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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – June 5, 2016
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It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.
@sullybaseball @MLBreports Does Byrd lose his 1/2 WOB for cheating?
— Rob Ullman (@robullman) June 2, 2016
I know this was tongue in cheek, but it opens up some philosophical questions that are worth bringing up.
It is a “Is the past even passed” episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Jason Hammel, Brandon Moss, Josh Tomlin, Elvis Andrus, Cesar Hernandez and Adam Eaton all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball yesterday.
See the updated listing of WOB on MLB Reports
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 30, 2016
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I woke up on Friday to find out Dee Gordon was suspended for PEDs.
Let’s just say I have thoughts.
Adam Conley, Justin Bour, Felix Hernandez, Victor Martinez, Alex Wood, Freddie Freeman, Corey Kluber and Brad Miller all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball yesterday.
See the updated listing of WOB on MLB REPORTS
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 13, 2016
THE SUNDAY REQUEST IN LONDON!
@sullybaseball Sunday request w/Almonte suspension why do players still try PED? Harshest penalties in Pros still try to get away with it!
— Ken Gura (@Ken51InNO) February 27, 2016
I answer the question of PEDs while at Abbey Road Studios…
It is A Day In The Life episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – April 4, 2015
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The Angels reaction to the Josh Hamilton decision was deplorable. They don’t deserve Mike Trout.
Ervin Santana’s reaction to his positive test made me roll my eyes.
That and positive news from Montreal in this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 27, 2015
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I love David Ortiz to death. But has there ever been a player caught in a PED web who has been given a bigger pass than Big Papi? OK, other than Andy Pettitte.
Which makes his rambling and meandering editorial for The Players’ Tribune more aggravating. Just play, be the charming Big Papi and ride off into the sunset! Don’t invite the criticism that you are barely getting to increase.
And maybe more stars who get caught should do what Manny Ramirez did. Accept it and move on.
Meanwhile, I hear from a Twitter follower:
@sullybaseball wtf… how about YOU shut up?
— A Hat Made of Straw (@OneStrawHat) March 27, 2015
I will… right after this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
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2015 MLB Hall of Fame Voting: Who Deserves to Get In?
The MLB Hall of Fame will announce which players will be part of the Class of 2015. With players such as Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez being added to the ballot this year, the question remains as to which players will ultimately make the final cut this year?
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It is very possible that history is made with regards to this year’s MLB Hall of Fame induction class. In the past, the committee has been hesitant to vote in more than three players in one class, and it has been very rare to see more than three voted in at one time. In the past, the committee voted in four players twice (1947 and 1955) and five players only once (1936- the first year of the voting process).
As the decision day quickly approaches, there is speculation that the BBWAA could possibly end the long drought and elect five players this year. With this year’s ballot having a ton of players who could make a legitimate case to be inducted, I decided to go to the process of picking my own ballot (which doesn’t count for the BBWAA), and after taking the time and effort to research my ballet, I realized that it was a much harder process then I anticipated it would be.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – July 9, 2014
Hey David Ortiz! John Lackey! I love you both. You helped win the Red Sox the 2013 World Series title. Now do us all a favor. When the topic turns to PEDs… SHUT UP!
It is a Red Sox fan reprimanding Red Sox players episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Jacob deGrom, Phil Hughes, Billy Hamilton, Michael Brantley, Vidal Nuno, Chris Young, Lorenzo Cain andScooter Gennett all added to their totals for Who Owns Baseball.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 9, 2014
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It is The Sunday Request on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast
@sullybaseball Sunday request: should baseball writers now be applying a moral filter to HOF votes when they didn’t for guys like T. Yawkey?
— Kenny Mack (@KennyMack1) February 1, 2014
Pushing my buttons as only a friend can do, Kenny knows that Tom Yawkey in the Hall of Fame is more offensive than any juicer.
But are performing enhancing drugs even the biggest shame in Baseball history?
I argue they don’t even earn the Bronze medal.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 15, 2014
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Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast… more A-Rod.
Am I supposed to IGNORE Alex Rodriguez? No, but maybe I need to stop intellectually defending him.
Also a comparing and contrasting A-Rod and LeBron
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 11, 2014
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Alex Rodriguez has been suspended for the 2014 season.
Kind of big news, eh?
Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I do my best to make sense of the whole mess and wonder why the CBA doesn’t apply to A-Rod.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 25, 2013
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Jhonny Peralta signed a gigantic contract after being suspended for PEDs. Should there be a bigger punishment for PED users? Do we really want one?
Those questions and more on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 20, 2013
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It takes a great effort to make Alex Rodriguez look like a sympathetic figure.
Give Bud Selig credit for making that effort!
A nice impromptu rant fills today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 3, 2013
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Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast is not so much a Sunday Request as it is a Sunday Response.
Andrés du Bouchet is one of the funniest and most talented comedic minds currently breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide on the planet Earth. As an Emmy nominated writer and frequent performer on Conan, his brilliant comedic imagination and performing style can be seen on national TV.
And I had the privilege of seeing him as a sketch performer in the late 1990s and 2000s in venues all around New York.
