Team Deep Dive #26 - San Francisco Giants - Ep. 467

Jose Ramirez is one of the best players fans under-appreciate.  The Guardians are not at the top of the list of AL Central favorites but should not be ignored either. We talk about the rosters of all 5 teams in what will be a dogfight of teams all lacking a key ingredient.

This is the second of what will be 6 consecutive podcasts doing division primers.

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While we didn't pick the teams which we will do in our season preview episode, we did dig deep into each team's 40 man roster. The AL East is the best division in baseball and yet we had trouble picking more than 3 top starting pitchers! 

This is the first of what will be 6 consecutive podcasts doing division primers.

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2024 MLB Spring Training has begun and would-be rookies impact teams ultimate performance (think Corbin Carroll and Evan Carter last year) more and more frequently .  But some Rookie's of the Year never reach the heights they touched in their first campaign.  That doesn't mean they don't have a career and flame out after a couple of years, although that can happen too.

We also cover this year's crop of rookies that might be in the running for 2024 Rookie of the Year.  Mark mentioned Royce Lewis as a ROY and it was not Royce buy Kyle Lewis in 2020 who won the AL award. He's done little since.

And since we recorded this episode on the weekend the Cubs did finally sign Cody Bellinger! 

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We hear about the unwritten rules of baseball all the time. Don't walk the leadoff hitter. Don't bunt in a no-hitter. Some of the unwritten rules are more strategic preferences than unwritten rules. We discuss that as well as how stealing signs has evolved over the years and if it can still be done today.

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This is it! The last of our MLB teams deep dives. The Yankees are saved for last since they are first in World Series wins.  They have 3x or more as many World Series titles compared to any team but the St. Louis Cardinals who have 11 WS titles.

The greatest Yankees is a long list indeed as well as the list of retired numbers. The Bronx Bombers were the first team to retire a number. We talk about who that was and all the great HOF players and managers that populate the greatest franchise in baseball history.   

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This is our 200th episode and we are so grateful that we have listeners that are interested in hearing us talk about baseball.  So THANK YOU to all who take a few minutes here and there to listen and engage with Almost Cooperstown!

Since we recorded this podcast Jorge Soler signed with the Giants.  Finally.  The Marlins are still the only team to not sign a free agent this off-season with the Dodgers and Mets signing 9 each.

We talk about all 30 teams, who they signed and what it might mean.  So we talked fast like always.

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The 11-time World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals actually won an American Association championship in 1882. Besides winning in 1926, 1931, 1934, 1942, and 1946 - 6 championships in 21 seasons, they also won in 1964, 1967, 1982, 2006, and most recently in 2011.  There are amazing Hall-of-Fame players spread out throughout their history and we talk about all of them as well as some of the less heralded Cards.

Ozzie Smith had 28 career home runs. Enos Slaughter stole home on the 'made dash' made in the 1946 World Series vs. the Red Sox. 

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We don't often focus on the negative aspects of baseball in the Major Leagues. But there have been some bad people who've made it to the game's grandest stage.  Some of the things these heinous characters did during and after their playing career are almost unbelievable.  

We should have mentioned that Ben Chapman was portrayed as horribly racist in the movie about Jackie Robinson '42'.  

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The nine time champion A's won 5 World Series before 1931. They won three in the 1970s. And one more in 1989. That's it. Nine WS is 2nd all-time tied with The Red Sox and Cardinals who we will deep dive on next week.

The Athletics turned A's (thanks to Charlie O. Finley) have fallen on desperate times. But there are many great players and Hall-of-Famers and we talk about all of them!

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Author Mark Stevens joins the podcast to discuss his terrific #baseball novel - The Fireballer. Ever think what would happen if a pitcher could regularly throw 110 MPH? Batters wouldn't have a chance! What if one of those pitches got away from him? We had a great time talking with Mark and are keen to find a way to make the next great baseball movie from this award winning book from 2023.

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