“This used to be a quality program that I looked forward to every day. Last year Baseball Today was fantastic, this year the production added too many "Booya!" elements that proved to be annoying. But I'd still have given it 4 or 5 stars; however, the recent addition of Peter Pascarelli and apparent dismissal of Alan Schwarz has bumped this down to a 1-star review and caused me to unsubscribe to the podcast. Pascarelli's terrible: he's slow, lacks any enthusiasm or excitement, and peppers his speech with entirely too many "um's" and "ah's." In addition, Schwarz was a sabermetrician and enjoyed discussing the statistic side of the sport (this came at no detriment); Pascarelli prefers stock yet undefinable and somewhat meaningless phrases to describe ballplayers. It's a shame that ESPN has made this change.”Read full review »
ajamesd via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/05/07
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“Will you please do something about Peter. His monotous tone and constant negativity is bringing down this show, and my mornings. I love days where Tim Kurkjian or another guest is on, because it takes time away from Peter. I just don't understand why ESPN would keep a co-host where even Eric...”Read full review »
MightyTACO via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
08/21/08
“Alan Schwarz is really corny in this podcast and they have a few lame gags that get really old day after day (crystal ball w/ sound effects!?!). Two stars becuase they do recap all the scores every day (albeit with ESPN bias -- esp. against the Cubs) and have good guests (Gammons, Kurkjian,...”Read full review »
cgialloreto via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/07/07