Podcast appearances and mentions of Chris Townsend

Chris Townsend and Eno Sarris discuss Carlos Correa's wild offseason, the excitement heading into 2023 and analytics to evaluate players. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 16 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend was joined by: 10:00 Johnny Doskow - A's Radio Broadcaster (Hot Take Tuesday) 16:20 Mason Barnett - A's Right-Handed Pitcher 37:00 Scott Emerson - A's Pitching Coach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Pitching Coach Scott Emerson discuss: Experience in Las Vegas Pitching in Las Vegas Pitchers looking at numbers and relying on them too much Pitchers throwing from different angles on the mound Impressions of Gage Jump so far When will we see the return of Aaron Civale Elvis Alvarado & Mason Barnett and the changes they made since their return from AAA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 15 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend was back at the ballpark in West Sacramento and discussed the trip in Las Vegas (2:00), the emergence of Elvis Alvarado (15:35) and the first round of all-star voting (42:40) and was joined by: 22:50 Dallas Braden - A's TV Broadcaster 53:50 Max Muncy - A's Third Baseman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 13 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend at Las Vegas Ballpark and was joined by: 5:25 Carney Lansford - A's Hall of Famer & 1989 World Series Champion 17:35 Terry Steinbach - A's Hall of Famer & 1989 World Series Champion 29:15 Tyler Soderstrom & Cole Carrigg - A's Left Fielder & Rockies Center Fielder 42:05 Josh Rawitch - President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend looked back at the A's homestand in Las Vegas and was joined by: 1:00 Nick Kurtz - 2025 AL Rookie of the Year & A's First Baseman 9:30 Lawrence Butler - A's Right Fielder 18:35 J.T. Ginn - A's Right-Handed Starting Pitcher 28:29 Tyler Soderstrom & Cole Carrigg 38:05 Dave Stewart - A's Hall of Famer & 3x World Series Champion 53:40 Rollie Fingers - Baseball Hall of Famer, Cy Young Winner & MVP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 12 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend at Las Vegas Ballpark and was joined by: 4:45 Dave Stewart - A's Hall of Famer & 3x World Series Champion 20:35 Will Guidara - World-Renowned Restaurateur & Visionary of the Hospitality Experience at the A's Las Vegas Ballpark 29:00 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the Athletics 40:50 Lawrence Butler - A's Right Fielder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: Team off-day in Vegas Winning 2 of 3 vs Milwaukee Bullpen performance in Vegas Team hitting more homer runs in June Facing the Rockies in Vegas Gage jump and his performance Trust starters to pitch deeper Jacob Wilson's return to the lineup Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 10 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend at Las Vegas Ballpark and was joined by: 2:15 Nick Kurtz - 2025 AL Rookie of the Year & A's First Baseman 33:50 Jason Giambi - A's Hall of Famer, 2000 AL MVP & 5x All-Star 40:00 David Forst - General Manager of the Athletics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finding a needle in a haystack would seem like a minor endeavor compared to what today's federal systems managers must face. Let's take a stab at a correct farmyard analogy – the haystacks double in size every day and are moving. That sounds like an exaggeration, but recent reports show that nine million zero-day exploits are released every day. AI is putting malicious actors on steroids. Chris Townsend, Global Vice President of Public Sector at Elastic, discussed the company's role in federal cybersecurity and data management. His argument is, essentially, that cybersecurity is a data problem. If threats are viewed from that perspective, the more data you can bring into your security environment, the more effective you are at defending it. Elastic enables security operations analysts      who are responsible for detecting threats to keep up with today's tlandscape and cyber-attack velocity. Elastic's platform and tools     can reduce false positives and help federal security operations centers (SOCs) prioritize valid threats. Townsend highlighted Elastic's agentic AI tools, which help SOC operators prioritize and remediate threats, reducing mean time to detect and respond.  Elastic's partnership with CISA for a managed  Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) as-a- service was also mentioned, emphasizing the importance of standardizing data for effective AI-driven cybersecurity. Townsend goes on to articulate Elastic's launch of a SIEM-as-a-Service offering for federal civilian agencies, featuring Elastic Security on Elastic Cloud. SIEMaaS delivers a cloud-based platform for next-generation, AI-powered threat analytics, incident response, and open-standards-based cybersecurity data ingestion. Here is a link to Chris' blog describing     CISA's SIEMaaS offering and how it supports federal agencies' cybersecurity posture while reducing costs

