As Russia conducts its invasion of Ukraine, Joe Rizzo and Jeff "The Dawg" Healy take a step back to add some of their perspective from across the world, along with Dawg's knowledge of how energy and politics are intertwined on a world stage. The MLB Lockout has lingered, and this live stream happened while a series of meetings were going on. Would the Lockout end before the war? Rundown: ~Veteran of the Day ~Perspective ~War in Ukraine ~Lockout Meetings ~Which Ends First: War or Lockout? ~Diehar...
Feb 28, 2022
Happy Valentine's Day! Your beloved Valentines, Riz & Dawg, wrap up Feb. 14 with a very special show on the greatest podcast about baseball and about life: Rundown: ~Veteran of the Day ~Valentine’s Day Special ~Rams beat Bengals in Super Bowl ~Super Bowl vs. World Series ~Legalized Gambling in Football, Other Sports, Baseball ~Can You Fix An MLB Game in 2022? ~Olympics ~Universal DH Is Here ~MLB Labor Negotiations ~Pitchers and Catchers? ~Diehard Dads There are a lot of podcasts out there. W...
Feb 15, 2022
Joe Rizzo & Jeff Healy dive head-on into the most controversial issue facing sports today: Black Coaches at the the top levels. Brian Flores filed a discrimination suit against the NFL for its handling of his situation not only regarding in his dismissal from the Miami Dolphins, but also his getting passed over for the head coaching jobs with the Denver Broncos in 2019 and the New York Giants in 2022, in favor of white men. While this is an issue that most shows would shy away from, Riz &...
Feb 05, 2022
Big Papi makes the Hall of Fame all by himself? That's exactly what happened on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Joe Rizzo and "The Dawg" Jeff Healy broke down the voting for all of the players on the ballot, examining each case individually. Then they broke down the actual system for election, which they determined to be broken. They decided that there should be a six-person committee to decide who from the 394 ballots should get in. The guys threw out these names: Bob Costas, Cal Ripken Jr., Ferguson J...
Jan 26, 2022
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball! But with baseball still being locked out, Riz & The Dawg talked about other shit! MAIN SHOW: ~Veteran of the Day ~NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Breakdown ~Rachel Balkovec named Yankees Low-A Manager at Tampa ~Yankees sign Roderick Arias, Hats grab Cristhian Vaquero INTL signings ~ESPN Sunday Night Booth: Cone, A-Rod-Kay ManningCast DIEHARD DADS: ~Riz’s Oswego Trip ~Dawg hunts apartments with Intern Katie There are a lot of podcasts out there, and many of them are...
Jan 18, 2022
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball (for the first time in 2022)! Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy made no bones about this one. Since this is a podcast about baseball and about life, went more of the life route on this one, with an episode-by-episode review of Cobra Kai Season 4. Where there were chances to mix in baseball, they did it. Dawg kicked it off with a very special and apropos Veteran of the Day, and then it was off to the races on Cobra Kai. Later on, they hit Fanatics' acquisition of Topps...
Jan 06, 2022
Joe Rizzo brings you (Strat-O-Matic) baseball! In this specialty episode, Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy welcome back Jerry Milani for the Second Annual Strat-O-Matic Ratings Bonanza. Strat-O-Matic (www.strat-o-matic.com) is a baseball simulation game that played a large part in the birthing of Diamond Diehards. If you're a StratHead, you already understand this episode. If not, then we give an explanation in the beginning of the show so you're not completely lost. We reviewed the fielding rati...
Dec 23, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball ... for the 100th time! It's the historic 100th episode of the top podcast about baseball and about life, as Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy bring the show to you. Rundown: ~Veteran of the Day ~History of the show: How we got to #100 ~Mets manager search down to Buck Showalter, Joe Espada, Matt Quatraro ~Clint Hurdle named Rockies Assistant GM - what he brings back to Colorado ~Standing alongside Jeff Frye & #SheGone Nation on baseball fundamentals ~Mike Shildt ...
Dec 14, 2021
The lockout lingers in Major League Baseball, but that does not stop the Mets from pursuing their new manager. Joe Rizzo & Jeff Healy bring you the latest on the search, the labor stoppage, and help welcome the six new members into the Hall of Fame. Riz & Dawg also dove deeper into the topics and interacted with the crowd on Facebook Live. The Rundown: ~Veteran of the Day (Honoring Pearl Harbor) ~Lockout Issues: -Salary Floor/Cap -Free Agency Age vs. Service Time -Revenue Sharing -MLB.co...
