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,…
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/finals makes the WBC a very tidy yet exciting tournament. Do we think the WBC determines the best…
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 great ballplayers although not necessarily a Hall-of-Fame career. But how about 10 year players…
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 overall the past 13 have not been nearly as good. We talk about the…
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! The revamped schedule is also a major change that's going under the radar.…
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 make it more real? We talk about early video baseball games and why people…
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 coming a little too restrictive in their votes. Daniel was a…
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 training and how much it is the same today as it was more than…
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 Giants moved to California following the 1957 season it was only 4 years…
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? How about the non-winning WS teams - Rays, Brewers?…