Mona Lisa Baseball: Recent Episodes
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It's been said that the Mona Lisa was created perfectly. Baseball has been described the same way for decades; but alas it's time for a change... or is it? Listen to an in-depth look at baseball's past, present, and future. Dare to peer into the widest scope lens and find out what's next for the most revered sport in American history.
Welcome A15 (0:11) Catch (8:00) Practice (9:53) Pre-game (14:54) The yard (17:46) Warm up (23:00) The game (29:33) Pitching (34:47) Sunset (39:11)
Rob's golden bag of tricks (0:12) Salary caps, floors (2:59) Shohei as Relief needs new rule (11:22) 13 pitchers (12:36) Melkman stopped delivering (22:00) Sports fans have softened on how we feel about PEDs (23:45) Patrick Bailey vs Sam Huff (25:12) Pat Burrell was the most dangerous 8 hitter we ever saw (26:48)
Creating meaning through baseball (0:12) Good eye? (1:39) Storytelling and narrative (2:46) So many gripes (3:25) Roger Angell (7:03) Grant Bisbee (13:45) Manfred on McAfee (20:01) The Wonder Years (21:45) Building tension (23:08) Breaking point (26:45)
Shohei's starts (0:11) Kyle Schwarber: historic MVP (1:46) Who cares about Juan Soto (2:20) No deal Rob (3:07) Yelling at Gagne and Dunleavy (3:45) The worst fans in baseball (7:29) Stupid bets (9:52) Are the Giants still the good guys? (13:53) Is Will Clark really that angry? (16:28) The kid is all show (26:00) Midnight replay (31:08)
Perspectivism (1:10) Nobody runs the bases like Willie used to (10:24 ) Bryce Eldridge vs. J.T. Snow (10:46) Replay taken too far (12:19) Does Young Greg Maddux make the majors today? (14:19) The Manfred man and swing off (17:36) Home run derby nostalgia (19:15) Appreciation vs. entitlement (22:17)
All Star Games (0:32) Mic'd up mishap (3:14) Bobby Valentine (8:03) Swing Off (14:30) Hank Aaron (27:35) Please talk about baseball (30:15)
Jung Hoo Crew (0:54) Pitch clock and game duration (2:58) Tricking the robot (13:20) They ruined the bleachers (16:54) Shohei 50 50 (23:52) Banana ball (25:17) Booing and the ump (28:34) Sacramento A's (35:01) Why are the Rockies so bad? (36:27) 3 year old phenom in Live Oak Little League (37:15) Future state of baseball (39:20)
The Tampa disaster (0:52) Sacramento A's (2:00) ESPN (3:54) The Pirates (4:55) Rob has one job (5:52) Vlad Jr. is the new Bobby Bonilla mega bust (9:34) Dad's big two (12:26) Lost in the ABS abyss (14:28) Banana ball is thriving (20:55) Up steps Mookie Betts (23:14) Observations from a little league assistant coach (28:16)
Ken Burns Baseball (0:14) Expansion (6:34) Why Michael Lorenzen needs 20 ABs (16:06) Ambidextrous pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje (20:59) Baseball United update (24:09) Ichiro Suzuki (25:47) Will Clark and the Giants (29:03) NBA all-star tournament (34:19)
A's (1:17) ABS and new rules (6:37) ESPN drops hardball (13:20) Golden at bat (14:19) Boomerang ball (16:38) Gambling (20:35) A whole new painting (22:10) Stupid Caps (24:04) New old uniforms (30:34) Mo Vaughn, Brady Anderson and the steroid era (35:00)
Peanuts and beer (2:04) Oakland losing its identity (10:24) Piloting the heat in Sacramento (12:32) Hibernating teams (16:46) Brodie Brazil fired (19:53) John Fisher hates you (23:01)
Neighborhood kids (0:12) MLB protecting investments (5:27) Growing up Red Sox (10:46) Why anonymous? (15:54) Everybody's doing it (17:12) Global baseball, WBC, Olympics (21:13)
Yankees vs Dodgers! (0:12) Rob on the radio (2:02) Expanding playoffs (7:22) World Series with clocks (7:51) Japan vs. USA (12:51) Robo umps in spring training (20:28) Tech drama (28:22) Luis Arráez (33:49) Best ratings possible (36:38) Use your boo (39:04) Fernando Valenzuela (42:19) The Shohei Ohtani bet (43:53) Blake Snell didn't feel like pitching today (45:14)
