We've got an exciting offseason for you planned! Thank you for listening to a fun first season of "Is This A Great Game, Or What?" This offseason is going to be chopped full with not only news of signings and moves but also the banter you love between Tim and Jeff.

What an exciting finish to the 2024 baseball season, we recap it all and look back on our favorite moments of our podcast's first year. And yes, we are COMING BACK for another baseball season plus giving you extra content during the offseason! So share the show with a friend.

David Ross hit a homerun in game seven of the 2016 World Series and then retired. He worked with Tim Kurkjian at ESPN and the stories across the board are amazing!! Plus we recap the first couple games of this already epic World Series.

Buster Olney joins us as our guest to help preview the 2024 World Series! Tim Kurkjian breaks down this storied rivalry plus we break down how we got to this point in the Postseason.

Amidst an exciting ALCS and NLCS, we grab Bobby Valentine, former Dodger and Mets player, plus Mets manager to chat with us. With a looming Subway Series, we discuss that along with the amazing Japanese players that crushing it at the Major League level.

We are joined by the Detroit Tigers TV play-by-play broadcaster for this October baseball loaded episode. Tim breaks down a key play on each of the eight teams left. Plus we simulated the rest of the playoffs thanks to Strat-O-Matic.

Ryan Zimmerman, Mr. National, joins the show. We talk about Pete Rose’s legacy after the news of his passing. How epic was the Mets-Braves regular season finisher? And what to expect in the month of October!

Adnan Virk joins us to talk baseball, movies and stories nobody has ever heard about our Hall of Famer. Tim Kurkjian weighs in on Shohei, how would Aaron Judge do during Babe Ruth’s time and a farewell to the Oakland Athletics.

Dan Patrick is a staple in sports broadcasting and he sat down with us talk The Big Red Machine, Strat-O-Matic and his iconic homerun call, GONE. Plus we dive into Shohei Ohtani’s incredible feat, Elly’s feet and a costly BB.

Jim Palmer, the greatest Baltimore Orioles pitcher of all time, joins our show this week. This Sunday is Roberto Clemente Day across Major League Baseball and Palmer pitched against Clemente in the 1971 World Series. Also, special guest Eduardo Perez joins to tell us more about the Latin American star that changed the sport.

Pete Fairbanks is a Major League closer with an impressive love of reading. College football has started so we dive into a bit of where football and baseball collide. Quirkjians, This Date and a Kurkjian Quandary round out another episode of our show!

Our guest is Dan Shaughnessy, Hall of Fame writer, Boston staple (love him or hate him) and he joined us to tell the shared stories between two great writers. Plus, the importance of Joey Votto, Danny Jansen's amazing feat and a Quandary that will rip this country apart.

The Little League World Series is the purest thing you will see on television. And we booked the best guest to embody the LLWS; he won here as a 12 year-old, he played in the MLB, he won an Olympic medal, he is Todd Frazier!

Jeff Francoeur has a really unique perspective on how kids should be playing sports these days in addition to hilarious stories from his playing days including when he was told to fake an injury. A new Kurkjian Quandary, this time about football and a wild animal, and a GameChanger that has everyone scratching their heads.

Mike Scioscia tell us just how good Shohei and Trout are, since he got to manage them both. Plus we hear the amazing feeling he got when winning a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics. Strat-O-Matic helps up understand what could've happened if '94 strike hadn't happened and our Kurkjian Quandary will have your whole friend group debating!

Two-Time Olympic medal winner, Eddy Alvarez, joins the show. Baseball and speed skating, what a combination. We introduce a brand new segment surrounding the trade that never was plus our Kurkjian Quandary is all about a day in the shoes of Shohei.

Johnny Bench, the greatest catcher of all time, is our guest this week. He made us laugh so hard we cry when we interviewed him in person in Cooperstown. We recap our time at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and throw in some fascinating Quirkjians along the way. Plus Tim leaves us with a head-scratching Kurkjian Quandary.

Tim Kurkjian tells his best stories about each of the 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees. Congrats to Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer and Jim Leyland for their amazing accomplishments.

Cal Ripken Jr. is a 19-time All-Star, a first ballot Hall of Famer, need we say more? Tim Kurkjian revisits his personal favorite All Star Game moments. His son, Jeff, brings up a rather unpleasant memory!

We are OH so excited for Scott Van Pelt to join the podcast this week with his hilarious Baltimore accent to his love and passion for The Open Championship. We also find out Tim’s new favorite adult beverage and get his reaction to the All Star Game selections.

Hank Azaria, or known to baseball fans better as Brockmire, is our guest this week. Two “Best of All Tim” teams show up in this episode. And, we bet you didn’t know this story about Jose Canseco.

Aaron Boone, the Manager of the New York Yankees, is our guest this week. It’s all fun and games so Red Sox fans, don’t flee. We remember Willie Mays, talk College World Series and Jeff even surprises Tim with his very own Best Of All-Tim Team!

We learn all about Rickwood Field, America’s Oldest Ballpark, from our friend, Doug Glanville. Just how good has Aaron Judge been this year? We answer that along with a touching moment that Jeff had with a Hall of Famer who is no longer with us.

Today we are joined by Karl and Sam Ravech of ESPN, a father-son broadcasting duo just like us to celebrate Father’s Day. Plus the best dad-son combos in the history of the game and Tim’s stories from London.