Baseball Now

does music education impact creativity? 

As great as gold-medal baseball would be, the priority should be pulling off a normal regular season

Pitching a no hitter used to feel like a monumental event. This season, it seems to happen every other day. In this episode we look into what's behind the insane number of no-nos, and what it means for baseball.

Baseball would be more interesting if the bench worked the way it does in football, basketball, hockey, and soccer.

A bungled series of calls last week shows the need to give umpires a robot assist

here’s what that means for the NL

The Brewers’ star continues his bad habit of getting injured just as things seemed to be going right again

In this episode we discuss, what in my opinion is the most underrated team in baseball.

I break down the miserable performance by the Bronx Bummers, and other highlights of the first two weeks of the season.

Everything is political in 2021, but the ballpark is a place we should try to bring Americans together, regardless of where they are from, the color of their skin, or who they vote for. Here's how baseball could fight to unite America, and not become yet another source of division.

With Opening Day less than a week away, here are my picks for the best players in the MLB. Disagree? Tell me what you think at baseballnowpodcast@gmail.com.

A look at the Nationals’ Juan Soto, the amazing stats he has already racked up at age 22, and his prospects for baseball immortality.

Who is going to have a breakout year, and who is going to hit a major slump? With spring training getting into full swing, it's time to make forecasts for the 2021 baseball season.

This week we look at some of the biggest free agency news, Including a couple key win win trades

Baseball has been busy this offseason. We look at one of the biggest trades to date and how it changes how the divisions stack up.

Pitchers and catchers haven't reported yet, but Baseball Now returns, with a rundown on the big stories of the offseason, a remembrance of Hank Aaron, and thoughts on the 2021 season. 

GMs are going to have to open there wallets wide to snag these players.

Does the best man win when MLB fans and writers vote? We'll crunch the numbers to find out.

For a short season there was no shortage of drama. Here are the five highlights of the fanless, pandemic-plagued year in baseball.

From World Series champs to total disaster -- here's how it happened.

His performance this season and in the playoffs proves Aaron Boone is the wrong man to manage the Yankees.

Performance-enhancing drug use cast a pall and many asterisks over the careers of a whole era's worth of star players.

Here's where all 30 Major League Baseball teams stand as we approach the end of the short season. 

With less than 10 games left to go before the playoffs, we'll look at the break-out successes and colossal disappointments so far.  

Why Robinson's legacy, his performance both on and off the field, continues to resonate to this day.

Part  2 of my look at the players each MLB team should put on the trading block. 

Baseball's unwritten rules are changing during this unprecedented season. 

In this series of two episodes I will be highlighting one player from every MLB team that I think should be traded.

What should be the punishment for flouting Covid rules? Or for nearly beaning the Houston Astros. We'll investigate these questions and more in this week's episode.

A look at one of the weirdest trends of the already weird 2020 baseball season.

The Marlins now lead the league in on-case percentage, Houston gets a fastball behind the head, and other crazy highlights of the week.

A strong start for the Tigers shows just how overlooked the club may be.

Opening Day is Thursday. Here's everything you need to know before the first pitch.

What does a 60-game season mean for baseball's biggest awards. In this episode I give my top-5 picks n each league for MVP and Cy Young.

In this episode of Baseball Now, I talk (um, rant) about those who are against the Indians changing their name and question whether the 2020 season should happen at all.

Baseball is full of oddball rules we totally take for granted. In this episode I single out 10 rules of the game that could use some revisions.

Nothing is going smoothly as baseball's latest-ever opening day approaches. Here's a recap and a look ahead.

How the Mets and Bernie Madoff turned July 1 into a national pastime holiday: Bobby Bonilla Day. 

In this installment of Baseball Now I review the MLB's plans for the 2020 season and I make predictions for all the MLB teams' records. 

Have you ever heard of a podcaster interviewing a podcaster? In this installment of Baseball Now, I talk with Scott Reinen, host of The Bronx Pinstripes Show, the official podcast of the New York Yankees, about being a Yankees fan and his tips, tricks, and secrets for podcasting. 

A look back at arguably the greatest lineup and pitching rotation in baseball history.

What would Yogi Berra make of the dispute between players and owners over the 2020 season? Learn about that and more from Dave Kaplan, who co-authored four books with the late baseball legend.

the official end of my first season. I had a lot of fun and cant wait for next season. 

The fist episode of the next season will be not this saturday but next saturday.

The dean of the raucous Bleacher Creatures reveals everything you ever wanted to know about about rooting for your home team without losing your mind -- or your voice.. Vinny Milano also shares how screaming for your team can be the ultimate therapy.

In this episode,I break down the debate over how much of a pay cut players should have to accept for a short season with no fans. Also, one player's fight for his right to spit. Email me at baseballnowpodcast@gmail.com. 

The life and times (so far) of baseball's biggest star.

We break down all the crazy new rules the MLB is proposing to make baseball possible during the pandemic. 

In this episode I take you through the remarkable life of Joe Girardi., his struggles and successes as a player and manager.