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Almost Cooperstown

Gordon Kolier & Mark Kolier

We"re a father & son who love to talk and argue about baseball! Baseball is the professional sport that has the longest history so there is a lot to talk about. We launched Almost Cooperstown noting that baseball contains a long history of players that, for whatever reasons, have been shunned by the electors of the Hall of Fame. Consequently here are many "Almost" players still waiting their turn for induction. With less than 1.5% of the now more than 23,000 players in the HOF, we feel there

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30:20

LCS summaries, Yankees Dodgers World Series round 12...

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2024/10/23

Send us a textDo today's Yankee and Dodger fans care about the 1981 World Series? That was the last one between the teams. The Yanks and Dodgers played 11 times from 1941 through 1981. They did not like each other. Really. That's not the case today as all belong to a very exclusive club of millionaires and billionaires. In the #ALCS #Guardians gave it their best shot vs. #Yankees but it was far from enough. Yet Cleveland had great moments from Lane Thomas, Johnkensey Noel, and David Fry ...

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39:44

Division series done, on to baseball's final four! -...

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2024/10/13

Send us a textAs #Mets fans of course we're excited that somehow our favorite team is still in it. Yet the prospect of a subway series vs. #Yankees is very enticing and exciting. #Dodgers will have a lot to say about it and Shohei will likely not have another subpar series. #Guardians surprised #Tigers Tarik Skubal with former #National Lane Thomas providing two huge blows. We wrap up the Division series including the #Padres meek ending by not scoring in the final 24 innings! #Phi...

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30:53

Three sweeps, Mets sweet - Division Series starts...

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2024/10/05

Send us a textIf you know our podcast you know we are huge Mets fans. This week was one of the better ones in the team's history. Playing the only games in #MLB on Monday and Thursday, the Mets were the Drama Queens from Queens! Now that #Brewers are vanquished #Phillies await and will be a much tougher task. We preview the best of 5 series between#Yankees #Royals#Guardians #Tigers#Dodgers #PadresWe make our picks and talk about what happened to the #Orioles #Astros & #Braves. ...

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35:11

This Week In Baseball - 10.1.24 - Met Braves...

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2024/10/01

Send us a textThe #Mets & #Braves split a doubleheader on Monday. Game 1 of the DH was one of the best baseball games a Met fan has ever seen. So we're naturally happy. But there were a ton of other things this week in baseball. We didn't discuss Luis Arraez 3rd straight batting crown, or Shohei Ohtani at all! Our segment on things you might not have heard included some rarely discussed oddities. The #2024MLBplayoffs start today with 4 Wild Card games. And the Wild Card Series will b...

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23:58

What happened with the Minor League championships...

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2024/09/26

Send us a textThe Rookie League championships took place at the end of July! There's have also been championships settled in Low A and High A Ball. This week the AA and AAA finals are being played with the AAA overall championship a one game 'winner take all' playoff this Saturday Sept. 28th. Do minor league players get trophies for winning a minor league title? Do they care? The cities in which they play are connected even if players come and go during the season as the MLB parent...

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32:25

Shohei secures NL MVP, Royals flush, This Week in...

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2024/09/23

Send us a textWhat was CJ Abrams of the Washington Nationals thinking when he stayed out until 8AM before a day game!! The White Sox tie the Mets record for futility with 120 losses. Tigers believe! Twins like the Royals are sinking. Mariners are hanging on and the Braves go home to play the Mets for the playoff lives. Dodgers will need to hold off the Padres this week and the D'Backs won't go away. This last week of the 2024 regular season is going to be a great one! In...

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19:57

Should we care about a pitching triple crown? - Ep. 551

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2024/09/19

Send us a text#Tigers Tarik Skubal and #Braves Chris Sale are both in line to win the AL and NL pitching triple crowns this season. Most wins, most strikeouts, and lowest E.R.A. is the criteria. It was last done in 2020 in the pandemic season by #Guardians Shane Bieber. It's happened 33 times in #MLB history which is more than double the amount of batting triple crowns (15). We discuss why fans are less enthusiastic about pitching triple crowns than batting ones - if fans are even aware ...

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24:12

Dodgers pitching is in trouble, Tigers surging toward...

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2024/09/16

Send us a textTyler Glasnow is out for the year. Yamamoto might be able to throw 6 innings by playoff time. What will the #Dodgers do? #Rangers had the future and the past happen this week with Kumar Rocker, Jacob DeGrom and Max Scherzer start consecutive games. Why did Gerritt Cole intentionally walk Rafael Devers while working on a no-hitter? It totally backfired. Bobby Witt Jr. has 100 RBIs. #Royals will finish above .500. Gunnar Henderson has 37 home runs but Aaron Judge will still w...

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Biggest MVP snubs in MLB history - Ep. 549

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2024/09/12

Send us a textAlbert Belle isn't in the HOF. Nor did he ever win an MVP although he deserved one in 1998. Instead Juan Gonzalez of the #Rangers (also not a HOFer). But Belle's not the biggest snub ever for MVP. There are lots of other more worthy, or unworthy, candidates! #Giants Barry Bonds ruined it for #Cardinals Albert Pujols in 2003. But Bonds did that to #Cubs Sammy Sosa who also is not in the HOF although for different reasons. How about #Tigers Norm Cash in 1961? Or Willie M...

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23:43

Schwarber thinks it's June - is it ok to bunt to...