A big sports fan and a lifelong Mets supporter, Andrés went to Twitter to question the adoration of David Ortiz after the 2013 World Series.
So, when the inevitable evidence finally turns up that Ortiz has been on PEDs for the entire Boston portion of his career, is baseball over?
— Andrés du Bouchet (@dubouchet) October 31, 2013
I just think it’s a shame that a city’s biggest folk hero has so clearly been a PED user since he got there. Nothing against Boston.
— Andrés du Bouchet (@dubouchet) October 31, 2013
Meanwhile ESPN continues to mythologize the knucklehead.
— Andrés du Bouchet (@dubouchet) November 1, 2013
If he were a Yankee fan, I’d chalk it up to sour grapes and remind him that Andy Pettitte was practically deified in September.
But I decided to actually respond, not as a Red Sox fan, but as a baseball observer. Why does David Ortiz and Andy Pettitte get off Scott Free while the likes of A-Rod have to fight for their baseball lives.
My conclusion is that PED’s don’t really enter into the thought process.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – November 3, 2013
November 3, 2013
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 23, 2013
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You can’t take away Ryan Braun’s MVP! How many more MVP’s would you have to give back?
That topic and more on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Mat Latos, Jose Tabata, Jose Quintana and Chris Herrmann all owned baseball on August 22, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 16, 2013
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The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast previews the Red Sox/Yankees series, talks about A-Rod and wonders how his reputation could possibly be lower.
Then I play a video game and suddenly understand steroid users a little better.
Matt Carpenter, Anibal Sanchez, Zack Wheeler and Chris Nelson all owned baseball on August 15, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 11, 2013
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It is time for the SUNDAY REQUEST on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
@sullybaseball @JustBaseball25 2 more no one EVER questions are RYAN & RIPKEN! Both proved to be superhuman while playing. I question all.
— BiggsDaddyCool (@biggsdaddycool) August 10, 2013
It is a fair point. Who is off limits? And how healthy is being skeptical?
Also a lot of hypocrites are in Yankee Stadium today.
Wilmer Flores, Jacoby Ellsbury, Nathan Eovaldi and Anibal Sanchez all owned baseball on August 10, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 11, 2013
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 7, 2013
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As the topic of A-Rod persists, August 7 is the anniversary of Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron’s record and the birthday of Mike Trout. Those two events are oddly connected.
I talk about Bonds and Trout on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Andrew Albers, Eric Chavez, Mat Latos and Adam Jones all owned baseball on August 6, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – August 7, 2013
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – July 27, 2013
The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast today is all about the positives and negatives of Hall of Fame weekend.
The great connection to tradition, even with the bogus creation story, is wonderful.
It would have been nice to have a living ball player or two be inducted this year!
Adam Jones, Daniel Murphy, Felix Hernandez and Clayton Kershaw all owned baseball on July 26, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – July 27, 2013
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – July 1, 2013
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It is now July and it is time to take stock on where teams stand at the midway point.
Meanwhile a 10 year old made a comment during the Yankees – Orioles game that makes me ask some hard questions about PEDs today.
That and more on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Yasel Puig, Madison Bumgarner, David Lough and Justin Masterson all owned baseball on June 30, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – July 1, 2013
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – June 11, 2013
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The Hall of Fame resume of Andy Pettitte is the topic for today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Here is the link for the article from Was Watching.
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Brandon Phillips, Adam Dunn, Yovani Gallardo and Jeremy Guthrie all owned baseball on June 10, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – June 11, 2013
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – June 5, 2013
Today’s edition of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast looks at the Biogenesis scandal that is rocking baseball.
And by “rocking baseball” I mean a “lame non story filled with stuff we already know.
Prince Fielder, David Phelps, Josh Collmenter and Yasiel Puig (second in as many games in the majors!) all owned baseball on June 4, 2013.
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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – June 5, 2013
Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon: Will Their Absences Be Amplified Down the Stretch?
Sunday September 2nd, 2012
Jake Dal Porto: It has been a couple of weeks since Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon were suspended for taking Performance Enhancing Drugs, but their respective teams have thrived since receiving the bad news. The Giants are 12-5 since losing their star outfielder, while the A’s are 10-1 since losing arguably one of the best pitchers on their staff. It’s safe to say that both clubs have put negative news behind them, and are focused on making the playoffs. However, just because both teams have found success in the wake of the suspensions, doesn’t mean that they won’t feel the effect down the stretch drive.
The Giants clearly lost more than the A’s. They lost an everyday player, as opposed to a player who can make an impact every five days and is older and injury prone. When Cabrera was suspended he led baseball in the hits department, and was among the top five in batting average. Now, he leads the National League in batting average (.346), and yes, he can still win that honor despite the suspension. But Cabrera was a fixture in the Giants’ lineup. When the team was struggling, he seem to continuously spark them with one big hit after another. And once San Francisco acquired Hunter Pence from the Phillies, their three through six batters were seen as a legitimate powerhouse. But only for one game did they have all four hitters intact. Read the rest of this entry
