All About Baseball with Byron Copley

That’s the question that this podcast answers. Virtually non-existent before the MLB baseball strike of 1994, the walk-up song was ubiquitous by the end of the 1990s. Yet, its origins can be traced to the woman who accepted the job as the organist for the Chicago White Sox in 1970. Listen in as we explore…

I discovered this game, Immaculate Grid, a few years ago, and I consider it the best baseball trivia game I’ve ever played. In this podcast, I complete a specific grid and (attempt) to explain how the game is played, but the best way for you to learn is to go to immaculategrid.com and give it…

“Jack T. Jamison” (not his real name) is one of 4,486 Major League Baseball players who never got to make a 10th plate appearance. The story as to why is the the subject of this podcast, the details of which were related to me by two of my cousins. “Jack T. Jamison” is their great…

This podcast adds to the litany of responses in reaction to the passing of Bob Uecker (1934 – 2025), but it focuses on the fact that this funny and famous man remained humble throughout his life. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: “Field Grass” by Sergei Pavkin https://media.blubrry.com/3739195/content.blubrry.com/3739195/uecker.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download

This podcast doesn’t answer this question. It answers why the Tigers shouldn’t have, as I said more than three years ago, before Baez made his first plate appearance in a Tigers’ uniform. I delve into the numbers that should have been an alarm that signaled Baez was not a sound investment. And introduce the Tigers’…

What does it cost a Major League team in dollars and cents to send one of its hitters on the roster to simply stride to the plate, no matter what the outcome may be? What are Major League teams paying its hitters to complete the singular most important objective in baseball — score runs? Obviously,…