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Mona Lisa Baseball

It"s been said that the Mona Lisa was created perfectly. Baseball has been described the same way for decades; but alas it"s time for a change... or is it? Listen to an in-depth look at baseball"s past, present, and future. Dare to peer into the widest scope lens and find out what"s next for the most revered sport in American history.

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27:24

Far From Reverence

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/07/03

Announcers going rogue (0:09) Old highlights (4:25) Will Clark buys Angel a beer (5:31) Small changes? (7:10) Another gambling scandal (8:43) Lucrative advertisers (10:08) Launch Angle (13:00) A fun baseball team? (13:53) Fear the beard (14:59) No sports allowed (18:25) Paul Skenes and fireball city (19:22) An empty stadium is a bad look (21:21) It's the owner's sport (22:39) Another stupid American thing (25:34)

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31:05

Knives Out For Umpires

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/06/17

Angel Hernandez retirement party (0:29) ABS is coming (6:03) Interference! (8:22) College spike and silly hats (12:37) Atomic baseball (14:54) Framing is out of control and the Draymond Green effect (15:50) Uniforms will change next year (24:58)

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30:10

Beware These Fads

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/05/19

Edit out the audience (00:10) Blocking the path and plowing the catcher (3:18) Robot umps are coming and so are side effects (7:22) Owners need growth or how many jackets do you need? (10:46) Shohei will never pitch again (14:13) Egregious profuse time wasting and clocks (15:00) Grow the game? (16:27) Baseball's best shots (17:07) The new thinking fan's guide to baseball (19:46) Kids don't play baseball in the street anymore (21:23)

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29:52

Self Regulation

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/04/25

The Customer (0:18) The Owners and Community (2:45) The Pace of Play (4:49) The Unwritten Rules (9:27) The Bautista Bat Flip (13:57) The Human Role (18:52)

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40:26

More Money More Problems

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/04/10

A's in Sac, Fisher, Wristbands and Cashing Out (0:16) New Uniforms? (9:20) Shohei's Ball? (13:04) Trevor Bauer in Mexico? (15:02) New Rules 4 speed? (15:34) Pitcher Warming Must Appear? (17:44) 4 mound visits? (19:57) Dirt Paths? (22:19) The Backlash is Real! (26:02) Blocking Paths? (29:07) Angel Hernandez? (32:10) ABS Challenge is Here! (33:24) The Mets Suck? (34:53) The Decline Has Begun (35:58)

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29:16

Capitalism

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/04/04

Pro Golfer (0:10) Superstars (5:52) Pitching and Golf (9:51) Ben Hogan (14:19) LIV Golf (15:05) Kids watching Lou Gehrig (17:45 ) Ball Players vs Teacher Salaries (19:52) The Latrell Sprewell Philosophy (20:49)

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52:12

Canary in the Coal Mine

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/03/20

Sports Radio (2:56) Game Changers: Ichiro Suzuki, (8:20) Babe Ruth, (9:47) Shohei Ohtani (12:50) Ballpark Sizes (19:12) 59 in 84 (23:36) Dizzy Dean (24:17)The Little League Punk (29:07) Court Storming (31:59) The Uniform Fiasco (36:56) The Ken Burns Series (40:34) Play Real Baseball (43:54) Old Movies vs. New Rules (47:13)

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22:42

Death by a Thousand Cuts

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2024/01/13

Poetry and American products (0:12) Dodgers deferred (4:30) Flawless greens (7:21) Unwanted A's (12:30) Fake history? (17:37)

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38:05

Shohei's Game

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/12/31

Deal deferred (0:14)Will he pitch again? (2:19) No DH is worth that (5:07) New Babe? (5:36) Curling and marbles (7:24) Draymond Green and Earl Weaver (10:57) Baseball is back? (16:51) Amazon's MLB (19:44) A's and B's (21:10) Suites, nets and eyeballs (22:28) Nerfing baseball (27:05) Betty Crocker vs. uncle Rico (29:08)

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35:00

Blow It Up

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/12/06

3 levels of hawkeye (1:46) Clayton Kershaw (4:28) Post season numbers (8:59) Matt Williams, Babe Ruth and Hunter Pence (14:15) José Berríos and Whit Merrifield (11:42) New mid-east league (15:53) Overconfident Phillies (22:42) Stoked on Boch (25:36) Mid-season tournament (28:25)

