8-3-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the Baseball Hall of Fame, particularly, the obvious cases for Barry Bonds, Pete Rose, and Roger Clemens. John states that their statistical achievements merit inclusion on their own. John further pushes the issue by putting the credibility of the entire Hall of Fame process and inst…

6-13-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about how Jerry West was a top five (5) Los Angeles Laker player of all time and is surprised many do not understand how good a NBA player he was. John thinks the Tennessee Titans will regret not retaining running back Derrick Henry, feeling that it was not financially impossible for the …

6-5-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program explaining why Josh Gibson deserves the all time cumulative batting average record in Major League Baseball history. While John stops short of claiming you are a racist if you do not accept the updated records are the real records, he feels those that are the most bothered, insulted, and angriest …

5-15-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program giving the exact reason attendance is down for the New York Mets this season. It is not as simple as the team is under .500. It is not as simple as anything that can be attributed to the field play this season. John speaks about this after he once again asks the listeners (and viewers) what they …

5-9-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program expressing how he believes the New York Knicks need to expand their rotation to achieve their postseason goals. Using Jericho Sims, Alec Burks, and others for even bits of time is a better option than playing the remaining six players unmaintainable minutes. John believes the rust needs to be take…

4-28-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the charade that has become position players pitching mop up relief in MLB games. John cites two examples of BOTH teams using such a player in the same game as his reason to suggest something must be done to change this. He discusses the impact of MLB stats and wonders if soon we ca…

4-20-2024 Passed Ball Show. John opens up the program by making an interesting point over the last name Jacquez. He then talks about how the Houston Astros slow start will be pinned by the media and fans on new manager Joe Espada, but believes the Astros will revert back to its 2017-2023 form before too long. John then questions why MLB has not imp…

4-13-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the great professional football career of all time great running back #OJSimpson. Outside of the likes of Jim Brown and perhaps Lenny Moore, OJ was one of the best to ever play the position, becoming the first player to rush for over 2000 yards in a season. OJ’s acquittal of double …

4-8-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this show talking about the split between Stefon Diggs and Josh Allen following the former's trade to the Houston Texans. John opines on who was the most responsible for the success between the two as he believes that both Josh Allen made Stefon Diggs and Stefon Diggs made Josh Allen. He compares that to the d…

3-23-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spend this show continuing to express his opinion on cancel culture and explains how it is happening with Shohei Ohtani. John also gives reasons why it is happening and what is up with the people that are pushing it. John gives a little bit of kudos to Tennessee Titans General Manager Ran Carthon for the offseason t…

3-2-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about how the Heisman Trophy Trust and the NCAA should return the 2005 Heisman Trophy back to Reggie Bush. With the NIL's insuring college football players will be compensated, it is a joke that neither Heisman, nor NCAA have changed their ruling. Johnny Manziel did a solid job speaking ou…

2-29-2024 Passed Ball Show. John talks about the standoff between MLB Owners and Scott Boras, the four remaining high profile Boras represented free agents, and whether this situation is more on the MLB Owners or on Boras and his corporation. If you listened to John's show before, you know who he is calling to task. John then opines on why it is go…

2-24-2024 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the Las Vegas Raiders Quarterback situation going into next season. He believes the team should take one of the first round QB's in this year's draft and wonders whether they should trade up for the number one overall pick to select Caleb Williams out of USC. The Raiders have option…

2-22-2024 Passed Ball Show. John shares his farewell to MLB first baseman Eric Hosmer on his retirement and shares his two biggest Hosmer memories. He then rips the Brooklyn Nets, General Manager Sean Marks, and whatever players felt they had the right to opine on their feelings in playing for departed Head Coach Jacques Vaughn. John goes into a ti…

2-17-2024 Passed Ball Show. John titles this show, "You never go full re-build!" as he explains why it does not make sense for MLB teams to completely shut competitive operations down, in spite of examples of success in Houston and Baltimore. John points out that full rebuilds are usually copouts by MLB owners that are trying to get away with payin…

2-1-2024 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by explaining how Bill Belichick will return to the NFL as a Head Coach using what just happened with Doc Rivers, Adrian Griffin, and the Milwaukee Bucks as a precursor to what is to come. John then talks about the remaining MLB free agents and suggests how both a team and a player can be happy …

1-14-2024 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by getting to the point: The Chicago Bulls fans embarrassed themselves by booing the wife of former Bulls General Manager Jerry Krause. After summarizing everything that led to the whole deal, John talks about Michael Jordan's responsibility and what he could have done to keep the fans from booing…

