All About Baseball with Byron Copley
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A Message of Thanks and A Preview of Future Episodes
The title says it all: I express my gratitude to all who have made this podcast possible, including Almighty God, my creator. I also offer a preview of three future episodes. May your Thanksgiving be filled with joy, good food, and fine company. bcposcas
The Three-Fingered Pitcher
A bike accident, a dislocated index finger, and a suggestion from my wife prompted me to dig into the life and career of Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown, who suffered a sudden and gruesome amputation of his right index finger at the tender age o
MLB Should Be All Out of Gambling
With the recent indictments of Cleveland Guardians’ pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luiz Ortiz, for throwing baseballs in the dirt to win bets for their partners, it appears that MLB is doing all it can to sweep this situation under the rug by taking th
post hoc ergo prompter hoc
This Latin phrase, translated to In English, means “after, therefore because of it.” This fallacy in logic is all too often applied to the outcome of sporting events . It’s been never more prevalent than in the circumstances of the nin
Do Major League Baseball Owners Really Get What They are Paying For?
Not always. In this podcast, I identify two different 2025 “all-star” lineups by position — one is stocked with underpaid players and the other with overpaid players. The point: demonstrate that owners are compensating many players based
Calling it Quits as an Umpire
After 20-plus years of umpiring youth baseball, I’m calling it quits as suddenly as I entered the “profession” when I volunteered to umpire my son’s ball game because the assigned umpire didn’t show. This brief podcast explai
Big Little-League Mistakes
On October 10, 2025, the Seattle Mariners defeated the Detroit Tigers in Game 5 of the American League Divisional Series (ALDS), in part because the Tigers committed two critical “little-league” mistakes that should never happen at the Major-L
Dick Bartell Held on to the Baseball
In Game 7 of the 1940 World Series, in the seventh inning with the Detroit Tigers clinging onto a tenuous 1-0 lead, Tiger shortstop Dick Bartell inexplicably held the baseball in his right hand as Red
The 97-Win Threshold is not as Easy as it Appears
Winning 97 games in an MLB season “only” requires any team to win three of every five games. This podcast, influenced by a similar observation that I saw online, asked the question “is it really that easy?” The answer: No. It’
Replay: The Honorable Sacrifice of Jack T. Jamison
Occasionally, I will replay posts that I think bear a second listen (or a first if it was missed). 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 i





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