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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 6, 2017

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The wonderful comedian Kevin Maher, creator of Kevin Geeks Out, joins the podcast to discuss the horrible and so bad you can not look away 1978 baseball comedy Here Come The Tigers, a shameless, heartless and joyless rip off of the classic film, The Bad News Bears.


There is lots of bad to talk about in this failed family picture whose director would go on to make Friday the 13th… no really.

Ripping off the great ones on episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Follow Kevin on Twitter by clicking HERE.

For info regarding the Kevin Geeks Out live show in Brooklyn about film rip offs, click HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 4, 2017

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Curt Schilling and I may not see eye to eye on many things. But I do think his Hall of Fame candidacy should be debated and his politics should stay out of it.

Opinions versus stats are debated on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 3, 2017

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While at the Pacific Pinball Museum, I thought about some of the most dramatic foul balls of all time.

Some of them could have changed the course of baseball history.

Bounce here and bounce there on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 2, 2017

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Will 2017 be remembered as a year for a team’s accomplishments? Or will it be part of a chain of success?

And will the 2017 be a rematch of Cleveland and the Cubs?

Discussing lots of legacies in this Episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – January 1, 2017

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Happy New Year and it is time for The Sunday Request.

For a question like this, I could not just make idle speculation. I needed to create a new statistic.

So, as demonstrated in this new Video Podcast, I created THE SUFFERING INDEX, designed to quantify numerically and mathematically which fan base is suffering the most.

But even these calculations found a few gray areas.

Wake up to a new year of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 31, 2016

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So 2016 is wrapping up. It was a strange year, but a memorable one for Cubs and Cleveland fans.

I look forward to 2017 and some new Sully Baseball features.

Crossing T’s and Dotting I’s on this Episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 30, 2016

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My son had a lot of questions for me and how I do the podcast. So he sat down to interview ME.

Enjoy this generational episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 29, 2016

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LeBron James supported the Indians during the World Series. That made me think about the contract players should have with the fan base they play for.

Get the spirit of rooting for the home team on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 28, 2016

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Vanessa Ivy Rose, friend of the podcast and grand daughter of Negro League star and Hall of Famer Turkey Stearnes, returns to the podcast.

We talk about some tough issues about the world today, regard race and perceptions and they ways that sports can raise relevant questions.

Hard questions are not necessarily answered on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Follow Vanessa on Twitter by clicking HERE.

Listen to her previous appearance on the podcast by clicking HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 27, 2016

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I have often wondered which Negro League players and Cuban stars could have excelled in the big leagues. But what about Sadaharu Oh? What could HE have done in the major leagues?

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

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 26, 2016

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As the holidays pile up, I wish I could go to a ballgame. I will do the next best thing.

For my birthday, I went to a ballgame at AT&T Park with podcast superfan Marcel, aka @CU8SFAN (Cubs Fan with an 8.)

That podcast can be heard HERE.

Well, there was part of the recording I did NOT use and make it a new episode for you all. @cu8sfan and I talked about Cap Bingo and other things.

So take yourself out to the ballgame this December on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Follow Cubs Fan With an 8 on Twitter by clicking HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 25, 2016

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It is Christmas Day. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

And it is also time for The Sunday Request.

 

In a vacuum, I would not make this signing for Encarnacion. But this deal was made for 2017 and 2018 alone, and one extra year isn’t so bad.

A nice present is under the tree for Cleveland fans on The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 24, 2016

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On today’s episode, I am posting part 2 of my conversation with former Detroit Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon.

He talked about key moments of the 1984 and 1987 post season years in Detroit including the moment he caught the final out to clinch the World Series.

It is a Motor City Episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Listen to Larry Herndon talk about his days in St. Louis and San Francisco by clicking HERE.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast -December 23, 2016

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While waiting for a plane at the Bob Hope Airport, or whatever it is called now, I wondered about expansion and relocation. I saw how LA football reflected Tampa Bay baseball and perhaps another team could work in New England.

Check your boarding pass on this Episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 22, 2016

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It might be time for baseball to think about expansion again. But while the usual suspects of cities are still in contention for a new team, an article by J. P Morosi brought up an interesting location: Austin.

It is an all new territory episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 21, 2016

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Jimmy Rollins will continue his wonderful career as a member of the 2017 San Francisco Giants. Has he had a Hall of Fame career? Would have been a Hall of Famer had be played earlier in time?

The narrative meets the numbers on this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 20, 2016

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Clay Buchholz is no longer a member of the Red Sox, and thus ends a complicated tenure that should be at least saluted.

There is more good than bad on this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 19, 2016

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The Raiders are trying to squeeze hundreds of millions of dollars out of Oakland for a new stadium. Why does Oakland bend over backwards for the Raiders and not the A’s?

And the A’s should think of breaking up with Oakland.

Things might not be working out on this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 18, 2016

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It is Sunday and time for The Sunday Request.

I made a snarky remark… and as it turned out, I was wrong. And I am stunned I was wrong about this topic. I still am.

But it goes to show the value of never thinking you know everything.

We can all learn from this Episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 17, 2016

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My final stop on my New York voyage is New Yankee Stadium. I realized that the hugeness and coldness of the stadium makes sense when you consider the pressure of carrying the Yankee label.

But across the street is the place where MOST of the glory took place. It made me bring up an Alexandre Dumas novel.

Ghosts and memories are everywhere on this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podast – December 16, 2016

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I visited the Polo Grounds Towers, once the home of the Giants and the epicenter of New York baseball.

Now it is an apartment complex and the baseball palace is right across the river. How did that happen?

Style and substance in this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 15, 2016

img_8037If the Mets fanbase can be traced back to the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, then CitiField needs to honor a few Giants, including John McGraw.

Honor the In Laws on this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 14, 2016

img_8039I visited CitiField, the new home of the Mets. It is a monument to the Brooklyn Dodgers and a missed opportunity to honor baseball of the 1960’s.

Missing out of the Don Draper era on this episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 13, 2016

img_7969I visited the Ebbets Field Apartments in Flatbush Brooklyn. This was once the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Not a lot of clues that baseball was ever played here.

A trip down “Stripped Away Memory Lane” episode  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 12, 2016

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It is a step by step rebuild episode of  The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 10, 2016

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The next few years will not feature a lot of wins for your team and LOTS for the Cubs. But if you stay loyal to your team, the amazing rebuilding process by the GM will reward you soon.

Good things happen to those who wait on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 9, 2016

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It looks like Koji Uehara is heading to the Cubs. They will have three pitchers who have clinched a World Series title out of the pen.

Why not try to get more?

It is time to celebrate and clinch in this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

Enjoy this video podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 8, 2016

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The Cubs brought in Wade Davis, who will be the closer for the defending World Champions for the second straight year.

If he clinches a post season series in Chicago, he will join a select fraternity in terms pitchers for 2 different franchises.

Slam the door on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 7, 2016

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Chris Sale was dealt to the Red Sox from the White Sox… and oddly it could make a lot of sense for both teams.

The Red Sox are trying to win now and got him without bteaking up their young outfield.

The White Sox need quality AND quantity in their farm and Sale’s value is at its peak.

Socks are changed and bad puns are made on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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Sully Baseball Daily Podcast – December 6, 2016

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The Indians could be making a run for Edwin Encarnacion. Do you know why? Because every other team in their division is rebuilding.

That and the Giants are signing a closer long term which is never smart on this episode of The Sully Baseball Daily Podcast.

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