Mona Lisa Baseball

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 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)

Shohei Ohtani (0:40) Jacob Nottingham (9:12) Steve Cohen (10:40) Where's Tony Gwynn? (14:22) We're so over Albert Pujols (17:53) MLB network is brainwashing fans (23:28) Everyone thinks ghost runner is stupid! (26:50) 12 team playoffs (29.21) The Giants were moving to Florida (32:01) Barry Bonds (33:32) The 14 year old P.O. (35:15) Bigger bases (36:33) Pitch clock, & Goose Gossage. (37:41) Shift ban and bunting (40:05) Bud Selig rule (42:31) The guy who changed football forever (44:26)

Getting drafted changes your perspective (0:07) 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) Baseball is perfect for radio (13:28) The luxury tax obsession (18:54) Disruptor Mets guy Cohen (20:11) These are not chess pieces, these are people (23:19) Video games (28:02) 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)