ABL Commish Chat

Episode # 94 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Mudville manager Casey Allen for part two of their conversation.  Part two focuses on the off-season voting agenda.  Finally, Casey gives his thoughts on what he is looking forward to in 2026.

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Episode # 92 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Mudville manager Casey Allen for part three of their conversation.  Part three focuses on the off-season voting agenda.  Finally, Casey gives his thoughts on his greatest moment in the ABL besides winning the cup.

Episode # 91 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Mudville manager Casey Allen for part two of their conversation.  Part two focuses on Mudville’s 2nd half surge and some conversations discussing each playoff series.  Finally, Casey gives his thoughts on the ABL’s divisional format in relation to 18-18 teams winning the cup.  Catch Part Three of the chat in the next episode.

Episode # 90 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Mudville manager Casey Allen as they discuss the Nine draft and how Casey built a champion.  Part one of the interview delves into Casey’s 1st half approach and details on his in-season trading approach.  Finally, Casey gives his thoughts on the new 2024 trading rules.  Catch Part two of the chat in the next episode.

Episode # 89 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Dexter manager Jason “Coop” Cupelo as they continue their conversation in part two of the chat.  Part two of the interview delves into a deep ABL Hall of Fame conversation as Coop discusses his All-Time Stats project.  Coop becomes Commish for a day and introduces three neat ideas.  Idea number # 2 sounds like a blast.  The two discuss a few of the rule proposals on the agenda for the upcoming Winter Meetings in November.  Finally, Coop shares two fun stores about enjoying this great game of baseball as a fan.  Catch Part one of the chat in the previous episode.

Episode # 88 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Dexter manager Jason “Coop” Cupelo as they discuss the Geese draft and how 2023 ended.  Part one of the interview delves into Coops’ ABL Draft approach and why youth matters.  Coop discusses his love for music and some of his favorite artist.  Finally, Coop gives his thoughts on the 2023 ABL “Bambino Cup” Finals and makes a bold prediction.  Catch Part two of the chat in the next episode.

Episode # 87 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Orlando manager Greg “Buck” Dietzen as they continue their conversation in part two of the chat.  Part two of the interview delves into Buck’s favorite MLB and ABL players of All-Time.  Buck and the Commish discuss several new rule ideas with the Commish announcing a league sponsored All-Star game might be going away.  Finally, Buck shares of story from back in the day when rolling dice was all for fun and good times.  Catch Part one of the chat in the previous episode.

Episode # 86Commish Scott Allen is joined by Orlando manager Greg “Buck” Dietzen as they discuss the Sharks up and down season Part one of the interview delves into the ABL Draft and why Buck selected Buck type players. Buck discusses in some detail on how he received the name and the how the legend has grown. Finally, Buck gives this thoughts on the new MLB rules and impacts to the ABL looking forward. Catch Part two of the chat in the next episode.

Episode # 85 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Tallahassee manager Don Allen Jr. known as the Legend as they discuss ways managers can help Don keep track of the league's statistics.  Part two of the interview delves into some rule changes and the impact on trading with the deadline being moved to the All-Star Break.  Finally, the Legend shares four fun moments from his 33 years of managing in the ABL.  Catch Part one of the chat in the previous episode.

Episode # 84 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Tallahassee manager Don Allen Jr. known as the Legend as they discuss his top five favorite Terriers besides Bonds.  Part one of the interview delves into the ABL Draft and why Tallahassee focuses on pitching.  Finally, the Legend gives this thoughts on the new MLB rules and impacts to the ABL looking forward.  Catch Part two of the chat in the next episode.

Episode # 83Commish Scott Allen goes solo for this pod.  The Commish discusses the losing La Jolla this season and the history of losing managers in the ABL.  The Commish takes a look at the upcoming week 5 series.  Finally an archive interview from 2016 with Michael Saaf is relived as he took over for the Manahawkin Pelicans as a replacement manager.

Episode # 82 Commish Scott Allen is joined by East Bay manager Joe Parisi.  Joe and the Commish discuss Joe’s season thus far and how the ABL has developed a fun community.  Joe discusses what he would do if he was the Commish for a day with a few interesting ideas.  Finally Joe throughout the podcast details is love affair with the Garden State manager.

Episode # 81 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Mudville Nine manager Casey Allen.  In part two of a two part chat, Casey discusses rule proposals # 8 through # 15.  Finally, Casey explains that he can’t wait to get this party started in 2022.  Catch Part one of the chat in the previous episode.

Episode # 80 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Mudville Nine manager Casey Allen.  In part one of a two part chart, Casey discusses the ABL 2021 season and looks forward to 2022.  Casey discusses the 2021 ABL post season.  Casey then delves into rule proposals votes # 1 through # 7.  Finally, Casey explains on why draft day is fun between the big NFL games.  Catch Part two of the chat in the next episode.

Episode # 79 Commish Scott Allen is once again joined by Long Island Starfish manager Skibby Bomysoad.  In part two of a two part chat, Skibby discusses a few Commish changes impacting the roster size and transaction deadlines.  Skibby delves into a few rule proposals to include the highly debated pitching rest requirements along with runner advancements on hits.  Finally Skibby explains his thoughts on why 2021 has been a successful season. 

Episode # 78 Commish Scott Allen is joined by Long Beach Island Starfish manager Skibby Bomysoad.  In part one of a two part chat, Skibby discusses the ABL 2021 Draft and the impacts of the pandemic.  Skibby discusses why the club has under performed thus far.  Lots of new rules for 2021 were discussed with the impact of the new injury chart.  Finally, Skibby explains his thoughts on the taxi team moving forward.  Catch Part two of the chat in the next episode # 79.

 Episode # 77Commish Scott Allen is joined by Dexter Thunder Geese manager Jason “Coop” Cupelo.  Coop discusses quarantine, the reason the club is in the state of Maine along with looking back at the ABL 2020 Draft.  Coop delves into his club compared to last year and the tough trading market.  Lots or rules discussion as using the TPB Injury chart seems to be the right thing to do.  Finally Coop explains a few of his rule improvements and what is truly successful season.