Passed Ball Show

PASSED BALL SHOW #73 3/28/2013 Part 1 WITH JASON BERGMANN AND JOSE GUZMAN; I start out by recapping my trip to PSL, Fla and the negatives and positives of the New York Mets going into this season. I blast those who only use baseball prospectus for their MLB predictions and have no open mind. I speak with former Nationals RHP Jason Bergmann about his comeback and his offseason workouts as he looks...

PASSED BALL SHOW #72 3/18/2013 Part 2 WITH ERIC VALENT AND GARRY TEMPLETON II; I touch a little bit on the WBC and injuries in MLB as well as this date in baseball history and the 2013 Dodgers 8 starting pitchers. Former MLB OF Eric Valent calls in to talk about being Rule 5 picked by the Mets, hitting for the Cycle and what he does now as a scout. Garry Templeton II calls in to talk about his fat...

PASSED BALL SHOW #72 3/18/2013 Part 1 WITH SCOTT POSE AND KEVIN BASS; I give the scenario where Brennan Boesch will end up with the Mets by opening day, even after his signing with the Yankees. Former MLB OF Scott Pose calls in to tslk about being the first batter in the history of the Florida Marlins, being in the movie "For the love of the game" and being featured in the book "Journeymen: 24 Bit...

PASSED BALL SHOW #40 8/9/2012 Part 2 WITH TANYON STURTZE, ROOSEVELT BROWN AND MANNY MOTA, JR; On part 2 of the PBS, @john_pielli speaks with former Yankees and Devil Rays RHP Tanyon Sturtze, former Cubs OF Roosevelt Brown and former Astros farmhand Manny Mota, Jr. Tanyon talks about the stark differences of pitching for the Yankees and Devil Rays as well as his 6-18 2002 season. Roosevelt talks ab...

PASSED BALL SHOW #40 8/9/2012 Part 1 WITH JAMES FLIPPIN AND ALEXIS PIELLI; Listen back to the first part of @john_pielli's Passed Ball Show where 6 year old Alexis Pielli makes her radio debut. I am then joined by host of MTR radio shows Garden State Radio and Turnpike Throwdown @james_flippin as we hit on a number of topics pertinent to the New York Mets. James talks about his lack in faith in th...

PASSED BALL SHOW #33 6/21/2012 Part 2 WITH MARVIN FREEMAN AND BRET BOONE; On part 2 of the program, @john_pielli is joined by former Phillies, Braves and Rockies pitcher Marvin Freeman. Marvin talks about being both a starter and reliever, hitting his only MLB HR in Chicago where he is from and pitching in the postseason for Atlanta in 1992. He also mentions the 1994 strike shortened season, where...

PASSED BALL SHOW #33 6/21/2012 WITH ELI GRBA: On Part1 of the PBS, @john_pielli is joined by former Yankees and Angels pitcher Eli Grba. Eli talks about his experiences on the 1959 and 1960 NY Yankees teams and his feelings about not getting to pitch in the 1960 World Series. He also discusses being taken as the first player in the 1961 expansion draft by the Los Angeles Angels, where he pitched i...

PASSED BALL SHOW #32 6/14/2012 PART TWO; On the second part of the program, I am joined by former Braves and Blue Jays LHP Pedro Borbon. Pedro discusses whether his chances of making the majors were helped or hurt by having a father that played the game. He talks about the impact the MLB player's strike had on him. He also mentions how being a lefty specialist was a win-win situation. We talk abou...

PASSED BALL SHOW #32 6/14/2012 PART ONE WITH BILLY STAPLES; On the first segment of the PBS, @john_pielli talks to baseball writer, author and personality Billy Staples. Bill wrote "Billyball" which was a first person perspective of the entire 2009 season that resulted in the World Series between the Phillies and Yankees. We never got to the book, which we will discuss the next time he comes on, b...

