Expand The Zone

Oct 28 2020 275
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theScore's Jonah Birenbaum and Michael Bradburn break down the biggest storylines and hot topics in baseball.

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Dodgers exorcise demons with World Series victory over Rays

Oct 28 2020 32 mins  
Topics in this edition include: - Dodgers overpower Rays in World Series to snap their 32-year championship drought (0:58) - Is the Clayton Kershaw postseason narrative finally finished following his brilliant October? (9:05) - Will the Rays ever live down their decision to remove Blake Snell after 73 pitches in Game 6? (16:38) - Should Randy Arozarena's postseason records come wit

World Series preview / Championship Series recaps

Oct 19 2020 44 mins  
Topics in this edition include: - Recapping the tightly contested ALCS (1:03) and NLCS (7:34) - Previewing the Rays-Dodgers World Series with position-by-position breakdowns (11:04) - Predictions for the World Series (42:30)

Division Series takeaways / Previewing the LCS

Oct 09 2020 43 mins  
Topics in this edition include: - Recapping the league division series matchups, including Dodgers-Padres (1:28), Braves-Marlins (9:50), A's-Astros (19:16), Rays-Yankees (29:43) - Previewing the NLCS(16:11) and ALCS (39:06) - Predicting the pennant winners (41:25)

Division Series X-factors

Oct 05 2020 30 mins  
Topics in this edition include: - Identifying each team's X-factor for the league division series round (1:04) - Which Astros hitter could be a difference-maker? (1:04) - Can Gary Sanchez contain the Rays' running game? (6:53) - Is Mike Clevinger healthy enough to keep Padres alive? (13:19) - Braves tab big question mark for Game 3 (20:49) - Predictions for each series (26:57)