Baseball Isn’t Boring

Eleven years to the day Ryan Dempster celebrated winning the 2013 world championship with the Red Sox, the former pitcher joins Bradfo from the World Series to detail exactly what kind of chaos went on once the final pitch was thrown. There was bar-hopping, early-morning BP sessions on the Fenway field and memorable moments trickling into the following days. And, of course, Dempster explains how p...

With Anthony Volpe emerging into a postseason star thanks to his performance in Game 4 of the World Series, we bring back a conversation Bradfo had with the Yankees shortstop from midway through this past spring training. Listening to Volpe's lessons learned even in March you can come to understand why he has evolved like he has.

After the Yankees' Game 4 win over the Dodgers, Bradfo catches up with friend of the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast Nestor Cortes to get the pitcher's perspective on his team's opportunity to make history. Cortes offers fantastic details regarding the Yanks' perspective heading into Game 5. To listen to the entire podcast with Nestor, which also includes conversations with Luke Weaver and Jazz Chis...

The Yankees took their first step toward becoming the first team in World Series history to come back from a 3-0 deficit, winning Game 4 at Yankee Stadium. It seemed like a good time to ask some friends of the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast - Luke Weaver, Nestor Cortes and Jazz Chisholm - how they view this challenge in front of them, and if they have viewed the new Netflix program documenting the...

Bradfo catches up with Dodgers Legend Andre Ethier to discuss the Dodgers rise in power since his days with the organization, his college teammate Dustin Pedroia's Hall of Fame candidacy, and much more!

With the Dodgers now one win away from a world championship - and Bradfo one LA victory away from getting his first tattoo - we talk to three Los Angeles relievers about the idea of getting that final out of the 2024 season. While Daniel Hudson can offer first-hand experience, having closed out a title in 2019, Michael Kopech and Blake Treinen are daring to dream. Bradfo also catches up with longt...

Bradfo sits down with MLB Pipeline's Sam Dykstra to discuss how two Mets prospects are performing in their stints in the Arizona Fall League, one name that Mets fans would know in Drew Gilbert and one they should get to know in Jonathan Pintaro

We heard from the likes of Cleveland GM Mike Chernoff and Arizona president of baseball operations Mike Hazen. Now it's Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes' turn to explain how an executive rides out the final games of a World Series run. What is the roster anxiety like? How does a GM watch a World Series game? And how much cramming for the offseason does he have to do because the Dodgers' seaso...

It's another episode of 'West Coast Bias' with Alonso Sarinana, who is not only looking back at the World Series' first two games in Los Angeles, while previewing what awaits in New York for Game 3, but is also taking a good perusal at all these Juan Soto to the Dodgers rumors. Fresh off his red-eye flight back from LA, Bradfo serves as this episode's co-host.

Sam Dykstra of MLB Pipeline is back on the podcast, this time ready to tell us what's what when it comes to who has separated themselves in the Arizona Fall League. After being embedded in the prospect-heavy showcase for the last two weeks, Sam is ready to reveal which names have used their time in the AFL to draw a bit closer to the major leagues. There are some prospects mentioned who you probab...

Luke Weaver has become perhaps the best reliever in the the postseason, serving as the Yankees' closer after an up-and-down beginning to his career. A big reason for his turnaround was a delivery change helped along by watching a guy on the other side of the World Series field - Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Godfather, Joe Kelly, is back on the podcast for the first time this postseason, offering an update on the injury that has kept him off the World Series roster for the Dodgers. Joe and Bradfo talk about the possibility of the reliever contributing to LA's run, what kind of impact he has had on the other guys in the Dodgers' bullpen, and one VERY big agreement between the two that will come to...

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred had an impromptu meeting with the media on the Dodger Stadium field prior to Game 2 of the World Series, offering updates on a variety of subjects including what the plans are for finding a home for the Rays, dealing with pitchers' injuries and how he views the ratings so far this postseason.

Exactly six years ago, Max Muncy supplied the Dodgers with their first extra-inning walk-off homer in a World Series ... until Freddie Freeman did it in Game 1. Now Dodgers reliever Ryan Brasier is remembering being on the other side of that game, including the impact Nathan Eovadli had in closing things out for the Red Sox. Brasier also recounts watching Chris Sale warm up and come in for the fin...

Bradfo is back with another Wasabi Hot Take, this time giving next-level analysis and reaction to an unforgettable World Series Game 1 at Dodger Stadium. He delivers perspective of the moment, having watched it live and in person, while also leaning on clubhouse comments from Mookie Betts, Michael Kopech and Daniel Hudson. It's an unforgettable podcast after an unforgettable game.

Nobody in the history of Major League Baseball had ever walked off a World Series game with a grand slam ... until Freddie Freeman did it in the Dodgers' Game 1 win over the Yankees Friday night. After his history-making performance, Freeman took to the podium to reflect on how he got to this moment, how the homer came about, and what it all means in the grand scheme of things.

After the walk-off grand slam off the bat of Freddie Freeman, giving the Dodgers a Game 1 win in the World Series, Yankees manager Aaron Boone met the media to explain his thought process in bringing in Nestor Cortes after a 37-day layoff and intentionally walking Mookie Betts.

The man who has built one of the most successful franchises in the major leagues over the past decade, Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman, took to the podium prior to Game 1 of the World Series to talk about his club's path to all of this success.

Anthony Volpe is living the dream, with a surfaced photo of him watching the Yankees' World Series parade in 2009 as a perfect example. Bradfo catches up with the Yanks' shortstop to get the what's what when it came to that day of Volpe skipping school to go and watch his New York heroes, getting a feel for how that moment as an 8-year-old NY fan shaped him to the World Series participant he is to...

Two players who exude some of the most personality in baseball - Alex Verdugo and Jazz Chisholm - have found themselves playing for the perceived most buttoned-up club in all of Major League Baseball, the Yankees. Bradfo caught up with both of them at World Series Media Day to get their take on how the experiences have been. For Verdugo, it is a conversation about how things have changed since his...

Now that his dream of returning to pitch in the playoffs is over, James Paxton has come back on the podcast to officially make an announcement: He is retiring. Paxton joins Bradfo to talk about his decision, how moving on from the Dodgers impacted the move and how he viewed his big league existence over the past year. Paxton - who might very well end up with a championship ring despite being retir...

Alonso sits down with Chad Jennings of The Athletic to preview and breakdown the World Series matchup between the Dodgers and the Yankees as we move closer and closer to first pitch on Friday night

Mets President Of Baseball Operations David Stearns reflects on Mets impressive 2024 campaign while also addressing the burning questions on Mets fans minds heading into the offseason

Lucy Burdge of BetQL and BetMGM is back with Bradfo, this time diving into all the angles that are coming with what figures to be a fascinating World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees. Who will win? How long will it take them? Why are there such long odds for Juan Soto to win the World Series MVP? And which celebrities will be shown the most? Lucy offers all the odds and angles in the most en...

West Coast Bias With Alonso Sarinana returns as Alonso sits down with Los Angeles Times Columnist Gustavo Arellano to react to the news of Fernando "Fernandomania" Valenzuela's passing and discuss his impact on the game and culutre surrounding the Los Angeles Dodgers