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Sept. 15, 2025

Radar guns on 12 year-old baseball players who want to know how fast they are throwing

Author Jane Leavy has a new book "Make me commissioner. I know what's wrong with baseball and how to fix it." She will be a guest on our next podcast and in the book noted that 12 year olds now want to know how fast they are throwing on the radar gun. Is it any wonder there are so many arm injurie…
Sept. 15, 2025

Are saves underrated? Perfect Game & Driveline - what's up? This week in Baseball. Ep. 627 9.14.25

Mark went to the #mets game Friday night to see the return of Jacob DeGrom. It did not go well for the Metropolitans as rookie Jonah Tong didn't make it out of the 1st inning. The Mets are so awful lately that Mark proclaimed them dead as he did the #rangers a couple of weeks ago. That proclamation…
Sept. 15, 2025

Saves underrated? Perfect Game & Driveline - what's up? This week in Baseball. Ep. 627 9.14.25- 9.15.25

Mark went to the #mets game Friday night to see the return of Jacob DeGrom. It did not go well for the Metropolitans as rookie Jonah Tong didn't make it out of the 1st inning. The Mets are so awful lately that Mark proclaimed them dead as he did the #rangers a couple of weeks ago. That proclamation…
Sept. 11, 2025

Bandwagon baseball fans should be welcomed with open arms! #baseballpodcast #baseballfans #mlb

September is here and in our podcast this week we talked about fans that didn't pay much attention to #baseball this season but now are more interested since the playoffs are around the corner. Do those fans count? Football has started and the regular season in baseball ends later this month.
Sept. 10, 2025

There are 3 levels of baseball fan engagement. Which are you?

Do you watch every inning of your favorite team's every game? How much do you watch and how much should you be watching to be considered a true fan? We want MORE fans to watch baseball, not fewer and watching games for any amount of time is better than not! From this week's podcast.
Sept. 9, 2025

MLB's 20 minute game summaries kinda stink but... #baseballpodcast #baseball #mlb

162 games are a lot for a fan to watch. How many games do you actually watch from start to finish - even if you went to the game in person! Watching daily game summaries are better than reading a box score, but it's not the same as living each pitch and situation. How much baseball does a fan hav…

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