PASSED BALL SHOW #31 6/7/2012 PART TWO WITH RICH COUTINHO AND FORMER METS PITCHER DJ CARRASCO; wishing the best for Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda. SNY.tv and WFAN.com correspondent Rich Coutinho discusses the importance of today's Mets win over the Nationals. Where does the Mets rotation rank among the rest in the NL East? MLB? a case why the Mets bullpen is better than people think. The Mets...

PASSED BALL SHOW #31 6/7/2012 PART ONE WITH DAN SCHLOSSBERG; how random baseball fans suddenly become draft "experts". What do they know? You'd be amazed by which free agent players gave the team that lost them draft compensation. Recap of the Mets 3-1 win over the Washinston Nationals. Well known author of 35 baseball books and over 25,000 baseball books Dan Schlossberg calls in to discuss his bo...

PASSED BALL SHOW #30 5/31/2012 PART TWO WITH WFAN AND SNY HOST MARC MALUSIS AND BLOOMBERG SPORTS HOST JULIE ALEXANDRIA; MARC GIVES SOME OPINIONS ON THE DIRECTION OF THE NY YANKEES, WHATS TO BLAME FOR THE OFFENSIVE STRUGGLES, SHOULD RAFAEL SORIANO STAY THE CLOSER ONCE DAVID ROBERTSON RETURNS?, ARE THE METS FOR REAL, DOES HE LIKE DOING TV OR RADIO BETTER?, JULIE TALKS ABOUT BEING PITCHED THE IDEA FO...

PASSED BALL SHOW #30 5/31/2012 PART ONE WITH FORMER CHICAGO CUBS OF DERRICK MAY; BEING A 1ST RD DRAFT PICK, WRIGLEY FIELD, BEING A SECOND GENERATION MLB PLAYER, BEING A PLAYER IN HIS PRIME DURING THE MLB STRIKE, BEING A ROOKIE THE YEAR AFTER THE BREAKOUT SEASONS OF JEROME WALTON AND DWIGHT SMITH, ALSO PHONE LINES OPENED UP FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE PROGRAM, MLB AND MLB.COM PROMOTING STUFFED BALLOT...

PASSED BALL SHOW #29 5/24/2012 PART TWO WITH SIRIUS XM'S MLB HOMEPLATE HOST CASEY STERN; TRACES THE BEGINNING OF HIS METS FANDOM, HOW THE METS WERE THE TALK OF NYC IN THE 1980S, HOW THE '80S METS BROKE DOWN, HOW THE METS SHOULD HAVE MAKE AN OFFER TO JOSE REYES, RUBEN TEJADA IS A QUESTION MARK, METS MUST EXTEND DAVID WRIGHT, JOHN MAIO JOINS ME FOR THE SECOND HOUR; COLE HAMELS WILL LEAVE THE PHILLIE...

PASSED BALL SHOW #29 5/24/2012 PART ONE JOINED IN STUDIO BY JOHN MICHAEL MAIO; THE RESPONSIBILITY OF UMPIRES TO DO THEIR JOBS OR GET DEMOTED OR FIRED, HOW EXPENDED REPLAY GIVES NO REASON TO HAVE UMPIRES, NOBODY COMES TO THE GAME TO WATCH THE UMPIRES, WHY HAVE THE ANGELS STRUGGLED, HOW THE YANKEES AND PHILLIES WILL BE EXPECTED TO FAVORITES IN THEIR DIVISIONS UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE, HOW THE NATIONAL...

PASSED BALL SHOW #27 5/10/2012 PART TWO JOINED IN STUDIO BY BOY MEETS MACHINE'S CHRISTIAN COLABELLI AND WITH JIM COLABELLI; JIM CALLS IN TO DISCUSS YANKEES BASEBALL, HE STARTS BY TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE GROWING UP BEING A MICKEY MANTLE FAN, HOW THE KIDS USE TO ARGUE OVER WHO WAS BETTER BETWEEN MANTLE, DUKE SNIDER AND WILLIE MAYS, SHOULD THE YANKEES BE CHANGING THEIR LINEUP, DO THEY HAVE ENO...

