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Mona Lisa Baseball
It's been said that the Mona Lisa was created perfectly. Baseball has been described the same way for decades; but alas it's time for a change... or is it? Listen to an in-depth look at baseball's past, present, and future. Dare to peer into the widest scope lens and find out what's next for the most revered sport in American history.
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Episodes
The Golden Era 20.05.2026 28:32
Retro Style (0:50) The Golden Era (4:05) Why can't baseball change? (12:42) The Law of Averages and Self Governance (17:37) Dugout Decorum (20:00) Sacrificing Traditionalists (26:26)
The Box is King 12.04.2026 27:38
WBC (0:35) 2026 New Rules (1:28) 3 Different Strike Zones (2:08) Cheating ABS Challenge (5:09) Tech Takes Center Stage (14:10) Base Coach Box (17:14) The Best Sport For Gambling? (19:33) Let the Ump Call the Game! (21:38)
The Greatest Boo of All time 08.02.2026 28:48
Ban Intentional Walks (2:02) Cameras Everywhere (4:16) Sponsor Injection (6:15) Big Business (8:42) Rooting for Underdogs (9:17) Win Cost (9:57) Four Years of Data (15:31) Season 1 Predictions (18:25) Shohei in Right Field (21:00) Giants Dodgers Weekend (21:42) Balls Stuck? (24:55)
World Class Talent 10.12.2025 31:40
Vlad vs. Shohei (0:34) Dodger Haters Unite (2:59) Invalid Vlad Prediction (7:01) Suspending Stupid Rules (9:15 ) LA Fans vs, Toronto Fans (15:01) In Game Interview (16:39) King Shohei Ignores Clocks (24:54) Can't stand Smoltz (28:49)
San Quentin 03.10.2025 44:07
Welcome A15 (0:11) Catch (8:00) Practice (9:53) Pre-game (14:54) The yard (17:46) Warm up (23:00) The game (29:33) Pitching (34:47) Sunset (39:11)
Outrageous Calamity of Errors 07.09.2025 30:06
Rob's golden bag of tricks (0:12) Salary caps, floors (2:59) Shohei as Relief needs new rule (11:22) 13 pitchers (12:36) Melkman stopped delivering (22:00) Sports fans have softened on how we feel about PEDs (23:45) Patrick Bailey vs Sam Huff (25:12) Pat Burrell was the most dangerous 8 hitter we ever saw (26:48)
Super Philosophical 19.08.2025 34:47
Creating meaning through baseball (0:12) Good eye? (1:39) Storytelling and narrative (2:46) So many gripes (3:25) Roger Angell (7:03) Grant Bisbee (13:45) Manfred on McAfee (20:01) The Wonder Years (21:45) Building tension (23:08) Breaking point (26:45)
Stone Age Stuff 05.08.2025 36:00
Shohei's starts (0:11) Kyle Schwarber: historic MVP (1:46) Who cares about Juan Soto (2:20) No deal Rob (3:07) Yelling at Gagne and Dunleavy (3:45) The worst fans in baseball (7:29) Stupid bets (9:52) Are the Giants still the good guys? (13:53) Is Will Clark really that angry? (16:28) The kid is all show (26:00) Midnight replay (31:08)
Connecting Generations 29.07.2025 27:43
Perspectivism (1:10) Nobody runs the bases like Willie used to (10:24 ) Bryce Eldridge vs. J.T. Snow (10:46) Replay taken too far (12:19) Does Young Greg Maddux make the majors today? (14:19) The Manfred man and swing off (17:36) Home run derby nostalgia (19:15) Appreciation vs. entitlement (22:17)
Nacho Celebration 22.07.2025 34:52
All Star Games (0:32) Mic'd up mishap (3:14) Bobby Valentine (8:03) Swing Off (14:30) Hank Aaron (27:35) Please talk about baseball (30:15)
Buster's Big Boys 20.06.2025 42:39
Jung Hoo Crew (0:54) Pitch clock and game duration (2:58) Tricking the robot (13:20) They ruined the bleachers (16:54) Shohei 50 50 (23:52) Banana ball (25:17) Booing and the ump (28:34) Sacramento A's (35:01) Why are the Rockies so bad? (36:27) 3 year old phenom in Live Oak Little League (37:15) Future state of baseball (39:20)
Troubling Trends 10.05.2025 36:10
The Tampa disaster (0:52) Sacramento A's (2:00) ESPN (3:54) The Pirates (4:55) Rob has one job (5:52) Vlad Jr. is the new Bobby Bonilla mega bust (9:34) Dad's big two (12:26) Lost in the ABS abyss (14:28) Banana ball is thriving (20:55) Up steps Mookie Betts (23:14) Observations from a little league assistant coach (28:16)
