Romantic About Baseball Podcast

Romantic About Baseball Podcast

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Romantic About Baseball Podcast episodes

  • Episode 25: Eric Nusbaum
    In this weeks episode, Eric Nusbaum sits down with Adam and Jim to discuss his newest book, "Stealing Home: Los Angeles, The Dodgers, and the Lives Caught In Between" releasing next week! We start off talking about covering sports in Latin America and the state of sports journalism today. After the break, we talk about his new book, which shines a light on the story of the Dodgers migration to Los Angeles, from the perspective of those who's stories aren't always told.
    51 min
  • Episode 24: Baseball is Cancelled
    Just hours after baseball cancelled Spring Training, and indefinitely delayed the start of the 2020 season, Adam and Jim sit down with absolutely no preparation and goof off for an hour, because we are clearly out of sorts. That's it. That's the show.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 23: Stephen Nesbitt
    In this weeks episode, Adam and Stephen Nesbitt from the Athletic sit down to talk about his journey into writing, and talk about the often untold story of a beat writer. After the break, we talk about the team he covers, the Pirates, and how things are looking for the upcoming season and beyond for the rebuilding team!
    57 min
  • Episode 22: Christopher Kamka
    In this weeks episode, Adam and Jim welcome Christopher Kamka from NBC Sports Chicago to talk about his background in baseball, love of baseball cards growing up, and of course, a lot of time talking about White Sox baseball! He and Jim also slip in some breaking personal news right at the end of the show too...
    1 hr
  • Episode 21: Rob Neyer
    In this weeks episode, Adam and Jim are joined by author and commissioner of the West Coast League Rob Neyer to discuss working with Bill James, writing about baseball, and writing about anything at all! After the break, we talk about his involvement with SABR and his commissionership of the West Coast League.
    1 hr 1 min
  • Episode 20: Domestic Violence in Baseball
    In this weeks episode, Jim and Adam discuss domestic violence in baseball. After the break, they welcome an experienced Victim Advocate to discuss how domestic violence looks from the perspective of the victim, and how we, as fans, can be better equipped to better understand things from not a baseball point of view, but from a more personal side.
    IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW MAY BE A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES:
    - Partnership Against Domestic Violence (800) 621-4673
    - National DV Hotline (800) 799-7233
    47 min
  • Episode 19: Joey Mellows "The Baseball Brit"
    In this weeks episode, Joey Mellows, AKA "The Baseball Brit" joins Jim and Adam to talk about the incredible story of how he came to baseball, and his travels around the country trying to see as much of it as he can. He talked about his travels so far, and his travels to come as he tries to tell stories of the 42 minor league teams who's affiliation with MLB is in Jeopardy.
    57 min
  • Episode 18: Jeff Wiser and KC Bubba
    In a special TWO guest episode, Jim and Adam first welcome Jeff Wiser from Baseball Prospectus, and of the Rattle, a site covering the Diamondbacks. After the break, Fantasy expert KC Bubba from the podcast "Benched with Bubba" gives some advice to newer or first time fantasy managers for the upcoming season.
    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 17: Dan Szymborski
    This week, Jim and Adam host Fangraphs senior writer Dan Szymborski to the show, and we just goof off and talk baseball for a little over an hour. During this goof off session, we discuss how modern analytics are changing the landscape of baseball, ZiPS, and Baseball Hall of Fame voting, and more!
    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 16: Hannah Keyser
    This week, Adam and Jim welcome Hannah Keyser, national baseball writer for Yahoo! We discuss her early going in baseball writing, her eye-opening take on "bandwagoning", and her hatred for hot dogs. After the break, we dive into the Astros sign stealing scandal and ask how we might feel about this year down the line.
    1 hr 1 min

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Official Podcast for Romantic About Baseball. A Blog for the thinking fan, hosted by Adam C. MacKinnon and Jim Passon Jr.