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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…
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The 5,000-5,999 Plate Appearance MLB All-Time Team: 1960-2023
An idea occurred to me to research former players who compiled year in and year out impressive offense while remaining in relative anonymity, so to speak, and who, by most accounts, are largely forgotten today, with a few exceptions. So I filtered, with the help of Fangraphs, those players who played from 1960 to 2023…
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Baseball Match Play
A listener posed a question to me: “Is there a correlation between competitive baseball and competitive match play golf?” It inspired me to propose alternate method of scoring baseball games that could apply especially well to youth baseball. In the light of the radical rule changes that Major League Baseball has instituted in the last…
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As Told to Me: An Encounter with Ron LeFlore
A childhood neighbor relates an experience of fielding a ground ball off the bat of Ron LeFlore, whose rise from the Jackson State Prison in Jackson, MI, to major-league all-star is well-known and -chronicled. This story, until now, was known by only a handful of witnesses and those who heard it first-hand, as I did….
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Touching all Bases
The importance of base running is undervalued. This podcast seeks to illustrate the value of base running and the consequences of making mistakes on the base paths, which, in virtually every instance, are avoidable when the key ingredients of aggression, awareness, focus, and hustle are applied. Music: “Field Grass” by Sergei Pavkin email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com https://media.blubrry.com/3739195/content.blubrry.com/3739195/Touch_Bases.mp3Podcast:…
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