Rob is joined by Jacob Kornhauser, author of ‘The Cup of Coffee Club’, to talk about those players who only ever got one game in the majors. The Cup of Coffee Club shares the stories of eleven men who played
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Episode 162 – Lane Adams, Minnesota Twins
Current Minnesota Twin, and former big leaguer with the Royals and Braves, Lane Adams, joined John to chat everything from the upheaval to Spring Training caused by COVID19, the fight for better pay for Minor Leaguers and his lousy MLB
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Episode 161 – GB Coach Liam Carroll on the WBC that Never Was
One month ago, Russell was excited getting prepared for his trip to Arizona to present at the Sabr Conference and cover Team GB. Meanwhile, across the country, GB coach Liam Carroll, one of the wisest baseball minds we have this
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Episode 160 – Andy Burns, Toronto Blue Jays
Blue Jays infielder Andy Burns chats to John about his time with the club, his career as a ‘rock star’ with the Lotte Giants of the KBO and spending 2019 up close and personal in Buffalo with the Blue Jays
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Episode 159 – Darren Fletcher
Darren Fletcher, the voice of football on BT Sport and BBC Radio 5Live, joined Russell to chat about calling the MLB London Series for the UK broadcast, his own baseball fandom, and becoming a viral sensation Stateside. Listen to “Episode
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What if there is no baseball until April 2021?
It might sound far-fetched, but maybe we are being sheltered from the true horror. The worst-case scenario sees two-thirds of the US population infected in the epidemic that could last for over a year. Currently, mid-May is the earliest that
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Episode 157 – The Big Season Preview Bonanza 2020 Edition
The Fab Four are back together. Tom, John and Darius are joined by the boy wonder from down under, Ben Carter, to go through their now locked-in method of predicting the upcoming season. They take the total number of wins
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Reasons for Optimism for all 30 MLB teams
Hopefully, you are enjoying our series, taking a positive look at every team’s outlook for 2020. Here’s a list with links to the article, in case you missed any. AL WEST Houston Astros Los Angeles Angels Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners
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Seattle Mariners 2020: Reasons for Optimism
What happened in 2019? Quite a lot really. It all started in Japan. The Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics in the two-game series, then came back stateside to win the series over the Boston Red Sox. They swept the Angels,
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Episode 156 – Jeff Passan, ESPN
ESPN’s own baseball savant Jeff Passan joins John to talk everything from the current state of baseball, to his evolution from reporter to newsbreaker. Includes a trade mark PASSAN BOMB at the end of the pod – but perhaps not
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