BondsCast

In this episode, I go over my feelings regarding Buster Posey’s decision to not play this season; my feelings about the schedule release that happened this week; and end with an optimistic analysis of a potential road to the postseason for the Giants.

In this episode, I go over the ins and outs of the 2014 NLDS Game 2 at the Nationals, which was an epic, 18-inning affair. Link to watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0WTWek7YYE)

In this episode, I discuss the Cesar’s Sportsbook odds for the Giants and their 9 opponents for this season; and I end with a data analysis done by yours truly. If you’d like to hear all the nuts and bolts of the calculations, stay tuned until after the outro to hear more. Link to the data I used (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1QHocIvKmBOluMykKvRo7NB0YrDor1ph0xxV-rXJilTU/edit?usp=sharing)

In this continuing series, we review over the 7th consecutive elimination game victory for the Giants in the 2014 NL Wild Card game at the Pittsburgh Pirates on October 1, 2014. Link to watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP7nwdT8OmQ)

In this podcast, I discuss the delay in the Giants announcing of their 60-man roster; the reason and impact behind cutting 4 veterans, then re-signing them; the details of the 60-man roster, including Hunter Bishop’s positive COVID-19 test; a suggested 30-man roster; and finally, some recent former Giants who are on other teams’ 60-man rosters for this upcoming season.

In this episode, Jack and I discuss his time growing up as a Giants fan in Sacramento, watching the Sacramento Solons at Edmonds Field (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonds_Field); seeing the Giants-Yankees 1962 World Series Game 7 at Candlestick Park; a story about Yogi Berra on the wives’ bus late to a World Series game; my Spring Training experiences as a kid and recently; a link to the Giants fans in the Phoenix area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Firebirds); Jack telling a story about his grandfather catching a flyball from Rico Petrocelli at Comiskey Park; my experience at Wrigley in 2011; Jack’s stories from attending Candlestick Park as a kid, including a foul ball story with Willie Mays and his cousin Charlie; my youth foul ball story with my brother in Oakland; a story from high school friend Butch Edge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Edge); Jack’s attendance at a 2010 Giants’ postseason game; Stories from the legend that is Madison Bumgarner; the career of Yasiel Puig and the potential impact of the Giants signing him; COVID-19 and its impact on clubhouses and the health of the country; Jack’s thoughts on the Gabe Kapler and Farhan Zaidi hires; a remembrance of 2010’s contributors Angel Pagan and Sergio Romo; the “wokeness” of baseball and other American sports; a discussion about Oracle Park food

In this episode, I discuss an update on the Giants including their top prospects in the 60-man taxi squad roster for this season; the Giants’ odds of winning the World Series, as posted by William Hill U.S.; 3 undrafted free agents signed by the Giants and a signing bonus issued to our third round selection; and finally we end with an entertaining Twitter beef between Aubrey Huff and Trevor Bauer

We review Lincecum's 2nd domination over the Padres in 2 years time. This is a brief episode because it was supposed to feature an interview from my colleague who attended the event, but my dumb self deleted the files, so here we are on the 6th anniversary of the event. Link to watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1FsvzFcgaA)

In this episode, we discuss the failure of the owners and players to reach an agreement and how that affects some things that the players had to give up in order to be able to file a grievance; all the details of the new 60-game season, including COVID-19 testing, scheduling, and rule changes; some analysis of the agreement from Twitter; the last update from Baseball Reference’s 2020 simulated season; and we end with a silver lining from the web site FiveThirtyEight.

In this podcast, we review Tim Lincecum’s first no hitter at the Padres on July 13th, 2013. Where was I during the game, what did Miller and Krukow rant about during the broadcast, and what were the big defensive plays to seal the deal? Link to watch (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8R-PTuFgkU)