Baseball Fam Podcast

Acuña has been so red hot, homering in his first at bat for FIVE STRAIGHT GAMES, that Marlins SP Urena came out & plunked him with the first pitch of the game. He left the game with an elbow injury. So now we get to have the awful conversation (argument) between the old school harassed and the baseball fans with a brain. 

A quick 5 Minute response to a poll I saw regarding the best way to get college coaches to notice you. 

Pitchers are huge pussies for the way most of them handle throwing at hitters, and hitters charging the mound. Look no further than Perdomo throwing at Arenado then running behind the mound. Don't throw at guys if you won't go man to man. Pitching Ninja / Rob Friedman was suspended from twitter suspectedly for using MLB content. 

One week into the season, and you all sent in your overreactions. MLB The Show is an awful game

Head Coach at Texas Wesleyan University is out over a leaked email to a recruit saying he doesn't recruit kids from Colorado because they can't pass drug tests. A local news station flips out over a fungo sniper rifle in a high school dugout, and New Era is bringing back 100% wool caps.

Big congrats to the Toronto Blue Jays organization for making Marcus Stroman's hater list. Let me tell you why I don't watch Spring Training games, and some new proposed MLB rules changes.

First podcast of 2018, feels good to be back. The MLB Hot Stove is cold as ice, so let's talk about Rob Manfred forcing the Cleveland Indians to get rid of Chief Wahoo. Also a little bit about the recent self-destruction of the NPR (National Pro Fastpitch).

The time has come. After 5 long years of attempting to dive into the college softball game, I think it's time we've thrown in the towel. Here's a little update on the straw that broke the camel's back from the Baylor Arizona Super Regional game Sunday night. Baseball Fam is done with softball.

Matt Harvey is the dick of all dicks for his fiasco this week. But Kevin Plawecki is the real weirdo here for issuing a statement in full PR fashion about a big black dildo popping up in his locker. We show some love to Jeter, and recap a couple twitter shit storms from the week. Also, all of Boston is a racist for shouting the N-word at Adam Jones of the Orioles at Fenway.

Happened to be recording this one during the Red Sox and Orioles opener on ESPN. Ryan gets a little too hot watching a softball game. That and a whole lotta other bull shit.

We give our takes on the Miami Marlins deciding to erect a Jose Fernandez statue. Bumgarner and his dirtbike accident make him the asshole of the week. Should MLB lay back on steroids? Do you blame players that use?

Week one of the MLB season is a wrap, and it was a good one. Shane, Ryan, and Mario catch up on baseball happenings including Tim Tebow going yard, and some fantasy baseball talk among other things. 

Baseball Fam isn't what you're picturing it. We're pretty JUCO actually. But MLB The Show 17 is out, and we're playing live on twitch at baseballfam.com/theshow a couple nights a week. Mario & Ryan talked shit behind my back after I was kicked out of the call. Ryan is in Montana for some reason, and Mario reminisces over old heartbreak.s

Episode 2 of the season is live. Dudes who wear baseball jerseys are weird, and Ryan tells the story of how 17 year old him had Nick Swisher shook.

Kicking off 2017 with this first podcast of the year. Spring training has begun and we're back in business. This is the first podcast with the two new additions to the show, Mario Mejia and Ryan Blake.

College World Series final is upon us. Coastal Carolina and Arizona face off for a 3 game series starting Monday night on ESPN, and I give my prediction for the series. An update on Marcus Stroman's woes, and the hater complex of his fans on twitter. Some objective analysis of his season and the problems. 

I'm joined by Mario Mejia, contributor to baseballfam.com and host of the Dirty Water Podcast on Baseball Fam & iTunes to talk baseball. Royals fans are back at it again making a mockery of the MLB All Star Game voting. There are tons of questionable choices at the top of position lists in the American League. We also touch on Noah Syndergaard throwing at Chase Utley at Citi Field this week.

Episode 13 of the Baseball Fam Podcast is live on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. I talk about why David Ortiz is not a 1st ballot hall of famer. Looking at how the voters treat the designated hitter makes it pretty clear that if Edgar Martinez still isn't in the Hall of Fame, David Ortiz won't make it in on his first ballot, regardless of his numbers. The NCAA cracked down on softball shenanigans. Beginning with the NCAA regionals, teams will no longer be allowed to have props in the dugout as you see in the picture above. Two new rules changes in the MLB possibly starting in 2017. The strike zone will move from below the knee caps, to the top of the knee caps. They will also eliminate the need to throw 4 balls to execute an intentional walk.

Benches cleared in the Blue Jays Rangers game in Arlington after Jose Bautista slid late into Rougned Odor. Odor took exception and threw a haymaker that landed on Bautista's jaw. It was awesome to watch, because both players are dicks. We need more fighting in baseball? Also, Bryce Harper served a once game suspension and paid an undisclosed fine for telling an umpire to F off. Some guys just lose their cool in the heat of the moment. Bryce Harper also was seen handing a homeless woman in Chicago a jar of cash.

Miami Marlins Dee Gordon and Toronto Blue Jays Chris Colabelllo were both busted for failed PED tests this week. They'll both serve 80 game suspensions from MLB and lose half this year's salary, but there are bigger implications on the current state of baseball.