All About Baseball with Byron Copley

All About Baseball with Byron Copley

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All About Baseball with Byron Copley episodes

  • Who’s to Blame for the Walk-Up Song?
    That's the question that this podcast answers. Virtually non-existent before the MLB baseball strike of 1994, the walk-up song was ubiquitous by the end of the 1990s. Yet, its origins can be traced to the woman who accepted the job as the organist for the Chicago White Sox in 1970. Listen in as we explore the evolution of the walk-up song from a happy accident to part of the design of an MLB game experience.
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    Music: "Field Grass" Sergei Pavkin
    15 min
  • Immaculate Grid: The Ultimate Baseball Trivia Game
    I discovered this game, Immaculate Grid, a few years ago, and I consider it the best baseball trivia game I've ever played. In this podcast, I complete a specific grid and (attempt) to explain how the game is played, but the best way for you to learn is to go to immaculategrid.com and give it a try. You won't regret it.
    Immaculate Grid encompasses the best aspect of good baseball trivia: it causes you to think rather than merely guess, and all the answers, right or wrong, have relevance.
    Music: "FIeld Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
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    12 min
  • The Honorable Sacrifice of “Jack T. Jamison”
    "Jack T. Jamison" (not his real name) is one of 4,486 Major League Baseball players who never got to make a 10th plate appearance. The story as to why is the the subject of this podcast, the details of which were related to me by two of my cousins.
    "Jack T. Jamison" is their great uncle, who played for a National League team somewhere between the years of 1910-1930.
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    Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
    8 min
  • Remembering Bob Uecker
    This podcast adds to the litany of responses in reaction to the passing of Bob Uecker (1934 - 2025), but it focuses on the fact that this funny and famous man remained humble throughout his life.
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    Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin
    8 min
  • Why Did The Detroit Tigers Sign Javier Baez to a Six-Year Contract?
    This podcast doesn't answer this question. It answers why the Tigers shouldn't have, as I said more than three years ago, before Baez made his first plate appearance in a Tigers' uniform. I delve into the numbers that should have been an alarm that signaled Baez was not a sound investment. And introduce the Tigers' signing of Gleyber Torres as a possible one-year insurance policy, who could fill in at the shortstop position.
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    Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
    15 min
  • At What Price Victory, MLB?
    What does it cost a Major League team in dollars and cents to send one of its hitters on the roster to simply stride to the plate, no matter what the outcome may be? What are Major League teams paying its hitters to complete the singular most important objective in baseball -- score runs? Obviously, not all players get paid the same to make a plate appearance, or score a run. However, if I were Gunnar Henderson, I'd question the fairness of being expected to score five fewer runs than Juan Soto this season, while being paid 60 times less per run.
    This podcast also begins the discussion of leveling the playing field by compensating players by present performance, rather than how they performed in the past, or how they are expected to perform in the future.
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    Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
    12 min
  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead
    In the initial podcast of 2025, I turn the corner to begin my second year of sharing my passion for the game of baseball with a like-minded audience. This podcast re-establishes the reasons why I initiated it, reviews selected topics, previews future episodes, and offers gratitude to you listeners and to the people who were integral in making All About Baseball a dream that became real.
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    Music: "Field Grass" Sergei Pavkin
    14 min
  • Al Kaline’s Rude Introduction to the Detroit Tigers
    Al Kaline, first-ballot Hall of Fame right fielder for the Detroit Tigers, whose career spanned 22 seasons from 1953 to 1974, was rejected, ostracized, and ridiculed by many teammates during his rookie season -- primarily because the core of veteran outfielders perhaps knew that their days as Detroit Tigers were dwindling, and this rookie phenom bonus baby was accelerating the timeline.
    Who were these players who resented Kaline's presence? That what this podcast reveals.
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    Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin
    12 min
  • Rob Manfred’s Gone Batty
    A listener sent me a link to a story that revealed the latest in a long line of "reforms" that Rob Manfred, MLB Commissioner, has proposed to "enhance" the game of baseball and "engage" the fans more thoroughly. Having already ushered in pitcher's and hitter's clocks, limits in pickoff moves, a placing a runner on second base in extra-inning games, larger bases, banning the shift on the infield, and the universal designated hitter, Manfred has proposed an idea that actually violates the present rules of baseball, which is only one of a legion of reasons why it should never reach the batter's box.
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    Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin
    15 min

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A podcast where baseball is the main character, a supporting player, or a silent partner. The possibilities are vast and varied.