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World Series Winners and Losers
This is about as “seat of the pants” as I have ever been, as I express my “nerdity” about the game of baseball in the form of waxing spontaneously over the winners and losers of World Series from 1903 to 2023 — I have memorized them. During this “podcast without a safety net” I reveal…
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Major League Baseball: Overbranded and Overhyped
I expect that the title of this podcast reveals my opinion of MLB’s current approach to partnering with corporations to raise revenue, awareness, and ROI. In my opinion, in-game advertising, that appears virtually everywhere in the course of a television broadcast, is a distraction to the play on the field. And, in the past, there…
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The Lessons of Moneyball Are Not New
Having read the book Moneyball, by Michael Lewis, I recognized that the approach that the Oakland A’s front office took to hitting in 2002 was virtually identical to the approach that we applied in Little League in 1967. Yet, it was rejected and ridiculed by the “common wisdom” of MLB at the time. Why it…
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After Baseball: Hank Aguirre, Businessman and Humanitarian
After a 16-year Major League career, Hank Aguirre established a company called Mexican Industries in 1979, with the intent of employing fellow Mexicans and other minorities who lived in an area of Detroit called “Mexicantown.” After several lean years, the company blossomed in to a $150,000,000 business by the time Hank died in 1994. Entrepreneur,…
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Obstruction, Interference, and Confusion
Even at the highest levels of the game, in the most critical situations, obstruction and interference create confusion and controversy among the best and brightest baseball minds. Here, I offer three examples of this, as well as one that I judged in much more obscure circumstances. Music: “Field Grass” by Sergei Pavkin email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com https://media.blubrry.com/3739195/content.blubrry.com/3739195/Obstruction_Interference.mp3Podcast:…
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Episode #21: Milestone
You may have noticed that none of the other episodes in this podcast were numbered. This Episode #21 has a number because it represents a significant milestone: Only 1% of all podcasts ever get to Episode 21. So, now, All About Baseball us among the top 1% of all podcasts in the world in regards…
What is All About Baseball?
All About Baseball is the podcast whose name fulfills its purpose: Sometimes baseball is the main character, sometimes it plays a supporting role, and sometimes it’s a silent partner. I started this podcast so I could share my passion for the game and the sport with a like-minded audience. The topics are varied and vibrant to maintain a fresh, vivid vibe to the podcast.
Byron Copley
Writer & Podcaster