How Jomboy & Jake Built A Sports Media Empire!

[@JLock1987]

I have always loved baseball, but as an Angels fan, times are tough. These two men have helped me keep my love for the game.

[@WalkoffGrandslam]

Giants fan since the 80s... had many many stretches of years of bad baseball before that 2010-2014 stretch. Stay strong and stick with it. Every team has their time come eventually. When your Angels do win it all one day you will feel a million times more happy because you stayed with your team in the worst of times too.

[@JLock1987]

@@WalkoffGrandslam Absolutely. O what a time it will be!

[@shaneg4383]

Did you rage when Artie Moreno decided not to sell the team

[@abyz1467]

@@WalkoffGrandslam except Cleveland. They just get excruciatingly close and then rip out your heart.

[@boomshakalaka8567]

Hilarious cause Jomboy hates Ohtani (and all Asians in general)

[@mitchmason8043]

Man, what an incredible watch. When Jake started talking about balancing everything while supporting his wife through cancer, that hit home. Just did the same thing with my mother this Summer. Keep crushing, fellas

[@mrPOTatomuffins]

Jomboy is what baseball needed since mlb sucks at marketing itself with the new generation

[@realbkrick]

People complain that MLB doesn't market their players but hate Ohtani when MLB has a global superstar.

[@daydreamcon]

@@realbkrick the MLB advertises Ohtani, not baseball. That’s the problem. They’re putting up a graphic for when Ohtani is going to be at bat for fucks sake. There’s 8 other batters on the team who have just as much of a chance to hit the ball. They care more about pushing one guy then pushing the sport

[@steveanderson8826]

@@realbkrick I think it can be both, I'm a huge Dodger fan, so I'm cool with marketing Ohtani as a global superstar, but you need more than that to make the game stick. Think about what things like Madden and Fantasy Football did for the NFL, I fully believe you need multi-modal streams to grow a brand or sport, and Jomboy is a huge part of that.

[@DudeTotally1000]

​@@daydreamcon As if Tom Brady and Michael Jordan didn't get the same treatment. My sister became a Patriots fan solely because she liked Tom, leagues will always market their superstars.

[@heartlady724]

49:40 hearing jake talk about "you should lose baseball" really resonates with my journey as a fan. i didn't have time for bad phillies teams when i was in college, but when i started get my grad school load down to 9-5 coincided perfectly with the 2022 season. finding jomboy media last year was definitely helpful in me getting back into baseball as whole to almost the same extent when i was a 13 year old watching roy halladay with too much time on my hands.

[@jacobl.s.9467]

I agree. I lost the sport due to living life and enjoying for that time frame. 22 to 25. Then returned. Baseball is the best!!!

[@RickHicks-w8e]

My time was in the early to mid 80s when I was in the USMC. Really fully came back in 87 and 88.

[@joestanek2010]

Same here. As a Cubs fan, the 2016 World Series sucked me back in during that time but I was pretty disconnected. I sometimes feel like I missed a lot and should've followed that team closer like when I was a kid but Jake made me realize I was just livin' life

[@smoothkid765]

when teams are good it's easier to make time for them

[@evepersaud7098]

I couldn't be prouder for how you guys have grown the idea into a company. Following on twitter in 2017 until now has been a fun journey to witness. The Bronx office, the billboard, the Manhattan office and being on YES network was so eye opening for me. Driving my husband crazy with talking about you guys for years that at fanatic-fest he went to take a picture with jomboy. Love you guys!!!

[@neighbsCS]

Best online sports content team to ever grace the Earth, never will another be better.

[@aiyer917]

As an Indian baseball/cricket fanatic, Jomboy's explanation to the guys at the very beginning was pretty spot on!

[@roooosieful]

That 2020 year for jm media was insane kudos to jimmy and Jake they worked really hard

[@nestorvanwoensel1848]

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[@nestorvanwoensel1848]

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[@nestorvanwoensel1848]

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[@nestorvanwoensel1848]

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[@chazzbarone375]

Hos & his glossy eyes really liked that “Wake & Jake” joke🤣🤣

[@seanleonard1214]

Time stamp?

[@firehehe2]

@@seanleonard1214 23:12

[@monkeyman9856]

Haha he was feeling that 😂

[@robjeezy5000]

Justin Su’a is an amazing human being. When I was in high school, he was my teacher for a seminary class. He was so humble but yet so fun and the coolest teacher. He had a huge impact on my life and it’s cool to see him doing this podcast.

