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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 7, 2014

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Boston Globe/WOR TV


Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I pay tribute to two men.

Curt Schilling played the role of the villain in baseball perfectly.

Ralph Kiner lived a full baseball life and was my connection to many facets of the past that are now gone.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 7, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 5, 2014

Montreal Expos

Montreal Expos

Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I am joined by former big league pitcher Rudy May.

Rudy pitched for 16 seasons in the big leagues along side many future Hall of Famers and for some of the best managers in baseball history.

In part one of our conversation, we discuss his days with the Montreal Expos and the Baltimore Orioles. He relays stories about pitching for the great Earl Weaver and knocking down Lou Brock on “Lou Brock Day” in St. Louis.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 5, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 4, 2014

(Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

(Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images)

Don Mattingly might be batting Yasiel Puig in the leadoff spot. I think it is a great idea and could mean a change in attitude that I completely embrace.

Talking lead off hitting on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 4, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 3, 2014

Dustin Bradford/Getty Images

Dustin Bradford/Getty Images

It is the Post Super Bowl edition of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Seattle fans have a lot to cheer about and the Mariners are off the hook. Denver fans won’t get much hope from the Rockies

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 3, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 2, 2014

AP Photo/Ezra Shaw

AP Photo/Ezra Shaw

It is The Sunday Request on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

It is harder to use stats to evaluate the worth of an NFL player compared to a baseball player. Perhaps “counting the rings” is more relevant for that reason.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 2, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 1, 2014

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Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast was recorded at San Jose Minetta Airport. Always an ideal place for podcast sound.

I bought the Sporting News Baseball Preview and came to the conclusion that the White Sox might have a trick or two up their sleeves.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – February 1, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 31, 2014

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Elsa/Getty Images North America


In 2019, Michael Young will be eligible for the Hall of Fame.

He will have detractors and supporters as his candidacy falls somewhere in “on the bubble” territory.

The debate will be endless, like the Jack Morris back and forth. But that will be a welcome distraction from the never ending Steroid controversy in Cooperstown.

That and more on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 31, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 30, 2014

 (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

(AP Photo/Al Behrman)

Where should Joey Votto bat? Is he a #3 hitter? Is he a #2 hitter?

Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I ask the obvious question: Why isn’t Joey Votto the lead off hitter for the Cincinnati Reds??

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 30, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 28, 2014

Topps

Topps


On today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast I pay tribute to Bill White on his birthday.

A great player, broadcaster and executive, Mr. White is living about as complete a baseball life as anyone could hope for.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 28, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 27, 2014

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This poster of the Pittsburgh Crawfords’ great team made me think about how far we have come in the integration of baseball. And yet there are still some barriers that need to be broken.

We’ve seen today’s answer to Oscar Charleston and Josh Gibson make the majors.

Smithsonian

Smithsonian

What about today’s Jackie Mitchell?

Who? That answer and more and more on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 26, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 26, 2014

AP Photo/Colin E. Braley

AP Photo/Colin E. Braley


It is The Sunday Request on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

It may seem counter productive and sacrilegious, but sometimes wanting your club to fall on its face isn’t such a bad thing. But the circumstances have to be right.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 26, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 25, 2014

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Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast is a bit of a grab bag.

I talk a little about Taijuan Walker, James Paxton and a strange way I propose the Mariners should use them.

And I quote haiku master Masaoka Shiki… like you do.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 25, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 24, 2014

John Iacono/SI

John Iacono/SI

Greg Maddux… people will remember you as a Brave… not a Cub.

Maybe that’s why I picked a picture of you pitching as a Dodger for the website.

Writers… a unanimous Hall of Fame vote is NOT a vote for best player of all time.

That and a few other things have my goat on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 24, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 23, 2014

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Blogger, writer and podcaster Bernadette Pasley, is my guest on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

She is the host of the Yankee based blog and podcast Lady at the Bat.

We talked about the Tanaka signing and all other things Yankees.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 23, 2014

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 22, 2014

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AP Photo

They are naming the new award for baseball leadership after Bud Selig?

Why not also name the relief pitcher award for Armando Benitez?

