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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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14:31

You Need to Listen to “The Midnight Library of Baseball”

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/05/10

"The Midnight Library of Baseball," by Ben Orlando, is the podcast that inspired me to create "All About Baseball," and my podcast is loosely modeled after Orlando's. I want to share Orlando's podcast with you because it is worth listening to. I just finished his three-part series on the 1919 World Series, and if you think that there's nothing more to say or write about the Black Sox' Scandal, I invite you to listen to check out Orlando's, with the help of several other authorities on the subject,

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14:31

When is it Time to Call Time?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/05/07

In a recent game between the Reds and the Braves, where Braves' first basemen Matt Olsen was awarded an inside-the-park home run, I think that the umpires missed the opportunity to apply Rule 5:12 (b) (3). In my opinion, Olsen should have been awarded two bases and no runs allowed, in the spirit of the game and in the name of player safety, which should be the #1 priority of the game at all levels. This episode begins with an anecdote where a little-league umpire called time when he should have let

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15:12

Is the Torpedo Bat a Dud?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/05/01

The numbers seem to indicate that the players who regularly use the Torpedo Bat are not, in most cases, hitting the target in regards to improved offense when compared to March/April 2024. Only a few of the 19 MLB players reviewed in this podcast (and by all accounts, who are the only players who use the Torpedo Bat ) have experienced improved performance in the key metrics of Batting Average, On-Base Percentage, Weighted On Base Average, Weighted Runs Created Plus, Hard Hit Percentage, Batting

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14:31

Infield Practice

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/04/28

The sounds of baseball that emanated from the high school behind my back yard on a warm Sunday prompted me to walk over there and investigate. What I discovered was a softball team of young women at practice who obviously love the game and a coach who instills confidence and courage in his players. byroncopley@gmail.com www.byroncopley.com Music: "FIeld Grass," by Sergei Pavkin

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17:39

Who is Brad Havens?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/04/23

Brad Havens is one of the 23,431 men, as of this podcast release, to have ever played Major League Baseball in the history of civilization. He is also the only player from my high school, Royal Oak Kimball, to have made the major leagues. This podcast briefly accounts his story, based on limited personal experience and limited press coverage. Why spend time on a largely anonymous MLB player? Because most of them are.bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass," by

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14:31

Baseball is A Courteous Game

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/04/18

Baseball, unlike other sports, offers unique and subtle ways to express courtesies to teammates, opponents, and even umpires. In this podcast, I cover a few examples that should be taught from the very beginnings of a player's experience as a ballplayer. These courtesies are as much a part of the game as are the fundamentals of pitching, fielding, throwing, baserunning, and hitting. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin

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14:31

What Were the Pittsburgh Pirates Thinking?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/04/11

Just recently, the Pittsburgh Pirates removed a logo honoring Pirates' legend Roberto Clemente that was placed in the right-field corner of PNC Park and replaced it with...an alcohol ad. Thankfully the blow back from baseball fans prompted the Pirates to undo their mistake, but how this idea ever was even mentioned remains a mystery.bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com www.byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin

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14:31

Will the Torpedo Bat Sink Major League Pitching?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/04/03

In a word: No. It may adjust they way pitchers approach hitters who use the torpedo bat, but, ultimately, the torpedo bat will be an after thought by the All-Star Break. However, I would expect the marginal hitter, looking for any possible edge, to give it a serious tryout. bcbaseballpodcast@gmail.com www.byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin

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14:31

Backache, The Bus Seat Rule, and Baseball

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/03/25

While under the influence of painkillers to blunt the discomfort of back surgery yesterday, I had a lucid dream of relating a podcast, complete with images, words, and voice. I attempt to recreate it here. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com www.byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin

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11:14

Kirk Gibson: Hockey Player?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/03/18

It seems timely to share several anecdotes about the years that Kirk Gibson and I, with a select group of other great guys, played hockey together on Thursday nights at a local ice arena in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Gibson was as tenacious on the ice as he was on the diamond. Gibson recently stepped down as a television baseball analyst for the Detroit Tigers to focus on helping others battle the same disease that he has battled for 10 years: Parkinson's.

