All About Baseball with Byron Copley

I need to take this week off to address an oral-surgery procedure that is ongoing, and that affects the quality of my voice and diction. Given that this is All-Star week, I thought it appropriate to replay an episode that was originally posted on July 13, 2024, which offers a personal account of my experience…

Having completed a distinguished 11-year career in 2021 as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Buster Posey, an immensely popular Bay Area figure, purchased an undisclosed percentage of the team and joined the Giants’ board of directors in 2022. Then, in a move that surprised many, Posey, at his own request, was appointed President…

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is proposing changes to the MLB Amateur Draft. In my opinion, these changes will adversely affect the quality of play and deny thousands of aspiring young men the opportunity to develop into a Major League ballplayers. Manfred wants to cut the draft from 20 rounds to 12 rounds, eliminating approximately 250…

I am off this week. As the one-year anniversary of our son Stuart’s death approaches and passes, I thought it appropriate to replay the episode that I recorded in July, 2025, a few days after his funeral. After a brief preamble that I recorded in advance, you’ll hear that episode. Thank you for your prayers…

I am honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize finalist, journalist, author, and accomplished historian Edward Achorn to All About Baseball. Edward’s two books about baseball in the 19th Century, Fifty Nine in ’84 and The Summer of Beer and Whiskey, place the reader “at the shoulder” (Ed’s words) of Old Hoss Radbourn and Chris Von Der…

Recently, a game between the Orioles and Blue Jays sparked controversy over a Blue Jays’ runner who veered well out of the baseline to avoid being tagged. The policy of MLB, which prohibits the league to “publicly address the umpires’ decisions,” only serves to amplify mistrust and minimize the credibility of MLB umpires and the…