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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 21, 2016
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It is time for the Sunday Request.
@sullybaseball Do you think that Pablo will help eat up ground on the other AL East contenders? Nice off season working out, Kung Fu Whale.
— Pat Tarantino (@PATJAY13) February 18, 2016
Yup. Pablo Sandoval is fat. He was fat. He is fat. He may always be fat. And that is no way to win over fans.
That and some spring cleaning on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 18, 2015
Boston Herald Staff Photo by Matt Stone
Big Papi is probably going to hang them up after the 2016 seasons. Savor this rare event Red Sox fans: A beloved player may retire WITH the Red Sox! Imagine that! It doesn’t happen often.
Plus the Brandon Crawford signing shows the Giants are creating a core for the ages.
It is a multiple title episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – September 13, 2015
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It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.
@sullybaseball should he get some hall of fame consideration? http://t.co/movvhnsd4f
— chaim (@frymorn) September 9, 2015
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This is a tougher question than I anticipated. Tim Hudson probably belongs in that wonderful subgroup of pitchers who had terrific peaks, were World Series Champions but fell short of the Hall of Fame. Perhaps a new museum needs to be made for them.
It is an all inclusive episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Madison Bumgarner, Corey Seager, Hector Santiago, Jose Bautista, John Lackey, Greg Garcia and Brett Gardner all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – September 2, 2015
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The Giants season and Championship defense might be slipping away. Go support this team, Giants fans. It might look a lot different soon.
It is a leaving your heart in San Francisco episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Zack Greinke, Darin Ruf, Drew Smyly, J. P. Arencibia, Madison Bumgarner, Yan Gomes, Rick Porcello and Matt Kemp all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball
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The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Hisashi Iwakuma, August 12, 2015 )
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A Masterpiece for Iwakuma!
This has been a let down of a season for the Seattle Mariners, but what a highlight for Iwakuma. The 5th no hitter in Seattle Mariners history and the first since the perfect game by Felix Hernandez in 2012.
It was also his first career complete game. It is a good thing they didn’t bring in Fernando Rodney for the 9th.
It is time to update my list!
The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Cole Hamels, July 25, 2015)
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If this is Cole Hamels final game with the Phillies, what a way to go!
The Phillies should take advantage and trade Hamels RIGHT NOW before anyone thinks he has any arm issues. Getting an ace fresh off of a no hitter?
I think he is in good shape.
This is also the first no hitter thrown against the Cubs since Sandy Koufax in 1965. A cool fact but the end of a Twitter account called @CubsNoHitStreak which reminded the world of their ability to break up no nos in every game since.
Alas, it is no more.
No. 7,921: Cole Hamels has no-hit the Cubs. The Streak dies.
— Cubs No-Hit Streak (@CubsNoHitStreak) July 25, 2015
A few more thoughts… Cole Hamels has started more no hitters since September 1, 2014 than the Padres and Mets have had in their history combined.
But his last no hitter was a combined one, so that means Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon are off the list now.
They didn’t last long… not as long as Indians pitcher Len Barker who has been on this list since 1981.
It is time to update my list!
The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for Max Scherzer, June 20, 2015 )
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Max Scherzer gets his first no hitter!
He nearly got a no hitter in his last start and nearly threw a perfect game (ah those hit by pitches.) I think he will take it. Man, Jordan Zimmermann didn’t last long on this list. After no Washington no hitter since Bobby Burke’s gem for the Senators in 1931 and no franchise no hitter since Dennis Martinez’s perfecto in 1991, Zimmermann ended the regular season of 2014 with a no no.
Now Scherzer takes Zimmermann’s place. And by the way he has been pitching, he will be back.
It is time to update my list!
The Most Recent No Hitter For Each Franchise (Updated for June 9, 2015 )
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The first No Hitter of 2015!
Lots of Giants greats have thrown no hitters, from Christy Matthewson to Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain. Now add Chris Heston to the list. Just think. In 2013, the Giants designated him for assignment and anyone could have picked him up.
I bet the Giants are glad nobody did.
With a 5-0 masterpiece, Chris Heston has his own piece of history and removes his teammate Lincecum from this list.
I am sure Tim is fine with it.
It is time to update my list!
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 8, 2015
Still at Washington State… I expand my knowledge with the stat “Game Score” and I urge the Giants to do something about their lineup right NOW!
It is a teaching old dogs new tricks episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
CJ Wilson, Steve Pearce, Tyson Ross and Freddie Freeman, Buster Posey, James Paxton, Kevin Kiermaier and Zack Grienke all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball?
