Tucker is joined by Coach via phone for the first Coronavirus podcast for RTB. Out of the Box, Coach and Tucker discuss MLB’s different strategies to try and have a 2020 baseball season (3:12). The CPBL in Taiwan offers a baseball fix to the masses with a bizarre new approach (20:26), what permanent changes to MLB will result from COVID-19 (42:12), and what gets lost in a lost season (51:23). Coming into Home, remembering the great Al Kaline, “Mr Tiger” and one of the great elder statesmen of baseball (54:58).
Tag: Detroit Tigers
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!
Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.
The Best, Not on the Big Stage – Podcast
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Wrapping up the end of the Hot Stove with Cespedes, Upton and Davis. The hammer falls on the Cardinals’ hacking scandal, and we hash out the Best Ballplayers never to play in the World Series.
Podcast available for download at Soundcloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes
Who Gets the Call in 2016? – Podcast
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The Hall of Fame Class of 2016 will undoubtably feature “The Kid”, who could be unanimous. After that? The ballot is decidedly grey. Will the “Steroid Era” stars crash the party? Will the players on the fringe get their due? And the case for (and against) the greatest DH.
Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.
Hot Stove Tour 2015: The AL Central – Podcast
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Our Hot Stove tour takes us to the PowerHouse AL Central, where the Tigers make an early splash, but is that enough for Detroit to rebound in 2016? Do the Royals need to go get anything that’s not already in house? Will the Twins find power in Park? Plus, some very early reaction to the Red Sox signing Price for a Bazillion dollars…
Podcast available for download at SoundCloud.com/RunningtheBases and on iTunes.