Orioles make a dumb move firing their broadcaster for giving stats, Tim Anderson fights Jose Ramirez for a classic KO baseball fight. Giants go 2-4 against the As and Angels, and with a very hard August coming up slip down to the 2nd wild card team in the NL. With the offense struggling and and only having 3 starters it does look good for the Giants NL West hopes. Dodgers dominate against the Padres and DBacks growing their lead in the NL West to 6 games with 2 months to go. Their Trade deadline moves are paying off and with big names coming back off the IL things are looking good for the boys in blue
our first episode this year in with a bang? Giants have over achieved from the beginning of the year predictions and the Dodgers have technically under preformed but still are at the top of the NL west with the Giants 2.5 games back but have the top NL wild card spot. Both teams had mediocre trade deadlines and we talk about the "deals" made and the ones that should have been made. we break down the first 106+ games and look toward the next 50+ on this weeks episode!
WE ARE BACK! After huge personal events in our lives, we had to take an unexpected break, but we are back to talk about the best rivalry in sports! After huge promises made by the Giants front office, they still don’t have their star for the future. The Dodgers are oddly quiet but do add some infield depth with Miguel Rojas. Are both the Giants relying on their farm to fill in the holes? Will anyone trade for an impact player or will the Padres be the favorite to win the division for 2023. We grade the off-season, bring back the Aubrey Huff hate, Say goodbye to our departing fan favorites and so much more on this weeks episode!
Padres take the wild card series against the Mets and advance to the NLDS to take on the Dodgers in the NLDS. We tap Friar Talk’s Matt Kaimer to give us the Padres view of the upcoming series. We talk about what worries Tyler the most and what gives him the most hope this series will go his way. Giants also make some news hiring a new GM Pete Putila, we give our predictions on how the rest of the postseason will go, and much more on this weeks episode!
On this episode of the benches cleared podcast we talk bout the Dodgers dominat 2022, the Giants issues going 500. Judge and Pujols’s historic seasons. We also dive into the postseason and give our brackets on the results, this and so much more on this weeks episode!!
Dodgers win both series against the Padres and Backs but more questions come up with Kimbrel. What should his role be or should he even be on the postseason roster. Giants win both series against the Cubs and Braves, as they use the rest of 2022 as a try out for 2023. We talk Littell demotion, Flores extensions, home run milestones and what we would do with Pujols’s 700 HR ball. This and so much more on this weeks episode
Dodgers win the series vs both the Padres and Giants as they cruise to another NL West Division title. Giants sweep the Phillies but lose the series to the Dodgers and get swept by the Brewers in a weird double header, the NL wild card dreams are as good as done as they look towards 2023. MLB and MLBPA agree on 3 new rules for this upcoming season, Pitching Clocks, Bigger bases, and shift bans (kinda) how this will effect next year and what makes sense? New segments and more on this weeks episode!!
Dodgers take 3 from Miami but lose the series to the Mets, is it no big deal or is it a question if this team can beat them in the postseason. Giants get swept twice by the Twins and Padres, with almost all aspects of their game failing all energy has left the building. We talk about Pujols road to 700 HRs, Zack Hample hate and Josh Reddick trying to make himself relevant. This and so much more on this week’s episode!
Giants sweep the pirates and split with the Dbacks, pretty disappointing taking the first 2 against the dbacks and then unable to salvage a win with Rodon and Webb starts. Dodgers take the series with the Royals but lose a series with the Brewers, not a huge deal with a huge cushion in the NLWest but this series raises serious questions on who’s going to close tis postseason and with Buehler out for the season can they rely on their starting pitching depth to take them to another World Series We talk about ESPNs laughable coverage on baseball and how they should use other analysts than Stephen A to talk about a sport that he clearly doesn’t watch We go into the AL MVP debate, Shohei vs Judge, who has more value? This and so much more on the podcast that covers the best rivalry in sports
This episode of the benches cleared podcast we go over the Dodgers perfect week, sweeping the Padres and Twins extending their streak to 10. Securing the best record in baseball and extending by their lead. The Giants sweep the As but lose the series to the Padres. Had a chance for the win of the series and the sweep but the struggling bullpen strikes again. Giants do have an above .500 week but still lose ground in the NL wild card race, now behind the Padres 7.5 games for the last spot. Running out of games the Giants need to get on a run this month if they have any hopes on making it to the playoffs this year Chris Sale is out for the season breaking his hand falling off his bike, we give our condolences to Tim Lincecum and his family for losing his wife Cristin Coleman this last week and eye the next week on the podcast that covers the best rivalry in sports
We remember and talk about the greatest of all time Vin Scully, his life, legacy and what he meant to both of us as baseball fans hearing him throughout our entire lives. Giants win 4 game series against the cubs but who cares when the Dodgers shit all over your season. Dodgers win series over the Rockies but then beat the Giants like they stole something. At the deadline the Dodgers add Joey Gallo and Chris Martin. Giants lose Ruf, Casali and Boyd for prospects and JD Davis confusing and pissing off the entire fan base. Padres add Juan Soto, Yankees, Braves and Seattle add big. We look forward to next week for the Dodgers and Giants, this and so much more on this week’s episode!
