Hey everybody welcome back to more SportsintheBigApple!!!! In this jam packed episode we will be going through some baseball and football New York news. For starters, the AL and NL MVPs for the 2024 season have been decided and we will discuss the dominance of the winners (1:20). Second, we will talk about the Juan Soto sweepstakes as his massive contract looms (8:20). Third we will talk about how and why the Giants (16:33) and Jets (24:40) have made major moves after disappointing seasons!! It's all ahead on this episode of SportsintheBigApple!!

Eric Soderholm joins us this week. Eric played in the Majors from 1971-1980 with the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. He had a career batting average of .264 with 102 home runs and 383 RBIs. Eric was a solid player at 3rd base for every team he played for. He had to sit out the 1976 season with a knee injury which led him to be a Designated Hitter in the latter part of his career. A freak knee injury ended his Major League career after he hit .287 with the Yankees in 1980. Eric shares some great stories Back When There Was Baseball.

With a revised show schedule the rest of the week due to WIAA State Football, the guys make their selections earlier than usual for the Steinhafels Sleepers of The Week for Packers-49ers. Also, a historic DOUBLE Wilde and Tausch Trivia. And Jason pulls a Whoa Nelly on Whoa Nelly! so Tausch can share his take on Paul Finebaum of the SEC Network criticizing the College Football Playoff.

This week’s SD SportScene Podcast Season 2 Episode 14: The shows reviews the state football championships and previews the state volleyball tournament. It includes clips from Warner volleyball player MaKenna Leidholt, football players Wesley Wittler of Sully Buttes, Easton Neuendorf and Jackson Wadsworth of Hamlin, and Moshe Richmond of Wolsey-Wessington, and NSU volleyball player Cara Cyr.

Evan and Mark are still waiting for the Detroit Tigers to make their first moves of the 2024-25 offseason. We break down Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki with help from Marquee Sports Network player development analyst Lance Brozdowski, who explains Sasaki's pitch mix and reveals if the Tigers have a chance to sign him. After that, Evan and Mark share how the Tigers can benefit in the short term and long term from signing another pitcher to a one-year contract, such as Walker Buehler or Frankie Montas. Ben Verlander, an analyst for FOX Sports and the brother of Justin Verlander, joins the podcast to talk about the Jack Flaherty trade, watching the Tigers advance to the postseason, hitting a home run off his brother in 2016 spring training and much more. To wrap up, Evan and Mark discuss a potential Javier Báez-Trey Sweeney platoon at shortstop and the prospects the Tigers could protect from the Rule 5 draft. Follow Evan on X/Twitter here.  Read Evan's most recent work here 

EB and Thrill recap the Silver Slugger Award winners, including: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bryce Harper, Jose Altuve, Ketel Marte, Bobby Witt Jr., Francisco Lindor, Aaron Judge, Anthony Santander, and Salvador Perez. They discuss how the game of baseball has changed, specifically with regards to analytics and the over-reliance on data. They also talk about the importance of instinct and observation on the field.

Send us a textJapanese sensation 23-year-old Roki Sasaki wants to play #MLB. He finally got Chibu to allow him to have that opportunity. Yoshinobu Yamamoto showed the #Dodgers that top-tier NPB pitchers can dominate in the Majors. Gerrit Cole thought about leaving the #Yankees and then thought the better of it. We didn't discuss Shohei Ohtani's surgery but he'll be ready for Opening Day. We discussed the Gold Glove winners who were announced this week. The Classic Baseball committee put out their ballot this year to be voted on by 16 yet unnamed voters. Dick Allen and the late Luis Tiant are our favorites. But there are other worthy candidates including Negro League stars John Donaldson and Vic Willis. And Brooks Robinson won 16 consecutive Gold Gloves. Amazing! Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury Maid! Check them out on Spotify or Apple Music!  Please subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you can give us 4 or 5 star rating that means a lot. And if you have a suggestion for an episode please drop us a line via email at Almostcooperstown@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on X @almostcoop or visit the Almost Cooperstown Facebook page or YouTube channel.  And please tell your friends! www.almostcooperstown.com

It's without debate that the Braves would not have sniffed the playoffs without the heroics of their starting rotation. Even with Spencer Strider going down with injury, Chris Sale, Max Fried, Reynaldo Lopez, and rookie Spencer Schwellenbach were terrific. Can they run it back in 2025 as Strider returns? The biggest question is, will Max Fried exit via free agency? We also discuss: Jorge Soler traded to the Angels for Griffin Canning Hitting Coach Tim Hyers' hitting philosophy Reynaldo Lopez and Aaron Bummer's new contracts Braves sit at #3 for 2025 World Series odds #braves #mlb

On this week’s edition of  Inside the (Rob) Parker, Rob and MLBBro.com managing editor JR Gamble discuss the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series victory over the New York Yankees, the Yankees' comedy of errors in the fifth inning of the deciding Game 5, what's next for free-agent-to-be Juan Soto, how this World Series title impacts Dave Roberts' Hall of Fame bid, whether or not we can expect the Dodgers to repeat as champions in 2025, why it's clear that the sport of baseball is alive and well and much more! Subscribe and download all of the latest Inside the Parker podcasts and follow Rob on Twitter!!  #OddCouple See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the New York Mets push towards a NLCS run against the Los Angeles Dodgers I discuss opinions and thoughts about the Mets, while explaining how much this run means to me and other Mets fans worldwide.