Romantic About Baseball Podcast

The postseason is upon us! In this episode, Jim and Adam take a look at each matchup in the bracket, talk about some of the history for each team, and how things could play out this year. Of course, no postseason show is complete without a ridiculous World Series pick, and this year was no exception.

In this weeks episode, Adam catches Jim up on who had a better week in baseball. After the break, we discuss Rob Manfred's comments on keeping the expanded postseason, and what MLB would need to do to lean into the accentuated Postseason model (like the NBA/NHL).

Link to Sheryl Ring article mentioned in 2nd half:

https://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2019/11/4/20927613/mlb-needs-a-salary-floor-athletics-rays-pirates-puig-calhoun-betances-stanton-yelich-osuna

This episode was a split interview show, where Adam got to talk to two authors recently spotlighted in our Book Review series on RomanticAboutBaseball.com. First, Will Geoghegan, author of "Summer Baseball Nation", an exploration of the collegiate summer leagues across the country. After the break, Dale Tafoya, author of "Billy Ball", a historical book written around Billy Martin's return to his home town of Oakland to revive the A's organization in the late 1970's and early 1980's. Both books are available now, and the reviews are posted!

Our 42nd episode is a conversation with Randy Wilkins, an emmy winning director and editor and Yankees fan. He recently put out a short film in collaboration with MLB in remembrance of Jackie Robinson on the day that bears his name, in addition to other film/TV work he's done in the past. We talked about Jackie, the current state of the game today in communities of color, Mike Trout v. Ken Griffey Jr. and more!

LINKS:

Randy's site:http://www.pamsson.com/

The Collingwood (our theme song): bandcamp.com/TheCollingwood

In this episode, Jim and Adam go division by division, talking about the players that could be the most pivotal to how they could take shape. Also, they discuss how they're feeling about the new expanded postseason now that we're at about the halfway mark.

In this episode, Brian Wright (author of "Mets in 10's" and "Mets All-Time All-Stars") joins Adam and Jim to talk about the Mets 2020 season so far, and after the break plays a game of "That's so Mets or as Overblown As it Gets" to help give some context to some of the recent scandals in the organization. What is deserved results from a poorly run organization, and what is unfairly (and lazily) cast as "oh, that's just the Mets"?

13 years ago this week, Barry Bonds hit home run 756 to pass Hank Aaron for first all time, a record that could never be broken. Yet for many, they simply deny it happened. Jim and Adam discuss how everyone from calloused fans to established sports writers seem content to just dismiss the greatest player of all time, and how in the process, they're simply denying history.

Game audio from FOX TV broadcast, Duane Kuiper on the call.

Fangraphs Senior Writer Dan Szymborski returns to the show to talk about ZiPS, what it would take for 2020 to be remembered a little less poorly, and we weirdly discover Ron Kittle's twitter.

In this episode, recorded 8/2/20, Jim and Adam discuss the outbreaks of COVID-19 on Major League teams, specifically the Marlins and why a lack of education is as much to blame as anything. After the break, we talk about Albert Pujols's pursuit of Willie Mays on the Home Run leaderboard, and how the Orioles could save baseball...

In our first regular season episode since our debut, Jim and Adam talk about opening day, and how expanded playoffs could affect the season. After the break, we talk about how the Mookie Betts deal is one one hand a good thing, but also is kind of a bad thing for baseball.