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Beyond the Scrum: The Baseball Stories We Didn’t Write

The Athletic’s Andy McCullough and Marc Carig cut through the nonsense and tell you exactly what’s going on around Major League Baseball

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Play Ball! (and prepare your grievance) Jun 25, 2020

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MLB is ready to go but will we ever hear the words "Play Ball?" Andy and Marc have their doubts and dive into the problems the sport is still facing.1:45 - Players are ready to report as COVID-19 cases climb9:14 - Marc does NOT hate baseball!18:10 - Should baseball have gone with bubble plan?23:45 - The greatest World Series champs of all-time24:35 - Interview with union labor lawyer Eugene Freedman about potential union grievance, what went wrong, what went right and how could media better cover these negotiations.Follow Eugene on Twitter: @EugeneFreedmanFollow Marc on Twitter: @MarcCarigFollow Andy on Twitter: @ByMcCullough

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Former MLBPA Director of Communications Greg Bouris Joins the Show Jun 11, 2020

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Rundown
1:28 How Did The Parties Get Here?
5:01 How Did the System Break Down?
11:06 Any Way the Relationship Could Become a Partnership?
15:43 Can the MLBPA Ever Stay Even with the Owners?
19:29 Was the Post-Strike Generation Unprepared for Something Like This?
24:11 Worried about What This Will Do to the Sport's Health?
27:08 Coverage of Owners vs. Players
31:35 The Fans' Stance
36:03 How MLBPA Educates a Diverse Membership
39:09 Do You Miss It?
43:52 We're Charlie Brown, They're Lucy
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What Systemic Racism Looks Like in the Press Box Jun 04, 2020

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Rundown
1:45 Facing Uneasy Truths
5:46 Marc's Experience as a Filipino-American Baseball Writer
10:37 A Personal Story from Marc
18:08 The Pernicious Influence of "Individualism"
21:52 How Systemic Racism Manifests Itself in Baseball Coverage
30:30 The Resource and Opportunity Gap
40:00 The Potential Gains Being Made in the Moment
44:47 Time to Re-Learn American History
48:03 Trent Rosecrans' Offer on Twitter

Follow Marc on Twitter: @MarcCarig
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Former Dodgers GM Ned Colletti on 2020 MLB Season Negotiations, Bizarre Trade Requests, Lee Elia, and More May 28, 2020

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Rundown
0:58 Ned Colletti Joins the Show
4:30 The State of MLB's and MLBPA's Negotiations
10:17 Is This Really Going to Break Down over Money?
17:20 Bizarre Trade Discussions
21:05 What Hasn't Changed in the GM Game?
26:46 Irritations with the Media
32:23 Ned's Personal Story about Lee Elia's Famous Rant
40:35 At Peace with Not Being an MLB GM

Follow Marc on Twitter: @MarcCarig
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Ron Washington Stories, Life as a Musician on Tour, and more with Levi Weaver May 21, 2020

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Rundown
1:02 Ron Washington Stories
3:02 MLB's Health and Safety Protocols for the 2020 Season
12:03 Levi's Stay-at-Home Experience
14:14 Levi's Unlikely Route to Covering Baseball for a Living
19:27 Songwriting Troubles and a Life in Music
27:46 Baseball Travel vs. Musician Travel
32:41 Empathizing with Players as Performers
37:33 Levi Explains, and Plays, 'Rank Five'
Follow Levi on Twitter: @ThreeTwoEephus
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Rangers GM Jon Daniels on Good and Bad Trades, Changes in the Business, and More May 14, 2020

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Rundown
0:49 Rangers GM Jon Daniels Joins the Show
3:14 Staying on Top of COVID-19 Developments
7:08 The Cliff Lee Trade
12:19 Lessons Learned from the Adrian Gonzalez/Chris Young Trade
17:05 How Different Was the Job a Decade Ago?
19:05 What Would You Tell The First-Year GM Version of Yourself
20:57 What Did That Version Have Right?

Follow Andy on Twitter: @ByMcCullough
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The Mookie Betts Trade, the New-Look Red Sox, and Boston Sports Media with Jen McCaffrey May 07, 2020

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Rundown
1:19 Marc's Bizarre Jeter-Era Yankees Draft
5:36 The Temperature of the Red Sox Fanbase
9:40 The Mookie Betts Trade
16:02 The Red Sox' Timeline for Contention
19:13 Why Letting Jon Lester Go Still Stings
24:07 Where is the Fanbase on Alex Cora?
27:10 Covering Sports in Boston
34:28 The Craziness of the '04 Summer
Follow Jen on Twitter: @jcmccaffrey
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Previous Lives, Baseball's 2020 Fate, and More with Evan Drellich Apr 30, 2020

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Rundown
1:58 Evan Drellich Joins the Show
3:33 Memories from the Radio Days
8:03 Being on an Island in Major Sports Cities
11:00 Dealing with Teams as Beat Reporters
18:01 The Business of Baseball During the Pandemic
25:45 Can There Possibly be Minor League Baseball in 2020?
30:22 Covering the Player/Owner Economics Fairly
35:26 Missing the Regular Flow of Covering Baseball
41:45 One Last Trip Down Radio Memory Lane
Follow Evan on Twitter: @EvanDrellich
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Richard Wang, the English-Language Voice of Taiwanese Baseball, Joins Beyond the Scrum Apr 23, 2020

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Rundown
1:15 The Red Sox Get a Slap on the Wrist
4:18 The Culture of Cheating (or Gamesmanship) in Baseball
7:00 Power Dynamics and Playoff Shares
12:02 Baseball in Taiwan
14:08 Our Interview with Richard Wang
15:08 Richard's Experience with Sudden Worldwide Attention
20:02 Broadcasting in Your Second Language
24:30 Richard's Time in Boston
28:29 Introducing Taiwanese Baseball to the World
31:24 Games for the English-Speaking Audience
33:59 Talking Fubon Guardians
39:16 How to Find This Weekend's Games
42:20 The James Shields-Wil Myers Trade, and New Info on Old Stories
44:55 Marc's Diving Deep on Uniforms
46:25 Andy's 'Centerfield' Controversy

Follow Andy on Twitter: @ByMcCullough
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The Players We Hope to See in 2020 Apr 15, 2020

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Rundown
2:44 Marc Checked Out Taiwanese Baseball
6:35 The Arizona Plan is Probably MLB's Most Realistic
11:03 The Players We Want to See This Year
11:41 Andy on Yu Darvish
14:17 Marc on Nelson Cruz
17:39 Andy on Mookie Betts
19:57 Marc on Keston Hiura
21:25 The White Sox and Brewers
23:47 The Battle Between Good (A's) and Evil (Astros) in the AL West
25:04 Marc's Story on the Passing of New York Post Photographer Anthony Causi
32:22 Looking Back at the Last Month
35:30 Embracing Creativity
Follow Andy on Twitter: @ByMcCullough
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