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All About Baseball with Byron Copley

A podcast where baseball is the main character, a supporting player, or a silent partner. The possibilities are vast and varied.

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10:53

Episode #21: Milestone

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/09/19

You may have noticed that none of the other episodes in this podcast were numbered. This Episode #21 has a number because it represents a significant milestone: Only 1% of all podcasts ever get to Episode 21. So, now, All About Baseball us among the top 1% of all podcasts in the world in regards to the number of posted episodes. It seems like a low bar, but having put in the time effort (and money) to pursue this passion for sharing baseball content with a like-minded audience, I can see why most

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The 5,000-5,999 Plate Appearance MLB All-Time Team:...

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/09/14

An idea occurred to me to research former players who compiled year in and year out impressive offense while remaining in relative anonymity, so to speak, and who, by most accounts, are largely forgotten today, with a few exceptions. So I filtered, with the help of Fangraphs, those players who played from 1960 to 2023 with between 5,000 and 5,999 plate appearances and a career Weighted On Base Average, (wOBA) of .350 or higher.wOBA is perhaps the most-effective way to measure a player's ability

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8:49

Baseball Match Play

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/09/09

A listener posed a question to me: "Is there a correlation between competitive baseball and competitive match play golf?" It inspired me to propose alternate method of scoring baseball games that could apply especially well to youth baseball. In the light of the radical rule changes that Major League Baseball has instituted in the last several years in the interest of accelerating the pace of play, my suggestion, in my opinion, isn't all that revolutionary. Listen and see if you

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8:24

As Told to Me: An Encounter with Ron LeFlore

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/09/05

A childhood neighbor relates an experience of fielding a ground ball off the bat of Ron LeFlore, whose rise from the Jackson State Prison in Jackson, MI, to major-league all-star is well-known and -chronicled. This story, until now, was known by only a handful of witnesses and those who heard it first-hand, as I did. Music: "Field Grass" Sergei Pavkov email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com

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17:05

Touching all Bases

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/09/01

The importance of base running is undervalued. This podcast seeks to illustrate the value of base running and the consequences of making mistakes on the base paths, which, in virtually every instance, are avoidable when the key ingredients of aggression, awareness, focus, and hustle are applied. Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com

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24:17

A Game of Millimeters

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/08/29

Baseball is unique in that the smallest margins of error can determine which team wins or loses games or even World Series championships. In this podcast, I dissect two memorable and minute events that affected the outcome of the 1962 and the 1968 World Series. Get ready to examine them through the lens of a microscope -- millimeter by millimeter. Music: "Field Grass" Sergei Pavkin email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com The Physics and Timing of the Outfield Bounce Throw:

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18:45

The Anatomy of a Half-Inning

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/08/26

This podcast examines in detail the events and circumstances of bottom of the sixth inning of the 2001 Little League World Series Championship Game between Apopka, Florida and Tokyo, Japan. I watched this game live, and I relate, here and now, my observations at the time as a way to offer an alternative approach to the strategies and tactics applied by both coaches, that possibly may have changed the outcome of what turned out to be a narrow 2-1 Tokyo, Japan victory. What I did not question, but

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28:13

Tender Youth Arms

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/08/21

I was an assistant coach on a travel team in Southeast Michigan from 1999 to 2003, and one of our main priorities was to protect the arms of our young pitchers -- with large measures of communication, conditioning, and common sense. This podcast goes into some detail about our approach to preventing even sore arms, and there's nothing complex about it. We considered as one of our most important accomplishments over those four years to be that every single pitcher under our supervision and tutelage

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15:21

Spectator Interference: Why?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/08/14

In this podcast, I make an appeal for those who sit in the first row of a ballpark to let the ball come to them. There have been several famous and countless not-so-famous incidents of spectator interference that have possibly affected the outcomes of entire post seasons. I mention both and also make some recommendations that may or may not be acceptable to you listeners -- I look forward to your input and feedback -- that would minimize the opportunities for fans to inject them selves where they

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12:58

John McGraw, Camlio Doval, and John Hiller

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/08/11

A text with a friend who is a fan of the San Francisco Giants inspired this podcast that talks about John McGraw's style of baseball, which has gone the way of the maskless football helmet, the demotion to Triple A of the National League's 2023 save leader, 27-year-old Camlio Doval, and a comparison of Doval's 2023 season to the 1973 season of reliever John Hiller, the life-long Detroit Tiger, whose life was nearly drastically shortened by a heart attack in 1971. He was 27 years old at the time

