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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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50:45

Three New Rules for Three Different Guys

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/04/02

Shohei Ohtani (0:40) Jacob Nottingham (9:12) Steve Cohen (10:40) Where's Tony Gwynn? (14:22) We're so over Albert Pujols (17:53) MLB network is brainwashing fans (23:28) Everyone thinks ghost runner is stupid! (26:50) 12 team playoffs (29.21) The Giants were moving to Florida (32:01) Barry Bonds (33:32) The 14 year old P.O. (35:15) Bigger bases (36:33) Pitch clock, & Goose Gossage. (37:41) Shift ban and bunting (40:05) Bud Selig rule (42:31) The guy who changed football forever (44:26)

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54:12

2022 A Baseball Odyssey

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/28

Getting drafted changes your perspective (0:07) We craft new tools with HAL9000 (01:00) and ask who will give baseball a voice? (2:53) Should people who buy teams pass a test? (8:38) F#%& you American League! (9:40) New metrics (11:24) Baseball is perfect for radio (13:28) The luxury tax obsession (18:54) Disruptor Mets guy Cohen (20:11) These are not chess pieces, these are people (23:19) Video games (28:02) Fans influencing the game (31:59) Don't be late for Timmy, (37:22) don't be like Pete,

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32:42

Fair or Foul

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/14

Can we talk about the robot umpire? Who do you want to boo? (0:36) Game over for good rival Eric Gagne. (1:09) How fair are the umpires? (4:41) What is best for baseball? (5:21) Can we give the umpires better tools? (6:46) The hill at Enron Field. (9:49) Baseball in 1000 years? Put the team on a spaceship. (20:20) Give it back to the fans. (23:02) New fans. (26:05) Resetting the lineup because we can't stop comparing baseball to other sports. (28:21) The guest host on Shark Tank. (30:05)

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36:29

Wild Thing

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/13

So what is your baseball perspective? Is the game a piece of art? Or is it just business as usual? Should we limit the number of throwbacks? (1:17) Do you remember that time they banned the curveball? (4:27) What is the threshold for rule changes? (4:47) The NBA problem (5:21) and the Atlanta Braves (6:23) help us understand the owners. Do you appreciate slow and graceful things? (10:33) Have you ever hit a ball with a bat? (11:43) Did you hear the one about the four white guys who did not walk into

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30:21

Humanity vs Technology

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/11

Do we need more or less technology in baseball? By using our terminator vision (03:12) We can see the box, (02:27) puppet umpires, (04:22) and ugly gadgets. (07:16) What if field goals had no poles? (07:24) Please bring all of your baseballness (08:46) as we boo the umpire. (08:58) Is Rob Manfred the chosen one? (12:00) We're not sure, but we hope you live in a baseball town. (14:25) Why isn't instant replay instant? (15:38) Why can't we give the umpires better tools? (16:40) How easy is it to say

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41:17

The Only Show in Town

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/10

Assuming humans exist in 100 years, what will baseball look like? Do you need some skin in the game to enjoy the game? (01:36) Will baseball still be the only show in town? (03:48) Indifference does not apply to the price of beers (06:36) nor bad behavior at Wrigley. (10:46) Is memory a sweet lair? (13:58) Or was Bob Gibson really that good? (16:45) How does the Shohei miracle (19:52) relate to the Braves pitching in the 90's? (20:22) Jeter is out (24:53) because there are two kinds of baseball

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50:17

Baseball Finds Itself in Checkmate

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/09

Anonymous 1 summarizes season 1 and Anonymous 2 can't believe they want to ban the shift. Now more than ever we can see that baseball is not immune to the corrupt actions of it's stewards (6:30) and as we travel back in time to the '94 strike (9:38) and remember high school baseball, it's hard not to dread another dark alignment of stars. Everybody has questions. Do the players really want the universal DH? (22:35) Does chocolate taste better if it's responsibly sourced? (20:00) How old is baseball

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1:33

Season 2 Trailer

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/03/09

Mona Lisa Baseball is back! Get ready for a whole new season where we'll cover all the recent changes to the game that we love.

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48:44

A Beautiful Spectacle

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/07

All Major League baggage gets aired out leaving nothing behind...not even the ushers.

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41:55

The Delusion

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/07

The pillars of baseball receive their job assignments while recognizing you can't force anything to be popular.

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41:41

Playoffs

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/06

Tackling the elephant in the ballyard...$$$

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43:54

Ballpark Blues

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/05

Our narrator goes to his first game in many years and discovers first-hand how business-first baseball can pollute and dilute the experience of going out to the ballgame.

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42:22

Worst Moment in Sports History

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/04

Take a tour around the greatest and the lamest parks ever built while getting slapped in the face by an audacity laced and collusive decision.

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41:35

Pitcher Only?

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/04

She said it best, speaking of pitchers, "How can you call yourself a ball-player if you don't even bat?"

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41:49

The Show Will Go On

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/03

Superman comes swooping down to save the sport from self-annihilation. Yes, we're talking about Shohei.

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41:32

15 Seconds Faster

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/02/03

Diving deeper into the ethics of changing rules in baseball.

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44:10

Why Can't Baseball Change?

Mona Lisa Baseball ·

2022/01/28

A sport on the brink of drastic change after being virtually untouched for decades.

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