Dec 09, 2021
The Texas Rangers (!) shock the world by signing the dynamic middle infield duo of Corey Seager and Marcus Semien (with a nod to pitcher Jon Gray), Max Scherzer stuns the rest of the universe by choosing the East Coast and the New York Mets, and Steven Matz's agent kicks off a crazy free-agent frenzy! Riz (Joe Rizzo) & The Dawg (Jeff Healy) deliver the goods. The Rundown: ~Veteran of the Day ~Steven Matz shuns Mets for Cardinals, kicks off bedlam ~Seager & Semien do the Texas Two-Step, R...
Nov 30, 2021
Baseball pioneer Missy Coombes talked Dodgers Hot Stove and the MLB BreakThrough Series with Joe Rizzo & Jeff "The Dawg" Healy ahead of Thanksgiving. Missy played professional baseball in the mid-1990s for the all-female Colorado Silver Bullets and saw the future of women in baseball when she went to Texas to see Lillian Martineau, Olivia Pichardo and many others play in the MLB BreakThrough Series. She shared her thoughts and sentiments on all of it, in addition to reflecting on meeting Lil...
Nov 23, 2021
Wednesday is Thor'sDay, as Noah Syndergaard leaves the Mets for the Angels on a lucrative one-year contract. Joe Rizzo & Jeff "The Dawg" Healy broke down the reasons for Thor's surprising departure, and a lot more. -Veteran of the Day -World Series thoughts -Lay of the Land with Labor -Early free agent signings a surprise -In depth analysis on Thor to Angels -Ray Montgomery/Mets front office/Billy Eppler -Diehard Dads Dawg kicked it off with Veteran of the Day. It was SFC Matthew Odell, Batt...
Nov 18, 2021
THE WORLD SERIES TROPHY IS POLISHED AND READY TO GO! Riz & Dawg bring you Monday Night Live as the Atlanta Braves travel back to visit the Houston Astros as the 2021 World Series nears its close. The Braves grabbed three of the first four games and jumped to a 4-0 lead in Game Five, but the resilient Astros rebounded to win the game and bring the series back to Texas, where it will finish. Should the Astros take it, the guys talked about the turning point - that one moment where things turne...
Nov 02, 2021•22 hr 52 min
WE HAVE A WORLD SERIES! Riz & Dawg bring you Monday Night Live as the Atlanta Braves got ready to meet the Houston Astros in the 2021 World Series. How did these teams end up here despite having two of the oldest managers in MLB? The guys broke it down. They also were their own harshest critics of their pre-playoff MLB bracket picks, which did not go well! We have seen some of the old-school thinking in baseball lead the Astros and Braves to the precipice of the championship. Riz & Dawg ...
Oct 26, 2021•54 sec
Riz & Dawg bring you Monday Night Live during the third game of the ALCS, as the Red Sox once again battered the Astros, and it was on the day off between the second and third games of the NLCS between the Braves and the Dodgers. The guys talked about all the moves happening on the fields, including Houston being left for dead already, even before they got down two games to one. And for the NLCS, how the Braves have a different look this time around against the defending World Series champio...
Oct 19, 2021•23 hr 58 min
Riz & Dawg bring you Quick Hits: Friday Night Live on a day where there were four Major League Baseball playoff games! With the Yankees and Cardinals finished off in the Wild Card round, the guys turned their attention to the action at hand, as the Rays and Red Sox battled through the middle innings of Game Two of their ALDS showdown and the Dodgers and Giants kicked off Game One of their epic matchup. This one streamed live on the Facebook group, so there was some lively interaction in the ...
Oct 09, 2021•23 hr 37 min
Riz & Dawg bring you the Major League Baseball playoffs! The flagship franchises will face off in the Wild Card games, Mets manager Luis Rojas is out in Flushing, we've completed a FULL major-league season, and the guys make their MLB bracket selections LIVE! This one streamed live on the Facebook group, so there was some lively interaction with Uncle Paul on the comments. As with all the shows, it's also available on YouTube, iTunes and Spotify (links are below). Veteran of the Day was USAF...
Oct 05, 2021•58 sec
Riz & Dawg put the Mets' eventful season to bed, then jumped on the Yankees' (latest) resurgence the way Giancarlo Stanton was feasting on Red Sox pitching to lead NY to a key three-game sweep at Fenway Park. What does a 16-game winning streak by the Cardinals mean to baseball? They explored the angles, including the unpleasant ones for the Dodgers and Giants. And then we dubbed 2021 the "Season of Ohtani" because there is no guarantee Shohei will be able to duplicate his amazing season. Thi...
Sep 28, 2021
This is a big Mets episode. "Once Upon a Time in Queens," a 30 for 30 documentary by Nick Davis, grabbed our collective attention, so Joe Rizzo and "The Dawg" Jeff Healy broke it down. The happenings around the 1986 New York Mets came roughly a year before Riz & Dawg met at Fordham, and Riz's roommate and member of the Fordham Crew Tom Kavanagh was, believe it or not, a vendor at Shea Stadium for the season. Kav came on to share his first-hand experiences from the Mets' magical season, inclu...
