Ben and Sam thank their listeners for being more numerous than Astros fans who watch the team on TV, dissect Wilin Rosario’s defense, and pick the most likely candidates for 2013 Comeback Player of the Year.
The Angels’ outfielders had a very good series, according to Jim Leyland. To the tape!
Ben and Sam discuss Yadier Molina’s career year, catcher defense, and catcher aging, then talk about Omar Vizquel and the point at which clubhouse chemistry can’t cancel out poor on-field production.
Have we seen the last of the ultra-durable Roy Halladay who led his league in complete games in each of the last five seasons?
Real headline.
Ben and Sam discuss the Tigers’ predictably bad defense and the unpredictably bad Brandon Wood.
Tall players hit more home runs. Short players bunt more. But wait there’s more!
Ben and Sam consider whether the ballpark might be to blame for the Rockies’ lackluster first two decades, then discuss the annual phenomenon of attendance shaming.
How has the Rockies’ four-man rotation experiment panned out so far?
The Angels called up pitching prospect Nick Maronde.
Ben and Sam discuss two baseball mysteries: the Orioles’ success in 2012, and MLB’s blackout policy.
Thirteen years after ‘The Anthony Molina Incident,” one of the parties is on trial.
Ben and Sam slum it with a bunch of bad teams from baseball’s underclass and speculate about which has the least hope of going all the way before 2022, then discuss Jimmy Rollins’ benching and how much running out a popup really matters.
Watching Yu Darvish is wonderful. Hitting against him is hell.
Ben and Sam discuss whether a team should have claimed Joe Mauer, what he’s worth, and what his future will look like, then talk about the end of Erik Bedard’s stay in Pittsburgh and how sad it is when a guy who’s always either good or injured goes bad.