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Baseball Spotlight is hosted by Ari Friedman and Anthony Remedios. Airing every Sunday at 8 PM PST, Ari and Anthony will offer an in depth analysis of all the latest action around the MLB. Every episode, they will discuss players and teams of the week, and other hot topics from the previous seven da…

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Baseball Spotlight Special Edition Round Table E29: Day 2 NSR Summer Shows 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 165:44


Ari and Anthony lead the full NSR crew a discussion on various topics, including: World Series predictions and sleeper picks for the 2020 season, Universal DH, Salary Cap in the MLB, the downsizing of the Minor Leagues, and more. In the final segment, Ari and Anthony turn it over to Evan Sherrill and Cruz Ochoa to host, who will eventually become the new full time hosts of the show.

Baseball Spotlight E28: Baseball is Back!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 62:03


Ari and Anthony discuss baseball's return and how the season will look in 2020.

Baseball Spotlight E27: MLB Return to Play Updates & 2020 MLB Draft Preview (w/ Russell Taber & Kristos Zafiropoulos)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2020 76:42


Ari and Anthony are joined by two guests in this episode: Russell Taber and Kristos Zafiropoulos. Russell is currently NSR's Assistant Commissioner and All NFL host. A Class of 2020 graduate, Kristos will be attending Arizona State University in Downtown Phoenix in the Fall to study Sports Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and joins us later in the episode. Today, we will talk begin by addressing MLB's reaction to the Black Lives Matter movement, we go in depth about the current state of the MLB returning to play in 2020 (as of Tuesday, June 9), discuss possible new marketing strategies for Major League Baseball, and wrap things up with a preview of the 2020 MLB Draft.

Baseball Spotlight E26: Red Sox Cheating Scandal & 2020 MLB Draft (with Guest Judah Brody) May 12, 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 23:25


Joined by Judah Brody, in this episode, we discuss the Red Sox Cheating Punishment for 2018 and logistics of the 2020 MLB Draft.

Baseball Spotlight E25: How the 2020 MLB Season Could be Strikingly Different than any Other in History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 53:07


Ari and Anthony provide an update on baseball's potential resume of the 2020 Season and what the season could look like.

Baseball Spotlight E24: New MLB/MLBPA Agreement & MLB The Show 20 Pt. 2 (with Drew Ajose-Nixon and Sammy Bovitz)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2020 56:53


Baseball Spotlight E23: Spring Training, Coronavirus Update, MLB The Show 20 Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 44:10


Baseball Spotlight E22: Offseason Update (with Nick Baer)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 72:01


Ari and guest host Nick Baer go over the recent offseason moves and some remaining free agents

Baseball Spotlight E21: Mookie Betts Trade and Astros Update (with Alex Swift, Jake Sirkus, and Eli Pearl)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2020 61:04


With Alex Swift, Jake Sirkus, and Eli Pearl, Ari and Anthony discuss:-Dodgers/Red Sox Trade for David Price and Mookie Betts-An update on the Astros' sign stealing scandal

Baseball Spotlight E20: MLB HOF Results and Offseason Update

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 60:37


In this episode, Ari and Anthony discuss the 2020 MLB Hall of Fame results and give an offseason update.

Baseball Spotlight E18: MLB Offseason Update and Red Sox Cheating Scandal Jan. 12, 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 55:27


Baseball Spotlight E19: Cheating Scandal and 2020 Hall of Fame Preview Jan. 20, 2020

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2020 83:54


Joined by NSR's Nick Baer and Drew Ajose-Nixon, along with Special Guests Logan Azem and Logan Klausner, the group analyzes the punishments for the Houston Astros and give their predictions for the 2020 MLB Hall of Fame.

Baseball Spotlight E17 SPECIAL: Top 20 MLB Games of the Decade

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2019 88:17


It is the final Baseball Spotlight episode of 2019. After a brief recap of recent free agent signings, Ari and Anthony will relieve the top 20 MLB Games of the Decade.

