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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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Latest Episodes:

Is MLB's Arizona Plan Feasible? Apr 09, 2020

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Rundown
2:38 Laying out the Arizona Plan
8:54 No Good Solution
13:31 Perspective from the Players
19:44 Taking the 2020 Season Seriously
25:40 Missing Sports
28:32 Baseball as a Companion
32:24 Is the Plan Feasible?
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The Cubs, the Shutdown and Sports Writing with Sahadev Sharma Apr 01, 2020

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Rundown
2:57 Where are the Cubs?
4:28 Sahadev's Shutdown Experience
6:18 The Cubs' Post-World Series Trajectory
10:43 Front Office Fallibility
15:20 Exploring the Nuance of a Dynasty That Wasn't
22:21 Why Were the Cubs Slow to Adjust?
26:05 Characterizing the Cubs' Spending
30:18 The Eventual Break with Joe Maddon
32:59 A Paean to David Ross
36:19 If David Ross Struggles as a Manager, It Will Be With...
39:08 Ross' Work with the Cubs' R&D Group
41:51 Sahadev's Unconventional Start in Sports Writing
46:07 What's Sahadev Working On?
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Ken Rosenthal and the Surreality of the Moment Mar 24, 2020

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Rundown
2:45 The Challenges of Covering Baseball Right Now
8:46 The Day Baseball Shut Down
13:19 What Does Ken Miss about Opening Day and the Game?
16:15 What it Was Like Being on the Same Beat as Tim Kurkjian
24:27 A New Project with Jayson Stark
28:10 Are People around the Game Bored?
32:07 Durability of Feature Stories
35:33 A Great Frank Robinson Story from Ken
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Uncertainty Grips the World of Sports Mar 17, 2020

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Rundown
2:17 What Can Sportswriters Provide in a Time Like This?
10:32 Marc's "Best Lineup Ever" Story
13:00 Breaking the MLB Routine
19:56 Andy's Working on a Poker Story
23:00 What's Marc Working On?
30:04 Things We Miss about Opening Day
38:39 Tom Brady Buries the Lede

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Coronavirus Shuts the Media Out of MLB Clubhouses Mar 11, 2020

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Rundown
1:50 Importance of Clubhouse Access to All Stakeholders
11:17 Creating Relationships with Players
16:45 Giving Players Freedom Away from the Park
19:52 Can Baseball Afford to Limit Access?
22:21 A Game of 1 (Yes) or 0 (No)
27:33 Has MLB Given Barry Bonds Been a 'Death Sentence?'

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Welcome to Beyond the Scrum Mar 05, 2020

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Rundown
2:34 What 'Beyond the Scrum' Is All About
10:07 The Value in Putting Microphones on Players
15:41 Working in Big Markets vs. Small Markets
21:15 The Art of the Post-Game Interview
24:42 Quizzing One Another on Their First Teams Covered
29:02 A-Rod on the Astros
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Beyond the Scrum - Trailer Feb 26, 2020

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