Giants take 3 of 4 from the Brewers and start to get their 2021 mojo back. Dodgers dominate the Angels and take a wild game 1 of the series with the Giants as we break it down. We talk all things All Star game and if the Nats should trade Soto and what it would take to get the generational player. Stud and duds and so much more on this week’s episode!
Giants split the series with the team they are chasing the Padres, start playing with some fire after Eric Karros calls out Flores, the Evan Longoria Rabies awareness to find a cure HR derby and the starting pitching dominating. then win their first series since mid June against the Dbacks playing 2021 giants baseball. Dodgers dominate the NL Central this week sweeping the cubs and taking the series against the wild card hopeful Cardinals separating themselves at the top of the NL West standing and best record in the NL. We talk All Star snubs and the derby, why the Royals AA team will be playing the Blue Jays, stud and duds, all this and more on this weeks episode
The Dodgers maintain the best record in the NL, sweeping the Rockies and taking 3 out of 4 from the Padres. Gonsolin keeps dominating and the Dodgers keep rolling despite having a shaky closer. The Giants can’t get out of their own way with defensive miscues they have been famous for all year. Matching with a struggling offense and its no surprise they get swept by the White Sox and losing the series to a bottom feeding Backs team. We remember the late legendary Dodger scout Mike Brito who passed away, worry for Jurickson Profar who had a scary collision with CJ Abrams, studs and duds and so much more on this weeks episode!
Dodgers win the potential NLCS preview with the Braves, but lose 2 of 3 to the struggling Rockies. Giants defense loses them more games as they lose a series to the reds and split with the disappointing Tigers. Freddie freeman goes back to ATL for the first time as a visitor and shows too much emotion? And we look into the new info on what happened during his free agency. Dodgers start a series against the Padres and Turner takes Musgrove deep twice but Musgrove thinks he isn’t that good. Mariners and Angels clear benches, studs and duds, all that and more on this week’s episode!
Dodgers bounce back from a series loss to the hot Gaurdians by sweeping the Reds. Gonsolin stays hot and Tryce Thompson comes back! Giants start with a series win against the Pirates but drop the ball losing 3 of 4 to the Braves. Giants lose Duggar to trade and Gonzo to the IL but welcome in The Yerminator and ex Dodger prospect Willie Calhoun. The Yankees want to keep Judge in the long term but want to short him in the last year of arbitration in the midst of his MVP half season. Are we giving Ohtani enough love? WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE?? This and so much more on this week’s episode!
This week of the benches cleared podcast, SF Giants go 5-1 with a sweep of the Dodgers and take the series against the Royals at home. The bullpen turns it around and the defense starts to turn it around but still costs the Giants a game. Dodgers gets swept by the Giants but bounce back by sweeping the Angels at home behind the best pitchers in baseball Gonsolin and Anderson who was 2 outs away from a no no. We trash Fox for sweeping a historical pride night at Oracle under the rug snubbing Amy Schneider’s first pitch. Stud and duds and what’s gonna happen next week in the best rivalry in sports!
Dodgers start the week hot sweeping the Dbacks but we get swept by the Pirates to end the week. The Giants almost get swept. by the Reds but longo saves the day and end the week almost sweeping the phillies. Tommy Pham can control his emotions again getting butthurt over fantasy football slapping joc and getting suspended for 3 games, this and so much more on this weeks episode!
Dodgers dominate these past 2 weeks going 9-5, SFGiants make their 2nd 5 game losing steak of May including a huge sweep by the Padres going 5-7 last week. We say good bye to Dubon and check in a Logan Webbs twitter habits. who we want to watch baseball with, as well as make a deep dive in some of the best places to see a dodger game at dodgers stadium. Discuss what it would take to trade for Juan Soto and would it be worth it? all this and so much more on this weeks episode!
SFGiants bounce back from a terrible week last week splitting a 4 game series with the Cardinals and sweep the hot Rockies. Ending a 4 game losing streak celebrating Buster Posey then winning their next 5. Dodgers have great 4-2 week sweeping the cubs but lose the series to the rebuilding pirates offense struggles in the disappointing series but we see the debut from friend of the pod and top prospect Ryan Pepiot. We check around the league and see who's has the early division leads and discuss if the Angels are actually good or not. studs and duds, this and so much more on this weeks episode!