The Book of Joe with Joe Maddon & Tom Verducci

The Book of Joe: Feeling September Momentum

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci welcome September and the feel of playoff weather!  How are teams approaching their run to the playoffs? Joe stresses worrying more about your

The Book of Joe: World Series Favorite and All-Time Cubs Team

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci believe the Rays are the best team in the AL and could be looking at a World Series run.  What are they doing that's making the biggest differ

The Book of Joe: 'Spinning Some Yarns' of August Baseball

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci are making their way through the dog days of August! The NL MVP has come down to a two-man race.  Joe gives his thoughts on how Dave Roberts c

The Book of Joe: Which teams in August are 'Baseball Bored'?

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci look at the current standings and the surprising number of wins that it could take to push into the postseason.  What does Joe think is 'wrong

The Book of Joe: More Deals Than Just Skubal!

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci watched the MLB Trade deadline come and go.  The Yankees need to pivot, so what moves will they be making?  The Dodgers made the biggest move

The Book of Joe: Roster Moves Coming and Cooperstown Additions!

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci start with the Tigers possible interest in trading for Tarik Skubal.  Tom highlights two teams that should be trying to make a deal.  Is it wo

The Book of Joe: Cubs Anniversary, Red Sox Streak, and Duane Ward Memories

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss the Cubs 10th Anniversary of the 2016 World Series Championship.  Joe attended a weekend event in Chicago with the team and recalls ha

The Book of Joe: All-Star Recap and Second Half Storylines!

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci recap the 96th All-Star Game in Philadelphia.  Joe talks about the pregame festivities while Tom focuses on the power of the pitching.  Tom ex

The Book of Joe: The Amazing Stories of MLB

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci dive into the stories of baseball this season including another milestone for Shohei Ohtani.  Tom looks at the surprising feat of Royals outfi

The Book of Joe: Mets Struggle, Manager Decisions, and Guerrero Problems

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss the struggles of the Mets this season and problems with the team that may not be apparent. Joe wants to know why league stats are so m

The Book of Joe: Cleveland Guardians 2B Travis Bazzana

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci welcome Guardians 2B Travis Bazzana to discuss All-Star voting and his amazing rookie season.  Tom puts this season into perspective with how

The Book of Joe: Trading Trout, Honesty Checks, and Fast Games!

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss the possibility of the Angels trading Mike Trout and what kind of deal it would take.  Joe explains the Angels approach to making move

The Book of Joe: Judge Out, Catching Problems, and Adapting to Analytics

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss how the Yankees move forward without Aaron Judge for at least a couple of months.  Tom reveals what he learned from a conversation wit

The Book of Joe: Yankees struggles, MLB Pet Peeves, and Hitting Strategy

Welcome to June baseball and it's time for Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci to look at how offense has changed this season.  The impact of ABS on pitching, hitting, and the um

The Book of Joe: Hitting in May, Schwarbombs, and Analytics gone wrong!

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci look at hitting in May and an unexpected result from the addition of the pitch clock.  Tom gives his thoughts on 'combined' no-hitters and dif

The Book of Joe: Back to Bunting, Counting Pitches, and Observatory Warning!

The Rays have the best record in baseball but are close to the bottom of the league in home runs?  Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci examine the differences in the AL East and

The Book of Joe: Quarter pole surprises, Shohei Slump? and Bobby Cox Legacy

The baseball season is at the quarter pole and hosts Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci point out the surprises we've seen.  What will sort itself out and what is a real issue? 

The Book of Joe: Tigers Troubles, Ohtani Plan, and 2nd Place in History!

Hosts Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci highlight Joe's road trip from Tampa to PA before diving into some May baseball!  The Tigers are facing some hurdles with the suspension

The Book of Joe: Changes in the dugout

Hosts Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci begin with the Red Sox parting ways with Alex Cora.  Tom explains what led to the decision and the moves that played a big part.  What a

The Book of Joe: Fixing slow starts and Remembering a friend

Hosts Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci begin with a look at the turnaround of the Rays and their stadium improvements.  Tom points out the slow starts from the biggest spendin