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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 7, 2017

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Rays pitcher Chris Archer has some admirable sentiments about the WBC. But I think that a real unifying lesson can be found with how baseball is already set up.
It is a melting pot episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 6, 2017
Some teams find themselves in flux between identity shifts. I illustrate that by shaving my beard.
I take blade to face on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 5, 2017

It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.
@sullybaseball If you pull all MLB pitchers from the WBC, it will cease to exist. Is that what you’re going for?
— Michael (@MichaelT162) February 27, 2017
The WBC is well meaning but even its supporters can’t separate it from a spring training game.
I have ideas how to fix it, but if it goes away, I won’t be sad.
Evolve or become extinct on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 4, 2017

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THE TEAMS THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: The 1993 Braves had the momentum, the pennant chase, the build up and the perfect combination of beloved players. They should have been the team to win it all, not the 1995 team.
A what could have been episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 3, 2017

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The vastness of the cosmos is helping me deal with the inevitability of the Red Sox losing David Price for the season.
We are all on the pale blue dot on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 2, 2017

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Baseball is meant to be a diversion or a distraction from every day life. But often the players, the key distractors, have real life interfere with their production on the field. Jake Peavy, dealing with a prolonged divorce is the latest example of reality colliding with fantasy.
Finding the truth half way in this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – March 1, 2017

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The NL East will be won by the team that doesn’t break down. Meanwhile new Washington reliever Joe Blanton has turned his nice career around and could become a closer option.
Reinventing one’s self in this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Enjoy Joe Blanton’s home run in the 2008 World Series.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 28, 2017

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Mike Trout might never be universally recognized and that MAY just be a product of the current way we consume culture. Meanwhile Mike Scioscia might have outstayed his welcome.
Adapt with the times in this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 27, 2017

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From the World Series to the election to the Oscars, nothing seems predictable anymore… and a certain amount of predictability is critical for baseball.
Black is white and up is down in this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 26, 2017

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It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.
@sullybaseball Sunday request. If Scherzer has 3 more top 5 Cy Young years, has he had an under the radar HOF career?
— TheStartingBloc (@thestartingbloc) February 24, 2017
Max Scherzer certainly has had a peak and highlights worthy of Hall of Fame merit.
But he needs several more years of it and some early warning signs are troublesome.
Courting immortality in this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 25, 2017
THE TEAMS THAT SHOULD HAVE WON: The first part of a series on the podcast that I will do for the next 31 Saturdays.
I look at the teams that if they had won the World Series, they would have done so under the best circumstances and with the best collection of players. First team I cover are my Red Sox and I look at the 1978 squad.
First of a month of Saturdays with this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 24, 2017

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A lot of people don’t like Field of Dreams. I get it.
I still love it and the reasons why I do reflect that what we love and what we consume, including baseball, do not exist in a vacuum.
No guilty pleasues in this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 23, 2017

Building up to Oscar season, I watched the only film connected to baseball: Fences.
Besides being a great showcase for two wonderful stars, Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, it also allows a supporting cast (especially Stephen Henderson) to shine.
As a baseball fan, it also shows how we use our own experiences to paint how we appreciate the greatness of players in the past and the present.
Yeah it is worth seeing.
Also listen to the great podcast Denzel Washington is the Greatest Actor of All Time Period.
It is an honor to be nominated in this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 22, 2017

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I listed my thoughts on the greatest players in each franchise’s history. I realized that Francisco Lindor has the outside chance to become the greatest player in Cleveland Indians history.
It is there for the taking.
It is a legacy episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 21, 2017

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The Cubs won it all last year. Perhaps you heard. But let’s savor how infrequently a team wins in the year they are SUPPOSED to win!
Perfectly timing titles on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 20, 2017

It is Presidents Day. Will we ever have a baseball player President?
Why not?
Hail to the Chief on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 19, 2017