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 9, 2015
Photo: Charles Wenzelberg, NY Post and USA Today Sports
Two high profile and highly paid former World Series hero third basemen are in the news.
One is the reviled Alex Rodriguez of the team I hate the most, the Yankees.
The other is the lovable “Kung Fu Panda” Pablo Sandoval, who moved from my second favorite team, the World Champion Giants, to my favorite team, the Red Sox.
So why is Alex Rodriguez earning my respect and Pablo is making me think “Shut up, Panda”?
Find out why on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 8, 2015
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It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.
@sullybaseball Here is a Sunday Topic for you, the Odd Numbered Year Curse and Hunter Pence’s broken Arm. Unreal.
— Jim Furlong (@EWOKinLA) March 5, 2015
The Giants lineup is thin enough that losing Pence for any length of time isn’t going to be fun. Man, this even year odd year thing is starting to get creepy! Let’s talk defending champs on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
@CblackCHC It happens my friend. Thanks for the concern, it’s a part of the game we love. No slowing down!
— Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) March 6, 2015
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 18, 2015
Photo by STEVE SILVA – Boston.com
Newsflash! Pablo Sandoval is not a thin man.
Maybe Red Sox fans should have made a mental note of that before freaking out after Steve Silva of Boston.com posted the picture seen above.
Also, evidently, Yankee fans did not cheer when A-Rod homered in the 2009 post season. Who knew?
That and other surprising facts on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 24, 2015
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Deflated footballs show how being hateful can be fun in sports if it is about something silly.
Ryan Vogelsong loves the home cooking of San Francisco and Ichiro goes for 3,000 in Miami.
That and more on the new episode The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 22, 2015
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Why bother making picks so early in the year?
The closers could be different! Eventual post season heroes could be starting the season with another team.
But as of right now, the Chicago White Sox look like a very dangerous team.
It is a worthless prediction episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 24, 2014
I had to do some last minute shopping for Christmas.
While wandering from store to store in San Jose, I wondered which teams should be doing last minute shopping for themselves regarding James Shields and Max Scherzer.
Images of 200 innings pitchers will be dancing in your head for this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 24, 2014
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It looks like the Red Sox are signing Pablo Sandoval to a big huge long term deal. And your pal Sully, a life long Red Sox fan, is NOT happy.
It is a “You heard it here first” episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 22, 2014
Photo: Christopher Hanewinckel, USA TODAY Sports
Driving to San Jose Airport, I struck up a conversation with my dad about Pablo Sandoval and whether or not he will end up with the Red Sox or Giants.
Why have a private conversation when you can turn it into a podcast?
It is father and son episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 19, 2014
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Thinking of the good will already in the bank with the fan bases, I hope Jon Lester goes back to Boston and the Panda returns to San Francisco.
It is a “go where the love is” episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 12, 2014
See this Giants shirt? It is kind of obnoxious but true for this decade.
Do the Giants want to keep up this winning? Then they have some work to do this off season.
It is a keep the dynasty going episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 4, 2014
Corey Sipkin – NY Daily News
Let’s not create fake controversies, shall we?
Alex Rodriguez paid off his cousin to not talk about steroids? Is that supposed to shock us?
Fox Sports
And please stop any talk that Mike Jirschele should have sent Alex Gordon home with 2 outs in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the World Series. Gordon would have been out by 20 feet.
It is a manufactured controversies episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 3, 2014
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Can Pablo Sandoval re-sign with the Giants? All year long I said “No, it makes no sense.” But I might be changing my mind.
Talking Panda plus Joe Maddon and Michael Cuddyer on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 31, 2014
It is October 31, and there can be no scarier costume to wear in Kansas City than Madison Bumgarner.
His post season was remarkable of course. Emotionally, it also mirrored what Bob Gibson did in 1968.
Recorded in front of the house from Halloween, it is the Halloween episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 30, 2014
Michael Macor – San Francisco Chronicle
Game 7 of the 2014 World Series was a thriller.
Bumgarner dominated. Affeldt was terrific. Gordon nearly pulled off the comeback and the Chevy Guy might be a viral marketing prank.
Lots to talk about regarding the last game of the year on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Madison Bumgarner, Pablo Sandoval, Kelvin Herrera and Alex Gordon owned the World Series and October last night.
Bumgarner and Hunter Pence had the highest WOWS total.
Bumgarner and Lorenzo Cain had the highest WOO total.
