Pine Tar Podcast

Why do I side with the owners? I challenge you to listen and tell me where I’m wrong. Plus, why does sports media root against sport and seemingly for the Coronavirus? Where does this all leave us with the game of baseball and why? Let’s start back at the beginning so we can move forward.

Major League Baseball can’t return to action without the NBA doing so first. Moreover, we talk about why no sport can really play during COVID-19 before the NBA does. Why is the NBA failing all of us, no really why? We examine exactly why as Cousin Joey checks in from his Dallas bungalow. Plus, we review MLB The Show ‘20, and talk about the presumptive Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues Baseball will b...

Back by popular demand, the 996 crew of Bombers & Dos help kick off this April weekend of nothingness. Still fresh in the throes of a quarantine without baseball, we discuss re-alignment of the Grapefruit & Cactus leagues. Then we get into a lightning round of baseball and vegetable soup. A marvelous time was had by all, and Bombers unleashes on Carlos Zambrano out of nowhere. Find out why, next!

Two of my best friends from my ‘Power Points’ Fantasy Baseball league join tonight talk all things baseball, video games, what it’s like to live in a baseball town like Philadelphia and everything in between. Welcome to the Jungle: Bombers and Dos.

ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that MLB is taking exhaustive measures to give the world a baseball season. Clint talks about why this would arguably be the most-risk free season in the history of the game. Also, the potential upside that a player who plays in this season has from a historical perspective for the rest of their lives and careers. More of why the NBA is a complete and udder impediment to...

March 26th, 2020: a day that will live in infamy forever for baseball fans. MLB Opening Day was cancelled due to COVID-19. But baseball will be back, and if you read between the lines there are very distinct signs. Also, we contrast the climate of the NBA/NHL versus MLB and their lack of urgency to resume play against baseball wanting to get back at it as soon as possible. Clint goes hard on Kyle...

In Episode 9, we welcome back Cousin Joey (@CouzinJoey) on Twitter. In this episode we draft our all-time MLB teams which has been floating around social media in this time period without real actual baseball. Then, we run down our top 5 baseball movies along with some omitted classics. Finally, a word on the weirdness surrounding Tom “Hanx”, Oprah Winfrey, COVID-19, and cronyism.

Cousin Joey joins us to talk baseball. While MLB is on pause we talk about the impact of the Coronavirus on the 2020 MLB season, and what lasting effects it might have on the game once play resumes. Also, Joe has worked in two different MLB front offices. He compares and contrasts the culture of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Texas Rangers. Why PNC Park is the best of the modern parks in his opinion,...

I have a chat with an anonymous and Un-named MLB Front Office Executive. I ask him about: a Cody Bellinger contract extension in Los Angeles, why the MLB draft is such a crapshoot, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s career crystal ball and one thing he would change about baseball right now. Moreover, he gives his thoughts on Corey Seager, Rob Manfred, and the future of the Houston Astros. We talk about his f...

In episode 6, it’s story time once again. In this version, I tell you about not only one of the most dominating pitching performances I ever saw with my own two eyes at a ballpark live. Also, it’s going to be the weirdest story you ever hear about big league Pitcher Bartolo Colon. If it isn’t - you’re welcome to join us and share your own.

Pine Tar Podcast welcomes David Gasper, editor of Reviewing the Brew to talk Christian Yelich extension and the 2020 Milwaukee squad. Later in the show, Clint welcomes old an old friend Rob Miech. Aside from being a solid baseball guy, Miech is an author of four books and has written for the Las Vegas Sun and Chicago Sun Times about sports gambling. Also, he covered Bryce Harper during his JUCO se...

In taking a look at the 2020 Los Angeles Dodgers, my most pressing concern is the starting rotation. There is a lot of evidence reading between the lines, and a lot of reasoning behind why I think we see this happen. To effectively preview the 2020 Dodgers, there may be no better place to start then by making this prediction and why it will come to fruition in 2020.

With a heavy heart I tell the tale - one of my best - in honor of a friend I lost. It involves former Cincinnati Reds manager Jerry Narron, Grey Goose, a Hilton Piano bar and some 886 Tri Delt Sorority girls. Most of all this is a baseball story. The identities of the innocent are not protected because none of us were! RIP Christy

Daniel Preciado has written about fantasy baseball on several prominent sites for a number of years now. Last year, he finished near the fop 50 players worldwide amongst professionals in the National Fantasy Baseball Invitational Challenge (NFBIC). Now, he joins the Pine Tar Podcast to talk about his history playing, strategy, and some sleepers and tips for 2020.  Late in the show, Preciado m...

Clint talks about what Pine Tar Podcast will be about, and the end of his time at Dodgers Nation.