Romantic About Baseball Podcast

In this weeks episode, Jim and Adam welcome professional outfielder Lane Adams to the show, where we talk about his journey into baseball, and all the twists and turns along the way. We conclude with a round of everyone's favorite game, "Mike Trout or Lane Adams?"

This week, Gabrielle, founder of Girl at the Game joins Adam and Jim to talk about her blog, being a woman in sportswriting, and the Red Sox. After the break, we discuss the next team to break their postseason drought, and maybe even their World Series drought!

In our first episode of 2020, DB Firstman stops by to talk about their new book "Hall of Name", and how they got their start in baseball. After the break, Jim and Adam run down who is, and who ISN'T on their IBWAA Hall of Fame ballot.

In the final episode of the calendar year, Jim and Adam dive straight into the final episode of the MLB Offseason round up, talking about the Yankees being clear World Series favorites, the Rays shouldn't surprise anyone anymore, and how the Blue Jays aren't contenders.... yet. In Jim's stat spotlight, trends from the past decade are discussed.

In this weeks (record long) episode, Jeremy Frank from MLB Random Stats and co-author of "The Hidden Ball Trick" joins Adam and Jim as we talk about the situation between MLB and the Minor Leagues, and how it affects fans in general. We dive into the AL West talking about the Astros mission next season to win back the fans, and the A's continuing to be good even if no one notices. We also talked about how the Angels don't need to win NOW, the Rangers possibly headed for the tank, and the Mariners being well... a team. Jim's stat spotlight is a tough showing for Adam, but Jeremy jumps in with some trivia of his own!

Friend of the show Bailey from Foolish Baseball called me this week and asked for some time on the show, so naturally, we obliged (1:24)! He treats with the Ballad of Bobby Wallace, the hall of famer you've never thought about. After that, we get into the AL Central with MLB writer Casey Boguslaw (20:17), and then discuss our thoughts on some of the winter meetings action (53:03)!

This week, Adam and Jim welcome Max Goldstein from Max's Sporting Studio to discuss the latest Free Agent signings (2:23), including Zack Wheeler, Cole Hamels, and Michael Pineda. We talk about the trades of Dylan Bundy and Omar Narvaez (13:05) and speculate on the latest rumors around the league (15:50). After the break, we talk NL West baseball, and what the Dodgers are going to do with Kenta Maeda (18:15), the Diamondbacks potential breakouts (28:01), The Giants aging roster woes (35:31), the Rockies breakdown from 2018 to 2019 (39:51), and the Padres (43:51) intriguing youth going in to the next season.

Jim's stat spotlight (51:40) has a back and forth trivia match with Max and Jim on NL West teams and facts about the 2019 season!

In this episode, we welcome Jon Becker from Roster Resource (part of Fangraphs) to the show. We start by trying to take a quick dive into the Astros sign stealing scandal (3:30). After that, we take a look at the NL Central starting with the Cardinals (15:09) and what they can do next. The Brewers and the most obvious, albeit unsexy free agent fit for them (20:49), then we talk about the Cubs (26:55) and what could be OUTgoing as opposed to INcoming. The Reds and their weird season (36:27), and we talk about the Pirates (44:50) because we have to. To round it out, Jim's Stat Spotlight (49:39) takes us out with some NL Central trivia!

In this weeks episode, Jim and Adam are joined by Kevin McAlpin from 680 the Fan in Atlanta to talk about the upcoming offseason in the National League East. We start by discussing the Braves acquisition of Will Smith (3:25) and what that means for the pitching staff. We also discuss possible free agent additions (5:49) and tradability of prospects in the Braves System. We also run down the Mets (17:50) and a possible fire sale? The Phillies pitching needs (22:41), the Nationals possible dilemma with Strasburg and Rendon (30:29), and the Marlins (36:40). Jim's stat spotlight pits Kevin and Adam against each other with some NL East and Braves trivia to wrap it up! (43:22)

In today's episode, Adam and Jim reflect on the World Series that just finished (1:44), and debate the merit of choosing a pitcher for World Series MVP (11:44). After that, we talk about the best World Series of the past decade (21:47), and get really bogged down on one in particular (26:41). Jim's Stat Spotlight talks about players that Were worthy of the World Series MVP, but didn't get it because their teams lost (46:12).

Brian Rob Young provides the break music as always, and South City Riot with the intro/outro music.