In this episode, Joey has the honor of being joined by Ken Powtak, a returning guest and a renowned freelance sports writer. To start, Powtak talks about how much of an honor it was to be one of 425 voters from the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) who voted in the 2026 Hall of Fame election (0:21). Powtak explains why he only had Carlos Beltran on his ballot (1:40) and provides reasoning as to why he ultimately chose not to vote for Felix Hernandez or Dustin Pedroia (3:45). Joey and Ken question the chances of Alex Rodriguez ever making Cooperstown (5:17) and discuss why Pete Rose will likely never be elected into the Hall of Fame despite MLB commissioner Rob Manfred taking Rose off of the permanently ineligible list in 2025 (8:17).

Following that, they transition to the Boston Red Sox and reflect on the decision to fire Ale ...