Author: Tim Ryder

Simply Amazin’: Noah Syndergaard Contingency Plan

In the latest episode of Simply Amazin’, Mathew Brownstein of Metsmerized Online returns to the show, joining Tim Ryder to discuss Noah Syndergaard’s unexpected UCL tear diagnosis and where that leaves the Mets. And with so much uncertainty surrounding, well, everything, at the moment, Tim and Mat talk about when we can expect baseball to return and how to pass the time until that...

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Through Everything, Baseball Is Our Normalcy

Baseball means many things to many people. This game has been with us through everything, every year, from spring to autumn, and we like it that way. Now that the sport and the entire world have been placed on hiatus, we all find ourselves longing for baseball. It’s our normalcy. For me, the yearning brings me on journeys through my memory with hopes of striking stitched-leather gold....

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Simply Amazin’: Author of Hall Of Name, D.B. Firstman

In this episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder is joined by author, blogger, and SABR member, D.B. Firstman. Their new book, Hall of Name: Baseball’s Most Magnificent Monikers is available for purchase now, and is a terrific, insightful, very funny read that hits all the bases that a niche baseball book should. Tim and D.B. chat about the book and more. Subscribe, rate and review! If...

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Marcus Stroman Is The New Captain America

With the 2021 World Baseball Classic being the only currently scheduled baseball on the docket (even WBC qualifiers have been canceled in light of COVID-19) New York Mets right-hander and Team USA standout in the 2017 edition of the WBC, Marcus Stroman, apparently figured Thursday would be as good a day as ever to begin recruiting for next spring’s tournament. It looks like there’s a...

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Simply Amazin’: Unprecedented Times

In this week’s episode of Simply Amazin’, Tim Ryder is joined by Mathew Brownstein of Metsmerized Online to discuss the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, how Major League Baseball is handling it, when we should expect to seen baseball again, and what might that look like when it does return. The compensation of minor league ballplayers during these unprecedented times — and their...

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