Over The Monster Podcast

If there's a team coming off a stranger season in all of pro sports, well, we'd be surprised. That's because there isn't. The Baltimore Orioles were expected to end up basement-bound yet again in 2012, but instead, they made the playoffs, beat Texas in the play-in game, and took the Yankees to the last game of the Division Series. It was a shocking season and nobody was more shocked than our guest, Jonathan Bernhardt, avowed Orioles fan and writer for Sports on Earth. Jonathan joins us to look back at the 2012 season, take in the Orioles off-season (they didn't do much) and see what it all means for the 2013 season. It's all part of Over The Monster's AL East Preview series, it's all fun, educational, and probably will give you cancer. All the more reason to listen to the 80th Over The Monster Podcast!

Perhaps the most interesting team this entire off-season in any league is the Toronto Blue Jays. After another disappointing season, the Jays spent the off-season remaking their entire roster, from the lineup, to the defense, to the starting rotation. With expectations as high as they've ever been, Matt Kory talks to Dustin Parkes of The Score and Editor in Chief of the new Fanatico blog about the Jays, and what we can expect from their new roster this season. As always, Mr. Parkes is knowledgeable and brings a slightly different viewpoint than you might find from the more typical Toronto baseball fan. It's an educational, fun, and worthy 79th episode of the Over The Monster Podcast!