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With the 2020 World Series in the rear view mirror, MLB recently announced the major awards for both the AL and NL. We'll take a few minutes to go over them and give you our thoughts. The NFL has made an effort in recent years to try and increase diversity within its ranks. While that is obviously a great idea, we believe that the leagues latest effort may actually do more harm than good. Kyler Mu...

Alex Cora, A.J. Hinch, and Tony LaRussa. 3 new managerial hires all creating controversy for different reasons. We'll way in on why each is, or isn't a good fit. The Las Vegas Raiders have been penalized 4 times by the NFL for team members violating the league Covid 19 protocols for the 2020 season, and its only week 10. Why are they having such a hard time doing things properly, and what will it...

Just hours after we recorded last weeks episode and predicted a Rays victory, the Dodgers made us look stupid and closed out the World Series in six games. We break down a pivotal decision by Rays manager Kevin Cash that may have made that victory a whole lot easier for LA. As is usually the case, the NFL trade deadline came and went with little activity. The hopes that this year might be differen...

As of this show's recording, the Dodgers are just one game away from silencing critics and finally winning a World Series with their high priced team. Can they do it? Or can the Rays play spoiler? MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says MLB will experience "historic" levels of debt after this Covid affected season. While decreased revenue was expected, it just doesn't make sense how a league that has so...

After all the arguing and drama the MLB season is finally down to 2 teams. The Los Angeles Dodgers play the Tamp Bay Rays in the 2020 World Series. Will the Dodgers finally reach the top of the mountain, or will the Rays continue to play giant slayers and take home the trophy? Week 6 was an interesting one in the NFL, Le'Veon Bell found a new home in Kansas City. The Patriots looked terrible after...

In a surprising move, the New York Jets released star running back Le'Veon Bell Tuesday night. Bell spent a very interesting year and a half in New York after signing a huge contract with the Jets before the 2019 season. What does the future hold for the now free agent, and how did the Jets let it get to this point? With Dak Prescott suffering a season ending injury in the Cowboys game against the...

It's finally happened, the Texans have had enough of Bill O'Brien running the team into the ground. On Monday it was announced that he would be fired as Head Coach and GM effective immediately. You can believe we have plenty more to say on the matter. With the first round of the expanded 2020 MLB playoffs in the book we take a look at the eight teams remaining. And Chris has a special message for...

We start of the show with a correction from Chris. He said that the Ravens would roll over the Chiefs, and just about the exact opposite of that happened. He takes a few minutes at the start of the show to clear the air. With the shortened MLB regular season now over, the expanded MLB playoffs have now begun. We discuss matchups and results so far. Week 3 in the NFL didn't see the massive number o...

After issuing a warning to coaches for not properly wearing masks on the sideline week 1, the NFL proved over the last 48 hours that they weren't screwing around. Handing out a total of $1.75 million in fines to 5 coaches and organizations who weren't complying. If you think thats extreme, wait til you hear what we think the punishment will be the next time it happens. This past Sunday in the NFL...

With several months to plan, and only 2 weeks left to the 2020 MLB regular season, the League announced on Tuesday their plan for this year's playoffs. While the plan they approved makes sense, there are some things about the way MLB handled this that really bother us. Week 1 in the NFL saw, as usual, a wide range of highs and lows. How did Tom Brady do in his Buccaneers debut? Are the Bears regre...

The 2020 NFL season begins this Thursday night as the defending Super Bowl Champion Chiefs take on the Texans. One way or another this will be an interesting season and we cant wait for it to begin. Several big time players have received big time contracts extensions. The Texans Deshaun Watson, Bills Tre'Davious White, Chargers Keenan Allen, and Cardinals DeAndre Hopkins all received massive deals...

The MLB trade deadline has come and gone. While several teams made deadline deals, none made an impression the way the San Diego Padres did. They appeared to have gone all in trying to win it this season. Find out what we think of their moves, and chances going forward. Within the last 48 hours the Jacksonville Jaguars have not only traded superstar Defensive End Yannick Ngakoue for far less value...

