First podcast of 2018, feels good to be back. The MLB Hot Stove is cold as ice, so let's talk about Rob Manfred forcing the Cleveland Indians to get rid of Chief Wahoo. Also a little bit about the recent self-destruction of the NPR (National Pro Fastpitch).

We give our takes on the Miami Marlins deciding to erect a Jose Fernandez statue. Bumgarner and his dirtbike accident make him the asshole of the week. Should MLB lay back on steroids? Do you blame players that use?

Baseball Fam isn't what you're picturing it. We're pretty JUCO actually. But MLB The Show 17 is out, and we're playing live on twitch at baseballfam.com/theshow a couple nights a week. Mario & Ryan talked shit behind my back after I was kicked out of the call. Ryan is in Montana for some reason, and Mario reminisces over old heartbreak.s

Kicking off 2017 with this first podcast of the year. Spring training has begun and we're back in business. This is the first podcast with the two new additions to the show, Mario Mejia and Ryan Blake.

College World Series final is upon us. Coastal Carolina and Arizona face off for a 3 game series starting Monday night on ESPN, and I give my prediction for the series. An update on Marcus Stroman's woes, and the hater complex of his fans on twitter. Some objective analysis of his season and the problems. 

I'm joined by Mario Mejia, contributor to baseballfam.com and host of the Dirty Water Podcast on Baseball Fam & iTunes to talk baseball. Royals fans are back at it again making a mockery of the MLB All Star Game voting. There are tons of questionable choices at the top of position lists in the American League. We also touch on Noah Syndergaard throwing at Chase Utley at Citi Field this week.

Episode 13 of the Baseball Fam Podcast is live on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. I talk about why David Ortiz is not a 1st ballot hall of famer. Looking at how the voters treat the designated hitter makes it pretty clear that if Edgar Martinez still isn't in the Hall of Fame, David Ortiz won't make it in on his first ballot, regardless of his numbers. The NCAA cracked down on softball shenanigans. Beginning with the NCAA regionals, teams will no longer be allowed to have props in the dugout as you see in the picture above. Two new rules changes in the MLB possibly starting in 2017. The strike zone will move from below the knee caps, to the top of the knee caps. They will also eliminate the need to throw 4 balls to execute an intentional walk.

Benches cleared in the Blue Jays Rangers game in Arlington after Jose Bautista slid late into Rougned Odor. Odor took exception and threw a haymaker that landed on Bautista's jaw. It was awesome to watch, because both players are dicks. We need more fighting in baseball? Also, Bryce Harper served a once game suspension and paid an undisclosed fine for telling an umpire to F off. Some guys just lose their cool in the heat of the moment. Bryce Harper also was seen handing a homeless woman in Chicago a jar of cash.

Miami Marlins Dee Gordon and Toronto Blue Jays Chris Colabelllo

Some big Baseball Fam updates and a run down of the first week of MLB season. Trevor Story and Tyler White, the most unlikely winners of Player of the Week. The new slide rule already causing havoc, Chase Utley already pushing the limits, and Madison Bumgarner & Marcus Stroman make our super overrated list. Major League Baseball is incompetent when it comes to adjusting the schedule the first month of the season.