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36:13

Dome vs Dome

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/11/22

Fallen classic (0:37) Catcher cam (8:50) Adolis Garcia breaking records (11:27) Soggy cereal criminals (14:47) Mad Manfred and the double hook DH (18:47) Big Show in San Francisco (23:21) Blow it up (26:37) Playoff changes next year? (29:10) Automatic balls and strikes "ABS" update (31:24) Old managers (35:49)

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31:37

Enter the Tournament (pt.2)

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/10/30

Pizza perspective (0:12) Schwarber strategy (3:38) Tommy Lasorda hot mic (8:30) 104 mph (9:30) Arizona October baseball (10:00) Consuming sports (14:12) DVR, VHS and Blackouts (15:35) The Collective Consciousness (17:25) Diamondbacks: fake team (24:25) Challenge Bud Selig (25:35) Brandon Crawford pitches (26:41) Mickey Mantle: amazing bunter (28:12) Remember Brett Butler? (28:36) Canning Kapler (29:37)

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31:04

Enter the Tournament (pt.1)

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/10/25

Houston is Jokeland (0:13) Arlington roof (1:27) Pizza and Playoffs (2:44) Attendance (4:22) Bryce Harper (5:27) Playoff underdogs, division irrelevance and the wildcard era (7:48) Rest vs. rust (8:19) Byes are stupid (13:19) ALCS game 5 (14:40) Griffey and Bonds did it whenever they wanted (20:38) Boring sports channel (23:04) Cruise lost their license & jersey logos (24:10) Star creation (26:35)

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27:12

Playoff Violation

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/10/17

The year baseball changed more than ever & playoff rules (0:13) Shohei the freak? (3:04) On the Jumbotron? (3:57) The best pennant race you were ever all in for? (5:43) Giants 1993 (5:48) Giants 2004 (7:09) Giants 2012: radios and whiffle ball (7:36) Giants 89, A's and newspaper box scores (11:03) A's can't beat the 62 Mets (13:14) Wellness check on Brewers and Rays (15:02) No baseball player should make over 5 mil (18:12) Mets and Padres suck: the value of team cohesion (19:58) Start your stars

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35:56

The Rhythm of Baseball

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/10/12

Rays playoff attendance and Florida baseball (0:41) 59 in 84 (7:03) Always changing? (8:55) Babe Ruth's triples (9:58) Shohei injury (14:52) What's going on with Kyle Schwarber? (16:16) No sane pitcher's gonna put Jackie Robison on base (20:33) That 40 70 guy (22:07) Vin Scully calls Eckersley vs. Gibson, but with a clock (26:33)

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28:09

The Numbers

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/09/28

Attendance (0:43) Quicker pace (3:02) Player pay (6:11) Shohei injury (6:41) Best team in mlb? (8:16) BABIP (9:37) Shock collars on outfielders (13:10) TV viewership (16:08) Sub 2 ERA (19:34) Clayton Kershaw (22:40) Violations (24:28) John Kruk (25:22)

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31:12

For the Love of the Game

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/09/08

Dichotomy of emotions (0:53) ESPN (Disney) Bets (7:04) I met Barry Bonds in an airport '97 (14:03) Fantasy vs. Reality (15:00) Shohei Ohtani double header (17:21) Hawkeye installed (18:15) Cream of the crop (21:51) Lou Gehrig fame (23:13) Babe's called shot (24:23) Cheer like you boo (26:47)

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29:13

The Big Show

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/08/06

Angry managers (0:15) Disengagements (2:00) Sal Frelick (3:59) What is Mona Lisa Baseball? (5:09) Shohei Ohtani is doing Babe Ruth things (6:43) Desperate for stars (10:56) Nolan Arenado isn't hustling (19:44) Rain delays & Milli Vanilli (25:37)

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29:33

Wrigley & Milwaukee Fields

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/07/30

Brewer's #1 (0:11) Tomahawk chop & racial equality (2:43) Wrigley Field (4:50) Mound visit slugfest (10:40) Emmet Sheehan hardball (12:32) Crumbling A's (16:39) Two very different fields (14:59)

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31:25

Game Contained

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2023/07/22

Mid-season tournament & other gimmicks (0:10) Strikeouts are boring & expansion is coming (2:37) Thomas Boswell & the delighted Englishman (9:26) 1998 (11:57) Play naked (13:10) AB testing ABS (15:43) Fading fandom (17:54) Players want more time (19:29) Jim Bouton's Ball Four (21:52) The Ripkins (22:52) Too hot for baseball (26:20)

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