Podcast Audio Episodes

Send us a text Of course Shohei Ohtani would not have been able to play in the 1920s. The first Japanese-born player Masanori Murakari appeared in an MLB game in 1964. And it might have been the same for Aaron Judge who is b...

Send us a text Established in 1962 (like the Mets) the Astros were originally the Houston Colt 45's and played in Colt Stadium. The Astrodome opened in 1965 as the self-proclaimed 8th wonder of the world. The first 20+ year...

Send us a text We spent the entire episode calling him I-Rod without ever mentioning Ivan Rodriguez by name! We didn't mention a few catchers like Carlton Fisk and Gary Carter who were close. We also did not talk about Josh...

Send us a text Most baseball fans know the Dodgers have the most Rookies of the Year, 18, since the award now named for the 1st winner Jackie Robinson in 1947. Jackie was the 1st Dodger with Cody Bellinger being the most rec...

Send us a text All 30 MLB teams will play on Opening Day March 30 - the day this podcast drops! We were lucky to be joined by Michael Ortman to talk about his book Opening Day 50-for-50, One fan, One game, A half century of ...

Send us a text Here we go with season 4! This is our longest episode ever which we really did not expect since we talk fast. But when you talk about all 30 teams it takes awhile. And we make our picks for division, playoffs...

Send us a text It was not as easy to drop the Indians nickname when talking about the team before, well last season! Old habits die hard but we're fine with the team having changed its name as it was overdue. 122 years, an o...

Send us a text We've been asked by listeners about who we'd take out of the HOF since we want to add players and managers. In truth, we don't feel any player elected by whatever means should be 'removed'. Sure there are some...

Send us a text Finally we're getting back to baseball games that actually count! Spring Training games don't and are played like they don't count. But 4 games against pool members followed by one and done quarters/semis/fina...

Send us a text HOFers Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastremski lead the pack playing 23 years for only one franchise. Playing 20 years in MLB surely indicates an excellent player. 15 years with the same one team also contains only...

Send us a text Having completed their Silver anniversary season, the D'backs franchise got off to a quick start winning 100 games in their 2nd season and a WS in their 4th (fastest all-time). While the early years were good...

Send us a text Larger bases, no infield shift, Limits on pitcher throws to 1st. The new rules are radical changes that MLB players and fans will experience in the 2023 season. This does not even include the new pitch clock! ...

Send us a text Baseball video games have been around not quite 50 years. Way back when there was Strat-0-Matic which people still play today. Are baseball video games more realistic than ever? How is all the data crunched to...

Send us a text We are very lucky to have had a great conversation with writer and BBWA writer Daniel Brown join us to discuss his 2022 ballot. He voted for 10 players and feels that the some fellow BBWA voters might be comin...

Send us a text We've wanted to talk about the idea that with all the changes in technology and player year-round training regimens, why does baseball continue to do things the same old way? We explore the history of spring t...

Send us a text We start the podcast talking about Carlos Correa and his finally-ending saga. But then we dive into a team that we didn't know all that much about until we went through the archives. After the Dodgers and Giant...

Send us a text It's our first episode of 2023! With 25% of the votes for the 2023 induction of new Baseball HOF members in we are amazed that there are still voters that vote in zero players. In fact it's possible that the...

Send us a text Of the 30 MLB franchises only one has never even been in a World Series. What would the Mariners greatest moment be that raised their chances the most to win a WS? How about the Rockies who've never won a WS?...

Send us a text We drop normally every other week in the off-season but could not resist the opportunity to talk about the money and the players moving around in and around the MLB Winter Meetings that ended December 8th. As...

Send us a text The last of our deep dives to feature a team that has not won the World Series. Correction: The hockey Rockies were a Colorado hockey team that eventually moved to New Jersey in the 1980s. They were born as th...

Send us a text A day early for Thanksgiving, in this first episode of our 'off-season' we're joined by SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) membership ambassador Bruce McClure who's a baseball nut just like we are! ...

Send us a text First correction - the Astros bullpen pitched 26 innings out of the 54 IP by the Astros in the Series not 54. In addition to winning their 2nd World Series in the past 6 seasons, the Astros had the 2nd biggest ...

Send us a text Will this year's World Series be one of the greatest ever? One team won 87 games the other 107 so that's a good start. Do the greatest World Series in history have to be 7 games? It certainly helps! We talk ...

Send us a text The 87-win Phillies are showing the world that winning 100 games far from guarantees a World Series victory. The Mariners in 2001 won a whopping 116 games but did not even reach the WS! This year for the 2nd ...