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By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 575 - Andre Dawson's Hall of Fame Chances, What Fans Can Do To Help, Cubs Rumored to Be After Takashi Saito, Harden and Arbitration, and Notes on the Music Episode (November 30) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 568 - Type A Free Agents on the Cubs and what that Means, Joe Girardi v. Lou Piniella, and the Chances of Ronnie Woo Woo Getting a Sit-Down with the Cubs New Owners (November 6) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By Chad Jennings “It’s always good when more guys contribute,” Johnny Damon said. “But Alex really got us going with that home run.” UPDATE: Here’s the Pettitte audio. It’s all good stuff, with a nice payoff at the end when he talks about Derek Jeter nearly catching him on the bases. This one comes highly recomm...

By Sam Borden YANKEES Derek Jeter SS Johnny Damon LF Mark Teixeira 1B Alex Rodriguez 3B Jorge Posada C Hideki Matsui DH Robinson Cano 2B Nick Swisher RF Melky Cabrera CF Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (1-0, 2.84 ERA in postseason) ANGELS Chone Figgins 3B Bobby Abreu RF Torii Hunter CF Vladimir Guerrero DH K...

By Chad Jennings Is Joba Chamberlain still a reliever for the ALCS? “As of 12:42 on Wednesday, that’s where I’m at,” Chamberlain said. “We’ll just approach it from there.” And then we’ve got Jorge Posada, who talked quite a bit about how the Yankees can limit the Angels running game. Pretty interesting stuff.

By Tim Daloisio editors note – Joe Haggerty was kind enough to come on with us as well, only to have his interview lost in the netherworlds on the Internet. Joe will never get those twenty minutes of his life back, so for that….we apologize. I would also like to call out the poor audio quality on my interview with...

By Dejan Kovacevic Neal Huntington said yesterday that Capps will be the closer next spring. gt;Notebook: Why is Frank Coonelly the only one vocally upset by the season? Huntington addresses the question. Also, Pedro Alvarez and Brad Lincoln win gold medals.

By Dejan Kovacevic gt;Game story: Pirates 3, Dodgers 1. From Jeff Karstens to Matt Capps, the bullpen was terrific. The players also had some unusual motivation. Box score gt;Audio: Karstens. gt;Opponent: The Dodgers, by the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez.

By Dejan Kovacevic In the game story, you will find rather strong language from Frank Coonelly about the performance of some players, as well as how the team might respond to those players' performance this winter. gt;Next: The Dodgers, by the Los Angeles Times' Dylan Hernandez.

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 555 - PBS Telethon: The Cubs Tie the MLB Record for Most Hits to Start a Game and Sweep the Pirates, a New Cubscast Bingo Game, Sell or Buy Discusses Team Needs for Next Year, Which Fanbase Suffers the Most, and the Soriano Surgery Question (September 9) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podca...

Even with Michael Young hurt, the Rangers have been staying in the playoff hunt. On Saturday afternoon, I was back for yet another appearance on the Alex Reimer Show on 1120 AM WBNW Boston, and this week the focus of the discussion centred on the playoff aspirations of the Boston Red Sox.

By rob@newyorkmetspodcast.com (Robert J. Safuto) Recapping the horrible events of the last two months for the Mets. Ugh! Multiple injuries to key players including Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran and John Maine. Trades! Ramon Castro traded to White Sox upon the return of Brian Schneider. Ryan Church gets moved to Atlanta in exchange for Jeff Fr...

By Todd Kaufmann You'll start seeing names like Jake Peavy, Chris Young, Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff get the most mention in the trade rumors. There have already been a few articles about the Padres possibly moving Adrian Gonzalez, which would be an even more unpopular move than trading Jake Pea...

By Dave Burns 1st half D Back MVP: Justin Upton? Mark Reynolds? Josh Byrnes? Nope, Dan Haren takes the prize with his All-Star first half. Brandon Webb beats out Conor Jackson, Randy Johnson, Bob Melvin, Spring Training in Tucson, and Josh Byrnes’ bold preseason prediction “I think we can win the World...

By Mike McClary Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast. This is Episode #97, a four-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Ariz. This marks the final episode of the Detroit Tigers Podcast. I’m shifting my focus back to The Daily Fungo where you may find occasional podcasts,...

By ssilva Dan Duquette: Yeah exactly, but the club policy was abstinence. The club policy was abstinence and that was Major League Baseball policy. And that was communicated first. Beyond that, if a player made a choice I thought it was important that they understood what the risks were. -- 5.11.09, WEEI...