[@jacksonmag1969]

I watch everything Jomboy thanks for getting the boys on here!

[@sophie20001]

Also as a female I appreciate Jomboy’s support of girls in sports and his zero tolerance for misogyny. They didn’t even touch on this!

[@MashaRistova]

Agree. That’s what makes Jomboy media worlds upon worlds better than something like Barstool, which is gross, frat boy trash. As a woman who lives and breathes sports, where so many sports adjacent spaces are so misogynistic and awful, I love Jomboy Media for the reasons you said :)

[@sophie20001]

@@MashaRistova I like the girls over at Why Am I A Mets Fan.

[@MashaRistova]

@@sophie20001I will have to check it out!!

[@jillhempel6987]

I too appreciate this. Not only girls in sports, but their discussions in general. He once stopped the Mornin’ live stream once to call out block some idiot who called me an “aging bitch d*ke” for an opinion I offered. I was so appreciative of him doing that.

[@sophie20001]

@@jillhempel6987 we need more men like Jimmy, Jake, and Joez!

[@btk6298]

These two watching Classic WS Games was always an entertaining diversion during early to mid 2020.

[@DirtyDan924]

This was a great pod. It warms the heart to see good people like Jimmy and Jake have success.

[@kathleen1849]

Awesome episode!! Jomboy is so fun to watch, love seeing how far he's come, very talented. Unique voice, recognizable anywhere, all pluses. Love the variety of your videos Diggin' Deep, thanks 😎

[@jaypeters7810]

First time listening to/watching this podcast. Came to hear the Jomboy story but these guys (podcast hosts) are excellent. Definitely going to check out more

[@jeremylhill]

I love these guys as much as you can someone outside your family that you don’t know. Great content and just so likable. Love hearing how they did what they do!

[@skeedotreed1084]

Die hard Mets fan: i used to always see Jomboy videos and around the last WBC i ended up following them and they (along with Jolly and Shea Station) have helped reinvigorate my love for baseball. They have such great analysis and perspective, and they seem like such great people. Love em

[@gintu05]

Woahhh J&J on another podcast. Big get!

[@Julia-Bloom]

Thank you for this!!! What an amazing conversation. Love Jimmy and Jake, they always downplay all their hard work.

[@travelstylers6667]

Baseball fan from the UK here and I'll be honest and say if it wasn't for Jomboy, my knowledge and passion for baseball would be nowhere near what it would be without them! Just great to see some regular dudes follow their passion and make a crazy success of it all!

[@WHATEVER_28]

This guy taught me cricket and now im a cricket fan an absolute fun sport to watch and recently my kids wanted to play cricket after watching the bluey kid show im happy i could teach them some rules of the game all thanks to jomboy and his videos…keep doing more of it Jo!!

[@bryanfouts287]

I found talkin baseball on Apple Podcasts very close to the beginning. I was looking for fantasy baseball insight. What I found was so much more special. Been a diehard Jomboy faithful ever since. Your trajectory has been fulfilling from a fan standpoint; I’m happy you guys are finding your well deserved success.

[@jakelong1793]

I appreciate the honesty with Jake and Jess. I am a huge fan of these guys. Incredible interview

[@mcgregor2292]

LOVE Jomboy and Jake, hope Jess is doing well!

[@JohnDavidRivera]

Jomboy belongs in the hall of fame. What a contribution to the sport!

[@Blacksheep-uy3qv]

Man it's been awesome to see them grow over the years. Go work fellas! They hit the nail on the head with social media. I use to go to the website to watch Phillies highlights but life got to busy. So I'd just check the scores. Now I can easily see any win and their highlights on the Phillies channel or go to the main MLB. It's fantastic especially if I can't catch the game on the radio.

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

I would credit Jomboy Media and Foolish Baseball with getting me back into baseball. Like Jake mentioned I stopped following MLB when I was in my early twenties then I started watching Breakdowns and Baseball Bits. I don't watch a lot of TV or have subscriptions to streaming apps so I rely on Instagram and KZbin to follow now. Also, Guts and Super Seducer are my favorite Jomboy video series.

[@montgomerystanley6487]

I found them thru the original talkin baseball live streams in the playoffs. They were so much more invested and entertaining than the TV networks. And still are

[@carlfeibusch9308]

49:20 is so real. As someone who’s been in college and then spent summers in remote places without cable, baseball definitely took more of a backseat, because it wasn’t convenient to watch anymore. And that is as an orioles fan who grew up with bad seasons, and finally had something fun to follow. This season I had opportunities to get back into it, and in combo with various jomboy stuff I feel more into it than I ever did.