Am I on Earth?

I try to figure that out on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 22, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 21, 2014

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Harry How/Getty Images North America

Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I discuss bias and impartiality.

Being called biased kind of hurt. I will never be impartial, but my impartiality will be tempered by a lack of bias.

Does that make sense?

I hope so.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 21, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 20, 2014

Baseball Hall of Fame

Baseball Hall of Fame

On Dr. King’s day, I discuss segregation in baseball and why that was worse than any PED scandal.

Plus a Sully Baseball Daily Podcast salute to Oscar Charleston.

If you hear that name and ask “Who?”, then that is truly the tragedy of a segregated game.

My post “A Dream Team for Dr. King” can be read HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 20, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 19, 2014

(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

It is time for THE SUNDAY REQUEST on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Usually I would NEVER give a seven year contract to a pitcher, but Clayton Kershaw is not your usual pitcher.

I think the contract is justified. Listen in to find out why.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 19, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 18, 2014

SF Examiner

SF Examiner

Rewatching Game 4 of the 1989 World Series made me realize how influential Tony LaRussa was.

Whether it was the bullpen, the steroid era or waiver wire deals, LaRussa’s paths can be felt to this very day.

Sounds like a topic for The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast to me!

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 18, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 17, 2014

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Big league baseball is going to be expanding use of instant replay.

It will take no reviewing from me to see that this is a terrific things for baseball. Will it fix EVERYTHING all at once?

Of course not. But it is progress.

All that and more on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Here is the video that my wife and I made a few years ago on the subject.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 17, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 16, 2014

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Oscar nominations came out and another obsession of mine is touched upon during The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

This year’s Oscar race could be wide open, much like the 2014 American League.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 16, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 15, 2014

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AP

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 15, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 14, 2014

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Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I examine an intriguing “What If?” scenario.

50 years ago, the Kansas City A’s almost became the Louisville Athletics (or Kentucky Colonels.)

If the A’s developed in their new home with the same players who blossomed in the 1970’s, how would baseball have been different?

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 14, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 13, 2014

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Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Today on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I give thanks to Jose Canseco.

No really, I do.
If he didn’t write that book and expose the steroid era, we could have a bigger Hall of Fame fiasco than we do now.

Sick of the talk about not voting in juicers?
Imagine the cry to kick them out after they were voted in!

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 13, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 12, 2014

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It is the SUNDAY REQUEST on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Lots of great teams missed out on winning it all, but few as perplexing as the Blue Jays of the late 1980’s.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 12, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 11, 2014

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Patrick Smith – Getty Images

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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 – January 11, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 10, 2014

Photo: Susie Felber

Photo: Susie Felber

Author, comedian and my good friend Ritch Duncan joined me on today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

We discussed what he would do differently to elect players in the Hall of Fame and other topics including exploding birds and throwing potatoes.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 10, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 9, 2014

Python (Monty) Pictures

Python (Monty) Pictures

So much negativity regarding yesterday’s ballot.

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HAPPY OCCASION!

Today on the Sully Baseball Daily Podcast, I continue to talk about the Hall of Fame, blame the writers for the back log and wonder what exactly Dan LeBatard did that was so wrong.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 9, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 7, 2014

The Sporting News

The Sporting News

I will do a lot of things to get more listeners to The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast. I will even say some things that could be considered inflammatory.

But one thing I will NOT do is be deliberately dishonest simply to get attention.

That’s exactly what writer Ken Gurnick did in his desire to have his name everywhere after NOT voting for Greg Maddux on his Hall of Fame ballot.

His public reason is nonsensical and the only real reason is a childish “Look at Me” grab for attention.

It may have worked, but I won’t do it myself.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 7, 2014

Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 6, 2014

Photographer: Andy Hayt/San Diego Padres/Getty Images

Photographer: Andy Hayt/San Diego Padres/Getty Images

Today’s episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast is a salute to Jerry Coleman.

The man did so many things with his life as a baseball player, a soldier and an announcer and reached the pinnacle in all of them.

His was a life worth celebrating.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 6, 2014