Episode 44: MLB week recap 8/21/23 - Best finishes, highlights, key moments
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New episode. Really good games this week. Some wild card teams playing each other. Giants vs Phillies, Reds vs D-Backs, Yankees and Nationals had a great game at the stadium. And then I touch on big news in the game. Shohei Ohtani torn UCL and how that really puts somewhat of a damper on his free agency pursuit. And Terry Francona intimates this will be his final season managing.
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Episode 43: MLB weekend recap 8/18/23 - Best finishes, highlights, key moments
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Good games this weekend. Lots of drama. Yankees vs. Red Sox had a great finish Sunday. Braves and Giants played a nailbiter Saturday night. Julio Rodriguez and Pablo Lopez were the story as far as individual performances from the weekend. Jose Altuve makes history. I conclude giving the series results.
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Episode 42: MLB weekend recap 8/14/23 - Best finishes, highlights, key moments
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Another recap of some of the best games from the week. Mariners and Royals played a couple of nailbiting games. Astros and Marlins played a couple games that came down to the wire. White Sox and Cubs had a dramatic finish Wednseday night. As far as storylines, Yankees and Dodgers are front and center as they're two teams going in opposite directions and Brandon Lowe makes history doing something no second basement has done.
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Episode 41: MLB weekend recap 8/12/23 - Best finishes, highlights, key moments
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Another recap of some of the best games from the weekend. Huge 9th inning comebacks from the Marlins and Yankees game and Nationals and A's game. Great drama with the Orioles and Mariners from Sunday. And also touch on some stories. A great story of perservance from Jon Singleton who hadn't played in MLB in eight years prior to this season. And I recap the series results from the weekend.
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Episode 40: MLB recap week of 8/7/23 - Best finishes, highlights, key moments
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Similar to last episode I touch on what I thought were some of the best games and finishes from the week Monday-Thursday. Then touch on some noteworthy statistical things that happened in the week, standout performances, statistical oddities. Matt Olson, Josh Bell, Miguel Cabrera involved in some of these. Then I conclude providing the series results from the week so far.
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Episode 39: MLB weekend recap 8/5/23 - Best finishes, highlights, key moments
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First episode in a while - tried to do a little something different with this episode. It is more news, journalistic related. Little old school but had some fun with it. But touched on some of the best games and finishes from the weekend, standout performances, key moments, noteworthy statistics. Concluded the episode by giving series results from the weekend.
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Episode 38: Potpourri (Thoughts on Joe Buck, Troy Aikman deals, Breaking Bad, Catcher in the Rye, St. Peter's run)
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Different kind of episode this time. Instead of focusing on one topic I just touched on a few things that were on my mind. I start out talking about the absurd amount of money's sports broadcasters are making and give my thoughts on compensation in some more meaningful fields. I then talk about watching Breaking Bad and give praise to the show as I just finished season 3. (10:13) I finished reading Catcher in the Rye and give some thoughts on that. (15:48) I conclude with giving my thoughts on St. Peter's unlikely miraculous run and how I've really rallied behind their success and...
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Episode 37: NBA Top Five Teams/Top Five MVP Candidates Episode
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Getting back at it posting content for the pod. For this episode (solo show) I give my take on the who I think the top five teams in the league are and the top five NBA candidates raking them both 5-1. Feel free to debate or provide feedback.
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Episode 36: Interview with Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims
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For this episode I (Chris Grosso) am joined by longtime Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims. I got his take on the overwhelming reaction his game-winning call got on Mitch Haniger's go-ahead single Saturday night which garnered nearly three million views on the Mariners Twitter account. We also talked Mariners fan base and their playoff drought. For any Mets fans, we also talked Jarred Kelenic, Robinson Cano as well.
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Episode 35: Interview with former NFL running back Antowain Smith
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For this episode I’m joined by former Super Bowl winning running back with the New England Patriots Antowain Smith. I start out asking what he’s been up to and what life is like when you transition into retirement from the game (:56) I then ask how he only played high school football his senior year and how he played only because of a “dare” from his friends. He then talks about how he left a scholarship from Auburn on the table to take care of his ailing grandmother I ask about his experience playing under Bill Belichick and what Bill was like and the environment of the...
info_outlineFor this episode I'm joined by longtime sports broadcaster Thom Brennaman who broadcasting career has been put on hold since August due to uttering a homophobic slur which was caught on a hot mic.
I start out with a little humor icebreaker by asking Thom about spelling his name "Thom" as opposed to Tom (1:38) and transition to one of his new endeavors as he's started up his own podcast Dialed In with Thom Brennaman in which he's interviewed Urban Meyer, Brian Billick, Troy Aikman (2:40). I then ask if he believes he'll get another chance to announce again (4:20)
I then ask about the night of the incident in which he was caught using the homophobic slur and his reaction right after he was made know it had went viral (6:50). I then ask about the criticism and backlash he received from calling the Nick Castellanos home run in the middle of his apology (10:40)
I then ask if he had ever the mindset "why me" as I make the point that unfortunately people do make inappropiate jokes all the time and he had been unfortunate he had been caught on a hot mic (13:30). I then ask about the outreach he has done with the LGBTQ community to make amends for using the slur (15:12)
I then ask if he thinks it's "fair" whether an employee with no track record of scandal should be terminated or be put in a position where the outcry is so much that they should be put in a position to resign from one incident (18:35)
I transition to his college and professional career and ask about his experience becoming a sports broadcaster and the jobs he's had throughout his career (22:05). He sheds light on his lack of experience announcing baseball and how he literally got his start by announcing games on his own tape recorder in the press box at Riverfront Stadium (26:37)
I conclude by asking him about his most memorable calls/games which included the Derek Jeter flip play, the Boise State upset of Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, covering the 2001 World Series between the Yankees/Diamondbacks and Albert Pujols home run off Brad Lidge in game 5 of the 2005 NLCS. (33:40)