Change My Mind: Craig Counsell is Baseball’s Most Overrated Manager
Craig Counsell’s managerial career exemplifies the difference between “narrative” and “reality.”… Read More Change My Mind: Craig Counsell is Baseball’s Most Overrated Manager
Category: Baseball
Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2026 MLB Play-Off Preview
Play-off baseball is here! Now it’s time to see what our 70s TV Sports Anchor thinks October baseball will bring us!… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2026 MLB Play-Off Preview
Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2026 “Home Stretch” Edition
It’s the “Home Stretch” in the horse race that is baseball’s pennant chase. Where is your horse running?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2026 “Home Stretch” Edition
The Deep Six: Major Leaguers Who Played in the Little League World Series
Little League Classic day seems like the perfect time to look at kids who played in Williamsport, then made it to the Bigs.… Read More The Deep Six: Major Leaguers Who Played in the Little League World Series
Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate(d) – Episode 18: “Major League”
What better topic for an event about movies that “grew on you” than the tale of a film that went from one I hated to my considering it to be among of the best of it’s kind?… Read More Movies Everybody Loves That I Hate(d) – Episode 18: “Major League”
Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2026 All-Star Break Edition
Our 70s TV Sports Anchor Boyd Bergquist breaks down all 30 MLB teams: Are they “contenders” or “pretenders,” and should you “buy” or “sell” on their immediate future? Where does your team stack up?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2026 All-Star Break Edition
The “All Presidents” Baseball Team
As we find ourselves in the throes of America 250, is there a better time to explore a baseball team composed of guys named for presidents?… Read More The “All Presidents” Baseball Team
The “All-George” Baseball Team
As we find ourselves in the throes of America 250, is there a better time to explore a baseball team composed of guys sharing a name with our first president?… Read More The “All-George” Baseball Team
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 171: “Apocalypse Now”
Film fans know the late Ted Turner as the man who brought us Turner Classic Movies, but he was also the “Colonel Kurtz” of baseball, broadcasting, boats, and business. … Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 171: “Apocalypse Now”
Boyd Bergquist’s 2026 Memorial Day Baseball Breakdown
Our 70s TV Sports Anchor is back to revisit his preseason predictions now that we’re a quarter of the way into the season! … Read More Boyd Bergquist’s 2026 Memorial Day Baseball Breakdown
Boyd Bergquist’s 2026 Opening Day Baseball Breakdown
Where does your team rate in our 70s TV Sports Anchor’s “Not Power Rankings?” There’s only one way to find out!… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s 2026 Opening Day Baseball Breakdown
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 168: “The Rockford Files – Beamer’s Last Case”
The world is full of Freddie Beamers. Even you probably know one.… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 168: “The Rockford Files – Beamer’s Last Case”
Classic Movies My Wife Hates – Episode 6: “Field of Dreams”
A movie so terrible it became an icon. Could there be a better choice for a “So Bad It’s Good” event? Besides, when better than Valentine’s Day to illustrate the dangers of over-romanticizing anything? Nietzsche would have loved this nihilistic crap-fest..… Read More Classic Movies My Wife Hates – Episode 6: “Field of Dreams”
Cooperstown Complaints: Episode 4 – Arguments On the Existence of God and Their Equivalents Concerning Bartolo Colon as a Hall of Famer
The differences between “analytics” and “statistics,” “ontology” and “epistemology,” and how they forms the walls trapping guys like Bartolo Colon in the Hall of Fame’s purgatory.… Read More Cooperstown Complaints: Episode 4 – Arguments On the Existence of God and Their Equivalents Concerning Bartolo Colon as a Hall of Famer
Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 MLB Play-Off Preview
The post-season is here. The only question left is which of these teams can run all the way to the World Series?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 MLB Play-Off Preview
Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 “Home Stretch” Edition
It’s the “Home Stretch” in the horse race that is baseball’s pennant chase. Where is your horse running?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 “Home Stretch” Edition
Story Time With J-Dub Episode 15 – Gene Autry Is Responsible For This Blog
The WordPress Daily Writing Prompt monster strikes again. Here’s where you can choose an adventure with stops at James Garner, Jack Webb, and Bob Barker which starts with Gene “The Singing Cowboy” Autry.… Read More Story Time With J-Dub Episode 15 – Gene Autry Is Responsible For This Blog
Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 164: “Play Misty for Me”
Stalkers are everywhere. If Dirty Harry can have one, why not a Philadelphia Phillie from the 1940s?… Read More Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 164: “Play Misty for Me”
Apparently, Nobody Wants To Play For The Los Angeles Angels
Even though the Angels are known to overpay, an increasing number of free agents would rather not get their mail in Orange County.… Read More Apparently, Nobody Wants To Play For The Los Angeles Angels
Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 “All-Star Break” Edition
Boyd Bergquist breaks down all 30 MLB teams: Are they “contenders” or “pretenders,” and should you “buy” or “sell” on their immediate future? Where does your team stack up?… Read More Boyd Bergquist’s Baseball Breakdown – The 2025 “All-Star Break” Edition