1-11-2024 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this version of the PBS talking about the College Football Championship, which Michigan defeated Washington. John’s claims were right, as it was a battle of Washington’s offense against Michigan’s defense, with the latter prevailing over the length of the game. After a historic day of three great coaches en…

1-6-2024 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show with the following statement, "Trevor Bauer has the right to work." John states his interest in discussing this matter with others, especially those with differing points of view. He then explains why Trevor Bauer should be playing Major League Baseball for a Major League Baseball team right now. D…

12-26-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this show talking about the predicament New York Mets Owner Steve Cohen is. Players and Agents are taking his contract offers to other teams to match. John asks how much money would it have taken to get Yoshinobu Yamamato to come to the Mets? $350 million? 400 million? 434 million? And if he gave him that nu…

Passed Ball Show #712 12-16-2023. This program is centered around John talking about the advantage the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers have over the other teams in Major League Baseball when it comes to signing free agents. Even if the competing teams (the non Yankees and Dodgers) are willing to pay the cost of a perspective free agent, th…

12-14-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program explaining why Major League Baseball went out of its way to implement a soft salary cap in the form of a luxury tax and the reasons the league insisted it needed to be done. John then calls to task the same sport for allowing for the most clear manipulation of the very thing it seemed insistent …

12-9-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program laughing at the baseball writers for their meltdowns over their attempt to cover the free agency of Shohei Ohtani. John breaks down the simplicity of what the writers are trying to do (be the first to report it). Is it really important? And John thinks it would be even more hilarious if Ohtani de…

12-4-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the College Football Playoff and how the selection committee got the right four teams to play for the National Championship. John gives his reasons why, including the precescdent that has been set for teams that lose a game early in the season. John understands the frustration from …

12-2-2023 Passed iBall Show. John spends this program venting about Major League Baseball's injustice when it comes to its Hall of Fame. John's suggestion to partially right this wrong includes the opportunity its writers have to elect (select) Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, and Gary Sheffield THIS year. John brings up the ridiculous "character cla…

11-25-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the biggest rivalries in the world of sport. He then talks about some of the best players/ coaches to never win a championship in their respective sport. During today’s #savingsportshistory segment, John talks about the NFL’s Dallas Texans, not the Kansas City Chiefs, and a little …

11-18-2023 Passed Ball Show. Live from the RWJ Barnabas Arena in Toms River, NJ- site of the Harlem Wizards vs Team Sario. John interviews longtime MMA and UFC fighter George Sullivan as they discuss what got him into fighting, what separates him from a lot of other “fighters,” his fighting style, submissions, and the fact that boxers still get pai…

11-11-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the New York Yankees and their quarter Centurian General Manager Brian Cashman, who seems interested (probably ownership driven) in selling its fans on why the team is good right now as opposed to what it needs to do to be even better. John explains why the bar might not be so high…

11-4-2023 Passed Ball Show- John spends this program talking about the average salaries of the Major League Baseball manager and whether the fact that salaries have gone down are justified due to their responsibilities being taken away. Is Craig Counsell the right poster child for the increase in MLB manager salaries? Should there be six (6) MLB ma…

10-31-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the New York football Giants and how they could possibly put themselves in a position to have a quarterback playing in the NFL that they could not trust to throw a forward pass. John blames the team's loss on Tommy DiVito and the fact that he was not capable of performing the dutie…

10-28-2023 Passed Ball Show. John talks about the sad narrative that surrounds the 2023 World Series. Those who think it is “boring” because of the cities (Phoenix and Arlington) that represent it hopefully did not watch one of the most entertaining games in recent baseball memory. John talks about the company Bruce Bochy could join with a fourth (…

10-23-2023 Passed Ball Show. John starts off this program by pointing out that the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies both clinched the League Championship Series OTD last year and have a chance to do it again tonight. John then talks about the success of the Philadelphia Phillies and the reason they have a chance to win the World Series this…

10-14-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by talking about the difficulties the Boston Red Sox may be facing in their efforts to hire a new General Manager/ President of Baseball Operations. John talks about the decision to move on from Ben Cherington and David Dombrowski not too long after both led their franchise to World Series Cha…

9-23-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show congratulating the Minnesota Twins on winning the 2023 American League Central division. He then wonders if they have a better chance of competing for the AL Pennant now that the New York Yankees are unlikely to make the postseason. John asks out loud why the Twins run and hide whenever they play …