Sports business (0:22) Steroids for kids (1:09) Danny Almonte (3:40) Buscones (5:40) International draft (11:29) It's not child labor (15:25) The RBI Program (17:03) Other sports? (18:26) Baseball talent as a natural resource (21:27) Building cisterns (26:14)
Call your team (0:13) 87 NLCS (3:15) Will Clark was cleats up (4:24) MLB in sac and a kick in the Nuts (6:07) Guess who got a hit? (9:34) No rival games in September?! (11:18) Tony Gwyn launch angle (11:57) Paul Skenes and Mr. Baseball (13:06) Phillies lineup (16:00) Do you remember finger signals? (20:43)
Paul Skenes had a good seven (0:12) All star showcase (8:03) Have you accepted the clock? (13:16) Ellie De La Cruz and new rules (16:31) Do you know who Bo Jackson is? (17:37) Pete Rose, Bert Blyleven and Uncle Rico (19:59) Fail like Star Wars (22:26)
Announcers going rouge (0:09) Old highlights (4:25) Will Clark buys Angel a beer (5:31) Small changes? (7:10) Another gambling scandal (8:43) Lucrative advertisers (10:08) Launch Angle (13:00) A fun baseball team? (13:53) Fear the beard (14:59) No sports allowed (18:25) Paul Skenes and fireball city (19:22) An empty stadium is a bad look (21:21) It's the owner's sport (22:39) Another stupid American thing (25:34)
Angel Hernandez retirement party (0:29) ABS is coming (6:03) Interference! (8:22) College spike and silly hats (12:37) Atomic baseball (14:54) Framing is out of control and the Draymond Green effect (15:50) Uniforms will change next year (24:58)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Poetry and American products (0:12) Dodgers deferred (4:30) Flawless greens (7:21) Unwanted A's (12:30) Fake history? (17:37)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 your stars rule (23:53)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
John Kruk's Circus (0:00) Violation stats & getting used to new rules (2:41) Shift ban is not working & 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)
Reverse boycott game (0:18) Public money (0:50) Dinner with Rob (3:16) Proof the A's are tanking (5:14) Bryce Harper & most Las Vegans opposed (8:59) Expansion (9:41) Rockies beef (11:12) The Rays (12:31) Falling skyscrapers (13:20) Tough decade (14:38) I-15 Heat (15:21) Glen Kuiper said a word (17:03) A's did wonderful things (19:52) 4 pro teams in Vegas (23:18)
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)
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)
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)
What is the Atlantic League? (0:34) Oakland protest signs (1:31) ABS Blooper reel (4:10) Hawk-eye: a robot in your ear (4:45) ABS challenge (5:48) The Summer Game (7:44) ABS technical issues (10:20) Variation (11:40) Birds and other distractions (15:05) The greatest boo ever delivered (18:12) ABS made umpires better (20:00)
Need more Shohei (0:10) The opener & double hook DH (0:52) The problem with RBIs (4:10) A.I. & umpire issues (5:56) Blow up the playoffs & flopping (10:36) A game of failure (16:00) Poor Oakland (18:06) Designated runners (20:43) Lower the mound again? (23:35) Joey Votto commercial (25:24) Bryce Harper's elbow brace rule (26:33) 9 DH lineup (27:38)
Umpire union (0:10) The A's $500M problem (1:15) Umpire meritocracy or robots? (3:18) Consult the robot & Ángel Hernández: the meme (3:43) National revenue (7:11) Field of dreams game & Mexico City (8:07) Albert Belle wants to mash baseballs so hard (10:46) Suspending rules in playoffs (11:32) Most difficult game to officiate & 12 year old umpires (19:59) PitchCom killed finger signs (24:10)
Park attendance numbers & weather (0:10) Beer sales & Bud Light (3:47) TV numbers, frontloaded interest & the new item on the menu (6:45) JD Davis (9:10) Mexico City 11 HR game (9:38) The Easter Sunday Manny Machado on field interview (11:12) Cereal guy discipline (14:26) Stolen Base Numbers (16:23) Loopholes (20:26) ABS on TV (23:30) The twofer rule change (24:56) Football games are too long (25:28)
