Passion for the Pastime

Welcome to another episode of Passion for the Pastime: A Baseball Podcast. This week I have a special guest Carmen Kiew on the podcast. We talk about things to do in the offseason and then play a game of two truths and a lie. We discuss various topics in the baseball world including the scandal in Houston with sign stealing and Carmen gives her thoughts. We all talk about the 3 time MVP Mike Trout...

We have made it to the Fall Classic 2019. We have the expected and the unexpected all packed into one. One team were heavy favorites to make it to the World Series and win in all and recapture the magic from 2017 in the Houston Astros, the most well rounded team in recent memory. Then you have the true underdog story of the Washington Nationals, who found themselves at 12 games below .500 in late...

The 2019 Postseason has kicked off with a BANG! Starting with the Bryce Harper less Washington Nationals and the Brewers. When their backs were against the wall with 4 out remaining, young Juan Soto stepped up big time for his team and capped off a 3 run 8th inning, that would land them a date with the LA Dodgers. But it doesnt end there, the battle of the Bays took place, with Oakland taking on t...

As the regular season comes to a close, baseball's second season is starting up. The match ups have been set and now we kick off October with the Wild Card Match-Ups. In the National league we have the stumbling Brew Crew with the fair share of walking wounded, taking on the Nationals in D.C. Max Scherzer trys to led his squad once again, but the Brewers have other plans. Brewers being one of the...

Welcome again to another episode of Passion for the Pastime, with yours truly. We have finally made it to the final week of the year, but now the question is who will make it. The Nationals will face a familiar face this week. Not once, not twice but FIVE TIMES!!! Nationals fans are all gasping for air, are friend turned foe, Bryce Harper returns to D.C. to spoil the party. Why is it so significan...

As the season draws to an end, teams lock up divisions and farewells are said. Bochy is giving his last road trip and trying to cap it off by reaching the 2000 win mark. Where better to do it than in historic Fenway Park. In other news, Dodgers wrap up the NL West for the 7th consecutive time, but will there be different results than the past, or are the just the latest version of the Atlanta Brav...

Welcome back to another episode of Passion for the Pastime. A lot of great baseball this week, or not so great baseball, depends on what side of the ball you were on. Multiple teams got Swept this week. For some, not a big concern, for others, huge playoff hopes are being taken away. The Giants are one of them as they went into Wrigley and were on the bad end of a Sweep. Their cross bay rivals, Oa...

Welcome to another episode of Passion for the Pastime. The prodigal son has returned to form. Bryce Harper is back and looks determined. A focused, determined Harper is a scary site and that what he has been over the last two weeks. But what changed? In other news the young stud in Boston is having himself a career year and is he destined to be great like another Red Sox before him who accomplishe...

Welcome back to another episode of Passion for the Pastime! We had a great weekend of baseball and it only made the races for the Wild Card even harder. The Mets continued to roll against the Nats with a dramatic 9th innning comeback to start the weekend off with a bang. They took care of business. Giants answered the Liberty Bell as Philly and "The Silencer", Bryce Harper came into SF, but only w...

Welcome to another episode of Passion for the Pastime. The trolls are back, and this time they are wearing Pinstripes. Fresh off of their 4 game sweep, the Yankees troll the Red Sox and get revenge from last year by playing a classic hit from the 70s in the clubhouse. This long standing rivalry has gotten even better over the years with social media and this 4 game sweep may send Boston over the e...

Welcome Back to another Episode of Passion for the Pastime. We survived Judgement Day, the Trade deadline went down and it did not disappoint. A lot of Players changed teams, minor tweaks and big changes. Teams are now ready for the stretch run. Astros add to their all ready stacked starting rotation. Braves give their bullpen a boost, all meanwhile the Yankees do nothing and I LOVE IT. And to top...

Welcome back to Passion for the Pastime! This week we had a lot of emotion in the game of baseball. Started by the Tyler Skaggs memorial. Angels wore 45 to honor their late friend/ teammate and pitched a no hitter in his honor. Players and fans alike let emotion take over and it was such a beautiful moment that end with a team of #45 jerseys left on the mound. Its moments like this that we realize...

The 2nd Half is upon us! But before we get to that, we had the Midsummer classic. The 90th All-Star Game. We had a great showcase of young talent to kick of the weekend with the Futures game, then the best Home Run Derby EVER, headlined by Vlad Jr. The all-star weekend reminds us why we love the game of baseball, and its safe to say the Future is bright, in fact, the Future is already here!

Welcome Back to Passion for the Pastime for another exciting espisode of baseball talk. As we approach the All Star Break, I bring on Jesse Juarez, a depressed Dodger fan, a good friend of mine to do what we always do, Talk BASEBALL. My newest favorite player happens to share my opinion on the Dodgers World Series hopes, after he puts his money where his mouth is and make an outrageous bet with a...

Yet another weekend of exciting baseball, but nothing was better than the ground breaking history being made, and it wasnt even on US soil. The London Series was going down, and the runs kept coming. The first inning took an hour to finish. 12 runs were scored in that first inning, and 50 runs were scored in total in a two game series. Safe to say that MLB did well with catching interest in Europe...

On this weeks espisode, the Yankees have Stanton coming back for the IL, but that isnt the only addition to the Yankees this week, as they traded for Edwin Encarnacion over the weekend. The Yankees now have Murders Row 2.0 in the Bronx. But who will they grab for a pitching option. Will Mad Bum be a Yankee? Will Mad Bum be dealt at all? What ever the case may be, we are approaching Bums potential...

Welcome back to another episode of Passion for the Pastime. Baseball season is in full swing. Teams continue hot starts, others fall further behind. Teams knocked back into reality and shown who the top dogs are. Yasiel Puig makes his return in L.A. Kershaw makes his return to the rotation. And league sources are now saying Vlad Jr. is coming up next week. But even with all this news, a topic seem...