9-19-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program making a case of why it would have been beneficial for the New York Mets to get All Star relief pitcher Edwin Diaz into a game or two THIS season as long as he is fully recovered from his injury, Among reasons outside the fact that he is being paid to pitch, John also analyzes why it makes more s…

9/16/2024 Passed Ball Show. John opens a show up by making a specific statement about Deion Sanders, and the Colorado buffaloes if Colorado is successful under coach primes leader ship his style will be deemed a success and others will follow. If not, nobody will care about whatever he does. John then talks about the potential upcoming US Olympic b…

9-7-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens the show by explaining why Navy and Notre Dame will play each season until the end of time. He then spends some time talking about why there are good teams in bad teams and what the difference is. There is only one common denominator, John then talks about the dominant run of former heavyweight champion John L …

8-22-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens the show by making a Declaration about Baker Mayfield. next he challenges the NFL in their most recent decision to cancel alive NFL game. He talks about the precedence, and what it sets considering the history of the sport wondering out loud who does the cancellation of a live game appease? He has also had eno…

8-15-2023 Passed Ball Show. The best way to enforce appropriate accountability for the failure to live up to expectations, Could Shohei Ohtani turn down over $100 million to remain on West Coast? If James Harden does not play this year- he should not get paid, SSH: PGA Championships, Ezzard Charles, Gene Upshaw, Pete Carril…

7-23-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens this program by discussing the over discussed upcoming baseball trading deadline. John has contested for years the fact that the media drives how a baseball team can either be a buyer or a seller. Each professional sports team has the right to operate as its own entity. John then discusses the issue that seems…

6-24-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this show by reactivating himself from the Injured List due to back problems. Even he knows nobody noticed, cared, or gives a shit. He talks about the direct correlation between the success of the Cincinnati Reds, Miami Marlins, and Arizona Diamondbacks and the disappointment of the St. Louis Cardinals, New…

6-7-2023 Passed Ball Show. John wonders what the best single sport merger in history in light of the PGA LIV golf tour unification. John wants you to let him know if there was a more effective one than the AFL/ NFL football merger. John then spends a couple of minutes talking about how much he has enjoyed watching Jacob deGrom pitch over the past s…

6-6-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by questioning whether or not Kyrie Irving is a winning player and whether he is the appropriate player to build a team around. John then quiets any talk that either the Florida Panthers or Miami Heat are any type of Cinderella story. He then compares star MLB shortstops Francisco Lindor and Tre…

5-27-2023 Passed Ball Show. John talks about Aaron Boone getting thrown out of baseball games and wonders if he is overdoing it because the MLB manager has such limited responsibility in regards to impacting the game. John believes a digital strikezone in some form (perhaps through instant replay) is coming to MLB soon. John hopes the corrected bal…

5-20-2023 Passed Ball Show. John starts this program by talking about the St. Louis Cardinals PR disaster as it applies to their catcher Willson Contreras. John talks about the difficulty of replacing an all-time great witch Contreras had to do replacing Yadier Molina. He also talks about the rich history of the St. Louis Cardinals, and how well ru…

5-9-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the consequences of using slurs to put down an entire group of people. Within the last week, Glen Kuiper used the “N” slur during his description of his visit to the museum in Kansas City. John adds the responsibility as a professional speaker to reiterate how inexcusable it was for …

5-5-2023 Passed Ball Show. John makes it very clear what he thinks of the fan that says, “Play the Kids.” That fan has given up on their favorite team’s chances and is using Play the Kids as an addition lifeline to justify a now- projected, lousy season. That fan is a quitter and it is even more embarrassing when a member of the media makes that st…

5-2-2023 Passed Ball Show. John starts this program by congratulating James Harden for his 45 point performance leading the Philadelphia 76ers to a Game One victory over the Boston Celtics. He adds that Harden is better off as a number one scoring option as this brings out the best in his game before comparing this game to the media’s expectation t…

4-30-2023 Passed Ball Show. John opens up this program by explaining why Jacob deGrom continues to have arm ailments and will likely be injury prone for the remainder of his Major League Baseball career. John believes that Jacob throws too hard every single pitch for his forearm, shoulder, and elbow to be able to handle. John cites other pitchers w…

4-24-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program questioning the value of the regular season of the four major U.S. team sports. With so many teams now given a spot in the postseason, there is limited value in a team having the best record in a given division- let alone the entire league. John makes some suggestions to better incentivize finish…