The Baseball Experience with Scott Eiland
Summary: Baseball's curmudgeons and self-appointed moral arbiters are ruining the baseball Hall of Fame selection process. This podcast evaluates a different player every week with a sane, agenda-free look at a player's qualifications, ultimately making a judgment call: is the player IN or OUT of the Hall? The Baseball Experience is an SPNT production. Check us out at spnt.tv
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Podcasts:
Scott and Korban discuss the 2016 Hall of Fame ballot, discuss the likelihood of Mike Piazza and Jeff Bagwell’s election in ’16, and the slam-dunk Hall of Fame case of …Continue Reading »
Scott reacts to the 2015 Hall of Fame elections and laments the many snubs. He then discusses knuckleball pitchers with Korban.
Scott returns with his 2015 Hall of Fame ballot...and a couple of his friends.
Scott discusses Dave Stieb's career, arguing that it compares favorably to a pitcher who will probably make the Hall of Fame.
Scott discusses the career of the late, great Darryl Kile.
Scott breaks down the Hall of Fame case of Don Sutton.
Scott discusses the Hall of Fame case of Minnesota Twins center fielder Kirby Puckett (1960-2006). Puckett was the face of the Twins franchise during the mid eighties and early nineties, …Continue Reading »
Scott discusses the Hall of Fame case of Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker. Whitaker was never given serious consideration from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, getting only 2.9 …Continue Reading »
In the wake of a series of embarrassing umpiring errors, Scott discusses a protest that was actually upheld: the Pine Tar Incident between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals, July 24, 1983
Scott breaks down the career of Hall of Fame first baseman George Sisler and discusses the worst Major League Baseball Franchise of all time, the hapless St. Louis Browns.
Scott breaks down the career of St. Louis Cardinals second sacker and player/manager Rogers "Rajah" Hornsby, the greatest player you've never heard of and one of the best second basemen in the history of Major League Baseball
Scott discusses the below-the-radar-but-awesome career of 1960s star Billy Williams. He also reads and comically explicates "Casey at the Bat."
14Merklesboner Fred Merkle had a long, solid career in the early 20th century, playing primarily for the New York baseball Giants, led by manager John McGraw. A mistake, however, that …Continue Reading »
Scott switches gears and discusses one of baseball's all-time greatest games. It's the Brooklyn Dodgers vs. the New York Giants, October 3, 1951, which culminated with Bobby Thompson's famous home run. Also known as the "Miracle of Coogan's Bluff," Thompson's homer sent the Giants into the 1951 World Series.
Scott breaks down the Hall of Fame case of Dodgers and Mets legend Gil Hodges.