Hating on baseball? (0:10) Rule changes & dichotomy of emotions (3:02) Dad's Giants season tickets (12:22) Personal attendance (13:17) San Diego (14:30) Souvenirs (16:07) Best parks? (19:05) Clocks? (21:10) Pickoff limit? (24:41) Shift ban? (25:31) Self correction & contact hitting vs. swinging for fences (30:43) Robot arms and Tommy John (33:40) Bigger bases? (34:24) We still love baseball & the designated runner (37:18) Cardinal rules & the 55 man roster (38:33)
Attendance is up? (0:10) Bad movies (2:35) Brodie Brazil's beautiful rendering (5:15) It was known (7:45) Insulting Oakland (8:24) 1919 (11:38) It's Bud Selig's fault (16:15) Selling the shift ban (18:35) Analytics eating its tail (19:58) More HR (20:44) Stupid commercials (21:07) Conan O'Brien (22:35) Designated runner (24:42)
Youth commissioner in a large city (0:11) Baseball vs. soccer (1:10) Coaching (2:38) Giants fans (4:24) John Miller & JT Snow (5:51) Youth leagues; PONY, Little League (6:59) MLB influence (13:28) Buster Posey rule enforcement incites uproar (18:52) Shift ban (20:10) Barry Bonds philosophy (22:32) Will Clark was perplexed (22:57)
Bonds vs. Ichiro + crow hopping (0:10) Future of playoffs (0:51) Buster Posey Rule (2:00) Babies at the park (5:51) Self government (11:07) Eliminating pitchers (13:52) The Metaverse does not exist (14:23) Virtual seats (16:52) Joyous (18:04) Balanced schedule (19:44) Spring attendance (22:19) TV product (23:51)
Rob Manfred's media tour (3:06) Will Clark on shift ban (5:38) Fast teams (6:53) Sergio Romo retirement ruined by clock (7:52) Hunter Pence the hype man (12:10) Baserunner clock violation (15:28) Mid-season rule change (16:07) Repeal clock in playoffs? (16:44) Reggie Jackson was going to buy the A's (18:07) Fear and Blackballing (19:39) Some pitchers are working slower now (20:56) Umpire suspended for doing the right thing (21:24) ABS when? (24:45) Giant digital clocks (27:40) Catchers not thinking as much (30:17) Fixing something that's not broken (31:01) Gamblers love it (31:57) USA Today writer now finds sport tolerable (33:05) Never leave early (34:42)
Would Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle approve of recent rule changes? (0:22) Reddit hates us (0:52) First year not coaching (2:17) Football, Hockey & violence in sports (3:50) Wayne Gretzky's enforcer & self governing (5:35) Punch the robot! (7:43) Chippy NBA (8:31) No ump on the field & losing your job to technology (11:24) Beer & malts (11:58) We're on youtube (12:57) 2023 Baserunning & Maddison Bumgardner uses pitchcom (14:17) Changing rules to get more (18:10) Switch hitter vs. ambidextrous pitcher (18:40) Fool the robot (20:55) Remove all human error? (21:32) NL vs. AL (23:18) Will Clark: everyday person (24:21) New fans? (24:44) More hypothetical changes to get more of something (25:52)
It's Not Baseball Anymore (0:30) The Future of American Hardball (3:24) ABS Umpire Earpiece (4:10) Universal Ballpark Dimensions? (6:42) No Chalk (8:56) Batter Out After 3rd Foul Ball? (9:45) Brandon Belt (11:07) Hit Batsmen Penalty & Flopping (12:25) The Skee Ball Homerun (14:35) Manny Ramirez's Art (16:37) The Sizzle Reel (17:01) Spring Training (18:08) Robot Arms & Pitching Machines (19:20) Sergio Romo News (20:04) Max Scherzer's Pitch Clock (20:50) Batter Ready? (21:38) Tweaking the Poles (23:13) Kids Playing in the Street (24:07) WBC Rules (26:57)
