crew is required to take 28-days PTO every summer, taken consecutively.
• 2026 All-Star Game starting pitchers: last Blue Jay to start was Roy Halladay in 2009; last Phillie to start was Roy Halladay in 2011 — so Halladay started for both teams historically.
• Kevin Durant reportedly attended the Home Run Derby and called Boston, New York, and Philly fans the most passionate.
• If LeBron James joined the Sixers or Warriors he'd be first player to win a title with four different teams.
• Sam Rayburn (Hank Rayburn) identified as the undrafted Eagles defensive tackle (Tulsa) known for a "truck driver" sack celebration, played for the Eagles roughly 2003–2006 (noted as "306" in transcript, likely a mis-transcription).
• D.P. Dough origin: named after founders "Dan" and "Penny", founded mid-1980s as a college-town calzone chain; closest location to the group is in Delaware at UDel
• Pat Burrell
  • 2008 World Series stats: 52 plate appearances, .227 batting average, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 13 strikeouts, 8 walks
  • 2010 World Series (with Giants): ~49 plate appearances, .143 average
  • Was the Phillies' hitting coach for the Giants organization in 2024–2025; recently moved to a different front-office role after a GM change

Memorable Quotes

"I don’t take a vow of silence. I do talk, but I don’t talk to other people. I just talk to myself during that time." - Panda Dan regarding how he spends his Set Hike!'s mandatory PTO

"Oh, now that we're talking, we're talking a real American sport, right? Hitting home runs, baby!" - Stat Boy

"I would just watch it and be like, ‘Circle button…square button." - Panda Dan

"I would love to see Steph Curry in a multi-purpose public pool play pig and see how he does." - Dr. TAT

"I mean, I'm looking at it now, I turned my head, and it it looks like the bottom of a multi-purpose public pool..." - Stat Boy regarding Panda Dan's stylish trashcan

"I’ve actually never listened to Cooper DeJean and Reed Blankenship’s podcast. It’s like a rival podcast." - Panda Dan

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