Generations (Talking 'bout My Sports...)

Show Highlights: We're back...at least today! Still traveling, but we will do our best. 3,000 hit club and 200+ strikeouts in a season for: New York Yankees, Cleveland (Guardians), and Detroit Tigers. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to ge...

Show Highlights: Top Stolen Base percentage leaders. Davey Lopes once stole 47 bases in a season and was caught only 4 times. He was in his age 40 season! Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use t...

Show Highlights: 20 game winners and Cy Young winners for: Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins, and Baltimore Orioles. Another Mickey Tettleton sighting! Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use the...

Show Highlights: Silver Sluggers for Miami Marlins, Anaheim Angels, and Oakland Athletics. I have a diatribe about the different Angel's names. Brook Jacoby fact given again. Bobby Grich, maybe the people's MVP in 1979. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with...

Show Highlights: Big Show today. All career achievements. 30 - 30 seasons + 200 Hits, 40 Homeruns, and 100+ RBI. 3,000 hits club. There are 33. How many had a 200 Hit season? How many had a 40 Homerun season? How many had 100+ RBI in a season? All-time greats discussed, Aaron, Bonds, Mays, Cecil Cooper!?! Will Clark! Alfonso Soriana!?! Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I go...

Can you imagine a time, if you lived on the East Coast, that if your favorite team played on the West Coast, you would have to wait for two days to see the box score of the game!?! Newspapers had deadlines so they could go to print. If games ran late or were on different time zones, many times the information would be kicked to the following day. The Los Angeles Times announced in July they will n...

Show Highlights: Spotlight on Willie McGee. MVPs for Detroit Tigers, St Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Rick Wise is the answer to: Who was Steve Carlton traded for by the Cardinals to the Phillies? Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had t...

Show Highlights: Gold Glover winners and Hall of Famers for: Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles, and San Diego Padres. Buddy Bell, Jim Palmer, Ozzie Smith, Gaylord Perry, Frank Robinson, and Willie McCovey. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to ge...

Show Highlights: Rookie of the Year: Dodgers, Cubs, and Red Sox. Todd Benzinger gets swapped for Nick Esasky. Don Baylor 1987 World Series winner with Twins. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I us...

Show Highlights: 300+ Wins and Saves for San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, and Philadelphia Phillies. Steve Carlton, Goose Gossage, Gaylord Perry, Craig Kimbrel, Billy Wagner, and Grover Alexander. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get a...

Show Highlights: 200 strikehouts or more in a season by pitchers for: Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos/ Washington Nationals, and Kansas City Royals. .300 average in a season: Ron Kittle, Al Oliver, and Kevin Seitzer. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–...

Show Highlights: Player highlights on: Mike Hampton, Buddy Bell, and John Mayberry. John Mayberry was blamed by Whitey Herzog for the Royals 1977 ALCS loss to the Yankees. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out look...

Show Highlights: Hall of Famers with Gold Gloves. Dodger Hall of Famers. Hall of Famers with a .300 season. Player highlight: Bill Mazeroski and whether he would be a big-leaguer today. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I...

Steve and I discuss how dynasties have impacted fandom over the decades. Who are our favorite dynasties? Are they good for the game? What are the special circumstances around dynasties? Are the current Warriors the best dynasty ever?

Show Highlights: List and review of 200+ K in a season for Cardinals, Orioles, and Twins. Jose DeLeon sighting! Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use the game for fun and to connect with old fri...

Show Highlights: Allen Watson gave up first interleague homerun to Rich Aurilia. 40+ save seasons for the California Los Angeles Anaheim Angels of Anaheim, San Diego Padres, and New York Yankees. Kirby Yates!?! Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had...

Show Highlights: Player highlight on Andy Van Slyke. 30+ stolen base seasons for Pittsburgh Pirates and Texas Rangers. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use the game for fun and to connect with...

Show Highlights: We roll through hall of fame players that played for the Athletics, Boston Red Sox, and Cincinnati Reds. Highlight some of the players to hit 40+ homeruns in a season for the same teams. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get...

Show Highlights: I detail how to use advanced metrics and highlight the first 10 seasons of Ichiro Suzuki to provide context of how to use WAR, OPS+, and other sabermetrics. I compare Ichiro to Pete Rose and show with real math how they compare. If you want to finally learn how this stuff is used and how it is calculated and what it means? I break it down for you. Follow along as I reveal my daily...

Show Highlights: Gold Glove winners for the Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, and Toronto Blue Jays. Player spotlight on Devon White. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use the game for fun and to con...

Show Highlights: New York Yankees to hit 40+ homeruns in a season. Player spotlight on Matt Williams and his hidden assault on Maris' 61 homerun record. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use...

Steve attended the Dodger game earlier this week and was impressed with the new rules targeted to curb long game times. This sparked a discussion regarding the different rule changes over the years and how they impacted the fan experience. Some of the rules are a reflection of the times. Cynically, some are to protect the respective owners' investments. Hear how we view the changes over the ye...

Show Highlights: 40+ saves for Washington Nationals/ Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, and Cleveland Guardians. Career spotlight on Jeff Reardon. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat out looked it up. I use the gam...

Show Highlights: Highlight of Jason Schmidt. 2003 Cy Young voting and the idiosyncrasy of Wins Above Replacement calculation. Mark Prior, Eric Gagne, and Ryan Vogelsong featured. Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my picks–if I had to get an assist or if I flat o...

Show Highlights: John Kruk trade to Padres. Chris Brown part of trade that brings Kevin Mitchell, Dave Dravecky, and Craig Lefferts to Giants. How do the Giants always get the washed-up pitchers at the end of their career? Follow along as I reveal my daily Immaculate Grid and how I got there. I will post my results each evening after 9:00 PM PT to ensure no spoilers. Learn how I come up with my pi...