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The Baseball Show: Heartbreak Hotel

Today on The Baseball Show, I had no other choice but to console Clint after his Reds heartbreaking defeat last night in Philly.  Don’t worry, he comes around as the show progresses. You can follow Clint & Diamond Hoggers on Twitter here.

As painful as our first discussion was regarding the Reds/Phillies series, we managed to work in plenty of quality baseball talk today:

-Full reaction and heartbreak of Game 2 last night between the Phillies and Reds

-Braves & Giants breakdown

-Preview of today’s ALDS games

-Guest appearances by Delino DeShields, Mark Prior, Brad Fulmer and Matt Holliday’s groin.

The Baseball Show’s LDS Predictions

For those who might not have had the opportunity to listen to “The Baseball Show” on Monday or Tuesday, here are our predictions for the League Division Series:

San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves:

Clint: Giants in 4 games

Mike: Giants in 4 games

Cincinnati Reds vs. Philadelphia Phillies:

Clint: Reds in 5

Mike: Phillies in 5

Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays

Clint: Rays in 4

Mike: Rays in 5

Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees:

Clint: Yankees in 5

Mike: Yankees in 5

The Baseball Show: The ALDS Preview Show

Tonight on The Baseball Show, Co-Host & Head Editor of Diamond Hoggers Clint Evans and I preview the ALDS series. You can follow Clint & Diamond Hoggers on twitter here. for the second night in a row we attempt to add to your postseason primer:

-We open up talking about Baseball Tonight vs. The MLB Network
-Full Breakdown & prediction of Tampa Bay vs. Texas
-Full Breakdown & prediction of New York Yankees vs. Minnesota
-Paying homage to Jim Thome
-The “X” Factors in each series?
-What we’re looking forward to most tomorrow
-Many more topics discussed and stats brought to light!

The Baseball Show: The NLDS Preview Show

Tonight on The Baseball Show, Co-Host & Head Editor of Diamond Hoggers Clint Evans and I preview the NLDS series. You can follow Clint & Diamond Hoggers on twitter here; he’s as great of a follow as he is on the show.

-Full breakdown & prediction of Atlanta vs. San Francisco

-Full breakdown & prediction of Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia

-Clint reflects on an awkward encounter with Cole Hamels

-Clint(a Reds fan) gives his honest thoughts on Cincinnati vs. Philadelphia

-Give a preview of tomorrow’s ALDS discussion

Clint and I bring the heat for almost a full hour; I also dig up some great stats that might surprise you about the Reds past success against Roy Halladay.

The Baseball Show: Awards, Replay, Postseason Memories

This week, I once again joined Clint as co-host on “The Baseball Show.”  Clint is the head editor of Diamond Hoggers Baseball Blog (and my alter-ego). Follow Diamond Hoggers on Twitter here, and bookmark the site.

Clint and I discuss:
-Does instant replay belong in baseball?
-Top 5 fond memories from the MLB Postseason
-Postseason Awards which we’ll be voting for shortly for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance