The Roundtripper - A Baseball Podcast

On Show #9 of The Roundtripper, Chris and Tom take a look at the MLB All Star Rosters and provide their take on who made the cut and who did not. They each provide their list of biggest snubs and surprises for the Midsummer's Classic in San Diego. Tom also mentions how much he's looking forward to attending the Home Run Derby as well as the rest of All Star Week festivities. The two also pick their favorites for the Derby and offer their take on who is leading the race for AL and NL MVP. As for

On Episode 8 of The Roundtripper, the two hosts from the two coasts overcome a few technical issues to bring you an awesome edition of the Roundtripper. Tom is very impressed with Chris' MLB Power Rankings and not as impressed with the Texas Rangers. The two of them also take both optimistic and pessimistic looks at Clayton Kershaw's recent injury and discuss the Dodgers acquisition of Bud Norris. They also evaluate Cole Hamels place among active pitchers, lament that Kenny Lofton is not in the Hall

On Episode 7 of The Roundtripper, Tom goes into details about his current man-crush on the Cleveland Indians. Chris meanwhile professes his man-crush for Baseball Hall of Famer Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler and pays tribute to Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back 1938 no-hitters. The two also discuss the Hall of Fame prospects of Adrian Beltre and David Ortiz, ask whether or not the Rockies lineup is the best in all of MLB, and hypothesize about the asking price and trade potential for the Big 3 in the Yankees

On Episode 6 of the Roundtripper, Chris and Tom have another fight to discuss - this time being the brouhaha between Yordano Ventura and Manny Machado. They also take a closer look at this year's Rookie class and address some of the additional topical issues taking place around Major League Baseball. Chris also offers his thoughts after his recent trip to Cooperstown, NY, and takes a stab at creating an MLB Power Ranking of his own..all very impressive considering the fact that Chris nearly falls

On Episode 5 of The Roundtripper, Chris and Tom introduce their new weekly Power Rankings, with Tom taking the first stab at ranking every team from 1-30. They also debate the recent amendments to the strike zone and to intentional walks that were approved by the MLB competition committee and discuss Rob Manfred's recent comments regarding length of games. Additionally, they try to predict which big names might be moved in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline, and Tom offers a few honest

Getting Rougned with Joey, or Fab Fired Fredi. On Episode 4 of The Roundtripper, Chris and Tom offer their thoughts on the Rougned Odor-Jose Bautista brouhaha, analyze the firing of Fredi Gonzalez by the Atlanta Braves, bask in the beauty of Max Scherzer's 20-strikeout performance, and take a look at the current league standings and single out a few surprises and expectations among them. Tom also rants about Bryce Harper, breaks down the struggles of Yasiel Puig, and somehow tries to compare the

Years in the making and spanning an entire continent, Chris Kubak and Tom Baird take a weekly spin through all things Major League Baseball. Two regular guys, one podcast, everything Baseball and MLB. On Episode 3 of The Roundtripper, Chris and Tom address Dee Gordon and the ongoing PED issue in baseball, discuss whether or not Pablo Sandoval has any chance of making good in Boston and whether or not he has the worst contract in BoSox history, and take a deeper look at Empty Stats, Misleading

Years in the making and spanning an entire continent, Chris Kubak and Tom Baird take a weekly spin through all things Major League Baseball. Two regular guys, one podcast, everything Baseball and MLB. On Episode 2 of The Roundtripper, Chris and Tom talk about the early surprise that has been the Chicago White Sox, offer their thoughts on the poor early showing by the Houston Astros, have a few interesting words to say about the Phillies, and evaluate who's early injury might have the heaviest

Years in the making and spanning an entire continent, Chris Kubak and Tom Baird take a weekly spin through all things Major League Baseball. Two regular guys, one podcast, everything Baseball and MLB. On the Pilot episode of The Roundtripper, Chris and Tom iron out the early kinks and work on getting their sea legs underneath them. Along the way, they take a look at the entirety of Major League Baseball and discuss their predictions for the season: which teams will succeed, which will fall short,