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Stipe defends his title against JDS - WFNY Podcast May 11, 2017

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Stipe Miocic is defending his title in Dallas on Saturday against Junior Dos Santos. Jamie Meklemburg joins the podcast to discuss everything involving the fight.

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Stipe taking six months off
Avenging a recent loss to Junior Dos Santos
Playing the "regular guy" role versus being an actual regular guy
Fighting in Dallas instead of at home in Cleveland
Stipe's profile rise since winning and defending his title
Backing into parking spots
Craig hating the idea of backing into parking spots

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All about Yandy Diaz and an elite bullpen - EHC Podcast May 10, 2017

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The Cleveland Indians have been scuffling winners over the first six weeks of the season. While their 18-14 record puts them atop the American League Central by a game over the Minnesota Twins, the team has yet to click for more than a game or two at a time. No, it's not a time to worry, but while we're waiting for this team to get healthy and put it all together, there are some interesting struggles emerging.

Sure, it's WAY too early to be talking about first place, and worries, with a roster as talented as this one, but it's still something to put in your back pocket, as the summer season grows closer.

Today, WFNY's Jim Pete and Mike Hattery dive into a few of these conversations, discussing the fantastic bullpen, the suddenly thin-ish rotation, and of course, how the Indians are handling Yandy Diaz, and what and how they're presenting his talent to the public.

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Here's the line-up:

The bullpen is elite, the rotation is really good. All things considered, how good are they?
Can the bullpen and rotation carry the team if the offense struggles for long stretches because the American League just sucks...and Mike isn't chatty.
The Nick Goody experiment
Goody as a high leverage reliever at some point?
Yeah, we have to talk about Yandy Diaz. They sent him down to work on multiple positions and get every day at bats, and they brought him up to be a utility...super. We recorded this podcast on Sunday...so we have predictive powers.
Mike is offended...OFFENDED...about the 25th man usage.
The Michael Martinez defense
How to use Yandy, and get him at bats
Protecting Kipnis and Brantley
Left-handed pitching, and why it's killing us right now, and why it won't always be that way
There are natural factors which cause us to struggle against lefties when Encarnacion and Guyer are struggling
Yandy Diaz ISN'T A CONTROL ISSUE...
Cody Allen and Andrew Miller
Has Andrew Miller become the "Corey Kluber" of the bullpen, lifting the rest of the pen?
Fun bullpen usage
Rotation depth worries?
Salazar's a risk, can't punt Bauer, Tomlin is always a concern, and Triple A pitchers are struggling
Clevinger is a five-and-fly dude
A way too early talk about trading for a starter...because Cooney and Frias
There likely is enough talent in the rotation and beyond, to compensate
Cost of a starter, could be a worry, unless the market is flooding
Minor League talk:
- Worried about the Indians overall depth?
- Loving Thomas Pannone
- There's some really good talent, but there's a gap between the now guys, and the then guys
- players taking a step back
- Logan Ice...a catcher to keep any eye on?
- Richie Shaffer...will he ever play in the big leagues?
- Will Naquin never make it back to the Indians
- Somehow, we talk about Chisenhall again

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Cleveland Scene's Andrew Zelman - WFNY Podcast May 09, 2017

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Andrew Zelman has been running Cleveland Scene Magazine for three-going-on-four years. We sat down and discussed what it's like to run a newspaper and media company in 2017. We also discussed a lot of Cleveland sports topics, which happens to be one of Andrew's biggest passions.

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Here's what else we discussed:

Local news in 2017
Social media and the news environment
Journalism as a loss leader
Running an events company
The Browns and struggling to like the NFL
The Cavaliers, Super-Teams and whether it's bad for the NBA
Andrew getting blocked by Trevor Bauer

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Tribe takes care of Royals - EHC Gamer Pod May 08, 2017

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The boys from EHC are doing some game recap podcasts to boost up the Tribe talk at WFNY. Here's their latest from the May 7, 2017 victory over the Royals.

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The Cleveland Indians 1-0, one-hit victory over the Kansas City Royals gave the Indians another series victory, and left the Tribe 1 1/2 games ahead of the second-place Minnesota Twins in the A.L. Central. At 17-13, the Indians have still left a lot on the table, but while they aren't anywhere near their peak performance, you can see the type of trouble they are going to cause teams all year long.

