With the punishments for the Astros being handed out in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal, Ack and Kiz get together with old friend Matt Ack to discuss the fallout out from this scandal and how it compares to a few scandals from baseball history. Baseball Reference Page of the Day is Buck Weaver. Hooray Sports!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Episode was recorded on Wednesday night before the Mets firing of Carlos Beltran and twitter was lit on fire with further accusations toward the Astros.
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Ack and Kiz return for Episode 61 to discuss the Christian Yelich injury (bummer), the award races, and the playoff hunt in both leagues. Later on, the guys discuss the 18th anniversary of 9/11 and the baseball connection with it from 2001 and to this day. Fittingly, Mike Piazza closes things out in Baseball Reference Page of the Day. Hooray Sports.
Ack and Kiz return to discuss some unlikely starting pitchers who are dominating baseball, the Minnesota Twins, and (incredibly) the final “offseason” signings. After the guys talk about some draft picks of years past, Ack sits down with Tyler Jennings of Diamond Digest to go through the 2019 draft and some of his favorite picks. Baseball Reference Page of the Day closes things out featuring Bernard Gilkey. Hooray Sports!
Ack and Kiz get together to discuss the PFG AL West curse, birthday boy Manny Ramirez, Derek Dietrich, and more. They talk a couple guys in the later stages of trusting the process, the ridiculous debate on whether or not Major League Baseball should put up more nets to help protect fans in the wake of the heartbreaking Albert Almora scene (19:20), and remember the late great Bill Buckner in Baseball Reference Page of the Day. Hooray Sports!
Ack and Kiz have talked about the surprise teams, and the interesting teams, now it’s time to talk about the teams that are just good and were supposed to be good (even if they’ve taken an unexpected route to this point). The Mets are a dumpster fire, the Yankees and Astros are awesome, Later, the guys talk about Carter Stewart going to the NPB, throwbacks in Baseball Aesthetics, and an impromptu trust the process. Baseball Reference Page of the Day examines the career of David Weathers. Hooray Sports!