On the June 9 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend at Las Vegas Ballpark and was joined by: 9:00 Eric Chavez - A's Hall of Famer & 6x Rawlings Gold Glove Award Winner 26:30 Billy Owens - A's Assistant General Manager 44:15 Jose Canseco - A's Hall of Famer, 1988 AL MVP & 1989 World Series Champion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 8 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend at Las Vegas Ballpark and was joined by: 5:00 J.T. Ginn - A's Right-Handed Starting Pitcher 16:25 Rollie Fingers - Hall of Famer, 3x World Series Champion, Cy Young Award Winner & MVP 28:00 Bob Nightengale - National Baseball Columnist for USA Today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend looked back at the A's roadtrip in Chicago and Houston and was joined by: 1:00 Doug Glanville - ESPN MLB Analyst 13:05 Martin Gallegos - Covers the A's for MLB.com 24:40 Jesse Rogers - Covers MLB & the Cubs for ESPN Barry Enright - A's Minor League Pitching Coordinator 1:00:00 Chris Rose - Host of Baseball Today on Jomboy 1:17:05 Eno Sarris - National Baseball Writer for the Athletic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 5 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend was joined by: 11:20 Geoff Blum - World Series Champion & Astros TV Broadcaster 28:55 Chris Rose - Host of Baseball Today & Dugout Discussions for Jomboy and host on NFL Network 41:15 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the Athletics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: Finishing the series in Chicago and taking 2 of 3 Tale of the tape for both the A's and Astros since they played in April Starting three young pitchers in Houston Growth of J.T. Ginn Nick Kurtz returning to Houston Shea Langeliers and the ASG Zack Gelof Hit streak and play at third base Gage Jump first two starts & third start Sunday Playing in Las Vegas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 4 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend discussed the A's win vs the Cubs at Wrigley (2:00), the A's winning on the road without slugging (3:30), Henry Bolte leading off tonight (10:45) and the mentality of playing at home (15:45). He was joined by: 29:35 Eno Sarris- National Baseball Writer for the Athletic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 3 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend discussed Gage Jump getting his first win (1:55), Nick Kurtz winning AL Player of the Month (4:15) and the A's new identity (10:30) and was joined by: 14:45 Jesse Rogers - MLB & Cubs writer for ESPN 28:45 Barry Enright - A's Minor League Pitching Coordinator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the June 2 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend was joined by: 16:25 Doug Glanville - ESPN MLB Analyst 30:00 Martín Gallegos - Covers the A's for MLB.com 42:55 Adam Burke - Managing Editor for VSiN.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the May 29 edition of A's Cast Live, our daily baseball talk show, Chris Townsend and Steve Sax were joined by: 18:28 David Cone - 5x World Series Champion, 5x All-Star & Yankees Broadcaster 26:40 Gage Jump - A's Starting Pitcher 35:45 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the Athletics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: Finishing the 16-game stretch Son finishing high school baseball Injury updates on Wilson and Muncy Nick Kurtz on base streak and looking back at it Gage jump mlb debut Struggles at home Message to players who are struggling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Mariners from the Ballpark in West Sacramento & was joined by: 16:45 Alika Williams - A's Shortstop 26:50 Johnny Doskow - A's Radio Broadcaster 35:45 David Forst- A's General Manager Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Mariners from the Ballpark in West Sacramento & was joined by: 10:00 Ryan Rowland-Smith - Former Mariners Reliever now Broadcaster & Analyst on MLB Network 27:15 Scott Barlow - A's Reliever 39:20 Steve Sax - 2x World Series Champion, 5x All-Star & A's Broadcaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ralph welcomes back union organizer, Chris Townsend, to discuss the reasons why the AFL-CIO shrinks from effectively fighting for its members and expanding the power of workers. Then, political scientist Lee Drutman lays out a system of proportional representation that would take away the incentive to gerrymander congressional districts. Plus, Ralph gives some quick takes on Thomas Massie's primary loss, fish hopped up on cocaine, and the situations in Lebanon and Ukraine.Chris Townsend has been a union member and labor leader for more than 45 years. He was most recently the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) International Union Organizing Director. Previously, he was an International Representative and Political Action Director for the United Electrical Workers Union (UE), and he has held local positions in both the SEIU and UFCW.[The upcoming AFL-CIO] convention is deliberately kept secret. It's what I describe as sort of a hideout strategy. It enables the leadership to not have to discuss or take positions that for them are difficult, such as: What is the labor movement going to do to confront the rampant lawlessness and criminality of the Trump regime? What is the labor movement going to do to address the rampaging inflation that is eating up living standards? There's no wage policy. There's no bargaining policy of the Federation. What are they going to do to address the ongoing national health care crisis and disaster?... And what are they doing about the crisis of the unorganized?Chris TownsendThe labor movement finds itself (I would submit) with the leadership disinterested in going out and organizing the unorganized. But even for those who do (and there are some), the laws—Taft-Hartley primary among them—provide such a minefield that we have to run through, that our ability to organize on any scale for decades has been stopped. And therefore, we are condemned to a perpetual shrinking size, resources, and whatnot. [And what] might help for folks to figure out how or why this is happening is that the labor movement is systematically being converted from trade union fighting organizations, membership-driven fighting organizations, to harmless not-for-profit organizations. And this is today's administrative layer of trade union leaders that don't see anything wrong with that. But that doesn't help anyone in the shop, in the office, in the workplace. And it doesn't help anyone looking to the labor movement for something better—better treatment, better wages, better benefits, better conditions, better health and safety in the workplace.Chris TownsendLee Drutman is a senior fellow in the Political