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Chroncast NL West Preview, Part 2

We conclude our NL West preview by taking a look at the Rockies and Padres with help from Purple Row's Adam Peterson and writer Jason Holtham of FOX's "Pitch".

By Bryan Murphy, Doug Bruzzone, and Adam Peterson

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Fictional Padre Mark-Paul Gosselaar laughs upon discovering how little actual Padre Wil Myers makes as compared to him and what he made in four seasons of "Franklin & Bash."
Fictional Padre Mark-Paul Gosselaar laughs upon discovering how little actual Padre Wil Myers makes as compared to him and what he made in four seasons of "Franklin & Bash."
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It's difficult to look at the San Diego Padres and think "now there's an exciting baseball team!", but it's a lot easier to look at the FOX-TV show Pitch and think "now there's an exciting TV show about baseball!". We used that reasoning this week to close out the NL West preview as writer Jason Holtham of the aforementioned FOX-TV show Pitch joins us to discuss the fictional Padres, a far more entertaining subject.

If you haven't watched Pitch yet, the entire first season (just 10 episodes!) is available to stream on Hulu. It's fun and interesting and has for a backdrop a recognizable world of Major League Baseball. They even managed to characterize the fictional Giants in ways that are familiar. That said, listen to Jason's story about when the TV show shot at AT&T Park...

We also talk to Adam Peterson of Purple Row about those Colorado Rockies. It turns out, while the Giants have been focusing their attention on the Dodgers, the Rockies have been stockpiling pitchers. Will this obnoxious team annoy the Giants even more this season? Probably. But will that ability to annoy propel them into a playoff race?

Then there's the small matter of Barry Bonds returning, officially, to the Giants organization. What lame thing do I compare the situation to? You'll just have to listen.

And, of course, we answer your Twitter questions. They were a bit more existential than usual, and that's okay.

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