This Is Baseball

This Is Baseball

A weekly baseball podcast discussing games, news and history of the sport.

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September 24, 2025 12 mins

The final weekend of the 2025 MLB regular season is here and the water is muddy. We try to figure out what happened to Detroit and give Cleveland the credit they deserve. We make our World Series matchup choices and wrap up the season

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We are waving the white flag on the Royals season but we feel very optimistic about what's to come for them. Can the Mariners go on a run in the postseason? The wild card races are tight!

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September 3, 2025 18 mins

Its September and that means its go time! This week we are looking at some very important series for every playoff team in the month of September. We also discuss ways the MLB schedule could be built better for more division matchups down the stretch.

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August 27, 2025 16 mins

This week we look at who the AL MVP should be versus who it will probably be and look at what is going wrong in St Louis.

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This week on This Is Baseball, Padres fumbled a golden opportunity, American League Wild Card Race, MLB expansion and realignment conversations.

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This week on This Is Baseball, we react to the Ohtani lawsuit, Ohio's stance on prop betting, division races and celebrate the best team in baseball.

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August 6, 2025 15 mins

This week on This Is Baseball we're looking at some of the biggest and surprising moves of the 2025 deadline. We will look at how the Royals are deadline winners in more ways than one and what they need to do to make the postseason.

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July 31, 2025 27 mins

This week we go over Bryce Harper and Rob Manfred's exchange. We look at some of the pros and cons of a cap and the need for a salary floor. We'll look into the Emmanuel Clase suspension and what is going on with the Guardians pitchers

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-The recent induction of Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner into the Hall of Fame

-Ichiro Suzuki's illustrious career boasts an impressive collection of accolades, including 3,000 hits and a .311 batting average.

-CC Sabathia's remarkable achievement of 251 career wins and where he stands in all time wins

-The Kansas City Royals made a strategic decision to extend Seth Lugo's contract, reflecting their commitment to buildin...

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July 24, 2025 15 mins

This week we celebrate the Royals series victory over the Chicago Cubs and discuss the chances of them keeping the offense moving in the right direction. We look at some news surrounding gambling and harassment of players online.

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July 22, 2025 14 mins

We're at the second half of the MLB season(technically we're more like 2/3rds of the way through) we're looking at the Royals upcoming schedule and whether they are really contenders. We look at the drama between the Yankees and Braves and see who was really out of line.

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July 17, 2025 18 mins

The All-Star game was a huge success. We get into the good and the bad of the all-star break and talk salary cap possibilities in MLB

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July 15, 2025 14 mins

This week we discuss the MLB all-star break and why its still the best all-star format in sports. We react to some of the drama surrounding all-star selections. We look at a potential World Series matchup if I had to make a choice today. We close the show talking a little bit of Royals and what matchups they have coming up.

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July 3, 2025 11 mins

A lot of chatter has been going around about Jac Caglianone. I am here to defend him. Today we look at several players across different sports that didn't get off to great starts in their careers but ended up as hall of famers.

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July 1, 2025 22 mins

This week on the show we discuss how everything has shaken out in the first half of the season. Who performed as expected and who surprised us. Can teams like the Rangers, Royals and Braves turn it around and get into the playoff race? The Athletics broke ground in Las Vegas.

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Brandon is back from vacation and we have some catching up to do. We look at the Devers trade and what it means for the Giants and Red Sox. We catch up on how the Royals are doing and talking manager ejections.

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A conversation about the 2025 Kansas City Royals and what needs to change. The Athletics are finally breaking ground in Las Vegas, and some Royals stadium news.

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Its that time of the year where we feel like we have a pretty good grasp on the layout of MLB. We're getting in to the highlights and the lowlights of the 2025 baseball season so far.

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The Royals called up their top prospect this week. We get into how he can help the Royals figure out the offensive struggles. We'll check his minor league stats and compare them to the Royals team stats. Plus we look at the state of the Royals and how well things are going now versus the past.

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It has been almost 20 years since the St Louis Cardinals defied the odds in the 2006 season. We take a look back at game 7 of the NLCS and look at what this roster accomplished.

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