Reform program at New America, where he focuses on electoral reform, Congress, and democratic health. He writes the newsletter Undercurrent Events and co-hosts the podcast Politics in Question. And he is the author of The Business of America is Lobbying and Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop: The Case for Multiparty Democracy in America.The whole issue of gerrymandering is really just an outgrowth of this way that we use single-winner districts with winner-take-all votes. It's also what entrenches the two-party system in the US, which limits the choice of voters. So there's this one weird voting mechanism that we have that most countries have gotten rid of, that is an antiquated voting system, that preserves the two-party system and makes gerrymandering just inevitable—and that's the use of single-member districts. Now, in a proportional system, you take away the districts, and you do this statewide, you can carve up larger states into a few multi-member districts. And then seats get allocated proportionally by party share. That takes away the entire incentive of gerrymandering, it gives voters everywhere meaningful choices, meaningful votes, and it is just a superior system of representing the pluralism and diversity of our pluralistic and diverse society.Lee DrutmanPeople like the idea of proportional representation as basic fairness—that people think that parties should get seats in proportion to the share of votes they get. I did some polling on it a few years ago, and I'm hoping to do a little bit more… But I think that one of the challenges is people don't entirely understand how it works. And so it's a challenge to poll people on a concept that they don't know about. But I think more and more people understand it. And from the polling I've seen, at a principles-based level, people get the idea that proportionality is a form of fairness, and people like fairness.Lee DrutmanKaty O'Donnell is the editorial director at Haymarket Books, a radical, independent, nonprofit book publisher based in Chicago.News 5/22/26* Our first story this week has to do with what appears to be the impending downfall of ultrazionist media personality, Bari Weiss. Weiss, who resigned from the New York Times to found the Free Press and then sold that venture to become “Editor-in-Chief” for CBS News under the Ellison regime, is reportedly facing down the barrel of her role being scaled back substantially. Puck reports “As Paramount closes in on its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery…members of the senior leadership team have had informal discussions about changing Bari's mandate at CBS News—and, eventually, CNN—in ways that would give her less control over the linear product.” This piece cites her missteps stewarding CBS News, including her inability to improve the ratings for Evening News, even failing to secure new anchor Tony Dokoupil a travel visa to China in time for President Trump's recent visit to the People's Republic. While a total dismissal of Weiss seems unlikely in the near future, such a dramatic reduction in her clout would constitute a tremendous, humbling blow.* Moving to state-level news, last week, Colorado Democratic Governor Jared Polis announced he would be commuting the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting systems to overturn Joe Biden's victory in the Centennial State. Peters will now be eligible for parole June 1st. This move has been widely condemned, most notably by the Colorado Democratic Party which voted by a margin of over 90% to officially censure Polis. In a statement, the CDP wrote, “Reducing [Peters'] sentence now, under pressure from Donald Trump, is not justice…It sends a message to future bad actors that election tampering has consequences, unless you're friends with the president.” According to NBC, the CDP also banned Polis from being able to “participate as an honored guest, speaker or officially recognized representative of the Colorado Democratic Party at party-sponsored functions.”* In more positive state-level news, NPR reports Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed a bill banning prediction market sites like Polymarket and Kalshi – which allow consumers to “place…wager[s] on…future outcome[s], like sports, elections, live entertainment” – from operating in the North Star State. This makes Minnesota the first state in the nation to ban the prediction betting platforms. As this story notes, the Trump administration is pursuing legal action on behalf of the platforms, ensuring a legal battle over whether states can act to protect their own consumers from these predatory betting services. Minnesota Rep. Emma Greenman, who introduced the measure, is quoted as saying, “We as a state should decide how best and what regulations we think should attach to gambling, to protect public safety, to protect our kids.” The administration, meanwhile, specifically the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is arguing in court that prediction market industry regulation should be the sole preserve of the federal government.* Looking toward Congress, this week saw a number of high-profile primaries, including in the state of Pennsylvania. Leading up to that primary, the Pennsylvania machine went all out against the congressional campaign of State Representative Chris Rabb. Rabb, who had won the endorsements of everyone from AOC and Rashida Tlaib to Jamie Raskin and Philly DSA to the Philadelphia Inquirer, was targeted by a barrage of anonymous text messages to Philadelphia voters accusing him of “spreading conspiracy theories and holding extremist views,” per the Inquirer. What is remarkable about this smear campaign, however, is that it was organized by Philadelphia's Democratic City Committee and that it violated federal election law by failing to disclose that fact. In another troubling portend of things to come, one of the texts featured an “AI-generated image of Rabb acknowledging his supposed lack of legislative accomplishments in Harrisburg.” Rumors have long circulated that Governor Josh Shapiro wanted Rabb to lose, and worked the backrooms to this end while avoiding public statements.