Take this weekend series. The Indians were throwing their 3-4-6 starters at the Royals in Danny Salazar, Josh Tomlin, and Mike Clevinger, and were still able to take two out of three while only scoring five weekend runs against the struggling Royals.

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Daryl Ruiter talks Browns - WFNY Podcast May 08, 2017

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Daryl Ruiter has been covering Cleveland sports for the better part of 20 years. We talked about a host of topics covering sports media, social media, and the Cleveland Browns draft.

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Here's what else we discussed:

Myles Garrett was picked, but how much credit do the Browns get for taking him?
The Browns front office and whether it would give you pause
How has the sports media market changed in the last 20 years?
Learning how to cover sports with social media
The Cleveland Browns dysfunction
Jimmy Haslam and how he needs to hold on
Sashi Brown, Hue Jackson and keeping things together
Judging Cleveland Browns things too early

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Cavaliers Beat Raptors and Caleb Brantley Discussion May 02, 2017

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Craig caught up with Dave for a chat about the Cavaliers' Game 1 defeat of the Raptors. After discussing that game for just a bit, Dave and Craig jumped right into the Browns' controversial draft pick, Caleb Brantley.

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LeBron James drinks a beer
J.R. Smith enjoys it
The Cavaliers' reserve lineup suffers
The Cleveland Browns drafting Caleb Brantley
Setting up an impossible test
Sashi Brown and the coaching staff

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The Sunday Sermon with Dan and Brennan May 01, 2017

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Dan Harrington is a relatively new member of WFNY. He made his podcast debut by bringing Fred McLeod to the WFNY Podcast. Now he and Brennan from The Point After will be delivering The Sunday Sermon. See the breakdown of topics by time below.

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Intro/Tebow check-in
00:25-05:20

NFL Draft/Kevin Love trade rumors
05:21-12:00

Joe Thomas' memory loss and Brennan's girl problems
12:01-15:00

ESPN Layoffs
15:01-18:30

Politics
18:31-18:53

NBA/NHL Playoffs, Dan gets offended and talks about how he can't skate
18:54-31:57

MANsplaining ($400,000 coke mules, Obama $400,000 speech, enlisted military and bloggers are two worst jobs in America, Caitlyn Jenner says she knew OJ did it)
31:58-39:52

Ryan Leaf says he wasn't meant to be a pro QB
39:53-40:36

Pat Riley letter to LeBron
40:37-46:00

Ezekiel Elliot's mom has fire tweet/Alabama is North Korea of the U.S.
46:01-48:05

Self critique
48:06-48:53

Health and fitness and Dan is basically Tiger Woods
48:54-50:49

America, give us some content/Closing
50:51-51:54

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Deshone Kizer: Excitement without the savior complex Apr 29, 2017

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I wouldn't have been excited for the Browns to select Deshone Kizer first overall in the 2017 NFL Draft. However, of all the QBs that came out, he was one that I was most excited for, especially now that we know he could be had in the second round.

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Reconciling Deshone Kizer's final season at Notre Dame
Putting the prospects of Kizer in perspective
Not having a savior complex with Kizer
Comparing Kizer to the other QB draft picks
- Mitchell Trubisky
- Deshaun Watson
- Patrick Mahomes
Comparing Kizer to the Browns' QB depth chart
- Cody Kessler
- Brock Osweiler
- Kevin Hogan
Could Kizer become the Browns' long-term QB

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Cleveland Browns Draft First Round Wrap-up Apr 28, 2017

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The Cleveland Browns did a lot on Thursday night of the 2017 NFL Draft. Craig breaks it all down from the highs to the lows and wondering what could and should have been.

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Are the Browns tied to Deshaun Watson now?
The Browns trading down and whether it's defensible
Planning for the future and planning for today
Jabrill Peppers and what kind of prospect he is
The quarterback position
Where would RG3 be on the current depth chart
Deshone Kizer?
Jimmy Garoppolo?
AJ McCarron?

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Holden Laurence talks about Wild Empty Promises Apr 27, 2017

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Most people know Holden Laurence from his gig playing guitar for The Modern Electric. He's been busy, however, working on his album and it's ready for release. He sat down with Craig to discuss the making of the album, his process for writing and creativity and much more. Because Holden is a giant sports fan as well, we discussed some sports at the end. Make sure you stick around to the end to hear one of the first three singles off the album, "Cover Me in Roses."

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