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Welcome to The Roundtable! Marc joins the boys this week for episode #100 of The Roundtable. They talk about if they think baseball could ever be the top dog of all the major sports again, Andy's experience at the World Series of Poker in Vegas and how the All-Star uniforms and hats are terrible.
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Starkville | 3-time manager of the year Jim Leyland joins us this week in Starkville. He talks about his upcoming induction into the Baseball HOF, his thoughts on the modern game for managers, who were the most special players he managed and much much more.
Strange But True: Jose Miranda of the Twins goes nuts and gets 12 straight hits. He was the first player to accomplish this in 71 years.
Trivia from John Fisher- This player struck out two members of the 3,000-hit club and then a member of the 500-HR club in the first inning of the All Star game. Who was the pitcher and/or the 3 players that struck out?
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Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re discussing the Aaron Civalde trade and choosing some teams to bandwagon. Then, we choose our favorite mid-season superlatives.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! The Athletic's Cardinals writer Katie Woo is in this week. They talk about the resurgent St Louis Cardinals, if the MLB All-Star game still fun, what happened to the Braves offense and what to make of the AL West.
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Starkville | The Orioles are off to an amazing start to the season. O's broadcast Melanie Newman talks about how the young Orioles have taken the next step this season, how Brandon Hyde has become a great players manager and much much more.
Strange But True: The Tour de Lankford happened on Sunday. Rangers rookie Wyatt Lankford hit for the cycle during the game becoming the first player to do it this season, Doug talks about the amazing season and story Lankford has.
Trivia returns next week
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Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re digging through the mailbag and answering listener submitted questions.
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Athletic's Dodgers writer Fabian Ardaya is in this week. They talk about the great 5 part series by The Athletic on Missing Bats, how great a story Steven Kwan is, is it time to sell in Toronto and why the D-backs are Grant's most disappointing team.
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Starkville | The great Willie Mays passed away last week. John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle joins the guys to talk about the life of Willie Mays, his thoughts on the current game of baseball, Willie's only regret in his life and much more. John co-authored "24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid" with Willie Mays back in 2020.
Strange But True: We have a first in MLB and in Starkville! There was a walk off pitch clock violation or a "clock off" to end the Rockies-Nationals game on Saturday night.
Trivia from Brian St John- Who are the only two players to ever lead the League in Home Runs and Triples in the same season?
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Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re remembering Willie Mays and discussing the game at Rickwood Field. Then, we’re sifting through the contender tiers to figure out who we believe in most.
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Willie Mays died on Tuesday, June 19. Considered one of the greatest to ever play the game if not the greatest, the Hall of Famer was 93 years old.
Grant Brisbee has written about the Giants since 2003 and has covered the club for The Athletic since 2019. He grew up in the Bay Area, going to games at Candlestick and even becoming a vendor there. He published this story after Mays' passing.
Written version of Grant's story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5574529/2024/06/19/willie-mays-wikipedia-death/
Credits:
-Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) by the Treniers (1954)
-La Vie En Rose performed by Louis Armstrong (1950)
-Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1964)
-Skating by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1964)
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