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The BBA Today
by BBA Today
A podcast where we cover the BBA every day!
Episodes
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The BBA Today #96 – You Talkin’ The Rulzzzzz?
Join Ron Collins and Kurt Imber as they talk through the new BBA rules announced for 2063, and then discuss the impact of the GM movement around the league!
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The BBA Today #95 – Waiting for the Monty
thoughts on the upcoming Monty sim, Jacquat Natta and theHall, The hot new pitcher down in Austin, and planning the 40-man roster for the upcoming thrills of the off-season!
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The BBA Today #94 – 2062 Overview
Join Kurt Imber (San Fernando Bears) and Ron Collins (Bikini Krill) as they take a run through the BBA as it stands at the end of 2062. They look at the playoff picture, then run through each division. There’s a bit of discussion about what it means to see the league getting younger, and then…
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The BBA Today #93 – Lou Bayou Traded!
It’s July 2061, and Bikini Krill GM Ron Collins does a single-seat hot take on the big trade that went down between Boise and Sacramento.
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The BBA Today #92 - An Overview with the Commish!
It's Spring Training time 2058, and Bikini GM Ron Collins sits down with Commissioner and GM of the Las Vegas Hustlers Matt Rectenwald to cover a wide array of topics including Free Agency (where we almost make up a full team from the existing pool of available players), the ratings changes over...
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BBA Today #91 - Free Agents: 2057!
Join Ron Collins and Kurt Imber as they spend way too much time talking about the Heartland -- and all the rest of the divisions -- and Free Agency. If you've made a signing, you should find it sliced and diced here!
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The BBA Today #90 - A Tale of Two Cities
Join Sacramento GM Ron Collins as he breaks down lat night's Katy Perry show for Boise GM Joe Lederer. Oh, yeah. And maybe they discuss the minor little BBA Baseball stuff that might have happened last night, too. And then take a deep-dive, position-by-position breakdown of the 2056 Monty…
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Episode 89: Vancouver and the Rise of the Pacific!
Join Sacramento GM Ron Collins and Vancouver GM Aaron Wharram as they talk a bit about OOTP, the BBA, 2055's postseason run, and Vancouver's plan of attack before settling down to take a run through what the Pacific division might look like in 2056!
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The BBA Today #88 – Wherein Ron Shoots Himself in the Foot
*** Sorry in advance for the raggy audio on my line. Makes it a bit hard to listen to…not sure what happened, but there’s no amount of editing that’ll fix it. At least Joe sounds good. **** Boise GM Joe Lederer joins Sacramento GM Ron Collins once again to take a tour of the Trade Deadline around...
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The BBA Today #87 - Is This Thing On?
Boise GM Joe Lederer joins Sacramento GM Ron Collins (yes you heard that right) to take a deep, analytical (ha!) spin through the league after the June 30, 2055 sim. There's discussion about GMs past and current, recent winners of the Brewster, and maybe even a gift segment for those who sit...
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The BBA Today #86 - Three Things (Flying Solo)
Ron Collins opens up the 2047 league file and ponders a few things. Is this like the Three True Outcomes? Is he spinning like he's on the sticky stuff? Only one way to find out, eh?
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The BBA Today #85 - Early Look at Free Agency
Stephen Lane and I sit down to talk about the first two FA sims and maybe make rumor or two about Feliciano Rafael.
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The BBA Today #84 - Your Pitching is Rank!
There's a lot of meat to the bone on this one, so we went a bit longer than normal. Such is life, right? Today I get to dig into Randy Weigand's Best Pitcher Rankings and explore the nuances of how the season shaped up--Randy explains his process in a few quick moments then proceeds to talk to us...
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The BBA Today #83 - Awards, Awards, Awards
Rockville GM Aaron Weiner joins me to talk a little about the post season so far and tonight's BBA Doubleday and UMEBA United Cup sims before we dig into the Award season. As always, though, we slip into various issues and weird diversions that might or might not include Robin Cooper, the value…
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The BBA Today #82 - Where have you gone Johnny Lazor?
YS9's Ron Collins and Boise's Joe Lederer take a spin through six degrees of Michael Jordan to talk about the post season around the Brewster, including Cinderella in the Middle East, teams of Destiny, Loserville, Brooklyn, Boise, and Twin Cities. Along the way we might talk about curry for life,...
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The BBA Today #81 - 2045 Hits the Post Season
YS9 GM and Ron Collins and Commish Matt Rectenwald talk about the BBA post season match ups, a bit on a couple awards, propose a new stat or two, and then get into a little about what might be coming in the approaching BBA Hot Stove period. Along the way there will be remembrances of Henry Aaron,...
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The BBA Today #80 - Who Needs Sleep?
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt discuss the impending trade deadline and which teams might be buyers. Montreal has surprisingly made a race out of the Atlantic. Cesar Feliciana proves that Ted can't draft hitters, and Phoenix has some bats we should talk about. Throughout the podcast, a game Ron…
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The BBA Today #79 - You're Talking Performance Maps?