[@rossradtke]

@26:00 them traveling around meeting and gathering up the blitzball crew is an amazing montage that honestly tops the montage from D2: the Mighty Ducks... We need a super cut of that

[@msgentertainment2478]

This is so good! I recently started really getting into jomboy earlier this year (would watch it occasionally but now almost everyday I watch them) congrats!

[@OscarHernandez-mt7uk]

Awesome work that this two guys have done! you learn from it and you just see what you don’t watch from a actual game in tv. Such an inspiration the hard work that they have put in their dreams!

[@jimmyannunziata6133]

Found Jomboy and Jake before this MLB season and learning more and more about the origins of Jomboy Media has been awesome. Go Yankees

[@jonathanbeyl3413]

Fun watching this episode because Eric Hosmer and the Omaha Royals/ Stormchasers is what got me into the game of baseball being from Nebraska. And then Talkin Yanks and Jomboy Media reinvigorated my love for the game now that I’m in my 20s

[@Deltabreeze9]

These two and Shohei Ohtani got me back into baseball like I haven’t been since I was a little kid. Jimmy and Jake, Jolly and co., and the We Got Ice guys! I’m a big fan of all of it.

[@jonathanw7777]

This gonna be so fire

[@Mean_men]

im here only for jomboy i always wanted to learn about cricket 🏏 but Jomboy did it for me now I'm his biggest fan! I absolutely love his cricket videos. and the breakdowns make the game so much more fun and easy to understand. Keep up the awesome work mate❤

[@King_Koolkaine]

This was awesome! Such a fun conversation!

[@dnmorales97]

Joez mentioned! Chem in the chat!

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

@@dnmorales97 chem. I like that they brought up the dolphins but didn't say anything about his tommy John surgery.

[@DugoutBanana]

chem 🐬

[@ericshultz1957]

incredible interview, ive watched so much of these two and you guys were able to give new perspective with your questions

[@Dinoco-Dad]

Awesome interview. Big fan of Jomboy and now a fan of the Diggin Deep team.

[@kal_ed1175]

Bro, my wife had breast cancer and double mastectomy. They are so brave. Be strong!

[@sophie20001]

Jomboy saved baseball, a sport that took itself too seriously and didn’t know how to have fun or reach young people. ⚾️ People want personalities!

[@Floww23]

I would say that more about the American players Latin and Japanese baseball has always been fun but things have changed definitely

[@DanIAmIBe]

Went from subscribing to Talking Yanks to quickly adding Talking Baseball, Baseball Today, and Wake and Jake. Jomboy media gets me an amped and playful mood.

[@cgolfcdriven]

Great conversation, crazy how much content they’ve made!

[@bulletprooftiger1879]

I love the laughs and vibe. I especially love how y'all make Eric Hosmer laugh (esp on "Wake and Jake"). You can tell everyone's got mad respect for you and Jake. Edit: oh crap this IS Hosmer's podcast 😂 Good stuff... and let's go Giants!! 😉

[@YoucantMesurethis]

The breakdowns are the best

[@KillerChickenz01]

As a yankee fan been following Jomboy and Jake since they had a couple thousand followers. Its awesome to see all the success they continue to have.

[@CW-CardboardBaseball]

Glad to hear that Jess is doing well, Jake! I pray over you and your bride that healing and peace come over you-that God blesses you and that he pours his favor upon y’all!

[@nolanbush5805]

wow guess I didn't really consider what the name of the podcast is, this was a lovely conversation!

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

Awesome! I watch so much Jomboy stuff.

[@GaryArkham]

Jomboy makes the best baseball video analysis out there. Also, adding to the argument of "get the kids hooked on baseball soon", I'd say that there are a lot of people outside the US wanting to love baseball, but NO ONE teach us anything. Baseball is not like the NFL, you kind of also need to know the stats, the intricacies of smallball etc...to reaaaally engage with the sport. US media has to teach foreigners how to watch and enjoy baseball.

[@EVANDANE777]

These questions are top notch, great watch.

[@joelp5491]

Most people try to spin being fired as being laid off. Not Jake.