Reds Guy (0:13) NL DH (4:47) The Athletic King of Cincinnati? (9:35) Johnny Bench Statue & Riverside vs Great American (9:14) Barry Larkin & Dustin Pedroya type MVP (10:54) Only Mark McGwire could do such a thing (15:58) MLB EP exposed (16:47) Oakland and the A's are in a toxic relationship (18:48) Dam building in the west (21:04) Giant Dynasty (24:53) Cody Ross trade (25:31) Tim Lincecum is pure baseball (25:05) At Pedro's Cantina every player had their own unique chant (27:13) Scott Roland shouldn't have been playing (28:32) Buster Posey's Grand Slam was a special moment (29:17) Bat your pitcher (30:58) Elation to riots (31:31) Sergio Romo did a great thing (32:59) Watching a pure thing get destroyed (34:48)
Why the pitch clock? (0:25) Jeff Passan is so smug right now (3:30) Shorter games = more fans? (4:31) Nolan stared him down (6:37) Who's unserious about baseball? (7:23) Plastic surgery on an already beautiful face (8:47) The Prisoner's Dilemma (10:06) Cohen and the Mets (13:16) Blackballed (16:06) Father and son (17:58) Self Regulation (19:22) On field interview (20:57) Playoff fever & the NBA approach (22:26) The price of beer in SF (24:00) Baseball is getting silly (25:26) The box is stupid (26:59)
The original question (0:19) The box (02:29) Replay pause kills drama (3:37) Booing intentional walks (4:52) Booing umpires & replay delay (6:08) Fool the umpire with your baseballness (6:45) Manager gives ump hell (8:28) Chocolate malts are missing (9:16) Pitchers with bats and Madison Bumgarner (9:45) Extra inning marathons (11:40) Double Switches (12:37) Winning your division (13:16) Resting your stars? (13:33) Stupid Questions from stupid journalists (15:47) Catching a foul ball (17:13) Finger signs (17:55) True base stealing (19:26) Defensive freedom (20:27) No clocks (21:32) Pure uniforms (23:09) America loves to watch a train-wreck (24:46) We are an army! (27:22)
Fair pay and Sergio Romo (0:24) Kyle Schwarber's last ever slugger bunt (5:20) Why can't he be a DH too? (9:17) I wanna see Verlander bat (11:10) Baseball favorites (12:59) If you were the GM of the new Las Vegas A's (16:10) Uniforms: great and awful (17:08) Fake Astro's stadium and booing Manfred (18:51) Bum in KC: GOAT (21:19) Batting style and numbers (23:00) They retired Will Clark's number (25:14) Dugout interviews and mics on players (274:30) This is war (30:50) Steinbeck was from Salinas (34:08) Lifelong Giants fan reacts to UDH (35:16) Season 2 sign-off (38:27)
Enjoyed a home run derby? (0:13) Astros baseball (2:11) A happy Dusty Baker (9:33) Ranger Bruce Bochy (15:52) Trading Madison Bumgarner (17:14) Justin Verlander (19:19) Phils were 14 out (20:35) What's up with Tatis? (22:10) Umpire calls perfect game (22:55) Fairness (25:29)
5 day tv delay (0:55) 2022 attendance (3:21) The third place Phillies (4:43) Baseball gods hate the Padres (6:00) Hot Astros (7:47) New stats? OPS (8:50) Downgrading RBIs (9:13) WHIP (10:50) Well that's WAR (11:22) Dan Okrent and fantasy (12:34) OAA, Gold Gloves and Juan Soto (14:05) Shohei in RF (18:36) Death of the double switch (19:05) The Battered Bastards of Baseball review (19:49) Albert Pujols is breaking records (21:25) Baseball simulator 1000 (25:58) Push out the fences (27:36) A non-fan watched a playoff game (31:08) BBB is the best (32:57) Losing teams? (34:54) How much are the A's worth? (35:27)
Crying tears of joy because playoff expansion (1:28) They suspended the automatic runner rule for the playoffs (5:40) A taste of November baseball (7:39) The Cleveland walk-off (7:54) Pretend you're a Dodgers fan (11:52) Now imagine you're a Met's fan (14:30) Magic year for the Padres (17:21) Most of these teams are cheating (18:03) That's not fair! (18:23) Bob Costa's idea for the playoffs (19:48) No coin flips in baseball (20:01) PitchCom, SpiderTac and spin rates (23:14) New stats (26:32) Terminator fan (28:09) HBP (28:55) Bet on anything (34:55) Fan mail (38:27)
First ballgame together (0:18) Getting kicked out (0:50) Licorice, malts and dogs. (2:53) Catching peanuts in the air and allergies (5:33) baseball is an ex that won't stop texting and a never before seen triple play (10:15) Remembering stats and years (11:41) Indifference and babies (12:36) How do you have a baseball show? (14:29) Fantasy baseball? (14:43) Ring central? (16:18) Big wave stadiums (18:12) Steph Curry doesn't slap it like Draymond Green (20:11) Death and the sports package (22:47)