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11:02

The Head-First Slide is Not a Heads-Up Play

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/03/12

In this podcast, I offer three reasons why a head-first slide is not recommended by me, an alternative that is far more effective and safer, and a description of an my makeshift office-studio and the book that inspired this specific podcast.bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin MLB Sliding Injuries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8xV5C387Lw Siding Photo on the cover of Bill James Historical Abstract:

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12:43

“Wilson! I’m Sorry!”

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/03/06

This podcast reflects on a couple of memorable heckling experiences that I witnessed 40 years apart. The first was at Tiger Stadium in 1971 with my girlfriend. The second was at Comerica Park in 2011 with my daughter.Both were highly entertaining and perfect examples of what imaginative heckling can do to enhance the experience of attending a major league baseball game. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Brian Wilson dugout meltdown

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13:01

The Rundown on Rundowns

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/02/26

We learned how to execute rundown situations during neighborhood games of pickle. Having watched several random videos of major league baseball players failing to retire trapped runners on the basepaths, I was inspired to create that podcast that promotions a solution that retires a runner caught flat-footed between bases with a single throw. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com https://twitter.com/allaboutba27871 Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin

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13:21

The Automated Ball-Strike System is Not Perfect

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/02/21

The Automated Ball-Strike system (ABS) has intruded into Major League Baseball Spring Training games. In this podcast, I refute the wisdom and necessity of using it at this level of play, because it will not necessarily guarantee 100-percent accuracy in calling balls and strikes. And the way that selected players can challenge an umpire's ball-strike call introduces an element in the game that reverses the relationship between the two and supplants the umpire's primary function on the field.

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12:02

Alex Bregman is Not Worth 40 Million Dollars a Year

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/02/15

In this podcast, I apply the numbers that, in my opinion, prove that the performance Alex Bregman is expected to produce at the plate in 2025 is not proportionate to his $40,000,000 salary, especially when compared to other third basemen in the league. Even though Bregman is projected to play second base for the Red Sox, another team that offered him a substantial contract, the Detroit Tigers, would have put him at third base, and they are better off without him -- this year or any

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13:50

Missed Opportunities

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/02/10

The 50th podcast of All About Baseball recalls two encounters I had when I was 14, in the summer of 1971. The first was a brief phone call with Detroit Tiger outfielder, Jim Northrup, who, out of left field, called me at home, with the assistance of my father. The second encounter was a face-to-face conversation with Tigers' General Manager Jim Campbell in the Executive Lounge in the recesses of Tiger Stadium. I wish that I could say that these two conversations were rich in detail and insight, but

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14:59

Who’s to Blame for the Walk-Up Song?

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/02/05

That's the question that this podcast answers. Virtually non-existent before the MLB baseball strike of 1994, the walk-up song was ubiquitous by the end of the 1990s. Yet, its origins can be traced to the woman who accepted the job as the organist for the Chicago White Sox in 1970. Listen in as we explore the evolution of the walk-up song from a happy accident to part of the design of an MLB game experience. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass" Sergei Pavkin

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11:14

Immaculate Grid: The Ultimate Baseball Trivia Game

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/01/29

I discovered this game, Immaculate Grid, a few years ago, and I consider it the best baseball trivia game I've ever played. In this podcast, I complete a specific grid and (attempt) to explain how the game is played, but the best way for you to learn is to go to immaculategrid.com and give it a try. You won't regret it.Immaculate Grid encompasses the best aspect of good baseball trivia: it causes you to think rather than merely guess, and all the answers, right or wrong, have

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7:10

The Honorable Sacrifice of “Jack T. Jamison”

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/01/22

"Jack T. Jamison" (not his real name) is one of 4,486 Major League Baseball players who never got to make a 10th plate appearance. The story as to why is the the subject of this podcast, the details of which were related to me by two of my cousins. "Jack T. Jamison" is their great uncle, who played for a National League team somewhere between the years of 1910-1930. bcposcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass," by Sergei Pavkin

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7:21

Remembering Bob Uecker

All About Baseball with Byron Copley ·

2025/01/16

This podcast adds to the litany of responses in reaction to the passing of Bob Uecker (1934 - 2025), but it focuses on the fact that this funny and famous man remained humble throughout his life. bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com byroncopley.com Music: "Field Grass" by Sergei Pavkin

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