The Wiley Wire

Send us Fan Mail A Game 7 can feel like a movie, but 2016 Cubs vs Indians feels like a whole genre. We sit down with lifelong Cleveland fan Dan Tanton and rewatch the World Series that carried 178 combined years of championship drought into one night of pure nerves, weird baseball chaos, and unforgettable swings. If you’ve ever watched your team with that sinking “here we go again” feeling, you’ll recognize yourself in this conversation fast. We walk the series forward the way fans actually ...

Send us Fan Mail Flying cars don’t feel like science fiction anymore, and that’s where we start Episode 75 of The Wily Wire. I react to the latest jaw-dropping “flying car” moment, the wave of AI videos that make it even harder to tell what’s real, and why Florida keeps positioning itself as a hub for future transportation rules. If you’ve been searching for flying car tech updates and what it might take to make them street legal, you’ll hear exactly why this shift feels bigger than a passing...

Send us Fan Mail Shohei Ohtani batting .036 against 94+ mph since August 17 with zero home runs is the kind of stat that makes you stop and rewatch every swing. After dealing with an emergency dental fiasco that forced a super short show, we get right into what Dodgers fans don’t want to hear: this looks less like a normal slump and more like a star playing hurt, reacting late, and losing that fast-twitch edge that turns velocity into damage. When your best player can’t pitch and suddenly can...

Send us Fan Mail One minute we’re living and dying with October baseball, and the next we’re staring at headlines that feel like they belong in a movie. We start with the MLB playoffs where pressure, replay angles, and one swing can flip everything. I break down the White Sox and Cleveland tension, what a nervous home crowd does to a team, and why discipline like limiting walks still decides postseason games. We also talk Dodgers baseball, the good kind of roster problems, and the bad kind: l...

Send us Fan Mail We run through October playoff baseball with strong opinions on the moments that swing games and series. Then we shift into a hijacked aircraft story that raises real questions, an update on UFO and UAP claims, and a college football blunder that feels unreal. • Yankees vs Rays no-hitter tension and the momentum swing of an out at third • Why making the third out at third base is “stupid baseball” • White Sox pitching strategy that disrupts hitters and steals rhythm • Do...