Meg Rowley and guest co-host Craig Goldstein, editor-in-chief of Baseball Prospectus, discuss the passing of Fernando Valenzuela, and his importance to both the Dodgers and baseball. Then they preview the 2024 World Series between the Dodgers and the Yankees. They detail the relative strengths and weaknesses of both teams, breaking down the lineups, rotations, and…
Meg Rowley and guest co-host Eric Longenhagen, FanGraphs’ lead prospect analyst, discuss some of the eliminated playoff teams, Meg’s grand unified theory of Grimace, and a few of the things they are looking forward to in the coming Dodgers-Yankees World Series. Then they discuss what Eric does and doesn’t look for in his Arizona Fall…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Ben’s unexpected appearance and PitchCom theories, review key moments from the end of the ALCS and NLCS, analyze Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, predict the 2025 futures of the Guardians and Mets, consider the implications of a potential World Series showdown between high-spending teams, preview the Series, and delve…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss Game 3 of the ALCS and Game 4 of the NLCS, delve into replay review, fly-ball classifications, and executive titles, respond to listener emails about retiring numbers for both home and road teams and the proper terminology for bat flips, and explore postseason despair, ball behavior, and roster turnover…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss a report that Jerry Reinsdorf might be willing to sell the White Sox, then talk about the tactics and storylines of ALCS and NLCS Game 2. They cover controversial Vogt decisions, how Yankees fans would perceive a pennant or championship, the importance of Max Muncy, visualizing success, Shohei Ohtani’s…
The United States Men’s National Team had a difficult October window, and we recap it on Episode 143. The USMNT had two tough matches against Concacaf opponents, the first matches with Mauricio Pochettino in charge. We review the 2-0 win against Panama and then spend some time discussing what happened in the 2-0 loss to…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics including the history of politicians making comments about baseball, playoff livestreams, the Division Series round, José Ramírez, the Tigers’ outlook for 2025, the Dodgers’ chances, Dave Roberts, injured players, the NLCS and ALCS games, clutch hitting by players such as Kiké Hernández and Giancarlo Stanton, misconceptions…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss the excitement of the AL Central Division Series, a David Fry prediction, the reliever familiarity effect, an unfortunate TV shot, the Yankees’ ALDS win, the Royals’ chances of returning to October, the Braves firing coaches, the future of Tropicana Field, and MLB’s response to climate change. Then (1:00:24) Ben…
The United States Men’s National Team are back and set to begin the Mauricio Pochettino era! We preview the upcoming matches against Panama and Mexico on Episode 142. The USMNT have a new coach, and while his first roster may have already undergone some changes due to various injuries, everyone has a fresh approach to…
Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley discuss various baseball topics in this episode. They talk about the possibility of players predicting opponents’ home runs, the Mets’ NLDS victory, New York’s title drought, Padres-Dodgers Games 3 and 4, Walker Buehler’s “earned” runs, Manny Machado’s clever dash, ALDS updates, a green-screen response and broadcast nitpicks, the possibly impending…
