Romantic About Baseball Podcast

CBS Senior Fantasy Writer Chris Towers joins Adam for a discussion about diversity in the Fantasy Sports industry, what to do when the forces of reality have fantasy implications, and discuss Taylor Swift's best work. INTRO MUSIC: Toy Dinosaur "Am I You?" https://open.spotify.com/artist/680RajNtAGxIjGFUphDLon?si=yAibTsdXQfak2GHDW5tS4w OUTRO MUSIC: South City Riot "Where To Go" https://southcityriot.bandcamp.com/album/where-to-go BREAK MUSIC: Adam C. MacKinnon "No Reason for This (at all)"

Craig Goldstein, Editor-In-Chief for Baseball Prospective joins the show to talk about the ongoing labor dispute, ideas for players to continue to build goodwill among the public, and why steals aren't really a thing anymore?

Keith Law swings by to talk with Adam about his latest Top Prospect and Farm System Rankings for The Athletic, the ripple affects of the shortened seasons in the Prospect world, and what we check in on the progress of some "rebuilding" teams.

Joe Sheehan joins Adam to talk about the current lockout situation, accessibility to the game, and what we'd rather talk about in baseball than labor. Subscribe to his newsletter! http://www.joesheehan.com/

Writer of "Cup of Coffee" newsletter Craig Calcaterra joins the show to talk about Rob Manfred's recent (like, literally minutes before recording) press conference, A certain players recent issues, and to talk about his upcoming book "Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports Industrial Complex at it's Own Game" Intro Music by Toy Dinosaur "Am I You?" open.spotify.com/artist/680RajNtAGxIjGFUphDLon Outro Music by South City Riot "Where to Go?": southcityriot.bandcamp.com/album/where-to-go

In our first episode after a long break, Jay Jaffe joins Adam to talk about the easy, and not so easy questions the Hall of Fame poses not just now, but in the future. Intro Music by Toy Dinosaur "Am I You?" open.spotify.com/artist/680RajNtAGxIjGFUphDLon Outro Music by South City Riot "Where to Go?": https://southcityriot.bandcamp.com/album/where-to-go

In our first new show in nearly 5 months, Max Greenfield joins Jim and Adam to discuss the 2021 Season, the final results of our Unit Drafts, and what what teams we think will be most active in the coming free agent market. INTRO MUSIC: "Toy Dinosaur" - "Am I You?" SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/680RajNtAGxIjGFUphDLon

This episode features one of the most influential literary figures in baseball history, Dan Okrent. The founder of Rotisserie Baseball (now known as Fantasy Baseball), author, editor, and baseball intellectual (my own term) talked about the game today, steroids, new rules, and more about baseball. We also discuss his latest book, "The Guarded Gate", talking about eugenics, racism, and anti-immigrant sentiment in America, and how it affected two generations of Jews, Italians, and other European Immigrants

Tony Adams (@adams_at) joins Jim and Adam on the podcast this week to talk about his work involving the Houston Astros cheating scandal, the pushback on sensationalism, and what he discovered during the process. We talk about sticky stuff (of course) and spontaneously air our new segment "What are we doin' here?". See Tony's work at: www.signstealingscandal.com

Jason Turbow, author of "The Baseball Codes" talks to Adam about the unwritten rules that govern the game of baseball, and why now, more than ever, they might be in for some serious changing. We cover everything from 3-0 hacks, "the pitchers office", future rule changes and more.