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The Roundtripper - A Baseball Podcast

A podcast about baseball! From opposite ends of America, Chris Kubak &Tom Baird take a weekly look at Major League Baseball.
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Apr 19, 2019

The theme for this weeks podcast is Sustainability. For those of you out there who gazed into your crystal balls prior to the season and prognosticated the Mariners hot start and Red Sox hangover, kudos to you! You are wise beyond compare! Well done! I would probably also call you a liar, and a few other choice words as well. This is part of the beauty of baseball: that the best-laid plans can often lead to the most inauspicious circumstances. But how many of these opening movements, either good or bad, are tenable? And how many of them can just be chalked up to dumb luck?

Chris and Tom take a closer at some of the teams who have burst from the gates like they were shot of a cannon, such as the Mariners and Rays, as well as others who are having trouble getting their sea legs underneath them, like the Red Sox and Rockies. Who has the firepower to maintain or right their momentum? And, for better or worse, who are the frauds? 

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Apr 8, 2019

As the first full week of the new season draws to a close, we come to the second part of our 2019 MLB Season Previews. The last time around we examined the ins-and-outs of the National League: now, it's the Junior Circuit's turn. This year the American League is as much of an enigma as either league has been in recent history. It's powerful and potent, with arguably the best starting rotation and best all around linup in the game. But a quick glance through the rosters and you also find a league that is maddeningly inconsistent, strangely assembled, and in a serious state of transition. The only thing you can truly anticipate is to "expect the unexpected." Chris and Tom break it down the best that they can and try to rationalize everything that the American is shaping up to be in 2019...but it's often a crapshoot, and they're only human after all. 

Be sure to like The Roundtripper on Facebook and give us a follow on Twitter (@RoundtripperMLB). Also, if you like the show be sure to rate us 5-stars on iTunes! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please send us an email at Roundtripperpodcast@gmail!

Apr 3, 2019

It’s the beginning of a new season of Major League Baseball, and for a brief period hope springs eternal for all 30 teams. For a fleeting moment no one is in last, everyone is in first, and every clubhouse has legitimate aspirations of playing meaningful baseball once the calendar rolls into October. Of course, this is very much an idyllic vision of the present day: For some, the optimism is well-founded, with rosters that have been painstakingly constructed over the course of years. For others it is nothing more than a Utopian pipe dream. 

Today we start with the Senior Circuit and break down the National League since they’re celebrating their 150th anniversary (or at least the Reds are, that’s really close enough). It seems fitting…some line about respecting your elders or something…but heading into the 2019 the National League does have many of this season’s most intriguing story lines and compelling divisional races. From the highs to the lows it’s going to be a battle from start to finish, and Tom and I certainly have a lot to say about it all.

Be sure to like The Roundtripper on Facebook and give us a follow on Twitter (@RoundtripperMLB). Also, if you like the show be sure to rate us 5-stars on iTunes! If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please send us an email at Roundtripperpodcast@gmail!

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