Tag: Atlanta Braves

2018 MLB Season Preview – The N.L.

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Part 2 of the 2018 MLB Season Preview: Coach and Tucker give their sure-fire, can’t miss predictions for the National League in 2018! The Mets should be a lot better, but then, so should everyone but the Reds, Marlins and Pirates. Coach sees a watered down league, where 83 wins is enough to make a Wild Card. The Cubs, Nats and Dodgers remain the class of the divisions, and why the Braves’ Acuna will be Bonds, the Hammer, and the Babe combined.

Podcast available for download on SoundCloud and on iTunes.

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Top 20 (or so) Most Significant Between the Lines (2/28/18) – Podcast

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Coach and Tucker debate the 20 “Most Significant” baseball persons to put on a uniform and step between the lines, based on criteria of performance, innovation, character, and importance to the game of baseball.  Much love for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum inductees for 2018, and complete disdain for “Blooper”. Editor Note: In the weeks since recording, the list has been altered about 700 times…

 

Podcast available for download on SoundCloud and on iTunes.

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All Things Oakland A’s – Podcast

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Oakland fan Kate Fratar joins Tucker on the Podcast to talk about the state of Athletics Baseball. Getting a new stadium, opening up the third deck, “Rooted in Oakland” campaign, and the showdown between the A’s and Braves. The next jersey to be retired in Oakland? Do we still want interleague play, 20 years later?

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Picking Up the Pace – Podcast

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Coach Bounds offers THE Solution to MLB’s Pace of Play problem!  And with SunTrust Park officially open for baseball in Atlanta (28:00), Coach and Tucker discuss the Cash Cow of the Battery, why every visiting team to SunTrust will want a new stadium when they leave, and who is to blame in the case of Braves vs. City of Atlanta?

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Trout/Kershaw 2016 – Podcast

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All-Star fan voting ends on June 30th, and we weigh in on who our starters would be, versus who leads in the polls.  Out of the box, we give love to Cleveland, the Braves’ recent success (4:22), and the surging Rangers (8:47). Issues with the ASG selection process (11:38), the AL starters (17:56), the NL starters (25:32), and round into home with Kershaw’s season for the ages (42:08).

Podcast available for download at Soundcloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.

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Outta the Gates – Podcast

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We breakdown the first 2 weeks of the 2016 MLB season, the Dangers of Tanking, and yet another player involved in a domestic violence incident.

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Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.

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The Greatest Cheaters – Podcast

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From John McGraw and Gaylord Perry, to the 1919 “Black Sox”, we debate the great cheaters of baseball, and the difference between “Gamesmanship” vs. Foul Play.  Plus a warm “Welcome Home” to the Atlanta Braves’ Jeff Francoeur!

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Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.

 

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Warming Up… – Podcast

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Horsehide meets leather this week, and thus, Baseball is Back! We celebrate the coming of Spring Training by looking at some of the great baseball TV advertisements ever made. Chicks will always dig the long ball… The original commercials are posted below the Podcast link.

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Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.

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The End of the Line – Podcast

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On the last day of 2015, we reach the final stop of our Hot Stove Tour: The NL East. Full rebuilds in Atlanta and Philadelphia, no clue in Miami, and who has to win, now: Mets or the Nats?

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Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.

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