On Twitter, I posted YouTube clips of the person I declared the best of each franchises. People today call that a GOAT, Greatest of All Time. I am not ready to use that term.
Goat still means something bad to me!
But the reaction I got to the clips inspired The Sunday Request
@sullybaseball @70sBaseball @Reds @YouTube Wrong again try Johnny Bench.
— Alan Davis (@bfb242) February 18, 2017
@sullybaseball @70sBaseball @Pirates @YouTube Wrong. Try Honus Wagner.
— Alan Davis (@bfb242) February 18, 2017
Try Johnny Bench? Honus Wagner? Wrong? Um, I have given this some thought. I am just trying to get some healthy debate about something that ISN’T politics on line!
Feeling like a goat on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Here are the Tweets with the video clips.
Greatest player in @yankees history: Babe Ruth https://t.co/wJZ7J0B0SV via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @redsox history: Ted Williams https://t.co/ZoeoxINp2t via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @orioles history: Cal Ripken Jr. https://t.co/ArIV7LJdyB via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @bluejays history: Dave Steib https://t.co/QO4tDgr9iu via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in Rays history: Evan Longoria ( @RaysBaseball ) https://t.co/065gyIee4Q via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in Washington DC history: Walter Johnson https://t.co/LL257WZDD1 via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @Montreal_Expos history: Tim Raines https://t.co/h5g9UdfdjN via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @mets history: Tom Seaver https://t.co/LZUchrOZEf via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @marlins history: Giancarlo Stanton https://t.co/h1g8Lmk9TW via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest Player in @phillies history: Mike Schmidt https://t.co/ZB9J6ruhrv via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @braves history: Hank Aaron https://t.co/rWCC4NnAer via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @indians history: Napoleon Lajoie https://t.co/lX6raCUMYj via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @tigers history: Ty Cobb https://t.co/Sq1s24lTLr via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @royals history: George Brett https://t.co/xR9p18b26H via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @royals history: George Brett https://t.co/xR9p18b26H via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @whitesox history: Frank Thomas https://t.co/JONYhAFVNB via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @twins history: Rod Carew https://t.co/j52HiwbPKy via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @reds history: Pete Rose https://t.co/dCSgA3h0SW via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @brewers history: Robin Yount https://t.co/mw0Fra7eOA via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @pirates history: Roberto Clemente https://t.co/zZM42tRgHb via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @cardinals history: Stan Musial https://t.co/e9rL4wooYr via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @cubs history: Ernie Banks https://t.co/kEbVsyZz5z via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @rangers history: Ivan Rodriguez https://t.co/knAuRwDJTA via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @mariners history: Ken Griffey Jr. https://t.co/jYYJFiesZx via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @astros history: Jeff Bagwell https://t.co/3Oky2uDZjf via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @angels history: Mike Trout https://t.co/SQiAr9Tsat via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @athletics history: Rickey Henderson https://t.co/gTTKJvXgMi via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @dodgers history: Jackie Robinson https://t.co/E21Srtu17o via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @sfgiants history: Willie Mays https://t.co/hTtUIyqbtG via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @Rockies history: Todd Helton https://t.co/BgDANh5XWu via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @Dbacks history: Randy Johnson https://t.co/hNHvX7iB3k via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Greatest player in @padres history : Tony Gwynn https://t.co/5bJn7L6oe6 via @YouTube
— Sully Baseball (@sullybaseball) February 18, 2017
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 18, 2017

The card of the day for Sully Baseball was a Mark Davis Topps Card. I bet you do not know this, but he is a Cy Young winner once traded for a Hall of Famer and another time dealt for an MVP.
I am POSITIVE you didn’t know that.
Pad your resume on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast -February 17, 2017

Former Cleveland Indians All Star reliever Sid Monge joins the podcast today.
We talked about his days with the Tribe and the Tigers, his 30 years of coaching and what other sports he could have mastered.
Passing on knowledge with the AL Pitcher of the Month for July, 1979 on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 16, 2017

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A few days ago, I thought the Marlins were about to get a normal owner.
Now the Marlins management is somehow mixed up with the Trump Presidency and the French Embassy.
This is bananas.
Florida is nuts again on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast -February 15, 2017

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Alex Reyes looks like he is going to have Tommy John surgery. These Tommy John surgeries are driving me crazy. Perhaps this is a case for good, clean PEDs.
Get a legal edge on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 14, 2017

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On Valentine’s Day, I take a look at the Mets whose 2017 is totally uncertain and Terry Collins is about to have an unusual title in the team’s history.
Feeling the love on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 13, 2017

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The Astros need to go all in. And that means taking Zack Greinke off of the Diamondbacks’ hands. Meanwhile I have all sorts of tech issues.
Testing Testing 1…2…3 on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 12, 2017

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It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.
This has got to be a topic on @sullybaseball #SundayRequest What is your opinion, and how could it adversely affect the game in your eyes? https://t.co/m6AuXWpTni
— Ryan Brooks (@rybrooks26) February 9, 2017
This is the stupidest idea I have heard of in a while. There are ways to improve baseball that don’t involve starting a runner on second in extra innings.
It is a “Don’t Break What Isn’t Broken” episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 11, 2017

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Mike Ilitch has passed away. He was everything a fan could want in an owner and helped make the Tigers a point of pride in a difficult time for Detroit.
Now that he is gone, what will the fortunes of the Tigers be moving forward.
It is a Motor City episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 10, 2017

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Will Jeffrey Loria sell the Marlins? It looks like he might! And if it happens, maybe the Marlins will finally have a chance to grow a fan base.
I take my talents to South Beach on this episode of Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 9, 2017

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The Giants wonderful bullpen was kept together for probably one season too long. But as it is broken up, salute the 4 rings of Javier Lopez, bid farewell to Sergio Romo and possibly welcome back Brian Wilson.
Even year or Odd year, it is a San Francisco episode of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 8, 2017

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The Cardinals may have missed the post season last year (barely) and have flown under the radar this off season. But sleep on this team at your own peril. They have a combination of veterans, young players, and a bunch of comeback candidates poised to make 2017 fun for the Red Birds.
Two little birds are perched on a bat for this episode of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 7, 2017

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Atlanta has become a city synonymous with sports suffering, especially after this Super Bowl. Maybe a rebuilt Braves team can turn that around.
It is a George Peach edition of the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.
Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 6, 2017

The Super Bowl was so boring and such a blow out that I decided to do the dishes and record a podcast while my sons made their lunch.
With such a lackluster post season, I realized that baseball’s worst post season in MY lifetime was 1989.
And with the Falcon’s title, the Braves were taken off the hook and can rebuild at their own pleasure.
Little did I know that while I was recording that, the Patriots were staging a comeback for the ages.
Guess I should know better than to count my chickens before they hatch. Everything I said in the podcast became obsolete. But I am going to share it anyway!
I try to guess sports and fail in the process on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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