Episodes
Edit out the audience (00:10) Blocking the path and plowing the catcher (3:18) Robot umps are coming and so are side effects (7:22) Owners need growth or how many jackets do you need? (10:46) Shohei will never pitch again (14:13) Egregious profuse time wasting and clocks (15:00) Grow the game? (16:27) Baseball's best shots (17:07) The new thinking fan's guide to baseball (19:46) Kids don't play baseball in the street anymore (21:23)
Published 05/19/24
The Customer (0:18) The Owners and Community (2:45) The Pace of Play (4:49) The Unwritten Rules (9:27) The Bautista Bat Flip (13:57) The Human Role (18:52)
Published 04/25/24
Published 04/25/24
A's in Sac, Fisher, Wristbands and Cashing Out (0:16) New Uniforms? (9:20) Shohei's Ball? (13:04) Trevor Bauer in Mexico? (15:02) New Rules 4 speed? (15:34) Pitcher Warming Must Appear? (17:44) 4 mound visits? (19:57) Dirt Paths? (22:19) The Backlash is Real! (26:02) Blocking Paths? (29:07) Angel Hernandez? (32:10) ABS Challenge is Here! (33:24) The Mets Suck? (34:53) The Decline Has Begun (35:58)
Published 04/10/24
Pro Golfer (0:10) Superstars (5:52) Pitching and Golf (9:51) Ben Hogan (14:19) LIV Golf (15:05) Kids watching Lou Gehrig (17:45 ) Ball Players vs Teacher Salaries (19:52) The Latrell Sprewell Philosophy (20:49)
Published 04/04/24
Sports Radio (2:56) Game Changers: Ichiro Suzuki, (8:20) Babe Ruth, (9:47) Shohei Ohtani (12:50) Ballpark Sizes (19:12) 59 in 84 (23:36) Dizzy Dean (24:17)The Little League Punk (29:07) Court Storming (31:59) The Uniform Fiasco (36:56) The Ken Burns Series (40:34) Play Real Baseball (43:54) Old Movies vs. New Rules (47:13)
Published 03/20/24
Poetry and American products (0:12) Dodgers deferred (4:30) Flawless greens (7:21) Unwanted A's (12:30) Fake history? (17:37)
Published 01/13/24
Deal deferred (0:14)Will he pitch again? (2:19) No DH is worth that (5:07) New Babe? (5:36) Curling and marbles (7:24) Draymond Green and Earl Weaver (10:57) Baseball is back? (16:51) Amazon's MLB (19:44) A's and B's (21:10) Suites, nets and eyeballs (22:28) Nerfing baseball (27:05) Betty Crocker vs. uncle Rico (29:08)
Published 12/31/23
3 levels of hawkeye (1:46) Clayton Kershaw (4:28) Post season numbers (8:59) Matt Williams, Babe Ruth and Hunter Pence (14:15) José Berríos and Whit Merrifield (11:42) New mid-east league (15:53) Overconfident Phillies (22:42) Stoked on Boch (25:36) Mid-season tournament (28:25)
Published 12/06/23
Fallen classic (0:37) Catcher cam (8:50) Adolis Garcia breaking records (11:27) Soggy cereal criminals (14:47) Mad Manfred and the double hook DH (18:47) Big Show in San Francisco (23:21) Blow it up (26:37) Playoff changes next year? (29:10) Automatic balls and strikes "ABS" update (31:24) Old managers (35:49)
Published 11/22/23
Pizza perspective (0:12) Schwarber strategy (3:38) Tommy Lasorda hot mic (8:30) 104 mph (9:30) Arizona October baseball (10:00) Consuming sports (14:12) DVR, VHS and Blackouts (15:35) The Collective Consciousness (17:25) Diamondbacks: fake team (24:25) Challenge Bud Selig (25:35) Brandon Crawford pitches (26:41) Mickey Mantle: amazing bunter (28:12) Remember Brett Butler? (28:36) Canning Kapler (29:37)
Published 10/30/23
Houston is Jokeland (0:13) Arlington roof (1:27) Pizza and Playoffs (2:44) Attendance (4:22) Bryce Harper (5:27) Playoff underdogs, division irrelevance and the wildcard era (7:48) Rest vs. rust (8:19) Byes are stupid (13:19) ALCS game 5 (14:40) Griffey and Bonds did it whenever they wanted (20:38) Boring sports channel (23:04) Cruise lost their license & jersey logos (24:10) Star creation (26:35)
Published 10/25/23
The year baseball changed more than ever & playoff rules (0:13) Shohei the freak? (3:04) On the Jumbotron? (3:57) The best pennant race you were ever all in for? (5:43) Giants 1993 (5:48) Giants 2004 (7:09) Giants 2012: radios and whiffle ball (7:36) Giants 89, A's and newspaper box scores (11:03) A's can't beat the 62 Mets (13:14) Wellness check on Brewers and Rays (15:02) No baseball player should make over 5 mil (18:12) Mets and Padres suck: the value of team cohesion (19:58) Start...