By Ian After a record-breaking and record-setting 6th inning last night that saw them put up a 12 spot before making an out against the Cleveland Indians, the Boston Red Sox will now have to deal with the thorn in their side that is the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have taken 5-of-7 games from the Red Sox t...

By Mike McClary Welcome to The Detroit Tigers Podcast, the podcast for Tigers fans, by Tigers fans. This is Episode #68, a 5-minute podcast about the Detroit Tigers recorded live from Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A. In this episode we debut our daily format for the podcast. Each day during the 2009 season we’ll c...

By Dave Burns At Houston Burnsy was live in Tucson once again, and once again we were joined by a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks: starting pitcher Dan Haren.  Haren will be on the mound tomorrow in Goodyear, but will not be on the mound in the WBC this spring.  It’s not from a lack of offers, in fact he [...]

Ned Colletti was interviewed by Gary Radnich on KNBR 680 in San Francisco today. Among the highlights... Colletti also recalled how in 2006 after the team lost 13 of 14 coming out of the All-Star break, a fan at Dodger Stadium yelled, "Hey Ned, you still working for Sabean?"

By Dave Burns Happy Carlos Quentin Horrible Trade Anniversary! Yes, December 3rd marks one year since the D-Backs traded Quentin to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Chris Carter. That one didn’t work out too well. Luckily the Dan Haren deal did. In fact, what a difference one year makes for the D-Back...

By jbox XX Sports Radio: Kevin Towers Interview Peavy trade talk has slowed down.  The Pads are focused on the Cubs right now.  The Cubs are going to have to get a couple extra clubs involved.There was momentum with Atlanta but that stopped so the Pads have to start all over again.  The Cubs are missing t...

By jbox Alderson can't control what Hoffman's agent does."These are not easy times or easy issues to address"The club has not discussed giving Hoffman an executive job with the club after his retirement.The announcement of Hoffman's contract withdrawl and the date of Season Ticket Holder rene...

By Mike I was saddened to find out that Herb Score died today. I used to listen to every single Cleveland Indians baseball game on the radio growing up. If the game was on TV, I would sometimes turn off the sound and put the radio on because I liked the way Herb Score announced it.

By DAULERIO It wasn't long after Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske with a dirtball slider on Wednesday night that the posts started popping up about the eerie connection between being Deadspin's lead editor and the World Series champion. Fans of the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, l...

By DAULERIO It wasn't long after Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske with a dirtball slider on Wednesday night that the posts started popping up about the eerie connection between being Deadspin's lead editor and the World Series champion. Fans of the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, l...

By DAULERIO It wasn't long after Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske with a dirtball slider on Wednesday night that the posts started popping up about the eerie connection between being Deadspin's lead editor and the World Series champion. Fans of the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, l...

By Rick Sawyer If watching the Tampa Bay Rays score 29 runs to the Red Sox' 5 over the course of two games and six and half innings weren't discouraging enough to watch on television this postseason, imagine the fans at Fenway Park. Boo the team and leave the ballpark.

2. Are the Atlanta Falcons for real? Rubin thinks the Falcons are under-rated and playing much better than the over-rated Dallas Cowboys. Ribu and Teena also think the Cleveland Browns win over the Giants was a sign of things to come.

By Brian Moon-audio WIBA Manufacturers can't seem to keep with the demand for Milwaukee Brewers NL Wild Card shirts and hats. The items are starting to trickle into stores statewide.  Derek Granitz with "Name of the Game" in Madison says demand for Brewers merchandise has been strong all season long, but the gear h...

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The world is upside down in Major League Baseball this week, starting with the debut of instant replay for big league umpires and the AL East’s top team (the Rays) drawing 13,000 in their home ballpark in August. The Pitch tears apart both issues, as well as the Pirates’ second-overall MLB d...

By Alex Remington Tonight, the bases may not be loaded, but a lot of Atlanta Braves fans will be, toasting Skip’s health, shouting “Braves win!” together, and remembering every goofy smile Skip was able to steal from sadness, back when it was fun. Thanks for the laughs, Skip. We’ll miss you.

Hosts Andrew Kappes and Brandon Rosage picked apart the winners and losers from the trade deadline, focusing on teams like the Pitsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds, who stockpiled new talent for the pennant race and the future. The discussion also loo...