PASSED BALL SHOW #27 5/10/2012 PART ONE JOINED IN STUDIO BY BOY MEETS MACHINE'S CHRISTIAN COLABELLI AND WITH FORMER SF GIANTS PITCHER JOHN D'ACQUISTO AND FORMER MLB INFIELDER STEVE SPRINGER; JOHN DISCUSSES WITH US HIS FASTBALL MANY TIMES CLOCKED WELL OVER 100 MPH IN THE 1970s, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREPARATION OF PITCHERS THEN AND NOW, PITCH COUNTS, STAMINA AND THE ROLE OF PITCHING COACHES BECOMI...

PASSED BALL SHOW #70 3/7/2013 Part 2 WITH AL HRABOSKY; I start out by talking about my pet peeve when it comes to over analyzing early spring training performance. After a complete break down of the AL Central division, I go over some TDIBBH. Longtime Cardinals broadcaster Al Hrabosky joins the program to talk about his shtick as "The Mad Hungarian" and his time pitching for the Cardinals, Royals...

PASSED BALL SHOW #70 3/7/2013 Part 1 WITH ANDY MCCULLOUGH AND JEFF JUDEN; Listen to some suggestions of what the Yankees can do with the latest string of injuries. Andy McCullough from the Star Ledger calls in to give some insight about the Yankees, Mark Teixeira, Curtis Granderson, Derek Jeter and what they should do to cover for the rash of injuries as well as to what to expect from the team's s...

PASSED BALL SHOW #67 2/14/2013 Part 2 WITH SWEENY MURTI, PAT MAHOMES AND RUBBY DE LA ROSA; Part 2 starts out with my call to former Mets and Twins RHP Pat Mahomes. Pat talks about playing for the Mets teams in 1999 and 2000, his disputes with the Red Sox over wanting to be a starting pitcher and what he learn playing in Japan that saved his career. I speak briefly with Boston Red Sox pitcher Rubby...

PASSED BALL SHOW #67 2/14/2013 Part 1 WITH MONTAOUS WALTON; I start the program by discussing some of the things brought up in Mike Piazza'a new book "Long Shot" as well as make the case why he should be in the Hall of Fame. I predict that RHP Kyle Lohse will be signed by next week's show, just do not know by whom. I speak to ameteur baseball player Montaous Walton about his attempts to try out fo...

PASSED BALL SHOW #88 7/9/2013 Part 2 WITH BOB WATSON AND JERRY ROYSTER; I open up with my interview with long time Astros and Yankees 1B/ OF, Astros and Yankees General Manager and former VP of On field discipline Bob Watson. We talk about how many home runs he lost playing his home games in the Astrodome, being the GM for the Boss and winning a Gold Medal and World Series. I follow that up by spe...

PASSED BALL SHOW #88 7/9/2013 Part 1 WITH JERRY REUSS, BRAD PENNINGTON AND WILSON CAICEDO; I start off with my interview with 22 year MLB LHP Jerry Reuss. We talk about being drafted by the hometown team, the trade to the Dodgers for Rick Rhoden, throwing a no hitter as well as playing in 4 different decades. I get into the categories of pitchers who threw more than one no hitter, then talk about...

PASSED BALL SHOW #87 7/2/2013 Part 2 WITH BROOKS KIESCHNICK; I open up by talking about the probability of the Twins trading 1B Justin Morneau and OF Josh Willingham and how the Twins may not be in a hurry to deal them. I then talk to former Cubs, Reds, Rockies and Brewers OF/ 1B Brooks Kieschnick about being drafted in the 1st round of the 1993 draft, never getting a chance to get 500 ABs for the...

PASSED BALL SHOW #87 7/2/2013 Part 1 WITH BRET SABERHAGEN AND BOB KENDRICK; I open with my interview with 2 time AL Cy Young Award winner and former Royals, Mets, Rockies and Red Sox RHP Bret Saberhagen. We talk about his emergence on the Royals staff, the even-odd thing, pitching on a bad Mets team and his comeback after shoulder surgery. I go right in to my discussion with the President of the N...