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2024/09/09

Send us a textParker Meadows had the backyard moment for the #Tigers in San Diego this week hitting a 2 out 2 strike grand slam in the 9th inning with his team down by 3 runs. #Cubs Shota Imanaga was part of a combined no-hitter this week. Meh! We didn't talk about the #Brewers because they are still in cruise mode. #Dodgers & #Phillies have best records over Milwaukee. #Yankees need a closer they can count on. So do #Orioles. Everyone would like to have a Clase to close! Playo...

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23:50

Robo-umps ABS will change how MLB catchers are...

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2024/09/05

Send us a textAutomated balls and strikes, will be instituted in MLB, eventually NCAthers wont be able to 'steal' strikes by trying to trick the umpires. Tennis hasn't missed anything moving to an automated line calling system and neither will MLB. Will catchers be able to focus more on baserunners? Maybe. Will they have to hit more than they do now? Yes. The job of pitch framing takes a lot of attention and finesse. Teams won't likely carry a defense first backup catcher as much s...

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24:56

About 25 games to go! This Week In Baseball 9.3.24 -...

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2024/09/03

Send us a textCan a team go 22-3 to make a playoff run? It can happen but it's not likely. That's where some of the teams that are on the bubble are right now. #Cubs, #Tigers, #RedSox are those kinds of teams with the #Mets not far behind. September baseball is fantastic and there are still many things left to be decided before we start hearing about 'Magic' numbers to clinch a division or playoff spot. Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury Maid! Check them out on ...

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2024 Mets season review w 31 games to go - Ep. 545

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2024/08/27

Send us a Text Message.We didn't need to wait until the end of the #MLB season to review the #Mets performance. Are we happy? Yes and No? Was it a good season? Yes and No. The team has undergone a lot of changes since Opening Day. Rosters are different, a rookie manager Carlos Mendoza has navigated as best he can without having his #1 starter Kodai Senga in the mix. We hope the team will rally and make the playoffs but that is far from a given. The Mets are also very good at c...

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Judge & Ohtani secure their MVP's - This week in...

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2024/08/26

Send us a Text Message.40 Homers and 40 steals is cool - Ronald Acuna of the #braves showed that last year. Shohei Ohtani is vying to have a 50/50 season - 50 home runs and 50 steals! Plus Ohtani is throwing off the mound! Will he come back for the playoffs? OK not likely but wouldn't that be cool? Aaron Judge hit HR's 50 & 51 on Sunday to lead the #yankees to a rout of the #rockies. #dodgers Yamamoto hasn't pitched since June 15. Will he come back? #mets Francisco Alvarez and Jesse ...

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Getting hit by pitches is riskier than ever - Ep. 543

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2024/08/22

Send us a Text Message.The pitcher who has hit the most batters in MLB history is one that you have almost certainly never heard about before - Gus Weyhing. Walter 'Big' Train Johnson is 2nd and Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson third all-time hitting batters and they pitched 75 years apart. If you think players are getting hit and injured more often there's reason for that. In baseball history 7 of the top 25 seasons in teams being hit by pitches have occurred since 2016. 20 out of the 25 most-hit ba...

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6 innings mandate for starting pitchers is crazy,...

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2024/08/19

Send us a Text Message.We did not even talk about #phillies Weston Wilson who became the first Phillie rookie to hit for the cycle! Complete game shutouts are back in vogue. Injuries still are in the picture for pitchers. Outfield defense is better than ever. We talk about why. Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury Maid! Check them out on Spotify or Apple Music! Please subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you can give us 4 or 5 sta...

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SABR 52 - A delightful baseball nerd-fest! - Ep. 541

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2024/08/15

Send us a Text Message.Mark has been a SABR member for 4 years but has never attended the annual convention. This year it was in Minneapolis in early August and the Twin Cities proved to be a great location for a content-rich three days of baseball talk and presentations. HOFers Rod Carew and Tony Oliva were on a hitter's panel together and HOFers Bert Blyleven and Jim Kaat on another along with former Twin's pitchers LaTroy Hawkins and Glen Perkins. Some of the sessions were ultra-nerdy...

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Soto soars, 18 teams .500 or better? This week in...

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2024/08/12

Send us a Text Message.Episode #250! #Phillies, #Brewers, #Dodgers, #Orioles, #Yankees, #Guardians all are within a game of one another for the best record in #baseball! Juan Soto hit 2HRs Sunday to lead the Bombers over the fading #Rangers who lost Max Scherzer for the year to a bad shoulder. BTW Jacob DeGrom still has not pitched in 2024. It's getting to why bother time. Giancarlo Stanton is 78 HRs from 500. Will that get him into the HOF? We talk about that as well as the a...

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Teams that have won 108 games or more in a season -...

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2024/08/08

Send us a Text Message.The #Mariners won 116 games in 2001 but could not win a playoff series. The 1906 #Cubs also won 116 games and did win the World Series. It's happened other times as well. But most of the time if a team can win 108 games or more they do go on to win the World Series. Which of those teams do we think is the best of them best? 1998 Yankees? 1961 @Yankees? 1986 @Mets? 1975 @Reds? 1927 Yankees? Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury Maid! Check the...

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30:20

Trout out. Kershaw bombed. This week in Baseball -...

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2024/08/05

Send us a Text Message.@yankees Aaron Judge was walked to lead off the bottom of the 2nd inning. Apparently the Blue Jays felt he was in scoring position (thanks @threeinningfan !), Jackson Holliday returned to replace the injured Jordan Westburg for the Orioles and he returned with bang in the form of a grand slam! #phillies are leaking oil but Zach Wheeler righted the ship on Sunday. Shohei Othani of the #dodgers joined the 30/30 club and has a shot to be the 1st member of ...

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