Kind of a loaded question isn't it? In this episode we start with a short run through what's interesting in MLB this past week. Then we discuss the history of baseball commissioners before current commissioner Rob Manfred. Manfred truly raises the ire of so many baseball fans. Is he the…
Entering the AL East in 1977 the Blue Jays did not always play inside. Like most expansion teams they started slowly but won a World Series (actually 2 back to back) 16 years after their founding. The Jays have had some HOFers and also some bizarre incidents in their history.…
The trading deadline has passed and for some teams making bold moves has brought their fans hope for the rest of the season and the playoffs. We talk about baseball mascots - the history, the oddity, and a few bizarre events involving well-known mascots. But we had to let our…
We admit that we're already addicted to the Immaculate Grid MLB. Now there's NFL, NBA and soon NHL! It's hard and that's the cool thing! We had a great time talking again with Sean Forman founder of Baseball Reference and Sports Reference who joined the podcast to talk about the…
When your team is having a less than great season you start thinking about fall and winter sports earlier than when your team is doing well. With the Mets moribund season coming up on 2/3 thru, we're already looking ahead to what we will watch other than baseball while the…
We're joined by HOF expert & baseball historian David Metter - @CooperstownDave if you follow him as we do. One can gain entrance to the Hall of Fame by combining different aspects of their baseball contribution. For some it could be as a player and manager (Lou Piniella and Davey…
In a season full of changes there also have been a bunch of surprises. Like the Cincinnati Reds, Texas Rangers, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Not to mention the Mets, Padres, and Cardinals. The Braves continue to dominate and the Rays just find new ways to win. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1066072/13148115 Please subscribe to our…
Met fans like us are still smarting from the 2015 loss in the World Series to those overachieving Royals. Entering the AL as one of 2 expansion teams in the league in 1969 (the Seattle Pilots now Milwaukee Brewers was the other), the Royals got good fast with a winning…
We recorded on Father's Day weekend & hope all the Dads had a great day! It's interesting that MLB player father's almost always outperform their MLB player sons. Except for Barry Bonds & Roberto Alomar at least! It must be both amazing and challenging to grow up the son of…
The 1st MLB All-Star game was played 90 years ago in 1933. As it is today the American League played the National League. The players really wanted to win the game since they were paid more if they did win and league supremacy was much more important than it is…
With more than a third of the 2023 MLB season played there's still hope for most of the teams to claim at least a Wild Card slot. Is being in 1st place June 1st a key to a guaranteed playoff spot? Well mostly yes. But as we've seen teams can…
A question was posed from a listener - Nile A. What does a baseball manager actually do? Besides sit and watch the game? Baseball has managers, Soccer has team managers, but football, basketball, and ice hockey all have coaches. Why are baseball team leaders called coaches until the players turn…
When it comes to doing a deep dive on our favorite team we could have spent hours. But we kept in mind that listeners may not love the Amazin's as much as we do. We didn't even talk about the greatest managers in NY Met history. (Gil Hodges and Davey…
HOFer 'Candy' Cummings is credited with 'inventing' the curveball. But as you'd expect a pitcher's fastball has almost always been the #1 pitch. Pitchers throw more varieties of pitches today than ever before. They have to because hitters are so good! We talk about how different the average pitcher arsenals…
As long as baseball has been played people have bet on the game and events during the playing of games. Today we see updated betting lines posted during coverage of the games! A far cry from when bets were made through a casino or a bookie! We ask the question…
We start with the obvious 4 - Miguel Cabrera, Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander. But Mike Trout is already in HOFer in our book. But how about Joey Votto? Zach Greinke? Evan Longoria? Evan Longoria!!!? Since Cabrera is retiring after this year and playing beyond this season is…
Let's talk about catchers! 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 Gibson who may have been the best of all…
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 bi-racial but may have been deemed 'acceptable' 100 years ago. But…
Our 10th team deep dive is all about the team that was first named after a pistol. That's right the Colt 45's became the Astros in 1965. Getting their 2nd WS win in 2022 the Astros and Mets came into the league the same year but have had different paths…
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 recent. The Yankees are 2nd with 9. Are some teams better at…
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 baseball stories. The history of what was going…
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, and the World Series. We've added a YouTube Channel…
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 head scratchers and guys that under today's standards should not have…
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 original member of the American League with 16 playoff appearances,…