[@christopherobrien5757]

I am biased of course but well done podcast. Quality was top notch

[@TheTEN24]

Love Jimmy and Jake they’re just two baseball lovers living out a dream job man

[@kylerstrickler1750]

This was great fellas

[@louisgiordano3]

My love for baseball came back when I started following Jomboy - the best

[@thegametwok]

15:52 that's such a big thing about 'making it' when people think you're an overnight success but don't know/realize all the trial and error and years of work that led to that moment. For any content creator out there, do the work now so you put yourself in a position to succeed later on

[@davidcarlisle6560]

As an Australian 🇦🇺 sports fan it’s just awesome work that Jomboy does. I found them during the Cricket World Cup, no longer listen to the dusty old coat’s commentary. Been following MLB for years but these guys have pulled me through in knowledge of the game at light speed .

[@timcantalupo]

First time watcher and just subscribed as well

[@zacharylowe8083]

Pat McAfee and Jomboy are the future of sports media

[@avgGamer662]

I am a baseball fan from India. Baseball & cricket i love both. Rooting for Yankees for 28th 💍. I watched Eric hosmer and Royals win fall classic 4am in the morning.

[@jenabbas5380]

Great episode guys!

[@LilShrooms]

these dudes got me back into baseball after years of not watching because of how boring the marketing was. s/o jomboy keep doing what yall are doin!!!

[@keeganhancox5188]

is the each inning from every world series thing on their channel? is it one video or is it split up? i can't seem to find it

[@armondhammer9]

Glazing from one empire to another. LOL

[@mattjones4576]

Awesome interview, love these dudes and their warehouse games channel is the best shit

[@chuckphilpott3423]

Fantastic interview

[@riverview9320]

I think I picked up on it from the Back Alley At Bats videos! 😀

[@lenny6485]

Great episode

[@braden_clancy11]

good luck to the storiale family ❤

[@MrNeville4444]

If it wasn’t for Jomboy and Jake I wouldn’t had gotten back into the yanks and baseball. Stand up fellas

[@evvybeastmen]

Woooooh!!!!!! Woooooooo!!!

[@JL1009]

They need to get season 2 of Baggage

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

James broke down cricket to where my dumb baseball brain could make sense of it. Now when I see the odd highlight, I know what's going on. A complete understanding of the terminology aside.

[@TwoFingerSaloute]

He’s like a real life GC… Jimmy: I like sports. I could do something in sports. Jake: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. In what capacity? Jimmy: You know, like the general manager of a baseball team or something. Jake: Yeah. Well, that - that could be tough to get. Jimmy: Well, it doesn’t even have to be the general manager. Maybe I could be like, an announcer. Like a colour man. You know how I always make those interesting comments during the game. Jake: Yeah. Yeah. You make good comments. Jimmy: What about that? Jake: Well, they tend to give those jobs to ex-ballplayers and people that are, you know, in broadcasting. Jimmy: Well, that’s really not fair. Real tv names have been changed to protect me from copyright infringement 😂

[@picklespandaohyeah]

These guys are my idols

[@anthonymartin8395]

are you guys at Diggin Deep Podcast hiring editors by chance?

[@pahtahrr5548]

Jomboy needs to preach that sports app. gambling is bad for your soul and bad for sports.

[@coachballgame]

Great conversation. ☕️ Handsome and Fantastic

[@kyletextor3451]

< 5 Years there will be a Jomboy TV channel

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

After Inside the NBA is gone, Jomboy will be the only thing fun that's remaining in sports

[@aliraeh]

Like Jomboy, happy to have found another stick and ball games. What I always tell Americans: cricket is baseball with no foul balls.

[@bennygarcia4]

Hosmer’s glove did not rip. He kept it on and didn’t switch it out

[@Jay_Mike]

Oh shoot, didn’t know about Jake’s wife. Glad things are looking better!

[@evanphililps]

That was awesome

[@jedward4254]

Love JOMBOY

[@Bloopblastpodcast]

Nice shirt Jimmy

[@ethanschackman-dc8yi]

jomboy saving baseball for die hards and casuals everywhere

[@BaselineBrandon]

This is just cool

[@cheeser164]

Watchin' Baggage helped me survive covid

[@TrunksSsj-h3y]

Shout out to fuzzzzzyyyy

[@362chop]

Empire? Just sports fellas.

[@avgGamer662]

I pray Jake's wife to recover 🙏

[@MILESDOLLARSIGN]

goats

[@travisp5747]

Holy crap who is that darker skinned guy? Cause the more I see him the more I’m convinced it’s Albert Pujols

[@ChrisMcfly28]

🔥🔥

[@JackGeezy]

Hoping to see Dodgers beat your Yankees soon man