Baseball Isn’t Boring

Prepare to be transported into the fascinating world of  Baseball United  as  Liam Skiffington  sits down with  Kash Shaikh , the visionary founder, CEO, and majority owner of Baseball United. In this episode, Kash shares the remarkable story of his rise as an entrepreneur and his profound love for the game of baseball. Discover the transformative moments that led to the creation of Baseball Unite...

The Craig Breslow introductory press conference was the first step in the Red Sox setting out on a path that they hope will lead them out of last-place and into relevancy. Team president Sam Kennedy and Chairman Tom Werner joined Bradfo to explain how they landed with Breslow, why they landed with Breslow and exactly how they envision convincing free agents and their fans that Fenway Park is the p...

With the Texas Rangers claiming the title as 2023 World Champs, it's a good time to resurface Bradfo's conversation with the man who constructed a huge chunk of the roster that won it all - Jon Daniels. Daniels goes into detail about how some of the key elements of the team - such as Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Adolis Garcia and Evan Carter - were brought to the Rangers, while offering great insi...

Red Sox President Sam Kenneday and New Red Sox Chief Baseball Craig Breslow meet with the Boston and National Media to discuss his hiring, their plans for this offseason, and much much more

With the Rangers now officially the 2023 Major League Baseball World Champs, we catch up with a former player who not only won the ultimate prize - with the 2018 Red Sox - but also had it ripped away from him the last time Texas had a chance to claim the World Series title. Mitch Moreland knows what's what when it comes to the difference between just making it to the season's final game, and actua...

Bradfo caught up with Texas Rangers Hitting Coach Tim Hyers back in June to discuss the state of the Texas Rangers offense and how he got them to become one of the best in baseball. Now with the team one win away from clinching the World Series Title, a lot of it still rings true today

In the latest edition of 'Troye Story: Life In the Arizona Fall League', Red Sox pitching prospect Christopher Troye takes us behind the scenes of what it has been like existing just a few miles down the road from the World Series while dreaming of one day being those players in the World Series. Troye also talks Halloween costumes with Bradfo, while diving into superstitions and funky pitches. Oh...

With the baseball world buzzing about some of the perceived inconsistencies when it came to the umpiring in Game 3 of the World Series, it's a worthwhile exercise to listen to former umpire Jim Joyce talk about some pertinent topics. Joyce joins Bradfo to give his thoughts on the perceived perfect game called by Pat Hoberg a year ago, why umpires are picked and why you can't have the same home pla...

Reece Green had his fair share of baseball glory, having pitched for Winthrop University before going to Australia and the Czech Republic for stints as a professional ballplayer. But it wasn't until he dressed up as Randy Johnson for Halloween, with his girlfriend Alex accompanying him as the bird Johnson famously struck with a baseball, that Green - a Seattle stand-up comic - got true traction th...

It's the commercial you keep seeing over and over during postseason baseball games - the one where Ken Griffey Jr. and his wife have to deal with a next-door neighbor that just happens to be an umpire. Well, the umpire in that ad just happens to be former big league ump Jim Joyce, who once threw 19-year-old Griffey out of a game when both were in the big leagues. Joyce joined Bradfo to explain the...

A lot of baseball players are going to be making tough decisions in the next couple of months with free agency ready to kick in five days after the conclusion of the World Series. It's why it is a good time to hear from someone who went through the process last offseason, Rangers pitcher Andrew Heaney, who inked a free agent deal with Texas. Heaney joins Bradfo to reflect on why he picked the Rang...

Producer Evan hops on the pod to give his list of the Top 5 Free Agents who've made themselves the most money with their performances this postseason and it's safe to say that the DBacks, Phillies and Rangers are going to have to pony up to keep these guys on their rosters

Mike Hazen has already come on the Baseball Isn't Boring podcast this postseason. And now he is back. Why? Mainly because he loves the conversation, but also due to his superstitions. Hazen joins Bradfo once again to talk through how he goes about these days while living the life of a very, very superstitious general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks. There is also a very spicy "retirement" wage...

The World Series brings out all the stars ... and the stars' opinions. A perfect example was the presence of Pedro Martinez at Game 2 of Fall Classic. The Hall of Famer took a few minutes to express his strong desire to put Shohei Ohtani in the same uniform Martinez won a world championship in -- that of the Red Sox. Pedro talks why Ohtani is a perfect fit for Boston and why the game - and the Red...

What a Game 1 of the World Series! And, of course, the two names that jump off the page when it comes to identifying the heroes of the Rangers' win were Corey Seager - who tied the game in the ninth inning - and Adolis Garcia, the owner of the game-winning homer. The man who brought both players to Texas, former Rangers President of Baseball Operations Jon Daniels, joined Bradfo to discuss the pat...

 Step into the dugout with  Liam Skiffington  & legendary MLB coach John McLaren as he shares the inside scoop on his illustrious career that spans four decades, from his time alongside iconic managers Don Zimmer and Lou Pinella to his exciting new role as the manager of the Dubai Wolves in Baseball United's league.

Bradfo joins Jones and Mego with Arcand on WEEI to discuss if Craig Breslow was a good hire for the Red Sox live from outside AT&T Stadium

In among all the players being interviewed at media availability for the World Series, perhaps the most insightful was Arizona outfielder Tommy Pham. Bradfo joined Pham as he talked about why some teams (the Dodgers) consistently win, what he has learned from his stops with other organizations, how hard it is to be traded and the controversy around statements he made about the Mets' position playe...

Through all the testimonies and analysis regarding the Red Sox' new Chief Baseball Officer, Craig Breslow, you aren't going to find a more detailed account of the former pitcher's journey than the one Bob Baratta's on this podcast. Breslow's longtime agent joins Bradfo to chronicle the current Sox boss' path from Yale -where he was a teammate to both Florida governor Ron DeSantis and current Oriol...

Bradfo is joined by former MLB Umpire Jim Joyce to address the behind-the-scenes interworkings of being assigned to umpire the Fall Classic

Former Rangers President of Baseball Operations Jon Daniels joins Bradfo on the eve of the World Series, offering up a revealing conversation about how he is viewing his former team, how many of the key pieces of the Rangers' roster came about, and his explanation for declining to be interviewed for the Red Sox' front office job. It's open. It's honest. It's insightful. It's a perfect way to head...

Bradfo is joined by former Red Sox Catcher and teammate of the Rangers postseason hero Nate Eovaldi, Kevin Plawecki to discuss what separates him from other pitchers he has worked with

CT (Christopher Troye) is back for another edition of 'Troye Story: Life in the Arizona Fall League', this time joining Bradfo for another round of lessons learned while playing for the Glendale Desert Dogs. The guys talk Halloween costumes, reaching full muscle capacity, the league's best of the best and how The Pilarski Method is about to sweep the nation. As always, it's a good time with plenty...

With the Phillies' Game 7 loss to the Diamondbacks, it not only put Arizona in the World Series against the Rangers, but also meant the anthem 'Dancing On My Own' would be shelved for another year. But that doesn't mean the conversation around it is done. Kevin Plawecki joins Bradfo to give the true story behind the birth of Calum Scott's song's momentum, while also taking a deep dive into constru...

With the news that the Red Sox have offered Craig Breslow the opportunity to run their baseball operations department, we give you the conversation between Bradfo, The Athletic's Patrick Mooney and Julian McWilliams. The trio takes a deep dive into what Breslow offers, what the Red Sox should be looking for, and how it all might shake out.