FANBASE: A Deep Dive Into the Greatest Rivalry in Sports

Baseball is back. Besides breaking down the two teams, we talk renewed interest I fantasy and probably the most interesting conversation: Theo Epstein and his effort to change the game.

Joan Ryan is a pioneer for women in sports journalism. She's covered it all, written books and now serves as a media consultant for the SF Giants. Recounting her first foray into a pro locker room is riveting as are her takes on leadership. Hint: Aubrey Huff and Jonny Gomes make the cut.

Not really. But Earl Snyder has some stories to tell. And the receipts to prove it. His baseball life, which includes a cup of coffee with the legendary '04 Red Sox. 

As spring baseball ramps up, we break down the new Red Sox deal and continue to lament the 12-team playoff format.

John Sterling has been calling Yankee games for 33 years. But he's been loving them his whole life. His stories, thoughts and maybe some hints on new home run calls.

Yankee fans scratching their heads, and we're trying to answer why. And it's not just Josh Donaldson and his $50 million. Plus, why Brian is calling for a boycott!

Who to blame? Will we (the real fans) come back? Hint: We're pretty upset. That, plus why the lockout may be why Jeter bailed on the Marlins.

Gone are the days of putting a baseball card in the spokes of your bike. Sports cards and collectibles are BIG business. We sit down with lifelong collector and hobby store owner Ken Asal to talk the past, present and future of the industry. Plus, find out where you might be able to find the iconic 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle for free!

Why does David Ortiz get a pass into the HOF when the likes of Bonds and Clemens don't? Good question. The answer may lie in the fact that no one cares that A-Rod was at the Packers game! We will explain.

Dan Shaughnessy vs. David Ortiz is a good fight. MLB vs. MLBPA is not. We discuss. Plus, women in baseball and baseball in Montreal. Check us out.

We celebrate a year of John being alcohol free. He tells his compelling story of how he got to 2022 and how it relates to his love of baseball and family. It's an episode to make us all think.

From watching Reds games with his grandparents to being in the room for real-life arbitration hearings, he joins us to talk baseball -- everything from his Roto baseball past and defense of data to whether Joey Votto makes the HOF and odds Reds EVER win again.

Question: Who did less before the lockout? Answer: Yankees. But not by much. We lament that, rip the lockout and have, perhaps, the best nugget yet. Hint: Transylvania baseball.

We break down the incredible deal for Wander Franco, what the Sox/Yanks have/haven't done and what the heck will happen in the Hall of Fame voting.

What in tarnation (yes tarnation!) is going on when none of the MVP finalists even made the playoffs. We pick all the winners from MVP to the Cy Young. And THE BEST nugget segment we've ever had.

World Series wrap-up, free agents to watch from series and Ian Anderson's origin story (Good up-state NY talk!)

We say goodbye to the Red Sox, hello to a story of why maybe the Yankees didn't work. And stick around for a nugget any fan would want. Oh, and we handicap the World Series

We welcome in long-time reporter -- and Dodgers fan -- Doug Greene. Carlos Correa to Yankees? And what's better, Yankees-Red Sox or Dodgers-Giants?

We break down the unlikely surge that has Boston in the ALCS, and Brian talks about being at Fenway for Game 4.

A great scene at Fenway ends with, well, the end of the Yankee season. It leaves us with two questions: Who gets fired and can the Sox beat the Rays? We answer both.

Of course, it's Red Sox-Yankees in a 1-game playoff. At Fenway and yes, a lot of Yankee fans will be there. Perfect. We put a ribbon on a gift of a final regular season weekend, and tell you who's going to win and move on.

Yankees sweep the Sox! More shocking? How many NY fans were at Fenway. We break down how it's Brian's fault that Stanton hit that granny. Plus, great attendance stats and handicapping the rest of the way.

Whether it be Fernando Tatis, Jr vs Manny Machado or vaccinated players vs. unvaccinated, tension is high in the playoff race right now. Plus, why the World Series may have to go through Toronto

Episode 47:Like in "Jerry Maguire" when Tom Cruise "had her at hello", Don Laviano had us at "Satin Silver Yankee jacket". We go deep into the way back machine with our Donny Baseball. How many pieces does he have? How did he get a picture with the "Core Four" and what's in store for the postseason.

  Love him or hate him, Derek Jeter is a classic Hall of Famer. Does that mean non-Yankee fans have to like him? Plus, how both teams may well miss the playoffs and 9/11 remembrances from a news photographer who was there.