This Is Baseball

The Royals called up their top prospect this week. We get into how he can help the Royals figure out the offensive struggles. We'll check his minor league stats and compare them to the Royals team stats. Plus we look at the state of the Royals and how well things are going now versus the past.

It has been almost 20 years since the St Louis Cardinals defied the odds in the 2006 season. We take a look back at game 7 of the NLCS and look at what this roster accomplished.

In today's episode of This Is Baseball we do a brief history of the 1984 Detroit Tigers and the historic season they had. We go in depth on Jack Morris, Willie Hernandez and Alan Trammel.

In this episode we look at the current standings of the AL Central and if they will hold up. Will the Detroit Tigers run away with the division? Can the Royals solve the problems they are having on offense?

Last month we did an episode looking at job security for a few managers around the league. Well, since then we have had 3 managers let go in MLB. Today we talk about Brandon Hyde, Bud Black and Derek Shelton's departure's and what that means for the Orioles, Rockies and Pirates.

Today we discuss New York Yankees Aaron Judge triple crown pursuit and chase to finish with a .400 batting average. Yes its early in the season but its fun to dream. We look into the history of the award and whether they should change the criteria.

In today's episode we go way back in time and look at some baseball teams that were here long before the Kansas City Royals.

In today's episode we look at five common slang terms used in baseball. We'll see what they mean and where they came from.

On today's episode of This Is Baseball we are doing a review of the month of April. We look at each division and focus on one team that surprised us either for rising above expectations or due to underperforming.

In today's episode we look at three relief pitchers to win major awards and go over if that is possible in today's era of baseball.