Hosts Andrew Kappes and Brandon Rosage picked apart the winners and losers from the trade deadline, focusing on teams like the Pitsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves and Cincinnati Reds, who stockpiled new talent for the pennant race and the future. The discussion also loo...

By podcasts@sfgate.com (Benny Evangelista) A woeful offense has brought the Oakland A's back down to earth and made them the "kings of the one-run loss,'' sports editor Glenn Schwarz and beat writer Susan Slusser report in this...

The landscape of the MLB pennant races took on some major changes through the Fourth of July weekend, highlighted by a blockbuster trade by the Brewers for C.C. Sabathia — proving that the new currency in big league baseball is the farm system, not dollars.

Headed into the Fourth of July weekend, “The Pitch” — presented by Liveboard — celebrates the Rays’ ridiculous run to the best record in baseball by eating crow for host Brandon Rosage’s 2006 comments ridiculing Tampa Bay for changing its team name. The tribute comes a day after the Rays fi...

By DAULERIO Dan Patrick's radio show this afternoon was very Bonds branded-ball heavy, grabbing baseball HOF president Jeff Idelson on for a few minutes to talk about how they finally wrestled the piece of history away from Marc Ecko. Lucky for them, the HOF was kind enough to send them a picture of the...

And the program spends the better part of the hour covering every division in baseball, highlighting the return of Mark Teixeira to Texas, the resurgent Rockies, the streaking Tigers on the back of Marcus Thames, the impact of Alfonso Soriano’s injury on Chicago, Hank Steinbrenner’s a...

By Grant Barr also went out of his way on KNBR (the .mp3 is here) to bring up Matusz. This leads me to think the Giants’ draft board looks something like this: 1. Tim Beckham or Pedro Alvarez 2. Tim Beckham or Pedro Alvarez 3. Buster Posey 4. Just one of Justin Smoak, Yonder Alonso, or Gordon Beckham

The guys also examine Albert Pujols‘ squabble with Houston pitcher Brandon Backe following the Cardinals slugger’s slide into Astros catcher J.R. Towles in the eighth inning of the Cardinals’ 5-3 win Tuesday. The show documents a huge HR day for the Angels in Anaheim, drunk fans in Toronto...

The guys also examine Albert Pujols‘ squabble with Houston pitcher Brandon Backe following the Cardinals slugger’s slide into Astros catcher J.R. Towles in the eighth inning of the Cardinals’ 5-3 win Tuesday. The show documents a huge HR day for the Angels in Anaheim, drunk fans in Toronto...

Angels in trouble, Opening in Japan, Previewing the Rockies, Reds ... Most Valuable Network, MA - The guys spend the remainder of the hour covering missing team previews for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, ...

The guys spend the remainder of the hour covering missing team previews for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays. To jump to and listen to a specific team preview, select the team below… Colorado RockiesCinci...

The guys spend the remainder of the hour covering missing team previews for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals and Toronto Blue Jays. To jump to and listen to a specific team preview, select the team below… Colorado RockiesCinci...

Oriole Magic’s Anthony Amobi can attest, as he joins The Pitch for its Orioles edition of the show’s 2008 MLB Season Preview. Fresh off a trip to O’s camp in Florida, Amobi evaluates the 10 players acquired in the trades of former Orioles Miguel Tejada and Erik Bedard, Baltimore’s attempt t...

By Joey Matschulat And before anybody freely disregards this latest ailment to befall the Rangers’ pitching staff as “no big deal,” allow me to reference the unfortunate case of Baltimore Orioles left-hander Troy Patton, one of five players acquired from the Houston Astros last December in exchange for...

By RONALD BLUM and BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writers NEW YORK (AP) -- Seven MVPs and 31 All-Stars -- one for every position -- and that still wasn't the worst of it for the long-awaited Mitchell Report. That infamy belonged to Roger Clemens, the greatest pitcher of his era. The Steroids Era. Seven...

By Joe Florkowski I, of course, was looking for the names mentioned in the report that have ties to the California Angels, Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Some interesting names popped up, with many having ties to former Met clubhouse employee Kirk Radomski.

By Jeff Kallman There were also video tributes from the like of Hall of Famers Ernie Banks, Lou Brock, and Ozzie Smith; hockey Hall of Famer Wayne Gretzky; football Hall of Famer Joe Montana; and, basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. Not to mention a rerun of Hank Aaron’s video tribute shown the night H...