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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about the big story this week about Pete Rose & 16 others getting reinstated in MLB and how much we should even care about this. Also, they talk about how the AL MVP race really isn't a race already and they discuss if Rôki Sasaki would be considered a failure so far with the Dodgers.
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Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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Starkville | MLB Hall of Fame Manager Jim Leyland joins us this week in Starkville. He talks about how special it was to be inducted into the HOF, his thoughts on the breaking news about Pete Rose being reinstated, what to make of the Pirates & Rockies firing their managers, his take on Rafael Devers refusing to play 1b, the hot start for the Tigers and much more.
Strange But True: A crazy triple play, that wasn't a triple play in the Nets-Mets game from April 25th. But that isn't the strangest part of the story...
Trivia: Question from John Pennylegion- Since the mound was lowered in 1968, 22 times the ERA leader has had an ERA lower than 2.00. Of those 22 times, four pitchers did it twice. Who are the four pitchers to lead their league with an ERA of less than 2.00 since 1968?"
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Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville
Producer: Brian Smith
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about what to make of the Rafael Devers story about him saying he doesn't want to play first base. They also discuss what would Sam do if he was the owner of the Rockies and what animal best represents them.
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Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys give some updates on some old stories from the past week. They talk about what's going on with the Guardians, why Power Rankings make people so mad, why bullpens/closers have struggled this season and much more
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Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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Starkville | Tigers Manager A.J. Hinch joins us this week in Starkville. He talks about the hot start his team is on, the emergence of young & old bats, the amazing comeback season for Spencer Torkelson, how Javier Baéz looks like he found himself, the manager-front office dynamic and much more
Strange But True: The Orioles & Royals go home run derby crazy on Sunday May 4th.
Trivia: Question from Adam Hebbel- Name the 3 players to have 70 stolen bases and 70 extra-base hits in the same season.
Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst
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Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville
Producer: Brian Smith
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about what they enjoyed this weekend in The MLB. It includes them breaking down Ross Stripling retiring, umpires with live mic issues and if Javier Baéz is back
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Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk the latest injury that Mike Trout has and if there is any chance the Angels would ever trade him. Also, they talk about the big piece in The Athletic about the strike zone shrinking and if it is that big of a deal.
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Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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Starkville | Cubs Color Analyst Jim Deshaies joins us this week in Starkville. He talks with the guys about if this is the Cubs year to make the playoffs, how special of a player Kyle Tucker is, how fun PCA is to watch, how special of a place Wrigley Field is and much much more.
Strange But True: All saves aren't created equally and we talk about 2 strange saves that happen in the bigs in the past week.
Trivia: Question from Regi King- There are 4 active players with over 250 homers and are still with their original team. Can you name them??
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Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville
Producer: Brian Smith
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about what they enjoyed this weekend in The MLB. They also talk about why Barry Bonds and Aaron Judge are pitched differently even with the same type numbers.
-Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee
-Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough
-Follow Sam on X/Twitter: @SamMillerBB
Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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Welcome to The Roundtable! Grant, Andy and Sam are here to talk about all the big MLB news and stories. The guys talk about the petty way of the Angels trying to make more money off night games, why have pitcher injuries broken Sam, is Paul Skenes not giving 100% effort on his pitches this season and we get some impressions of musical hall of famers.
-Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee
-Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough
-Follow Sam on X/Twitter: @SamMillerBB
Hosts: Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough & Sam Miller
Executive Producer: Brian Smith
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