Passed Ball Show

5-11-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by giving his grand finale to the Conference Semi-Final round. John’s belief is that three of the four series are coming to a conclusion, with the likeliness that Golden State, Phoenix, and Miami are headed to their respective conference finals. John believes that few are respecting the talents of the top seeded teams in each conference (Miami...

5-9-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by professing his love for sports. He talks about the sanctuary sports have become- not only to him, but what it is to other sports fans. John talks about his disappointment when other things work their way into sports, even though he understands. He then explains why athletes have the right to talk about whatever they want with the understandi...

5-7-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about why baseball should have a salary cap and why it should come in conjunction with a salary floor. John brings up the reasons why baseball players are having their salaries impacted because the owners have a right to determine exactly how much they want to put aside to pay their players. John then brings up some of the issues wit...

Passed Ball Show 5-4-2022. John opens up this program by mentioning the interesting fact that this week was the first time in Major League Baseball history that the two New York baseball teams (Yankees and Mets) and the two Los Angeles baseball teams (Dodgers and Angels) are all in first place at the same time. John then speaks about the Memphis Grizzlies and questions why the doubt in their quest...

4-28-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up by comparing the attendance figures of the first home game of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the first seven (7) home games of the Oakland Athletics. He then gets into his prolegomena point in regard to this year's (2022) NFL draft. Teams are going to reach by taking any quarterback in the first round. John rants about the scarcity of the QB position and the...

4-25-2022 Passed Ball Show. John "breaks" the "story" of Ben Simmons' projected return (or debut) for the Brooklyn Nets for the 2022 NBA Finals, but it will be a gametime decision. He then gives some props to the Toronto Raptors and Denver Nuggets for their performances in Game Four (4) of their respective series. John then talks about the under-discussed depth that both teams possess. John then k...

4-21-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by congratulating Miguel Cabrera as he is right on the verge of getting his 3000th MLB hit. Cabrera will join the likes of all time greats Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, and Eddie Murray as the only players in history to have both 3000 hits and 500 home runs. John spends the nucleus of this podcast talking about the bl...

4-16-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens this program by telling his audience that Wilt Chamberlain died on his 20th birthday (October 12, 1999). He proceeds to talk about the Minnesota Twins decision to retool themselves for the 2022 baseball season after a disappointing 2021. He expresses his anger and frustration for the Cincinnati Reds and their fans after ownership quit on a promising rebuilt t...

4-13-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about the Cherry Blossom Washington Nationals uniform branding that he feels has, to this point, been successful. John's tie shows his favor for the new uniforms. John's prolegomenal point on today's show has to do with the national prominence that exists for very few teams in the world of sports. He uses the Los Angeles Lakers as a...

4-9-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by expressing his shock over the tragic death of Pittsburgh Steelers and Former Ohio State Quarterback Dwayne Haskins. He then blasts CBS Sports and their fantasy baseball “experts” over his most recent fantasy baseball draft. He wonders how an outfield of Juan Soto, Mike Trout, and Kyle Schwarber ranks 10th out of 10 teams and what particularl...

4-2-2022 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program by giving his reasoning of why New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom will never be the same again. John cites his consistent velocity and the fact that no other starting pitcher equals his 98-100 miles per hour velocity on just about every pitch. As great as deGrom has been, the days of making 30 starts are long behind him as he will never be able t...

3-30-2022 Passed Ball Show. John spends the duration of this program (just under 60:00) giving his regular season predictions of the upcoming 2022 MLB baseball season. During his eleventh (11th) annual revealing, John explains why he thinks the Pittsburgh Pirates will be the worst team in baseball and the Milwaukee Brewers will be the best. In doing so, he discusses all thirty (30) MLB teams and r...

3-28-2022 Passed Ball Show. John spends the first part of this program talking about how the NCAA's Seeding Committee has failed those who follow the College Basketball Tournament. John cites the fact that there have been seven instances in which a 15th seed (or lower) has won a first round matchup in the past eleven (11) years. (Six 15 seeds and one 16 seed.) John blames the less than stellar emp...

3-21-2022 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the recent success of the 15 seed beating the number two (2) seed in the NCAA college basketball tournament, mostly recently St. Peters. While moments like St. Peters, Oral Roberts, and Florida Gulf Coast getting to the Sweet 16 are nice, it would become more historic and memorable if a team like that got to the Elite 8 or Final Fo...

3-19-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about the impact on the rest of the NFL Quarterbacks after the trade of Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns. John brings up the possibility that Baker Mayfield could (but very unlikely) stick around as Watson still likely faces a suspension from the NFL. A once potentially slow offseason in regards to QB movement has turned to a...

3-16-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by stating that Draymond Green should not be eligible for defensive player of the year in the NBA because he is/ will not play enough games. He compares that to those who think Mike Trout should have won the MVP this season for the American League in baseball in spite of playing just 36 games. John then talks about the fallacies of the salary...

3-9-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens this program by putting on the record the possibility that Major League Baseball could postpone the start of the MINOR LEAGUE baseball just out of spite. John is convinced that MLB does not want to please its fans in any way. John then speaks of his love/ hate (mostly hate) relationship with the media and their propaganda. However, very often, the media is set...

3-7-2022 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about two of the greatest dynasties in the history of professional sports. While it is worthy to talk about the dominance of the earlier NHL Montreal Canadiens and maybe a little bit about the contemporary New England Patriots, there were no other teams that dominated the world of pro sports like the 1947-1964 New York Yankees and the 195...

3-2-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about why the MLBPA and Baseball's Owners failed to get an agreement in place, causing the start of the MLB season to be delayed. John cites the sanctity of marriage and the failures of those who divorce as the correct analogy to describe what no baseball means to the fans. The fans are the children of divorced parents, parents who f...

2-26-2022 Passed Ball Show. John starts off the show by blaming both the players and the owners (playners) for their apparent lack of interest of starting the 2022 baseball season on time. John cites the amount of time BOTH sides have had (information describing the odds the players association and owners dated more than TWO years before the expiration of the latest Collective Bargaining Agreement...

2-21-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by welcoming his new green carpet in his studio, hoping that it will soon be representing the green grass that Major League Baseball brings to the spring. John talks about the NBA’s job of honoring the 75 greatest players and how it probably could not be done with any other major sport. He then advocates for the firing of University of Michiga...

2-19-2022 Passed Ball Show. John starts out by stating that catcher's framing in baseball is cheating. It is an acceptable form of cheating and there is nothing forbidden with the game's rules. Framing is the deception of a catcher by moving his glove to fool the umpire into believing a pitch that should be called a ball should be called a strike. John compares the acceptance of framing to the acc...

2-16-2022 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the NBA's latest list of the Top 15 Coaches in the history of the sport. John cannot believe John Kundla is not on this list. He adds four more deserving coaches in the place of five that were selected and gives credit to the other ten who he considers more than worthy. John then talks about baseball's problem with drug abuse and h...

2-11-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up the program by throwing a couple of ideas out there of penalties he should suffer for being wrong over the James Harden/ Ben Simmons trade. He then talks about the Baseball Hall of Fame and how it is supposed to be a museum that tells the history of baseball. While baseball wants to forget and intentionally not tell the story of the steroid's era, it does...

2-9-2022 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this discussion by questioning exactly what it is there is to talk about in the world of sports. The NBA trade deadline has John happy with some of the direction (one way or the other) that teams such as the Indiana Pacers, Portland Trail Blazers, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Sacramento Kings are headed. He questions the Lakers deadline approach and whether the...