Peak of Glory 11.04.2025 40:48
Ken Burns Baseball (0:14) Expansion (6:34) Why Michael Lorenzen needs 20 ABs (16:06) Ambidextrous pitcher Jurrangelo Cijntje (20:59) Baseball United update (24:09) Ichiro Suzuki (25:47) Will Clark and the Giants (29:03) NBA all-star tournament (34:19)
The Hardball Era 24.03.2025 37:34
A's (1:17) ABS and new rules (6:37) ESPN drops hardball (13:20) Golden at bat (14:19) Boomerang ball (16:38) Gambling (20:35) A whole new painting (22:10) Stupid Caps (24:04) New old uniforms (30:34) Mo Vaughn, Brady Anderson and the steroid era (35:00)
Final Oakland Game 08.02.2025 30:21
Peanuts and beer (2:04) Oakland losing its identity (10:24) Piloting the heat in Sacramento (12:32) Hibernating teams (16:46) Brodie Brazil fired (19:53) John Fisher hates you (23:01)
The Dominican Republic. Part 2 21.12.2024 31:25
Neighborhood kids (0:12) MLB protecting investments (5:27) Growing up Red Sox (10:46) Why anonymous? (15:54) Everybody's doing it (17:12) Global baseball, WBC, Olympics (21:13)
World Series Baseball 11.12.2024 24:26
Game 1 (0:58) Game 2 (2:52) Game 3 (11:03) Game 4 (14:12) Game 5 (18:49)
Big Markets 29.10.2024 53:59
Yankees vs Dodgers! (0:12) Rob on the radio (2:02) Expanding playoffs (7:22) World Series with clocks (7:51) Japan vs. USA (12:51) Robo umps in spring training (20:28) Tech drama (28:22) Luis Arráez (33:49) Best ratings possible (36:38) Use your boo (39:04) Fernando Valenzuela (42:19) The Shohei Ohtani bet (43:53) Blake Snell didn't feel like pitching today (45:14)
The Dominican Republic. Part 1 26.09.2024 29:22
Sports business (0:22) Steroids for kids (1:09) Danny Almonte (3:40) Buscones (5:40) International draft (11:29) It's not child labor (15:25) The RBI Program (17:03) Other sports? (18:26) Baseball talent as a natural resource (21:27) Building cisterns (26:14)
Preservation Piece 16.08.2024 25:39
Call your team (0:13) 87 NLCS (3:15) Will Clark was cleats up (4:24) MLB in sac and a kick in the Nuts (6:07) Guess who got a hit? (9:34) No rival games in September?! (11:18) Tony Gwynn launch angle (11:57) Paul Skenes and Mr. Baseball (13:06) Phillies lineup (16:00) Do you remember finger signals? (20:43)
Student of the Game 28.07.2024 28:18
Paul Skenes had a good seven (0:12) All star showcase (8:03) Have you accepted the clock? (13:16) Ellie De La Cruz and new rules (16:31) Do you know who Bo Jackson is? (17:37) Pete Rose, Bert Blyleven and Uncle Rico (19:59) Fail like Star Wars (22:26)
Far From Reverence 03.07.2024 27:24
Announcers going rogue (0:09) Old highlights (4:25) Will Clark buys Angel a beer (5:31) Small changes? (7:10) Another gambling scandal (8:43) Lucrative advertisers (10:08) Launch Angle (13:00) A fun baseball team? (13:53) Fear the beard (14:59) No sports allowed (18:25) Paul Skenes and fireball city (19:22) An empty stadium is a bad look (21:21) It's the owner's sport (22:39) Another stupid Americ...
Knives Out For Umpires 17.06.2024 31:05
Angel Hernandez retirement party (0:29) ABS is coming (6:03) Interference! (8:22) College spike and silly hats (12:37) Atomic baseball (14:54) Framing is out of control and the Draymond Green effect (15:50) Uniforms will change next year (24:58)
Beware These Fads 19.05.2024 30:10
Edit out the audience (00:10) Blocking the path and plowing the catcher (3:18) Robot umps are coming and so are side effects (7:22) Owners need growth or how many jackets do you need? (10:46) Shohei will never pitch again (14:13) Egregious profuse time wasting and clocks (15:00) Grow the game? (16:27) Baseball's best shots (17:07) The new thinking fan's guide to baseball (19:46) Kids don't play ba...
Self Regulation 25.04.2024 29:52
The Customer (0:18) The Owners and Community (2:45) The Pace of Play (4:49) The Unwritten Rules (9:27) The Bautista Bat Flip (13:57) The Human Role (18:52)
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