Top 5 baseball movies (0:15) They're not walking Aaron Judge (1:45) What is "Juan Soto money?" (6:36) Padres: now or never (8:00) Tatis, Barry Bonds and flaxseed oil. (8:30) Football and the viewership collapse (10:49) Dead sports and American Gladiators (12:54) The speed of trackman in tennis and baseball (19:02) More dead sports (21:25) Race walkers walking that line (24:01) Ancient extinct sports (25:05) The international player draft (27:26) Minor league union (28:44)
Bigger bases (0:13) Watching feet and Orwellian baseball (5:03) Bill Murray with Harry Caray (8:34) More ballpark visits? (10:13) The journalist from Milwaukee (12:32) The pitch clock, the pressure situation and building drama (18:05) Worse than imagined (19:58) Rule change announcement timing and the art of the Friday night news dump (25:04) Why is baseball failing? (26:36)
Ticking clocks (0:16) Baseball has a new body (2:19) Encouraging the stolen base by creating rules (5:11) Ricky Henderson and throwing back (8:43) Pitch clock and umpire's discretion (10:49) Vaughn's moment and more new clocks (14:05) Divisions in the Competition Committee (16:18) Shift ban details and toes (16:49) We can still hold the line (25:24) Universal designated hitter indifference (28:24)
Extended playoffs: the slow boil (0:13) NCAA 2023 rule changes (5:11) The ban on props (20:19) Game theory and the Kapler declaration (28:21) Best of the worst (30:04) The A's are tanking (31:09) More new college rules and mutual consent (35:12) No 14 inning games anymore (37:51) Frost pins (40:20)
Welcome to the future (0:24) Cellphone on the field (1:17) The A's are tanking (11:27) Madison Bumgarner's rage (18:04) Booing Brandon Belt (29:25) No baseball in the Sunday New York Times (37:02) Giant's fans are unhappy (40:26)
Going to see the A's (0:10) Hunter Pence is a baller (1:14) Nets everywhere (4:32) Rooting for the underdog (6:57) Ballpark rules (7:31) Sign parade (10:56) A is for attendance (14:10) Prohibited items (14:45) Flying bullets in Oakland (23:26) Throwing octopi (26:37) The wave (29.16) Attendance: price is wrong (29:48) Sounds of the game (30:24) Attendance final result (36:41)
Anonymous 1 and Anonymous 3 talk about recent and pending MLB rule changes. (0:12) Why can't we just ask the pitchers to work quicker? (3:34) He got yanked after 7 perfect innings and seemed to be fine with it. (9:22) Giants vs. unwritten rules and the first ever woman base coach. (20:00) The old way vs. the new way. (25:58) Excessive celebration and the guys who could get away with flipping the bat. (27:26) Do we really need more flair? Or do the owners just want more money? (31:05) Baseball has the best all-star game. (34:03)
Anonymous 1 asks about the ins and outs of high school baseball with manager/coach Anonymous 3! The best game I've ever seen at the high school level. (1:58) No unshelled peanuts. (3:13) The entire field is recycled tires. (4:49) What is allowed on these premises? (9:22) Please explain the EH to us? (12:41) 15 kids and 9 positions. (17:05) Everyone is the star of their own show on the internet. (20:14) Keeping the game alive. (21:40) What was on their belts? (24:00) Send everyone? (26:30)
Can we still call it "baseball?" (0:07) What would Will Smith say? (0:51) People hate the automatic runner. (2:27) Television! (4:07 ) Is this our last show? (6:36) Humility and a channel update (8:10) Is there a chance to reverse some of these rules? (13:32) Stop comparing baseball to other sports! (14:28) FU MLB TV! (18:07) Inject more offense! (23:21) They dammed the Colombia. (23:21) An idea to save baseball. (31:07) Our fans want more steroids. (33:36) A call to arms. (36:10) The death of turf and other wins. (37:06) Ballparks. (38:30) Another one bites the dust. (42:30) What a rivalry! (48:16) An uplifting note. (49:55)