Published 10/17/23
Rays playoff attendance and Florida baseball (0:41) 59 in 84 (7:03) Always changing? (8:55) Babe Ruth's triples (9:58) Shohei injury (14:52) What's going on with Kyle Schwarber? (16:16) No sane pitcher's gonna put Jackie Robison on base (20:33) That 40 70 guy (22:07) Vin Scully calls Eckersley vs. Gibson, but with a clock (26:33)
Published 10/12/23
Attendance (0:43) Quicker pace (3:02) Player pay (6:11) Shohei injury (6:41) Best team in mlb? (8:16) BABIP (9:37) Shock collars on outfielders (13:10) TV viewership (16:08) Sub 2 ERA (19:34) Clayton Kershaw (22:40) Violations (24:28) John Kruk (25:22)
Published 09/28/23
Dichotomy of emotions (0:53) ESPN (Disney) Bets (7:04) I met Barry Bonds in an airport '97 (14:03) Fantasy vs. Reality (15:00) Shohei Ohtani double header (17:21) Hawkeye installed (18:15) Cream of the crop (21:51) Lou Gehrig fame (23:13) Babe's called shot (24:23) Cheer like you boo (26:47)
Published 09/08/23
Angry managers (0:15) Disengagements (2:00) Sal Frelick (3:59) What is Mona Lisa Baseball? (5:09) Shohei Ohtani is doing Babe Ruth things (6:43) Desperate for stars (10:56) Nolan Arenado isn't hustling (19:44) Rain delays & Milli Vanilli (25:37)
Published 08/06/23
Brewer's #1 (0:11) Tomahawk chop & racial equality (2:43) Wrigley Field (4:50) Mound visit slugfest (10:40) Emmet Sheehan hardball (12:32) Crumbling A's (16:39) Two very different fields (14:59)
Published 07/30/23
Mid-season tournament & other gimmicks (0:10) Strikeouts are boring & expansion is coming (2:37) Thomas Boswell & the delighted Englishman (9:26) 1998 (11:57) Play naked (13:10) AB testing ABS (15:43) Fading fandom (17:54) Players want more time (19:29) Jim Bouton's Ball Four (21:52) The Ripkins (22:52) Too hot for baseball (26:20)
Published 07/22/23
Futures Game & ABS challenge (0:21) Red carpet (3:30) Booing Astros & PitchCom (5:28) Sticky stuff (6:29) All-star ratings (11:10) Pioneer League (16:48) Players want more time (21:34) Elly De La Cruz steals 3 bases on 2 pitches (22:07) Derby (25:48)
Published 07/17/23
John Kruk's Circus (0:00) Violation stats & getting used to new rules (2:41) Shift ban fail & Joey Gallo: hitting savant (6:41) Jeff McNeil shift violation (9:13) Stealing bases like it's 1999 (15:29) Dodgers pull kid who goes 6 with no hits (17:45)
Published 07/10/23
Reverse boycott game (0:18) Public money (0:50) Dinner with Rob (3:16) The A's are tanking (5:14) Bryce Harper & the Las Vegans (8:59) Expansion (9:41) Rockies beef (11:12) The Rays (12:31) Skyscrapers are falling (13:20) Rough decade (14:38) I-15 Heat (15:21) Glen Kuiper said a word (17:03) A's legacy (19:52) Vegas pros (23:18)
Published 06/26/23
Worst clock violation ever (0:11) The new Mona Lisa! (2:55) Canary in the... (6:51) Waiting for waves & 'Riding Giants' (9:12) Earl Weaver said it best (14:18) Somebody is always trying to improve baseball (15:18) Question for Alex Honnold (19:08) John Kruk is right (20:57) 415 foot single (21:12) Barry Bonds: showboat (22:52) Next year (25:37) Being vocal at a ballgame (28:44)
Published 06/19/23
Bally Sports bankrupt (0:37) Padres, MLB & digital rights (1:52) TV Blackouts (4:24) Direct to consumer (5:38) Rob Manfred & Noah Garden were ready (9:33) Fox overpaid for U.S. Open (17:32) Why rules change (18:31) The padres are a disappointment (19:48) Balanced breakfast (21:44)
Published 06/12/23
Pitcher Injuries 2022 vs. 2023 (0:10) Scott Boras' expanded roster (1:57) Pitch velocity (3:50) More time on clock? (7:34) Dad loves it (11:29) 24hr notice on standing ovation (15:35) 82 & 83 Orioles (16:30) New rules next year? (21:18)
Published 06/06/23