It's mid-Augst in the BBA world, and Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins get together to discuss trades and signings and any hair San Antonio GM Mike Calvaruso might have left to pull out. Can Chris Kelly lift Rockville, is Brooklyn going to sneak in. What's the impact of the Kernels pushing a pair of…
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The BBA Today #78 - More Extension, Trade, Park Effect, and Ranking Rambling
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt, discuss the Barajas extension, some recent trades, and a couple of Randy's ongoing projects.
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The BBA Today #77 - Prop bets, Potatoes, and Injuries, Oh Mei!
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt discuss Ted's despair over his Brewster Bucks futures, specifically regarding a some hot potatoes in Boise. Is Hsin Mei a future Hall of Famer? We're not sure, but a couple of guys who recently fell off the ballot probably should have been. How does the catcher…
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The BBA Today, a Stocking Stuffer Edition of Dorks Being Dorks
It may be June in the BBA, but it's Christmas time in 2020. So as a special stocking stuffer feel free to take a listen in as Twin Cities GM Ted Schmidt and YS9 GM Ron Collins talk about AVK, BABIP, aging curves, and OOTP stats after the recording of episode 76. Let's call it Dorks Being Dorks…
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The BBA Today #76 - Wherein I Campaign for "No Decision"
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins chat about Phil Cole's first outing, ten points of Hugh Mangrouthormone's potential future OBP, and Hawaii ... all before going on a long and twisted discussion about platoon factors. I suppose you can't imagine a better Christmas present than that!
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The BBA Today #75 - If It's Drafty In Here, It's Because We've Added Another Blowhard
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt are joined by Aaron Weiner for some BBA draft banter. Topics include interesting players, reaches, value picks, and the state of the draft itself as well as evolving draft strategies. Before that however, we ramble on for entirely too long about hot teams, division...
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The BBA Today #74 - Fan Loyalty For the Win?
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins dig into a couple topics that Ted most definitely just pushed off until Ron could get back--specifically the signing of Aaron Haney and the big Edmonton/Vegas deal. Then, thereupon, endeavor to discuss finances across the board, starting with Bucharest and spinning...
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The BBA Today #73 - What's the Game Score, eh?
It's mid-May, and Randy Weigand and Ted Schmidt take some time to wander through the league. Along the way they'll try to answer the age-old question of what early season standings mean and ponder whether it's too early to give up playoff hopes. Then we get to the fun stuff--a deep-dive into the...
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The BBA Today #72 - In Another Era, I'd Be Just as Opinionated
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt discuss the new contracts of Long Beach's Danya Tchekanov and Vancouver's Fernando Castillo for a bit. The rest of the episode is the beginning of a deep dive into era adjusted counting stats. What if a player had been better than the rest of the league to exactly the...
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BBA Today #71 - On Being Unbalanced
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins get together to talk about the opening sims of the 2045 season, digging into a couple fun facts, sharing questions we have going forward, and then getting into the question of the best way to craft rosters ... and then the sun went nova.
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The BBA Today #70 - How Chris Wilson Ruined the BBA. (Just Kidding)
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt bring on long time Madison Wolves and now Portland Lumberjacks GM Chris Wilson to discuss his nefarious plan to defraud BBA GMs of their beloved teams and league, or maybe just discuss a little harmless fake sports fake gambling. Before that we touch on opening day and...
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The BBA Today #69 - Spring Training, Trades, and the Hall of Fame
It's March of 2045, and Ted Schmidt and Ron Coilins get together to discuss certain current events that include pontification about just what the subject line says--Spring Training, Trades, and the Hall of Fame. Along the way you'll hear exciting ideas around contract values and just what...
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The BBA Today #68 - The Trade Market is A Blazing Inferno
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt discuss the recent hire of Neil Thomas as the Valencia Stars GM. What do you do when you take over a team after half the free agents have already signed? We then take a look at a trade market that has erupted over the last few sims. Why is this happening now. Also…
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The BBA Today #67 - Bonus Episode: Free Agent Review
Randy Weigand jumps in for the annual FA review with Ted Schmidt. Also you can hear the framing work being done in my basement. The construction kind, not the catcher kind.
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The BBA Today #66 - The Trade Winds, They Are a Blowin'
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins talk about a few Free Agency signings and team plans, then have some fun with a couple of the biggest deals around the BBA over the past day or two. And, yeah, a tip of the cap to Matt and the guys who came before.
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BBA Today #65 - New Stadiums, Arbitration, and River Monster Trades, Oh My!
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt discuss the new stadiums in Sacramento and El Paso, as well aa Chicago's renovation. We then move on to arbitration, before getting to Schmidt's whirlwind 24 hours of trading this past Thursday night and Friday morning. The Warren Moore, Felix Vidica trade is…
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The BBA Today #64 - Keepin' It Real
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins do a tip of the cap to the Landis and United Cup winners, then get down to brass tacks in discussing the big changes going forward: to Relative or Not to Relative, that is the question.