Is baseball a bad TV sport? (0:18) We love the horse out there. (8:55) Agents, the salary cap and capitalism. (15:49) Are we really watching the best? (31:14) The tipping point. (35:09) The designated shortstop hitter. (37:02) José Oquendo, the utility player. (39:10) The Bug Selig Rule. (39:50) You can actually suck and still play in the all-star game. (42:42) Play baseball! (43:32)
Addicted to video games? (0:13) Rebalancing and Street Fighter II. (3:50) What's worries you the most? UDH is a deal breaker. (6:07) Constant complaining. (9:20) A small town in Nevada. (10:52) Is MLB TV just propaganda? (13:41) Business vs art. (19:15) 85 wins is all you need now. (20:38) Perfect or close to perfect? (21:01) Kelly Slater's wave pool. (21:56) "Broken" strategies and Jacob Nottingham. (22:30) This isn't just about baseball, and the guy who didn't really watch the movie. (25:02) Clip culture. (27:30)
Helmets on pitchers? (0:12) Barry Bonds' elbow armor? (2:05) The most expensive baseball card in the world. (8:30) Two brands of baseball. (12:16) Ballpark vibes. (18:43) Why does the shortstop have to bat? (21:30) Unnecessary plastic surgery and men without pants on. (28:25) Can every day be the greatest day of your life? (31:28) 30 Ozzy Smiths? (34:17) Designated runners? (35:24) Jim Abbott. (39:17) When Mark McGwire broke Roger Maris's record. (43:50) Selling out. (52:21)
Three new rules for three guys: the Shohei Ohtani rule, (0:40) the Jacob Nottingham rule, (9:12) and the Steve Cohen rule. (10:40) Where is Tony Gwynn? (14:22) We're so done with Albert Pujols. (17:53) Is the MLB network brainwashing the fans? (23:28) Everyone thinks the 10th inning runner rule is stupid! (26:50) 12 team playoffs, (29.21) that time the Giants were moving to Florida, (32:01) and more Barry Bonds. (33:32) The 14 year old P.O. (35:15) Bigger bases, (36:33) the pitch clock, and Goose Gossage. (37:41) Banning the shift when he only has to bunt it once? (40:05) The Bud Selig rule. (42:31) A guy just changed football forever (44:26) We're terrified for the season to start. (48:39)
Fans only! (0:07) Because once you get drafted it changes your perspective. We craft new tools with HAL9000 (01:00) and ask who will give baseball a voice? (2:53) Should people who buy teams pass a test? (8:38) F#%& you American League! (9:40) New metrics, (11:24) and why baseball is perfect for radio. (13:28) Are we obsessing (17:18) when we discuss the luxury tax? (18:54) Disruptor Mets guy Cohen. (20:11) These are not chess pieces, these are people. (23:19) Video games (28:02) and fans influencing the game. (31:59) Don't be late for Timmy, (37:22) don't be like Pete, (39:30) and never ever forget Barry Bonds. (44:45) Roger Clemens can own the inside corner because he never has to bat. (51:59)
Can we talk about the robot umpire? Who do you want to boo? (0:36) Game over for good rival Eric Gagne. (1:09) How fair are the umpires? (4:41) What is best for baseball? (5:21) Can we give the umpires better tools? (6:46) The hill at Enron Field. (9:49) Baseball in 1000 years? Put the team on a spaceship. (20:20) Give it back to the fans. (23:02) New fans. (26:05) Resetting the lineup because we can't stop comparing baseball to other sports. (28:21) The guest host on Shark Tank. (30:05)
So what is your baseball perspective? Is the game a piece of art? Or is it just business as usual? Should we limit the number of throwbacks? (1:17) Do you remember that time they banned the curveball? (4:27) What is the threshold for rule changes? (4:47) The NBA problem (5:21) and the Atlanta Braves (6:23) help us understand the owners. Do you appreciate slow and graceful things? (10:33) Have you ever hit a ball with a bat? (11:43) Did you hear the one about the four white guys who did not walk into a bar in Japan? (13:23) What's the problem with the LPGA? (14:40) What's better than the duel? (16:24) What will they ban next? (16:49) Why is baseball such a heartbreaker? (20:34) How many kinds of fans are there? (21:04) Can they ever win us back? (21:51) Will we make a stand? (22:56) What are the core elements of baseball? (27:35) What is your favorite baseball movie? (30:55) Did we really wanna go all in on analytics? (33:28)
Do we need more or less technology in baseball? By using our terminator vision (03:12) We can see the box, (02:27) puppet umpires, (04:22) and ugly gadgets. (07:16) What if field goals had no poles? (07:24) Please bring all of your baseballness (08:46) as we boo the umpire. (08:58) Is Rob Manfred the chosen one? (12:00) We're not sure, but we hope you live in a baseball town. (14:25) Why isn't instant replay instant? (15:38) Why can't we give the umpires better tools? (16:40) How easy is it to say that the players make too much money? (18:53) Because it's just a game? (19:42) Or is it the corruptibility of men? (21:55) If you don't trust your own eyes, (25:07) allow us to introduce you to the man who knows what actually happened. (27:48)
Assuming humans exist in 100 years, what will baseball look like? Do you need some skin in the game to enjoy the game? (01:36) Will baseball still be the only show in town? (03:48) Indifference does not apply to the price of beers (06:36) nor bad behavior at Wrigley. (10:46) Is memory a sweet lair? (13:58) Or was Bob Gibson really that good? (16:45) How does the Shohei miracle (19:52) relate to the Braves pitching in the 90's? (20:22) Jeter is out (24:53) because there are two kinds of baseball teams. (25:16) We acknowledge the role of villains, bars, and re-remember that baseball is a business. The term "universal DH" gets a cosmic slap down, (29:53) and pitchers get a shot clock (33:51) as we don lab coats and eye protection to observe some truly crazy experimental baseball rule changes (33:51) that may allow us to completely skip over 102, 103, and 104. (37:14)
Anonymous 1 summarizes season 1 and Anonymous 2 can't believe they want to ban the shift. Now more than ever we can see that baseball is not immune to the corrupt actions of it's stewards (6:30) and as we travel back in time to the '94 strike (9:38) and remember high school baseball, it's hard not to dread another dark alignment of stars. Everybody has questions. Do the players really want the universal DH? (22:35) Does chocolate taste better if it's responsibly sourced? (20:00) How old is baseball? (27:19) We have answers, and the solution to steroids in baseball. (33:48) Madison Bumgarner is epic (14:50) the owners are not. (18:09). Anon 2 makes the case for the universal DH while Anon 1 tries not to barf. (40:48) Finally, we acknowledge exciting queens (45:24) and attempt to relate baseball to World of Warcraft. (46:35)
Mona Lisa Baseball is back! Get ready for a whole new season where we'll cover all the recent changes to the game that we love.
The pillars of baseball receive their job assignments while recognizing you can't force anything to be popular.
Our narrator goes to his first game in many years and discovers first-hand how business-first baseball can pollute and dilute the experience of going out to the ballgame.
Take a tour around the greatest and the lamest parks ever built while getting slapped in the face by an audacity laced and collusive decision.
She said it best, speaking of pitchers, "How can you call yourself a ball-player if you don't even bat?"
Begin your journey into the belly of the beast of baseball, a sport on the brink of drastic change after being virtually untouched for decades.