This week we discuss the Shohei Ohtani controversey, but also go in depth with our predictions for each division's winner, the wild card teams, and our World Series picks. Do we go all chalk or do we have some surprises in store? For our This Week In Baseball, we discuss the sudden passing of Gil Hodges in 1972. The too soon death of a person always a tragedy, but had he lived, what could his career after baseball have been?

Our Hall of Famer this week is Red Ruffing. He knew how to stay on the mound for inning, but was there enough dominance for us to keep him in the Hall? For our parting shots we discuss the unimportance of titles for a Hall of Fame case, the terror that is the blackout rules for TV baseball, and how people put too much stock into awards for players. We also have classic baseball commericla breaks in between segments for the first time!

Please join us as we discuss baseball topics and we continue our mission to make The Hall small. We hope you'll enjoy the ride.

Timestamps

This Week In Baseball - 41:21

Hall of Fame Discussion - 51:45

Parting Shots - 1:03:35