Outside the Box with Jeff Conine

Jeff and Aram recap the electric home run derby. Jeff explains why Pete Alonso is designed for the competition. A look back at Jeff's legendary pinch-hit home run in the 1995 All-Star Game, which earned him the MVP award. Why MLB's Draft is a bit flawed and hangs seniors out to dry. The one stadium Jeff couldn't hit in, and more!

Jeff and Aram discuss the Home Run Derby at Coors Field and why it has the makings to be a classic. Discussing "Wins Above Replacement" or WAR, one of baseball's most popular stats, and why Jeff believes it is flawed. Also, Jeff describes his trip to Tokyo to sign Ichiro Suzuki, and the first hand experience of the next-level icon that Ichiro is in Japan.

*Editors Note: This episode was recorded before Griffin Conine hit his MILB-leading 18th home run. 

Jeff talks about MLB's damaging 1994 strike, and the chances of us going back down that road again. A look at Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The similarities he has with his Hall of Fame father, and why he could be the best hitter of this generation. Some discussion on that deGrom guy too.

MLB's super prospects, Wander Franco and Jared Kelenic have scuffled a bit in the early, early stages of their MLB career, Jeff explains why patience is a virtue with prospects, and why the transition from the minors to the majors is more about what is going on between the ears than between the lines. 

In Episode #1, Jeff and Aram give an idea of what you can expect from the show, discuss the sticky substance scandal in baseball, why injuries are so rampant this year and Jeff recall's his first at-bat against unanimous hall-of-famer, Mariano Rivera.