After almost a year and 92 episodes, we are moving the show to a new day. Instead of our usual Tuesday and Friday morning you will now be able to hear us every Wednesday. It feels like the MLB season just started. Because well, it did. The trade deadline is just days away and one might think with a shortened season and extra playoff spots to be had, it might be a quiet trade year. However we've id...

Just one season after signing a big free agent deal with the Baltimore Ravens, safety Ear Thomas was released on Monday. This comes shortly after he had an altercation with a team mate at practice and was sent home. It seems very unlikely that the Ravens chose to move on just because of this one incident. We discuss what else may have happened to lead to Earls early departure. While the Tampa Bay...

MLB continues its war against its players showing any personality at all. Recently it was Fernando Tatis Jr. attempting to actually enjoy the game, and now Trevor Bauer has made the mistake of once again having a personality. Why does baseball not know how to market controversy? The New York Mets have had to postpone their next 2 series as a result of positive Covid 19 tests in the clubhouse. Why...

With the cancellation or delay of high school and college sports around the country, we discuss the short and long term impact of decisions to not play. And as always call out the many inconsistencies we see with each situation. Even with a short season it has become clear which MLB teams are contenders and which are already looking forward to next season. And needless to say more than one team on...

With what would be the start of the 2020 NCAA Football season fast approaching, several major conferences have already opted to cancel the season entirely. Some still seem determined to play, but how long will that last? Chiefs TE Travis Kelce and 49ers TE George Kittle both received massive contract extensions on Thursday. The latter being the largest for a TE ever. Was it wise to extend them tho...

As promised last episode, we break down the top 5 secondaries in the NFL heading into the 2020 season. The MLB continues to be a train wreck, we break down the few days of "How the baseball turns" And "The Process" appears to be in trouble, again. This is of course what the Philadelphia 76ers call their road map to success. And with major injuries the last few days the road just got extremely bump...

In a bit of positive news the NBA tested 343 players on July 29th as part of their procedures inside the NBA bubble in Orlando. Not a single player tested positive for Covid 19. In the wake of both the Miami Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals needing to postpone games due to high infection numbers among the teams. The MLB and MLBPA agreed to new, more strict guidelines. This is great, but about 3 mon...

On Monday the XFL was purchased by a new ownership team fronted by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The league that was once in danger of once again fading away completely has now found new life. We have no idea what is in store for the next version of the XFL, but we know we are intrigued. In a strange story Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes no showed Sundays game and was apparently unreachable for some time. It...

After spending the last few weeks in Orlando preparing for its restart, the NBA finally returns tonight to finish out their season. MLB has either cancelled or postponed all Miami Marlins games until at least Monday due to positive Covid 19 tests. And unfortunately they aren't the only team having issues. After refusing to punish the Astros in any tangible way, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has mad...

After alienating star safety Jamal Adams to the point he wanted a trade, the Jets finally pulled the trigger and made the deal. Trading the young standout to the Seahawks for a haul of draft picks. How and why did it get to this point, and can the Jets ever stop getting in their own way. Clippers 6th man Lou Williams found himself in a bit of hot water with the NBA when he left the Orlando bubble...

After months of waiting 2 exciting things happened on Thursday. The first is that our website, BCTSPOD.com is finally up and running. And the second of course is MLB Opening Day 2020. Despite not signing a long term deal with the Red Sox before he was traded, insisting he wanted to test free agency. Mookie Betts signed an extension with the Dodgers on Wednesday for just about the same amount Bosto...

The NFL and NFLPA are negotiating details for the leagues 2020 training camps which are scheduled to begin next week. As expected at this point there appear to be more questions than answers despite the NFL getting an early jump on plans for the season months ago. In other NFL news the deadline for teams to negotiate new contracts with players they placed the franchise tag on has come and gone. Tw...

On Monday the team former known as the "Washington Redskins" announced they are going to retire the team nickname and logo. This is the right thing to do, and has been a long time coming. While we totally agree with the outcome, its how we got here thats a bit of an issue, find out why? One of the potential buyers for the New York Mets is a star studded group of current and former athletes and ent...