Passed Ball Show

11-29-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about the demise of major newspapers. Newspapers are almost as irrelevant as the rotary phone- maybe at the level of a house phone. The New York Daily News (a paper struggling to sell print or web clicks- just like any other) chose to turn a simple story in to one that became an instant reach. New York Giants long snapper Zak DeOss...

11-23-2019 Passed Ball Show. John has had enough of what he calls an "unfair debate." It seems as if nobody is wrong anymore. Perhaps it is society placating millennials for "hurt feelings." You drive home a point with facts and it doesn't matter anymore. People twist the truth until they can say they are not wrong anymore. As John digresses, he talks about fandom as it exists in the world of spor...

11-21-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up the program by talking about the workout held November 16th by Colin Kaepernick for NFL teams. Kaepernick deserves the right to work, the right to seek employment, and in no way deserves to be blackballed from the National Football League. However, the decisions made to change the destination of the workout add murky details to an already confusion set of...

11-16-2019 Passed Ball Show. John starts out by talking about the ugly situation that concluded the Browns/ Steelers game this past week. How it embarrassed the league, but most importantly, how it took the fans away from their sanctuary as a sports fan. Violence exists in sports, but this was an over the top decision that makes a mockery of the very game that Miles Garrett was representing, John...

11-13-2019 Passed Ball Show. John talks about the scandal involving the Houston Astros and their alleged use of cameras to dictate what pitch is coming. Should the Astros be held accountable for cheating as a team? John says it would be insane to consider taking away their World Series Championship in 2017. However, if baseball doesn’t sanction the Astros, a John wonders if the individual players...

11-6-2019 Passed Ball Show- John opens up this show by talking about the possibility of Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker conspiring to throw a game in 1919. After wishing his mother, Nancy, well as she recovers from her hip replacement, he talks about the fact that the Atlantic League, an independent baseball league which once had a lot of pride, has clearly shamed itself by becoming a guinea pig for any...

11-1-2019 Passed Ball Show. John makes the case that postseason baseball teams have gone too far with the use of their relievers. Over the course of a seven game series, the more a particular reliever faces the same hitters on the same team, the advantage goes to the hitters. We saw that in this year's World Series with Will Harris. It happened with the Yankees in the ALCS against the Astros and i...

10-26-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by talking about the silly insinuation that Tom Brady considered giving his number 12 to Mohammad Sanu. It sounds like a nice gesture, but it was never serious. There was no way Brady was going to concede his number. Brandon Taubman deserved to lose his job as assistant GM of the Houston Astros for his inappropriate comments regarding domestic v...

10-30-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up by talking about the importance of clarifying what the rules are in major sports. There is a distinction between what the officials (in pro football) and umpires (in baseball) pull directly out of the rule book and what the athletes believe the rules are. Clarity will make it known without a doubt whether a player is within the confines of the games' rule...

10-21-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by recapping the finish of a weird game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans that was oddly on CBS as the AFC Game of the Week. John talks about the fourth and one that the Titans failed to convert, the non-challenge of the spot, and finally, the odd sequence that finished the game when it seemed as if the Chargers had scored th...

10/14/2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by stating the exact reasons why a manager in Major League Baseball does not have the responsibilities fans think they do. John does into depth to describe the exact responsibilities a manager in baseball has in 2019. He reminds the viewers that 50% of all baseball fans still think the manager has a bigger role than he has. John's job is to c...

10-12-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by reminding all of the viewers that share the birthday of October 12 of the handful of current and former MLB players that have the same birthday. He then makes his rock solid World Series prediction of the Yankees/ Cardinals- teams with a combined 58 League Pennants and 38 World Series Championships. He also talks about the combined twenty (20...

10-7-2019 Passed Ball Show. John starts this version of the program by talking about the American League Division series between the Twins and the Yankees. The Twins are overmatched, maybe they knew that coming in to the series. The decision to go to a human interest story to start game two gave everybody following the series exactly what they needed to know- the Twins could have cared less about...

10-4-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by wishing his mother Nancy Pielli a very happy 64th birthday by recapping the 1955 World Series game seven. A game in which the Brooklyn Dodgers clinched their first (and only) World Series Championship in Brooklyn on that very day. John talks about how Ronald Acuna's choice to stare and watch a ball hit the fence is not just an embarrassment...

10-2-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this version of the show by talking about the possibility of College Athletes getting paid for their namesake. The Governor of California passed a law allowing athletes to be compensated for their namesake, for jersey sales, and even for giving lessons within the confines of the college or university. We tend to look at students and athletes as one and the...

9-25-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up the program by reminding the listeners that both Mickey Callaway and Gabe Kapler will be back as the respective managers of the Mets and Phillies. John then talks about the sanctity of the Perfect Game in Major League Baseball and how there will never be a Perfect Game that is not first a complete game. It is great that the Mets will retire Jerry Koosman's...

9-18-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by clearing up a flawed Instagram post where he did not include his mention of the talk show host who stated that Antonio Brown's actions were the most unprofessional in the history of sports. He also includes his mention of the seriousness of rape and his reference to how it changed the life of Mike Tyson. John then talks about his hope that the...

9-11-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by remembering all those that lost their lives during the tragic events of 9/11. This should be a time where the United States of America takes a break from all its infighting and embraces all of its differences and comes together as a nation. John then talks about Antonio Brown and the fact that Brown did nothing different than what Anthony Davi...

9-5-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by continuing to drive home his points on the castration of MLB managers. Out of touch fans (and some media types) still insist that the manager is responsible for every decision in every game and should be held accountable for every loss. MLB manager bullies should be compared to the third grader who picks on the fat kid, the ugly kid, or the...

8-28-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by talking about Andrew Luck's sudden retirement from the Indianapolis Colts just two weeks before the regular season. Anybody who thinks Luck stuck it to the Colts by handling it in this fashion should realize the Colts stuck it to Luck with the way they treated him over the course of his career. Their negligence led to his injuries and are the...

8-22-2019 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about the "replacement" Yankees and the injured players they have that are returning. John gives a postseason 25 man roster that includes all of the injured players (assuming they are all ready to return) and most of the players who have thrived while filling in. John then talks about what he perceives as the biggest achilles heel o...

8-15-2019 Passed Ball Show. John talks about why fans fully support their team only when they win. It is not that fans stop rooting for a team that is not performing, they simply do not show up at the ballpark, stadium, or arena. John explains why the crowds at Madison Square Garden are manufactured and exist separate from fans showing up thick and thin and why MSG is the attraction, not the NY Kn...

8-9-2019 Passed Ball Show- John opens up this brief filibuster with a little historical perspective about the history of the New York Mets franchise. As awful as the bad is, the franchise has a history of great runs in August and September. Any questions, refer to the seasons of 1969, 1973, 2015, and 2016. The perception exists that the Mets owners, Fred and Jeff Wilpon, are cheap. While they oper...

7-31-2019 Passed Ball Show- John opens this show by talking about his excitement over the July 31st trading deadline in major league baseball. While a lot could be expected before 4 pm, there may not be as many high profile trades as expected. Greed has kicked in and teams are not willing to part with players from their major league roster and top prospects. The days of a fair trade could be over....

7-26-2019 Passed Ball Show- John opens up this version of the program by talking about the difference between entertainment and life. While entertainers should understand their opinions are relevant, they should take time to identify their audience. Athletes (and entertainers) have gained their audience through their talents. That is what their fans come to see and hear. Angel Hernandez is known a...