
Almost Cooperstown
We're a father & son who love to talk and argue about baseball! Baseball is the professional sport that has the longest history so there is a lot to talk about. We launched Almost Cooperstown noting that baseball contains a long history of players that, for whatever reasons, have been shunned by the electors of the Hall of Fame. Consequently here are many 'Almost' players still waiting their turn for induction. With less than 1.5% of the now more than 23,000 players in the HOF, we feel there should be more players included. In these podcasts we also discuss current seasons & trends. Please send any messages to almostcooperstown@gmail.com.
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Episodes
297 episodes
Check swings need to be checked out & 4 HR game This Week in Baseball - 4.28.25 - Ep. 607
#Pirates rookie 27 YO Matt Gorski hit a home run in his first #MLB at-bat this week! But maybe #Dbacks Eugenio Suarez outdid him by clubbing 4 home runs in a game versus the #Braves, that Arizona ended up losing! Are the #Giants &a...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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30:17

Future HOFers playing 2025 & This Week in Baseball - 4.21.25 - Ep. 606
About 1/8th of the season is past so you can pretty much take #MLB player stats and multiply by eight. Tyler Soderstrom of the #athletics s is not going to hit 72 home runs. But #yankees AaronJudge could definitely finish with 56 or m...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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34:44

The 5 best starting pitchers in Mets history - TWIB 4.14.25 - Ep. 605
#Angels in first place is something we did not expect. Mike Trout leading the #AL in homers is not as shock but that he has 6 HRs and 10 hits is at least surprising! The #Tigers are in 1st place as are #Yankees, #Padres, #Cubs w #Mets &am...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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29:57

Roundtable discussion - which baseball movies should be watched again or for the 1st time? - Ep. 604
Baseball movies are rarer than they used to be. Has there been a great one that you love in the past 10 years? Gordon and Mark participated in a roundtable with 4 other baseball writers/podcasters/personalities - Vince Wetzel (author of "...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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56:08

This week in baseball was SO much fun! - 4.7.25 - Ep. 603
The #Dodgers finally lost & #Braves finally won. Yet it's the #Giants who are in 1st place in the NL West. #Padres also lost but still are off to a great start. #Cubs are looking good as are #Phillies who beat L.A. 2 out of 3 this weekend. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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28:08

This week in baseball & we pick postseason award winners - 3.31.25 - Ep. 602
It's not really been a week in baseball but the Dodgers & Cubs have played 5 games now (Dodgers have won them all and are on a path to be undefeated) so that's close to a week. There are no narratives written in March for MLB teams. That go...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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41:21

SEASON SIX PREMIERE! 2025 Season Preview & Predictions - Ep. 601
As we launch our 6th season of Almost Cooperstown podcasts we start by saying thank you to our listeners and viewers. 280 episodes in the can and still going strong! Thank you for liking to hear and watch us talk about our favorite thing ...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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1:17:46

Keith O'Brien author of Charlie Hustle on Pete Rose & his chances for Cooperstown - Ep. 580
Author of 19 books, Keith O'Brien grew up in Cincinnati and had a front row seat to much of Pete Rose's career. Keith's 2024 book "Charlie Hustle" won awards from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and The New Yorker. We both enjoyed the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 80
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44:35

Baseball Banning, Blackballing & Blacklisting - Ep. 579
Even before Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis banned eight #Whitesox players for their attempted fix of the 1919 World Series, players had been banned, blacklisted and banished from baseball mostly for trying to fix games but not always. Once Comm...
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Season 5
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Episode 79
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22:17

Spring Training injuries & the youngest player in MLB history - Ep. 578
#Yankees Giancarlo Stanton is injured. Again. This time it is tennis elbow in both elbows! #Mets FA acquisition Nick Madrigal is doing his Jed Lowrie imitation as he's out for the season before it ever started! Injuries are part of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 78
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TWIB - 2.24.25 & Pitching in the Deadball era - Ep. 577
Alex Bregman homered in his first Spring Training game for #redsox. He also went 3-3. #Mets Juan Soto went oppo toco deep in his first AB with his new team. #yankees Aaron Boone got a contract extension and Giancarlo Stanton has tennis elbow. I...
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Season 5
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Episode 77
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32:54

Bregman to Red Sox & other big news of the week. A quick review of Deadball era hitting which stank. - Ep.576
There was enough news for us to talk about what went on this week. Alex Bregman #redsox was the biggest player news. #Angels Rendon is out of action for the season. Again. Before it even started! Who will be the dark horse teams in #MLB 2025? H...
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Season 5
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Episode 76
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30:35

