All About Baseball with Byron Copley

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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" mista
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
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
Data is too Dated to Remember
The deluge of data that is delivered to viewers and spectators during a given MLB game, whether in person, on television, or even in a radio broadcast, renders the actual events on the field as specim
A Collapse of Epic Proportions (Reprise)
What a difference a week makes. On September 8, the Tigers were 9.5 games ahead of Kansas City. Now, the 2025 Detroit Tigers, as of this day, are in the EXACT same position as the 1964 Philadelphia Ph
Yankees’ Tribute to Charlie Kirk
The New York Yankees offered a moment of silence on September 10, 2025, prior to its game against the Detroit Tigers, to recognize the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which had occurred earlier that da
A Collapse of Epic Proportions
Prior to the game of Friday, September 5, 2025, the Detroit Tigers held a 9.5 game lead over the second-place Kansas City Royals in the American League Central. Only a total collapse that would have t
The Balkanization of Major League Baseball
Rob Manfred is at it again. He wants to expand MLB to 32 teams and organize them in divisions based solely on geographic proximity and dissolve the American and National leagues. His rationale is thin
What is the Catcher’s Balk? Answer: It Doesn’t Exist
A listener-request inspired me to dig into the mystery of the so-called "catcher's balk," a term commonly used, but found nowhere in the rule book. Naturally, my investigation lead me into a discussio