Madison Bumgarner And Hunter Pence Owned The 2014 World Series (#WOWS)
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Did Madison Bumgarner get the Win or Save tonight? Oh it doesn’t matter. All that matters is that he dominated like no pitcher I have ever seen in my life. 1 run in 21 World Series innings? Being the pitcher to clinch the World Series?
It was a World Series for the ages.
Hunter Pence hit the homer in the top of the first in Game 1 that set the tone of the World Series. He would hit ,429 with a homer and 5 RBI. He got 2 more hits in the Game 7 finale and scored a run.
They were the pitcher and the hitter who owned the 2014 World Series.
Kelvin Herrera with his stellar relief work for the Royals earned 1 1/2 WOWs as well.
Each winning team for every World Series game gets a pitcher and a hitter who earn a full WOO (Who Owns the World Series.)
And at my discretion, I award a 1/2 WOWS to a worthy player on the losing team.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 29, 2014
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Well, Game 6 was a bust.
The Royals blew out the Giants early and handily.
Now it is all on the line tonight. The last game of the season. Game 7. Who will be associated with this game and the year forever more?
It is the end of the baseball season forecasted on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Yordano Ventura and Lorenzo Cain owned the World Series and October last night.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 28, 2014
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Tonight is Game 6 of the World Series.
Those words can bring up so many different memories. Who will be the Reggie Jackson, Carlton Fisk, Don Denkinger, Bill Buckner, Kirby Puckett, Joe Carter, Tom Glavine, Josh Beckett, David Freese or Nelson Cruz of the night?
Meanwhile I all but beg Joe Maddon to take over the Dodgers.
It could be a memorable night that is previewed on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 27, 2014
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Madison Bumgarner pitched another thrilling game that added to his growing post season legend.
But sadly we will never get to see Oscar Tavares blossom into the star he could have become.
It was a conflicted and strange night of baseball for today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Madison Bumgarner, Brandon Crawford and James Shields all owned October and the World Series last night.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 26, 2014
Photo: Scott Strazzante, San Francisco Chronicle
Last night’s game was so strange that I feel like we saw 3 different games.
It was like a Tarantino film. I am not convinced it was shown in chronological order.
It is the Game 4 of the World Series episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Yusmeiro Petit, Hunter Pence and Salvador Perez all owned October and the World Series last night.
World Series Betting, MLB Reports SOTU + Happy 2nd Anniversary To Sully Baseball’s Daily Podcast
By Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Follow @chuckbooth3024
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Okay..It has been a trying month here at the MLB Reports..Damaged electronics, power outages, I moved (while working every single day) – and all of this in the eye of the Postseason. But we are finally 100% back, and all systems at go.
First off, I wanted to acknowledge Sully for his incredible work on his 20 minute daily podcast, and his ironman streak for a couple of different things.
Sully has done a brand new podcast every day for 732 days straight. That is incredible to say the least. We are ecstatic to have partnered with him for all but about 3 months of that time. If you don’t currently listening to it, you are missing out.
Paul Sullivan “Sully” is a walking historical book on the game of baseball, but he presents it in a way that anyone can be a fan of the game.
My girlfriend can even easily spend 20 minutes a day downloading his show on Soundcloud, because he makes it easy to follow – and entertaining.
He doesn’t beat you over the head with stats and spends a lot of time telling stories on the narrative, or just his personal views.. It is a gift to be able to translate the game to any specter of age or gender in audio fashion for 20 minutes a day.
Subscribe to The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Another thing Sully does, is watch every single game of the 2430 game regular season schedule, and all of the playoffs.
At the completion of the 2014 Postseason, he will have listed a daily MVP for the AL and NL Games for 2 years straight as well.
Much like his podcast, he posts these articles every day there was baseball the previous day of action.
You are talking about 200+ more posts per year. The guy doesn’t miss a day. That kind of devotion is and will become even more legendary as the season’s pile up.
Thank you Sully, looking forward to many more years of featuring your work on our website.
So because Paul Sullivan does these baseball posts every day, we are guaranteed at least an article of the Daily MVP, and also his podcast.
For those of you who have been lucky enough to become a follower, spread the word out there so we can make this daily show a huge paying gig for Sully one day. Read the rest of this entry
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – October 25, 2014
I had never been to a World Series game in my life.
Neither had my dad, a lifelong Giants fan.
We went to Game 3 of the World Series together. I tried my best to share the experience of being at the game last night
It is fathers and son episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Alcides Escobar, Greg Holland, Michael Morse and Tim Hudson all owned October and the World Series last night.