NL off-season review - the rich get richer! Ep. 575
Well here we are with spring training at hand as pitchers & catchers are reporting for #Cubs today. Other teams will follow shortly. Football season is over and baseball is on the way! How did the NL teams offseason go? #Dodgers, #Gia...
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Season 5
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Episode 75
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53:13

2025 Baseball Winter is Over AL off-season review - Did any team get better? - Ep. 574
#MLB Pitchers and catchers report in about 10 days. So officially baseball winter is over as the sound of balls hitting gloves is imminent! Watching video of #Rangers Jacob DeGrom is compelling and full of promise! The fate of the t...
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Season 5
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Episode 74
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43:19

HOF voter & The Athletic writer Daniel Brown helps us understand the HOF vote this year - Ep. 573
Dan was not the voter who didn't vote for Ichiro. But we all wish we knew who it was! For the 3rd straight year Dan joined the podcast to discuss the final HOF voting. He voted for Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones, Manny Ramirez,...
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Season 5
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Episode 73
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49:26

Pinch Hitters have been pinched out of MLB rosters - Ep. 572
#pirates and #whitesox Smoky Burgess had a pretty good career with a career OPS+ of 116. But he's third all-time in pinch hits and was a beloved player at the end of his career. We talk about the changes in pinch hitting and why all-time pinch ...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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19:04

Baseball-Reference Director of Product - Adam Darowski - Ep. 571
As Director of Product Adam has been part of Sports-Reference for a long time. Keeping Baseball -Reference.com fresh, being part of the addition of Football, Basketball, (both college and pro), and hockey has proven to be groundbreaking. Adam h...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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48:50

Our manic recap of 2024 MLB season - Ep. 570
We don't know about you, but we forget things that happened during a baseball season even when it was LAST season! Sure the #dodgers beat #yankees in the #worldseries but besides Shohei and Aaron Judge, and Skubal, Sale and Skenes, there ...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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26:02

Most homers wearing a uniform team by team - American League - Ep. 569
Founded in 1901, the AL contains teams like #Yankees and #RedSox who have an epic list in their top 5 for players hitting home runs while a member of the franchise. Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Mickey Mantle, D...
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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29:56

Can you name the home run leaders for each team? NL - Ep. 568
Who are the home run leaders while wearing a team's uniform? Sounded like a interesting episode topic but then Rickey Henderson so sadly and suddenly passed away at age 65. Rickey's 66th birthday would have been on Christmas this Wednesda...
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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34:26

Former Mets GM & current MLB SiriusXM radio host Steve Phillips - Ep. 567
Steve Phillips has been a radio personality for 20 years starting not long after his time his time as GM for our #mets. Steve brought in Mike Piazza who had the biggest non-playoff home run in Mets history - until this year maybe? Today Steve h...
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Season 5
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Episode 67
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47:39

Golden at bat is a turd, Free Agent madness, & switch hitters are fading away- Ep. 566
How about the #Giants finally getting their man in Willy Adames. But it was a big price to pay. Clay Holmes to the #mets as a starter? Luis Severino to Sacramento is a big deal for the franchise formerly known as the #athletics who seem like th...
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Season 5
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Episode 66
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27:33

Former Dodger GM Dan Evans has had an amazing baseball career - Ep. 565
Having worked with HOFer Roland Hemond with the Chicago #whitesox, Dan Evans took on the job of rebuilding the #dodgers in 2001. He was there for four seasons and had a winning season each year before being fired with almost 200 others. The Dod...
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Season 5
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Episode 65
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1:04:01

It's Jerry Maguire time for MLB free agents - SHOW ME THE MONEY! - Ep. 564
Why aren't more teams on #MLB free agent Juan Soto? They make plenty of money but are afraid. Afraid even though they are increasing franchise value and have more revenue streams than ever before. Teams should be spending more on F...
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Season 5
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Episode 64
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34:02

Will Ichiro be a first ballot HOFer? Should we care? - Ep. 563
79/113/122 those are the numbers representing the amount of days until pitchers & catchers report, #Dodgers #Cubs opening games in Tokyo March 18, and the REAL opening day on March 27. MVP, Cy Young, Rookie of the Year, and Man...
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Season 5
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Episode 63
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47:02
