All About Baseball with Byron Copley

George ” Sparky” Anderson managed the Cincinnati Reds (1970-1978) and the Detroit Tigers (1979-1996) his way. Though Sparky was not a fan of the math- and probability-driven savants that introduced new...

Call this episode the “sequel” to “Swings and Misses,” which posted on August 20, 2026. After an innocent post on X, in which I merely noted that Pete Crow-Armstrong had 151 strikeouts (currently...

That’s the question that this podcast answers. Virtually non-existent before the MLB baseball strike of 1994, the walk-up song was ubiquitous by the end of the 1990s. Yet, its origins can be traced to the woman who...

Admittedly, there are many good (read: power) hitters in MLB who strike out too much, and at rates significantly higher than 20 years ago. This episode of All About Baseball looks at this phenomenon and offers some...

What do I mean by this? A post on X featured 30 “young” fans — one from each MLB team — who, in my opinion, lack a fundamental understanding of what it takes to play in the major leagues for...

General Manager Matt Millward and Director of Facilities Operations Tim Siegel of the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, the Single A team of the Chicago White Sox, deliver a captivating story about the unique value that the...

As the trade deadline (August 3) looms, I wonder why the Tigers haven’t already traded Tarik Skubal. Perhaps they have no intention of doing so. I consider that a mistake. That he was the scheduled starter on...

This episode of All About Baseball is one of rude discovery. When I remembered that I had only a handful of recollections from my little-league baseball season of 1969 — when I was 12 years old — my...

I need to take this week off to address an oral-surgery procedure that is ongoing, and that affects the quality of my voice and diction. Given that this is All-Star week, I thought it appropriate to replay an episode...

Having completed a distinguished 11-year career in 2021 as a catcher for the San Francisco Giants, Buster Posey, an immensely popular Bay Area figure, purchased an undisclosed percentage of the team and joined the...

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is proposing changes to the MLB Amateur Draft. In my opinion, these changes will adversely affect the quality of play and deny thousands of aspiring young men the opportunity to develop...

I am off this week. As the one-year anniversary of our son Stuart’s death approaches and passes, I thought it appropriate to replay the episode that I recorded in July, 2025, a few days after his funeral. After a...

I am honored to welcome Pulitzer Prize finalist, journalist, author, and accomplished historian Edward Achorn to All About Baseball. Edward’s two books about baseball in the 19th Century, Fifty Nine in ’84...

Recently, a game between the Orioles and Blue Jays sparked controversy over a Blue Jays’ runner who veered well out of the baseline to avoid being tagged. The policy of MLB, which prohibits the league to...

<p >On May 28, the San Francisco Giants relieved Hector Borg of his responsibilities as third-base coach. I think that this decision was as hastily made as the one to hire him in the 2025 off season to handle the most...