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20:57

Who is to Blame for Batting Gloves?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/08/06

This listener-requested topic spawned a podcast that burrows into several different rabbit holes, from how to grip the bat correctly to a discussion on the revenue-generating power of the batting-glove industry, to a Monet painting that was on display in The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock, Arkansas. This journey into the logic -- and illogic -- of the grip that the batting-glove marketplace has on the hearts and minds of virtually every ballplayer from Little League to MLB is just a

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17:48

Baseball Was in Our DNA (Update)

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/31

In the brief three-month summer window of June-July-August, from 1964 to 1967, we packed in countless hours of playing baseball on the neighborhood vacant lot just down the street. The value -- and the values -- we took away from that all-too-brief experience still resonate with me, and I hope with the kids who came from all around to play the only game we really loved, because baseball was in our DNA -- we were hard-wired to play it. We learned to compete fiercely and fairly, and we honed our

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10:31

The Day I Hated Baseball

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/27

In my effort to cover content that is All About Baseball, this is a personal account of a tragedy that occurred in a tournament game that involved my high-school team in 1974. Briefly, someone died and I saw it happen right in front of me. I would like to say that this surreal moment transformed me into a better person, but the suddenness and severity of the event was too much for a 17-year-old kid to process, and they way it was handled, though considered "normal" for the era, was still harsh and

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15:12

The Perfect One-Hit Game

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/22

On June 2, 2010, Detroit Tiger pitcher Armando Gallarraga retired 28 consecutive Cleveland Guardians (Then known as the Indians.) It just so happened that the 27th batter, Jason Donald, was called safe by veteran umpire Jim Joyce. As a result, this game stands in relief in comparison to all the other 238,000 + games that have been played by Major League baseball since 1869, because it serves as a lasting example of humility, compassion, empathy, and forgiveness -- reminding us all that baseball is a

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17:01

Outfield Play: Mindset over Method

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/17

I believe that with a proper mindset of anticipation, expectation, and pro-activity, outfielders gain precious milli-seconds of reaction time that can affect the outcome of a play. This is a personal account of the mindset I developed and refined as an outfielder from the age of 14 until I when I stopped playing organized baseball at age 19. I hope that this is also a universal story about patience, persistence, tenacity, and humility. To tell it, I have to delve into the details of what I

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15:21

The 1971 All-Star Game: I was there

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/14

53 years ago today, I attended the 42nd MLB All-Star Game at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. This is my account of my experience there, and I close with an anecdote that occurred two years earlier that involved two participants who were played in that game. Thank you, as always, for listening. 1971 All-Star Game Box Score: https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1971-allstar-game.shtml Reggie Jackson's 1971 All-Star Game Home Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7kS5pwH0hM Email:

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12:21

5 Things Every Umpire Should Do

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/11

In this podcast, I present the five things that I do in every game I call to help ensure that I represent the game of baseball to the best of my ability. These are things that any umpire can and should do from their initial to their final game. I think these are indicative of umpires who respect the game, the coaches, and players -- and that places them in the best possible position to succeed. As always, thank you for listening. Email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com Music: "Field Grass" by

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10:54

715 – The Moment I Missed, and Then Realized

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/06

It was a moment that I had been anticipating, along with the rest of the baseball word, for three years prior to April 8, 1974. And even though I witnessed it on television -- I missed it -- and then realized it much later in life. And it had nothing to do with the actual home run. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com ps. (apologies for the occasional bird noises and the occasional audio pops, which I fixed to the best of my ability. I hope that the content compensates for these minor technical

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15:14

Willie Mays: A Tribute to His Elite Base Running

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/07/01

Willie Mays (May 6, 1931 - June 18, 2024) was the last five-tool player of my youth to pass away. The other five players being, in my opinion, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson, Al Kaline, Roberto Clemente, and Hank Aaron. I believe that Mays was the best of all of them, because of his elite base running skills. In this podcast, I reflect on Mays's approach to base running, offer an anecdote on how he influenced the way that I ran the bases, and offer several tactics that I used to apply that I would

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10:55

The Strike Zone

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2024/06/27

What does a called strike look like from the perspective of the one person on the field who sees it most clearly: the home plate umpire? That's what this podcast explores in detail. We'll define the strike zone, how an umpire sees it best, why there is often disagreement about the location of a "questionable" pitch, and what I believe is the best approach to call the fairest, most objective game from behind the plate from first pitch to final out. As always, thank you for listening and feel free

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