Sep 23, 2021
With the 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks this week, Joe Rizzo & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy brought in NYPD Detective Mike Safo to remember the events of 9/11 and thereafter. Our podcast is "About Baseball, and About Life" and this episode was more "life" with "baseball" thrown in. Riz & Dawg listened as Mike recalled the tragic day thought his eyes as a 19-year-old Police Cadet. He gave a behind-the-scenes look at what was happening at the First Precinct. It was not w...
Sep 13, 2021
As we head to the somber 20th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, Joe Rizzo & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy kept it light as they went live on Facebook during the opening game of the Yankees-Mets series at Citi Field. Riz & Dawg loosely monitored the last three innings of the game, which went to the Mets, 10-3, despite a late home run by (Cousin) Anthony Rizzo. They covered the state of the Yankees and Mets, and then dove in-depth into the playoff races, assessing everyone's cha...
Sep 11, 2021
Simply put, the April 27th episode of Diamond Diehards turned out to be the greatest prognostication show in history. In this Quick Hits, we look back at that the scary foresite of that now-epic episode in which we predicted the reasons for the Yankees' stunning turnaround months before it happened. Joe Rizzo & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy went to the archives with some help from producer Xavier Rizzo, as they found the clips and inserted them into the discussion. Who saw "Cousin" Anthony Rizzo on ...
Aug 25, 2021
Come join us and get to know "Our Guy" Calvin Ziegler as he embarks on his professional baseball career. Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy welcomed the Mets' second-round pick (46th overall) in the 2021 draft. Calvin, the highest-drafted Met to sign from his class, is a Canadian right-hander. He made his first pitch into the podcasting world with Riz & Dawg, and he was electrifying. While we might not see him at Citi Field in Flushing for a few years, Calvin has ...
Aug 03, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy give you something different in this podcast about baseball and life. Find another show that's been talking about (Cousin) Anthony Rizzo going to the Yankees since the off-season. While other outlets saw this as a stunner, our Diehard fans were ahead of the game. Riz willed this one to happen for months. And he even showed off the Rizzo jersey and the Yankees Italian hat. The guys dove in on every deal that happened at the deadline, ...
Aug 02, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. In this Emergency Quick Hits episode, Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy jumped on after a crazy weekend in baseball on and off the field. And Riz brought a foul mouth, so hide the kiddies for this one! Jacob deGrom hit the IL with forearm tightness and won't be eligible to return until July 26. Dawg is very concerned for the Mets' ace and, as a direct result, their otherwise dream season. The Yankees were bitten by the COVID bug and a slew of injuries, but the namele...
Jul 19, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. In this Quick Hits episode, Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy jumped on trying to give a primer for the second half of the season, but no sooner did the new break that COVID had once again F'd with the Yankees season, postponing the Thursday night game with the archirival Red Sox. So, of course, that dominated the conversation. But there was something else that happened along the way. For once, someone did something nice on Twitter, without being asked or pressured. ...
Jul 16, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. It's raining in Queens, but everyone except the Brewers want Jacob deGrom to pitch, especially Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy. NOT TONIGHT! The game got rained out three minutes before the guys went on air, but that did not stop them from lamenting about what a deGrom start means in 2021. There are many sides to it! The Yanks head West with their hats their hands. Riz is all over it, as his team plodded to a 42-41 start that has fans of the Yankee Empire in a tizz...
Jul 07, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. In a podcast about baseball and about life, Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy did their "Thursday Night Live" format, just after Jacob deGrom left the Mets-Braves game, trailing 3-2 after a "human" outing. deGrom allowed three of the first four batters in the game to score, but ended up with 14 strikeouts in 7 innings pitched. Listen in as Dawg labored through the bizarre Mets-Braves finish in real time. The Yankees entered the day 41-39, but their play recently has ...
Jul 02, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. In a podcast about baseball and about life, Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy welcomed 1989 AL Rookie of the Year Gregg Olson to the show to tell his important story and harken back to his great career as one of the preeminent closers of his time. Olson explained the details of his recent prostate cancer diagnosis and how it came seemingly from out of nowhere, with no family history and being in otherwise excellent health. He explained his story, and in sharing his m...
Jun 18, 2021
Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. In a podcast about baseball and about life, Riz & "The Dawg" Jeff Healy went more of the "life" route for this episode. Riz went for a long walk on a Sunday, and LIFE happened. This is the story of June 6, 2021. This episode features the return of the Salmon Jacket, for those who want to see the video (links below). Dawg kicked it off with Veteran of the Day. It was TSGT Frank Peregory 29th Infantry Division, Virginia Army National Guard. Peregory earned the Me...
Jun 09, 2021
