Baseball season is officially here with pitchers & catchers reported this week. I talk about the new managers that were replacing the abrupt firings of the Mets, Red Sox, and Astros. I also talk about the Mookie Betts trade as well as the retirement of two good players. Finally wrapping it up by complaining about the new baseball playoff format MLB is moving towards. Bad idea, MLB.

Surprising results in this year's results.

Talking about the signing of Josh Donaldson, Astros scandal wrapping up, and how the teams will fare in 2020.

Talking about recent transactions in the Hot Stove, covering the first week of the new year. Mostly Nationals signings.

Talking about the Hot Stove transactions that happened over the Holiday season. Looks like the Blue Jays and the White Sox are poised for a breakout year in 2020.

Talking about the Christmas Truce of 1914, the greatest moment in WW1.

Apologies for being a day late; I was unable to upload to Anchor yesterday, the file would remain at 0% uploaded. Seems fixed today. ⦁ DECEMBER 14 1799.  George Washington dies. 1911. Roald Amundsen becomes first explorer to reach the South Pole. 1939. USSR is expelled from the League of Nations. 2012. Sandy Hook Shooting. ⦁ DECEMBER 15 1890. Sitting Bull killed by Indian police. 1961. Architect of the Holocaust sentenced to die. 1978. United States announces that it will recognize communist China. ⦁ DECEMBER 16 1773. Boston Tea Party. 1944. Battle of the Bulge begins. 1950. President Truman declares state of emergency over Korean War. 1998. President Clinton orders air attack on Iraq. ⦁ DECEMBER 17 1777. France formally recognizes the United States. 1862. Union General Ulysses S. Grant expels Jews from his military district. 1903. First Airplane Recorded Flight. 1941. Commander at Pearl Harbor relieved of his duties. 1944. U.S. approves end to internment of Japanese Americans. 1991. Boris Yeltsin announces the Soviet Union will cease to exist by New Year’s Eve. 2011. Kim Jong Il dies. ⦁ DECEMBER 18 1620. Mayflower lands at Plymouth Harbor. 1916. Battle of Verdun ends. 1941. Japan invades Hong Kong. The War Powers Act was passed by Congress on the same day ⦁ DECEMBER 19 1777. Continental Army enters winter camp at Valley Forge. 1917. National Hockey League (NHL) opens its first season. 1941. Hitler takes command of the German army. ⦁ DECEMBER 20 1963. Berlin Wall opened for the first time. 1989. US Invades Panama. 1995. NATO assumes peacekeeping duties in Bosnia.

Quick podcast of the big happenings in the Hot Stove of baseball this past week!

⦁ DECEMBER 7 1787. Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution. 1941. Pearl Harbor bombed. 1988. Earthquakes wreak havoc in Armenia ⦁ DECEMBER 8 1914. Battle of the Falkland Islands starts. 1940. Bears beat Redskins 73-0 in NFL Championship game. 1941. Jeannette Rankin casts sole vote against joining WW2. 1949. Chinese Nationalists move capital to Taiwan. 1969. President Nixon announces Vietnam War will end. 1980. John Lennon shot. ⦁ DECEMBER 9 1835. The Texan Army captures San Antonio. 1917. Jerusalem surrenders to British troops. 1979. Smallpox is officially declared eradicated. ⦁ DECEMBER 10 1864. General William T. Sherman completes March to the Sea. 1898. Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War. 1915. Ford builds its 1 millionth car. 1963. Frank Sinatra Jr. endures a frightening ordeal. ⦁ DECEMBER 11 1915. Yuan Shih-kai accepts Chinese throne. 1936. King Edward VIII abdicates. 1941. Germany declares war on the US. 1994. Russian forces enter Chechnya. ⦁ DECEMBER 12 1963. Kenya declares independence from Britain. ⦁ DECEMBER 13 1577. Explorer Francis Drake sets sail from England. 1916. Soldiers perish in avalanche as World War I rages. 1937. The Rape of Nanking. 2000. Al Gore cencedes presidential election. 2003. Saddam Hussein captured.

We talk about the signings and trades that have been made this week in baseball.