Season 3 - Episode 8 - RSNs Part II

Season 3 - Episode 12 - What's on YOUR Mind?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/fan_mail/new] This is Season 3 - Episode 12, “What’s On YOUR Mind”, and we welcome you to the podcast. In doing this podcast, we have tried to stay away from topics that you can see on ESPN or MLB Network or even your local news cast. We have tried to be a little different at times. It gets a little hard we've produced 75 podcast now and sometimes we do need to look back.  The Uecker Line For instance it is still a dilemma in the game with batting averages. At this point in this season, we have completed approximately 60 games for most teams. Can you imagine that the leaders and I hate to use that term leader but Manny Machado leads the major leagues in the worst average for a regular player he has 238 at bats and he's batting .172 holy cow .172! Manny Machado it's not just that it's on base percentage is pitiful. It's slugging is pitiful who's number 2 on this list, Dansby Swanson of the Cubs is hitting .178 holy cow, Evan Carter of the Texas Rangers .178, Cedric Mullins of the Tampa Bay Rays .189, Nolan Gorman 3B from the Cardinals is hitting .194, Adolis Garcia of the Phillies has played 67 games and is hitting .195, Salvador Perez of the Royals has played 63 games with 244 at bat and he still hitting .197 holy cow, and there's a slew of players hitting under .210.  Now, there was a VERY colorful character who  passed away January 16, 2025, at the age of 90, and that was Bob Uecker. We dedicated a podcast to Bob Uecker asking for sportscasters and baseball people to make a change, in respect to Bob Uecker. Yes, I’m talking about the Uecker Line!  Join us for more... Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/support]

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Name Of The Game - RUNS SCORED!

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/fan_mail/new] Geez, Some wild games and results it seems like this year. OK, I guess we have to dive right into this. What is going on this year with scoring runs teams are given up a lot of runs this year and we've got some strange results so far all right you know we've talked about this in the podcast numerous times as it's our main topic of discussion, the imploding bullpens, but are you seeing a change in starters? Are you seeing them go perhaps a little more than the four and five innings we've had in recent years if you look at the top starters in the major leagues right now as a team, could you guess the top five I don't think it would surprise you surprisingly the Milwaukee Brewers have given up only 91 runs from their starters with a nice 3.06 ERA , number two is the Tampa Bay Rays 92 runs, the Yankees have given up only 112 runs, the Braves are next with 113 and rounding out the top five, the Dodgers with 116. That is no real surprise with those names. Those teams have been playing pretty well this year and they seem to be using their starters more than their relievers. Who are the bottom Starters? This will make a lot of sense to you, the San Francisco Giants starters have given up 172 runs. Almost twice as much as the Brewers who lead MLB.  Join us for more... Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/support]

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Who's In First?

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/fan_mail/new] Today is Season 3 - Episode 10 - Who’s in First? But, we have a lot more to talk about FIRST. All right, we talked about steals and we talked about the increase in steals, but there's one thing that has been bothering me with the rule changes on pick ups and disengagement. It's why no pictures are taking. I think advantage of the situation and throwing over to first after two attempts, the third attempt is never made by pitching so even in the last decade, major league baseball has experienced notable changes and pickoff attempts and yes, they are changes due to the new rules and pitches evolving but I think pictures are missing out on opportunities to get bases runners out. pickoff/caught stealing plays have made up nearly half the pickoffs we’ve seen, which is the highest rate in 11 years. This shouldn’t be too surprising, since caught stealing numbers are up across the board.  Join us for more... Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/support]

Season 3 - Episode 9 - The First 30

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/fan_mail/new] In our 9th episode of Season 3, we will talk about the first 30 days of the season. Is it too early too panic for some teams? We have had a pretty exciting start of the season. Where do we begin? Let's start with reviewing the standings any surprises what about your team? Well, starting with the American League East it's been pretty competitive and I don't think there has been a lot of surprise. Baltimore has started off much better than last year. Obviously, we all know about the Red Sox and their shit play the Blue Jays aren't looking so great right now the team that always surprises me is the Tampa Bay rays. They stay competitive it is a shame that they do not have a fan base that appreciates that tenacity the Yankees very surprising pitching very surprising, but they still have a shit bullpen and it's being hidden by the pitching and timely hitting at this point, their bullpen is just about as bad as last year, but with different names. Would it surprise you if you didn't realize the Yankees on number one in the major leagues in ERA for their starting pitches they're at 2.74 earned run average the Dodgers, a second with a 2.83 the Braves a third with a 3.04 the guardians with a 3.43 and then the top five of the best team ERA is the Tampa Bay Rays at number five at 3.45 so right there you get to realize why the raise are playing so much better and all those other team.  Join us for MORE... Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/support]

Season 3 - Episode 8 - RSNs Part II

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/fan_mail/new] In our 8th episode of Season 3, we will touch on the topic of RSN’s Part II…We talked about the future of RSN’s and the revenue from it back in Season 1 - Episode 6 - RSN’s. It looks like we need to revisit this to see how and what is developing.  Currently… Have you watched much baseball this year? MLB’s media rights deals for 2026 are all over the place, requiring fans to subscribe to six different platforms for complete coverage, which can cost over $100 monthly. In other sports leagues they often have more consolidated broadcasting agreements, making access simpler and potentially less expensive for fans. So…HOW is THIS a good thing in baseball???? We have talked about The bankruptcy of Diamond Sports Group, which owned Bally Sports Network, has led to a flood of new deals concerning local media rights across MLB. Join us for more... Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2376424/support]