Baseball is Dead (MLB Podcast)

Latest Episodes:

Baseball Is Dead Episode 246: Chris Rose Aug 14, 2024

Show notes

Chris Rose of The Rose Rotation and Baseball Today joins BID to talk about his passion for work, calling BattleBots matches, Hawk Tuah, Blitzball, Tyler Glasnow’s coolness, handling the Jarren Duran situation, and the Cleveland Guardians.

-White Sox Beat Yankees

-Soto Three HR’s

-Teams On Fire

-Pirates L9

-Jazz Hurt

-Dallas’ B-Day

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 245: Braves In Trouble? Aug 12, 2024

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The Braves just lost two out of three to the lowly Rockies and we’re asking Joe for a temp check in Atlanta.

-Braves Playoff Chances

-A’s Hit Homers

-Astros Sweep Red Sox

-NL West Race

-Phillies Skid

-NL Wild Card

-Verlander’s Status

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0:00 - Braves Playoffs

16:14 - A’s Hit Homers

28:13 - Astros Sweep Sox

48:00 - NL West Race

56:21 - Phillies Skid

1:01:00 - NL Wild Card

1:08:58 - Matt Kemp 1-Day

1:12:45 - Bassitt On Roof

1:19:35 - Verlander Status

1:25:48 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 244: White Sox Fire Manager Aug 08, 2024

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The White Sox have fired their manager as their dumpster-fire of a season continues.

-White Sox Clubhouse Vibe

-A’s Troll White Sox And Lose

-Phillies Vs Dodgers Potential WS Matchup

-NL West Battle

-Holliday Heating Up

-Mason Miller Back

-Chapman 105mph

-Family Feud

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0:00 - White Sox

41:34 - Phillies Vs Dodgers

43:30 - NL West

48:39 - Royals +94

57:35 - Holliday Is Here

1:07:20 - Mason Miller

1:08:36 - Chapman 105

1:14:43 - Family Feud

1:42:31 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 243: Karl Ravech Aug 07, 2024

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Karl Ravech joins the show to tell stories about Jayhay and Dallas, talk about the collaborative effort it takes to broadcast/cover baseball, if he still gets pregame jitters, pandemic broadcasts, media/player dynamic, mic’d up scenarios and more!

-White Sox Win

-Bristol Motor Speedway Game

-Ketel Marte Love

-BID Merch

-Jared On KMS

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0:00 - Ravvy

58:30 - White Sox Win

1:04:57 - Jared On KMS

1:25:56 - Espresso

1:28:02 - Speedway Game

1:31:06 - BID Merch

1:34:33 - Ketel Marte

1:44:53 - Rengifo Surgery

1:49:50 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 242: White Sox Lose 20 Straight Aug 05, 2024

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The White Sox have lost 20 straight games and are approaching the longest losing streak in MLB history.

-Ozzie Guillén BItter

-Fireworks Record-Breaking L

-Trout’s Knee

-AL MVP Race

-Ohtani 30/30

-deGrom’s Status

-Snell No-No

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0:00 - Intro

0:37 - White Sox L20

22:00 - Worst Situations

27:04 - Trout’s Knee

35:01 - Judge 40 HR’s

55:00 - Jared vs Pap

1:02:10 - Ohtani 30/30

1:12:14 - Flaherty Debut

1:21:57 - deGrom Status

1:28:50 - Skenes “Struggled”

1:35:00 - Snell No-No

1:43:10 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 241: Holliday Goes Deep Aug 01, 2024

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Jackson Holliday’s first career MLB home run was a grand slam and his second call-up is off to a great start.

-Holliday Hits A BOMB

-Kershaw 0 K’s, Padres 7-3 Vs Dodgers

-Garver Comments On Social Media Hate

-White Sox 17 Straight Losses

-Bobby Witt Jr. Insane Run

-Family Feud

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0:00 - Intro

1:36 - Jayhay’s Face

11:26 - Jackson Holliday

17:25 - Kershaw 0 K’s

23:30 - Playoff Races

27:54 - Will Smith Quote

34:20 - Mitch Garver

1:00:14 - White Sox L17

1:16:50 - Bobby Witt Jr.

1:20:28 - Family Feud

1:33:30 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 240: Trade Deadline Recap (feat. Bob Nightengale) Jul 31, 2024

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Bob Nightengale joins the show to recap the MLB trade deadline, talk about the conspiracy theories behind his typos, and tell his favorites stories from his years as a baseball journalist.

-Deadline Recap

-Bob’s Winter Meeting Stories

-Typos: Intentional Or No?

-Dynamic Between Media/Players

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0:00 - Bob Nightengale

57:47 - Deadline Recap

1:09:00 - Jazz Going Off

1:22:21 - Orioles Moves

1:27:47 - Other Trades

1:31:52 - Soler To Braves

1:34:14 - Cardinals Moves

1:36:03 - Trout Shut Down

1:51:28 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 239: Transaction Show Jul 29, 2024

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The trade deadline is looming so we’re breaking down this weekend’s transactions plus previewing the next 24 hours of trade activity.

-Orioles Trades (Eflin, Domingues, Pache)

-Cubs Get Parades + Pearson, Morel To Tampa

-Yankees Get Jazz

-Rays Trade Arozarena and Paredes

-Jesse Winker To The Mets

-Standings Check-In

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 238: Red Sox Extend Alex Cora Jul 25, 2024

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The Red Sox extended Alex Cora for three years and we’re talking about what could’ve changed in Boston to make this possible.

-Alex Cora Extension

-A’s Trade Pieces

-Mets Sweep Yankees

-Mariners Booed Off Field

-A’s Price Gauging Fans

-Gerrit Cole Sucks?

-Family Feud

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0:00 - Intro

7:30 - A’s Trade Pieces

10:30 - Alex Cora

29:12 - Yankees Swept

39:33 - Mariners Booed

54:30 - A’s Ticket Prices

1:03:59 - Mets Boring?

1:12:02 - Cole Struggles

1:16:03 - Family Feud

1:26:33 - Jayhay Nuggs

1:31:10 - Final Thoughts

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Baseball Is Dead Episode 237: Tim Kurkjian Jul 24, 2024

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Tim Kurkjian joins the show to talk about his fear of technology, playing basketball with Cal Ripken Jr, his favorite baseball player stories, the next wave of MLB talent, Shohei Ohtani, HOF voting, the relocation of the A’s, trivia and more!

-Talking With Tim

-Skenes Top 3 Pitcher?

-Witt. Jr Passes Judge (fWAR)

-Trout Leaves Rehab Game

-Merrifield Injury

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0:00 - Tim Kurkjian

48:49 - Skenes Outing

1:15:28 - Witt Jr. fWAR

1:28:31 - Trout’s Knee

1:34:05 - Merrifield Injury

1:38:50 - Final Thoughts