World Baseball Classic 2026 Episodes

Send a text We recorded this episode just before Team Venezuela was about to play Team Italy. Team Italy is really a bunch of Americans masquerading as Italians with a real Italian or two on the roster. While the Italians beat the USA 8-6 in pool play, the USA will relish the chance to avenge that defeat. Or they will have to play a better team in Venezuela. But either way the USA is primed to take home the 2026 WBC championship! Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury M...

Late game pitching in the WBC is the issue and most teams don't have enough. The best teams can be held down for awhile but eventually the cream rises to the top. USA, Dominican Republic, and Japan all have the firepower to exhaust the bullpens of good teams much less WBC also-rans. Highlights of the first weekend of games were many and the enthusiasm and atmosphere at the WBC has been amazing. We talked about relegation which happens to the fifth place team in e...

The Super Bowl is over so we can now focus our attention on where it belongs - Baseball! Pitchers and catchers are officially reporting this week even though many have been in camp early and are already throwing, and catching. We recorded a west coast version of our podcast this week in sunny and warm Palm Springs! Right now there's baseball being played in the California Winter League where teams play a one month schedule for post-college and unsigned p...