Passion for the Pastime

Passion for the Pastime

By Walter IcabalcetaSportsBaseball
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Passion for the Pastime episodes

  • Passion for the Pastime: World Series Stage is Set

    The stage is set for the 2020 Covid World Series set. The Los Angeles Dodgers will return to the World Series for the third time in four years to take on the AL-Best Tampa Bay Rays, who are returning to the World Series for the first time since 2008. Here's how they got there, with a recap of the LCS and a World Series preview and predictions. 

    45 min
  • Passion for the Pastime: This is it

    This is it. This is the last weekend of the regular season. It was quick but fun. It all comes down to this. The American Leagues is worried about seeding meanwhile the National Leagues is just trying to get in the dance. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the weekend.

    27 min
  • Passion for the Pastime: The Final Stretch

    We are getting down to the final stretch as teams try to assert themself into a playoff spot. Thoughts on the playoff format and no booze celebrations. Dodgers, White Sox, and Rays have already clinched berths, with many teams hoping to clinch this weekend. The Yankees continue to stay hot and breaking history while they are at it and the Reds are the surprise, out of nowhere team. Many teams in the mix and only a handful of games, now let the fireworks begin.

    38 min
  • Passion for the Pastime: Two Weeks Left

    Two weeks remain in the regular season and on the biggest sports day in recent memory, with the NFL kicking off. Baseball roars right back into the headlines. Albert Pujols finally reach Mays, after a month between 659 and 660, but he finally did it. But to join him, just like on many of his historic days, is a Chicago Cubs by the name of Alec Mills, who threw the clubs 16th franchise no-hitter on the same day Pujols hit 660. As the regular season of football begins, the regular season for baseball is nearing its end. With two weeks left, many playoff positions are still to be determined. Even while determining the seeds, MLB still needs to determine a playoff bubble format, which could be locked in this week. We will take a look at the latest proposal of the playoff bubble, and where teams will be playing come October.

    44 min
  • Passion for the Pastime: Who's your Padre?

    The trade deadline has ended and the Padres have made a statement. We are ready and arent going anywhere. Padres made some big noise at the deadline, by adding some key pieces as they attempt to tip the scales of power and challenge the Dodgers. Dodgers, on the other hand, did nothing at the deadline and welcome the challenge for the division and the national league as both teams have the top two records in the national league. 

    30 min

About Passion for the Pastime

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Walter Icabalceta from KNBR 680 in San Francisco presents, Passion for the Pastime, a baseball podcast for all seamheads alike. As heard on KNBR Weekends during San Francisco Giants season on “Giants…