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BBA Today #63 - A Shortage at Shortstop
Joe Lederer (subbing in for Ron Collins) and Ted Schmidt discuss the Cartwright Round, shortstop scarcity, the in progress end of season awards voting, and probably some other things.
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The BBA Today #62 - Welcome to the BBA! And, oh, yeah, the playoffs
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt take a quick spin around the post season, focusing on the Geoghegan round. There might be a fun fact about Mexico City in there, and a little bit about interesting nuances when it comes to the 2044 Nebraska election happening as we speak (as if any other election would...
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BBA Today #61 - It's all about League Environment
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt talk about the wild card picture before moving on to the management of day to day injuries. A discussion of the value of uber relievers relative to high end starters ensues. Lastly, we finally get around to discussing Mike Simon's awesome milestone Viz.
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The BBA Today #60 - Eyes Glazed Over
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins discuss "Impact" injuries, the fading death of Loserville, Curt Phillips, and Guillermo Sánchez. Along the way we answer such questions as "can you do thirty minutes on Rocky Allen? What about that Angel Zalapa trade? And did you know that Yellow Springs has won 103...
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BBA Today #59 - Relative to El Paso
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt talk about the impending relocation of the Aviators franchise to El Paso. Gap power gets a day in the sun and we discuss the merits of defense. Lastly, we ramble on about the impending shift away from relative ratings to absolute/real ratings and get as excited as two...
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BBA Today #58 - Does The BBA Have Mike Trout Syndrome?
Ted Schmidt and Ron Collins discuss the usual array of stuff that might or might not include hitting streaks, a couple Davids, Loserville's need for more pitcher injuries, our propensity to talk longer than seems reasonable for normal human beings, Chris Mann, Joey O'Brien (yes, how many people…
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BBA Today #57 - Fare thee well, David Noburu
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt finally get their schedules together for a full podcast. We start with a look at the career of the one time Behemoth of the Jacksonville Juggernauts (<--rebranding idea), David Noburu. A review of the run of recent reciprocal transactions (trades) follows. "What's up...
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BBA Today #56 - The "Not Dead Yet" Episode
Ron Collins is flying solo this time, and he talks about such exciting things as the Waiver Wire, Justin Jackson's Historic Sawyer Silk, a couple of trades with injury ramifications, and then a run down of teams that maybe aren't dead yet...
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BBA Today #55 - Solo Milestones
Ted Schmidt looks at a couple recent injuries and trades and their impacts on the teams they pertain to, and brings back a familiar voice for a discussion on what seems to be a rush on hitting milestones.
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BBA Today #54 - Shawn Huber, the Uber Reliever
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt give an update on Aki Kondo, express some thoughts about the Chicago Black Sox, and comment on Las Vegas shopping Shawn Huber, as well as the new wave of super relievers in general.
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BBA Today #53 - The Trade Mentality and Pythgorean Records
Join Ted and Ron as they talk about "trade theory" and Pythagorean records. As such, we spend much time on Jacksonville, Seattle, and Edmonton. But there's more, of course. Always with the more, am I right?
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BBA Today - Episode 52: Milestones, Trades, Old Men Shouting at Playoff Clouds
Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt Check in on a few more milestones, discuss the recent injury and trade news around the BBA, and check in on a long ago top pick who is having a suspiring season. They then try to look at the MLB expanded playoff format as it would look in the BBA, but instead rail…
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The BBA Today #51 - An Unexpected No-no and Other Fancy Stuff
Ron and Ted talk about Sixto Hernandez, Manuel Aguilera's start and contract, and then get into a way-too-deep conversation about Calgary and their Hall of the Very Good. There's trades, and a bit about the use of stats. We even take a trip through Mexico City without suffering a single rain…
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BBA Today #50 - Calgary, Montreal, Sacramento, and Poor, Poor TWC
Aaron Weiner joins Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt to take a scan around the BBA in the middle of May, 2044. Ron asks the gang about Calgary, we dig into a couple of the bigger trades of the past week, and then hold a bit of a wake for poor Twin Cities, new home of dead pitching (with apologies to...
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BBA Today - Episode 49: Draft Kings
Your usual hosts Ron Collins and Ted Schmidt are joined by a very special guest, the king of draft pedagogy, one Aaron Weiner. We then talk draft stuff for entirely too long. Also Ron made a fun toy that you might all get to use soon.
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Introducing Dorks Being Dorks
Okay, we're ripping off all those other podcasts that fil their feeds with content from "other" podcasts because, well, Dorks or Not Dorks, we still want to be like the cool kids. Seriously, I'll get this out under it's own banner pretty soon...but until then, enjoy me and fellow Heartland…
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