All About Baseball with Byron Copley

Call this episode the “sequel” to “Swings and Misses,” which posted on August 20, 2026. After an innocent post on X, in which I merely noted that Pete Crow-Armstrong had 151 strikeouts (currently 161) to go with his 30 home runs, the response to that accurate statistic was less-than-charitable. It gave me reason to investigate…

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…

Admittedly, there are many good (read: power) hitters in MLB who strike out too much, and at rates significantly higher than 20 years ago. This episode of All About Baseball looks at this phenomenon and offers some basic, fundamental observations as to how these elite hitters could minimize their strike outs and, as a result,…

What do I mean by this? A post on X featured 30 “young” fans — one from each MLB team — who, in my opinion, lack a fundamental understanding of what it takes to play in the major leagues for decades. Each of them selects a player who, in their opinion, is “overrated” and the…

General Manager Matt Millward and Director of Facilities Operations Tim Siegel of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, the Single A team of the Chicago White Sox, deliver a captivating story about the unique value that the Cannon Ballers provide to the residents of Kannapolis, North Carolina, and beyond. This comprehensive conversation covers a wide variety of…

As the trade deadline (August 3) looms, I wonder why the Tigers haven’t already traded Tarik Skubal. Perhaps they have no intention of doing so. I consider that a mistake. That he was the scheduled starter on Wednesday, July 29, indicates to me that the Tigers intend on keeping him. Or it could be a…