It's over! The Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night in Phoenix with a 5-0 shutout and etched their names into World Series lore. Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer report from their hotel rooms in Arizona after the jubilant and bear-soaked celebration of the Texas Rangers cementing their first World Series win in the team's history. They chat about Game 5's epically tight pitching matchup (despite the epically not-tight final score), whether the Arizona Diamondbacks can rebound with more playoff appearances in the future, how Texas' roster-building strategy paid off and h ..read more

Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer recap the ALCS and NLCS before previewing the World Series matchup between the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks. 00:00 - Banter 01:20 - SF Giant hire Bob Melvin 18:15 - ALCS Recap 37:00 - NLCS Recap 45:35 - World Series preview 62:00 - Victory lap Hannah and Zach kick off this episode of The Bandwagon by wondering if the World Series matchup tells the narrative story of the 2023 MLB season and then they try to come up with a catchy name for the series. Before we dive deep into the playoffs, there’s some news! San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin is about to ..read more

The ALCS & NLCS have both completed two games and, in keeping with this postseason's apparent theme, it hasn't really been close. The Philadelphia Phillies and Texas Rangers are both up 2-0 on the Arizona Diamondbacks and Houston Astros, respectively, and barring any major surprises, it's hard to see how they won't be facing each other in the World Series in one week's time. Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer are back to check in on these two series and take the temperature on a drama-less postseason. Before diving into the two championship series, they dive into a few news stories. First, the ..read more

Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer are back for another episode of The Bandwagon, recapping three of the Division Series and digging into the drama between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves after game 3. 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Phillies / Braves drama 14:10 - Diamondbacks sweep the Dodgers 26:20 - Rangers sweep the Orioles 35:20 - Astros defeat the Twins 43:00 - Our favorite playoff storylines On this episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah and Zach start off by digging deep into the very silly drama between Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies and Orlando Arcia of the Atlanta Brave ..read more

Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer break down the news of New York Mets GM Billy Eppler resigning before recapping what happened in the Wild Card round of the MLB Playoffs and previewing each of the four division series that start tomorrow. 00:00 - Banter 04:20 - Mets GM Billy Eppler resigns 08:30 - Wild Card round recap 18:25 - PREVIEW: Minnesota Twins vs. Houston Astros 24:45 - PREVIEW: Texas Rangers vs. Baltimore Orioles 36:50 - PREVIEW: Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Los Angeles Dodgers 45:35 - PREVIEW: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Atlanta Braves Yahoo Sports MLB writers Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer ..read more

Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all four of the MLB Wild Card series and tell you what the series is going to be about and which team neutral fans should be rooting for. 03:05 - SF Giants fire Gabe Kepler 08:10 - NY Mets fire Buck Showalter 18:55 - Toronto Blue Jays vs. Minnesota Twins 26:55 Texas Rangers vs. Tampa Bay Rays 38:45 Miami Marlins vs. Philadelphia Phillies 46:50 Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Milwaukee Brewers On this episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer break down the early managerial changes with the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets, one of which ma ..read more

In the last regular season episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer talk about the NL MVP race and try to make sense of the wild AL West. 04:15 - Ronald Acuna joins 40-40 club 12:50 - AL West 15:55 - Rangers 26:40 - Mariners 33:20 - Blue Jays For the last regular season episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah and Zach dig in on the incredible season Atlanta Braves OF Ronald Acuña Jr. is having. Not only is he the 5th MLB player to get 40 HRs and 40 steals in the same season, he’s made his own 40-60 club and is working his way towards 40-70. After that, they try to make sense of an AL ..read more

Before bandwagoning the leaders of the AL West and NL Central, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through all of the MLB news of the week, including Shohei Ohtani’s sudden disappearance and infighting between the manager and front office of the San Diego Padres. 00:55 - Shohei Ohtani to the IL 08:00 - Red Sox fire Chaim Bloom 16:00 - New Rays stadium 16:55 - Padres internal drama 40:20 - BANDWAGON: Astros 53:35 - BANDWAGON: Brewers Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer are back with another playoff preview episode of The Bandwagon, kicking off this one with the story of Shohei Ohtani’s locker being em ..read more

Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer go through the MLB news of the week, including a new man in charge of the New York Mets, while also previewing two more teams that are likely to be in the MLB playoffs (the Phillies & Rays). 15:00 George Kirby 25:40 BANDWAGON: Philadelphia Phillies 40:15 BANDWAGON: Tampa Bay Rays 51:40 BREAKING: Mets hire David Stearns Before getting into the big topics of this episode, Hannah and Zach talk about visiting their childhood homes, the 90s movie Little Big League and the Brewers’ “failed” no-hitter. It’s a lot. And it leads us into a conversation about George Ki ..read more

Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer bandwagon a couple of more playoff-bound teams, this time focusing on the Twins and Orioles, but not before they break down the news of Julio Urías’ arrest and Shohei Ohtani’s photo day body double. 00:00 Banter 06:30 Shohei Ohtani 23:30 Dodgers SP Julio Urías arrested 33:25 BANDWAGON: Minnesota Twins 49:30 BANDWAGON: Baltimore Orioles On this episode of The Bandwagon, Hannah Keyser and Zach Crizer had to start with the two biggest stories in baseball. First, Shohei Ohtani’s agent spoke with the media about the superstar’s torn UCL and tried his best to rebuild ..read more