Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz was joined by Mike Puma, who is the NY Post beat writer for the Mets. Riz and Mike go back a long way, to Fordham and WFUV, where they spent time together on the air covering sports and Rams events. The focus was on Puma's time covering the Mets for the Post. Mike broke down how the coverage is going during the COVID pandemic, including his trips back and forth to Florida for Spring Training. The guys looked at the Mets roster for the (hopefully) coming season,...
May 13, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz was joined once again by Jeff "Dawg" Healy and they jumped into the 1952 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Spoiler alert, the Yankees won in seven games. Riz and Dawg started with Game 7, but could not resist looking back deeper into some of the key moments in the series when they were examining the performance of beloved Dodgers star Gil Hodges. Hodges was a borderline MLB Hall of Famer, probably the most borderline ever, cons...
May 05, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz and Jeff "Dawg" Healy joined up for this episode and turned back the clock to the 1970 MLB All-Star Game, which then led them down a rabbit hole. There was a complete breakdown of the amazing careers of Le Grand Orange, Rusty Staub, and all-time great Willie Mays. They dug up some historic names from 1970, and Riz shared a story about Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Johnny Bench from the radio broadcast. Dawg explained why Rusty was his favorite players as a kid,...
Apr 28, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Or at least he did until getting interrupted by a bout with COVID-19. Riz came back on the air after a week off and talked with Dawg about his story, and his time in isolation away from the family. He still has a little time left before he can rejoin the population, but so far has fared pretty well. The guys had chatter about the latest Strat simulation numbers, and went over the games and the standings while trying to add some flair to what would have been Jackie ...
Apr 16, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. After finally taking a day off, Diamond Diehards came back strong as Riz finally had a three-way deal with Jeff "Dawg" Healy and Jerry Milani from the Fordham Crew. The Strat-O-Matic simulation results led things off and then it was on to chatter, as the guys had been watching the classic movie Major League, and brought it to real life. What if Pedro Cerrano had the Astros' garbage-can advantage and always knew when the curveball was coming? What was Jake Taylor's ...
Apr 09, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Where it seems there is none, he's taking the Strat-O-Matic simulation of the 2020 MLB season as seriously as if it's happening in real life. If you're tired of hearing of Coronavirus and COVID-19, then this is your solace for about a half hour (sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less) a day. Riz, who has brought you an episode every single day since the season started, gave you the scores and highlights from a full Monday slate of baseball, with the spotl...
Apr 07, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Where it seems there is none, he's taking the Strat-O-Matic simulation of the 2020 MLB season as seriously as if it's happening in real life. If you're tired of hearing of Coronavirus and COVID-19, then this is your solace for about a half hour (sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less) a day. Riz, who has brought you an episode every single day since the season started, gave you the scores and highlights from a full Sunday slate of baseball, and went in-de...
Apr 06, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball, even when it appears there is none to be had. The Strat-O-Matic simulation continues and we have been with you every single day thus far to talk about it. For this episode, there was a little less stress on the games and more on the kids, as Joe's sons Dominic and Xavier joined in as co-hosts. The Rizzos talked about major league baseball and social media, and then they covered what it's like to be a teenager going through the pandemic in 2020. The hang stayed cent...
Apr 05, 2020
Joe Rizzo was joined once again by Jeff "Dawg" Healy from the Fordham Crew for this episode, covering the MLB slate for April 3, 2020, based on the Strat-O-Matic simulation. Riz & The Dawg broke down the surprsingly compact seven-game Friday slate in depth just as if it had happened on a real field and not a digital one. They gave some good inside stuff for the Strat-Heads as always, and injected some humor into the mix as we sit in our homes and deal with the effects of the Coronavirus. Daw...
Apr 04, 2020
Join Joe Rizzo as he navigates the 2020 MLB season the only way he can - by living the Strat-O-Matic simulation like it's 100% real. Riz recapped the highlights from April 2, which included the Nationals raising their World Series banner and Stephen Strasburg showing the form that made him the MVP of the Fall Classic. Jorge Soler has been a star of the simulation and he has Riz buzzing, plus the Yankees won their home opener in caveman fashion. The slate featured just 10 games on get-away day, b...
Apr 02, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you simulated baseball like it's REAL, during the pandemic. Strat-O-Matic is doing a game-by-game simulation of the MLB season, and Riz is treating it like it's absolutely, positively 100% REAL. Listen, and believe. Live through the ups and downs of your favorite team, follow the trends, stats and (made-up) stories that make America's Pastime so dear to our hearts. In the April Fool's episode, Riz was not in a joking mood, nor was most of the rest of the world. So for the second...
Apr 01, 2020
Joe Rizzo brings you the last slate of games from the 8,000-day March, as Corey Seager, Madison Bumgarner and Max Kepler starred. Riz took a different approach for this one, breaking down each game and flying through them like the highlight reels you might see on MLB Network (sans video highlights because this is a simulation, people!). Since all the teams were in action, your favorite team is covered at least in some part in this episode dedicated to inclusivity. You're a Phillies fan? We gotch...
Mar 31, 2020
Joe Rizzo gets you ready for another indoor month, talking about the Strat-O-Matic simulation like it's real life. Jorge Soler was the biggest star on Monday, March 30, with three homers and six RBI while going 4-for-5 to lead the Royals in Detroit. Rafael Devers hit his fifth homer for the Red Sox, while Trevor Story hit his fourth and fifth for the Rockies as they knocked the Dodgers from the ranks of the unbeaten. But it's not always just about the simulation, it's also about baseball stuff. ...
Mar 31, 2020
Joe Rizzo makes baseball come to life with the help of old buddy and fellow WFUV (Fordham) alum Jeff "Dawg" Healy. This is the most in-depth review of the games through four days of Strat-O-Matic's amazing simulated MLB season. For Strat-heads, this one will be extra special, because there is a lot of chatter about rolling on pitchers' cards to create rallies, noting time and again where it happened in the Sunday simulation. The guys created a full slate of baseball for you to pass the time and ...
Mar 29, 2020
Joe Rizzo is joined by PR expert and Strat guru Jerry Milani (@GBPackJerry) to talk about some of their history together playing Strat-O-Matic, including the Hall of Fame 2000 season in which they went head-to-head for the title, in an at-bat that came down to Goose Goslin vs. Sandy Koufax. Jerry is like the Joe House to Riz's Bill Simmons, but this is the Fordham version. They sprinkled in the Strat simulation results from Saturday, March 28, and highlighted the performers of the day, including...
Mar 28, 2020
Joe Rizzo is back with the second day of the Strat-O-Matic 2020 baseball season simulation, and the stars were a couple of SoCal infielders and Rafael Devers (again). Rizzo examined why Devers' former teammate, Mookie Betts, could possibly never play a game for the Dodgers after MLB and the MLB Players Association ironed out some details about how service time and other important off-the-field issues will be handled. What will rosters and a schedule look like if regular-season baseball is being ...
Mar 27, 2020
The original welcome to Diamond Diehards. Joe Rizzo explains Strat-O-Matic, and breaks down the amazing simulation designed to give the Diehards their fix during the pandemic. Riz goes over the Opening Day games, including the top star. Follow on twitter & Instagram @DiamondDiehards, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Diamond-Diehards-109019707412614.
Mar 26, 2020
