It's Coach's Birthday (Yea!), so we celebrate with some surprise teams that may crash the October party. We look back at the greatest surprise teams of the last 50 years, while trying to remain unbiased... But seriously, the 1991 Atlanta Braves (and '91 Twins) are the greatest.

Coach and I determine the best teams in the American League (on paper), and hold out First Annual MLB "Ultimate Expansion Draft!" To Trout, or not to Trout?... Is that really even a question?...

Spring Training has officially begun! We look at the best in the National League on paper, and discuss the lack of minority managers, and the importance of giving fair opportunity, in Major League Baseball.

From John McGraw and Gaylord Perry, to the 1919 "Black Sox", we debate the great cheaters of baseball, and the difference between Gamesmanship vs. Foul Play.

Horsehide meets leather this week, and thus, Baseball is Back! We celebrate the coming of Spring Training by looking at some of the great baseball TV advertisements ever made. Chicks will always dig the long ball...

Full commercials here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtEnfoh_7omzRs4jzAvyubUTMC76GWeiM

With Super Bowl 50 in the books, and Spring Training only days away, we examine the state of Baseball vs. Football in 2016. Also, some key names avoid arbitration, the quest to the 2017 WBC begins in full, and we celebrate the birthday of Hammerin' Hank Aaron.

Wrapping up the end of the Hot Stove with Cespedes, Upton and Davis. The hammer falls on the Cardinals' hacking scandal, and we hash out the Best Ballplayers never to play in the World Series.

Hot takes on the new members of the Hall of Fame, and what's still cooking on the Hot Stove. Will Justin Upton make the payday he thinks he is worth?

The Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will undoubtably feature "The Kid", who could be unanimous. After that? The ballot is decidedly grey. Will the steroid era stars crash the party? Will the players of the fringe get their due? And the case for (and against) the greatest DH.

On the last day of 2015, we reach the final stop of our Hot Stove Tour: The NL East. Full rebuilds in Atlanta and Philadelphia, no clue in Miami, and who has to win, now: Mets or the Nats?