Baseball Spotlight E16: Offseason Update December 23, 2019 (with Nick Baer)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2019 77:55


Special NSR Guest Nick Baer-Winter Meetings Recap & Offseason Update

Baseball Spotlight E15: MLB Award Recap and Free Agency Preview Sunday, December 8, 2019 (with Jake Sirkus)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 96:22


With Jake Sirkus, Ari and Anthony will:-Recap the 2019 MLB Awards-Give a Free Agency Preview

Baseball Spotlight E14: December 2, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 53:16


-World Series Final Recap-New Managerial Hirings-MLB Awards 2019-Houston Astros 2017 WS Scandal

Baseball Spotlight E13: October 27, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 56:02


Ari and Anthony will recap the 2019 MLB Postseason through Game 5 of the World Series

Baseball Spotlight E12: October 6, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 55:30


Ari and Anthony in this episode will: -Recap the Wild Card-Breakdown the Division Series through today-Give their picks for September Players of the Month

Baseball Spotlight E11 (with Alex Swift and guests Shane Gravlin and Dylan Harrison)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 76:20


In this episode, Ari and Anthony welcome Alex Swift, host of Swifty Knows Soccer, to the show and two guests: Shane Gravlin and Dylan Harrison. They lead an interesting discussion recapping the end of the season. Our topics are listed below:-Recent Manager Changes for 2020-Bruce Bochy's Retirement-CC Sabathia's Farewell-Playoff Predictions-4 Teams with 100 Wins for the first time in history-Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole with 300 K's in the same season-Justin Verlander Reaching 3,000 Career K's. -Pete Alonso Breaks Aaron Judge's Rookie HR Record

Baseball Spotlight E10: September 15, 2019 (with guests Evan Sherrill and Cruz Ochoa)

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 30:45


Baseball Spotlight E9: September 3, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 81:34


This will be a shorter episode, but Ari and Anthony will cover: -Pitchers of the Week and Month-Hitters of the Week and Month-September Callup Introductions-Justin Verlander's No Hitter-Updated Playoff Picture

Baseball Spotlight E8: August 25, 2019 (with Jake Sirkus)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 59:04


Baseball Spotlight E7: August 18, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 60:38


Ari and Anthony are back after SBC 2019. We have a wide array of topics to discuss.

Baseball Spotlight E5: August 3, 2019 (with Eli Pearl)

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2019 37:36


With Special Guest Eli Pearl, we discuss: -Hitters of the Week-Pitchers of the Week-Hitters of the Month-Pitchers of the Month -Pittsburgh/Cincinatti Fight 7/31-Nathan Patterson's signing with the A's-HR Derby contestants' stats since the Derby-Team of the Week

Baseball Spotlight E4: July 27, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2019 48:53


In our first episode since the All Star Break, Ari and Anthony have a lot to discuss.-Players of the Week-Home Run Derby Recap-Brief All Star Game Recap-Angels' combined no-hitter on July 12-Hall of Fame Weekend 2019-Steve Wilkerson makes history-Team of the Week

Baseball Spotlight E3: July 8, 2019 (with guests Conner Lyons, Dylan Dayton, and Chris Linney)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 74:03


Featuring Special Guests, Conner Lyons; Dylan Dayton; and Chris Linney, Ari and I will discuss the following:-Hitter of the Week-Pitcher of the Week-HR Derby Predictions-All Star Game-London Series Recap-Lucroy and Marisnick Collision-Team of the Week

Baseball Spotlight E2: June 24, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2019 57:00


In today's episode, Ari and Anthony will discuss: -Players of the Week-All Star Game Voting-Pujols's Return to St. Louis-Team of the Week

Baseball Spotlight PREMIERE! E1 June 17, 2019

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2019 46:08


-Recap 2019 Season So Far-Hitter of the Week-Pitcher of the Week-Team of the Week

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