* Yet, despite all of that, Rabb prevailed – winning over his two establishment-backed opponents with around 45% of the vote compared to his opponents, who each won approximately 30% and 24% respectively. The Pennsylvania primaries turned out to be a good night for progressives more generally, with Bob Brooks – a firefighter's union chief and former state rep. who successfully united the Democratic Party behind him, winning the endorsements of both Governor Josh Shapiro and Senator Bernie Sanders. Brooks will face off against freshman Republican Congressman Ryan Mackenzie in November in the R+1 seventh district of Pennsylvania, while Rabb's general election campaign is seen as little more than a formality in the D+40 PA-03.* Yet, if it was a good streak for Democratic progressives, it was a very bad one for Trump critics within the GOP. This week, Thomas Massie lost his primary in Kentucky's fourth congressional district, buckling under the war chest deployed against him in what amounted to the most expensive House primary on record. Massie joked that “My vote was never for sale, so they bought a congressional seat. They found out what it cost.” Massie, perhaps Trump's most formidable intra-party opponent in the House during his second term, worked with Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna on bills ranging from the Epstein Files Transparency Act to War Powers Resolutions related to the administration's actions in Venezuela and Iran. In retaliation, Trump made it clear that he would go to any lengths to ensure Massie would not be reelected. That said, Massie will remain in the House until January and has indicated that he will make that time as painful for Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson as he possibly can. Moreover, during his concession speech, Massie's supporters chanted for him to run for president in 2028, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Whether he is even entertaining that thought is unclear, but if he did run as a right-wing independent candidate, one could easily imagine him capturing a large enough share of the vote to deny certain states to the Republican nominee. Meanwhile, his ally across the aisle, Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, said in a statement that Massie “lost because he had the guts to stand up to the Epstein class and against the war…He won voters under 45 by 30 points…Tonight, I say to [his] voters who feel rejected by Trump. We welcome you. Join our coalition to take on a rotten system and stand for the working class over the Epstein class.”* Massie isn't the only Republican targeted in the latest round of Trump purges. Downballot, Trump loyalists have ousted the Indiana Republicans who resisted Trump's pressure to implement mid-decade redistricting, but the real scalps he is claiming are in the Senate. Last weekend, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana lost his primary runoff. Fox reports this makes Cassidy the “first elected Republican senator to lose renomination since Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana in 2012.” Trump wasted no time in dancing on Cassidy's political grave, writing on Truth Social, “His disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of a legend, and it's nice to see that his political career is OVER!” His supposed disloyalty, of course, refers to Cassidy's vote to convict Trump in the Senate trial for his second impeachment following January 6th. Former Senator Mitt Romney, who also voted to convict, is quoted in this article saying that Cassidy is a “person of character,” and that his “departure is a loss for the country.” Cassidy, however, is likely soon to be joined by longtime Texas Republican Senator John Cornyn. Cornyn is currently making his last stand against scandal-ridden Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in that runoff election. Trump has long prevaricated regarding whether and whom he would endorse in this race, at times leaning towards either candidate but remaining neutral up until this week, when he formally gave the nod to Paxton, per the Texas Tribune. This move has caused great consternation amongst Senate Republicans and cautious optimism among Democrats, who see Paxton as the weaker opponent to go up against Democratic nominee James Talarico in November – giving Democrats their best chance in years to flip a Senate seat in Texas.* What Cornyn's next move will be is a mystery, especially as he has not yet officially lost the Texas primary. Cassidy, however, appears to have chosen the Massie route of going down fighting. This week, Cassidy flipped his position to become the deciding vote in favor of the Senate War Powers Resolution on Iran – successfully pushing it through along with support from fellow Republican Senators Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Rand Paul, despite disloyal opposition from Democratic Senator John Fetterman. The measure was then sent back to the House, but fearful it might actually pass – Democratic holdout Jared Golden had vowed to vote yes, and war-weary House Republicans Thomas Massie, Warren Davidson, Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Barrett were all signaling their support – leadership abruptly canceled the vote, per MSN.* One factor cited in the Republicans' calculus around this latest War Powers push was the absences of Members of Congress. In their view, the absences would have given Democrats the votes they needed to win. Two of these absences have garnered substantial attention in the media: those of Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey and Democratic Congresswoman Frederica Wilson of Florida. The 83-year-old Wilson, who was missing for a month with little public acknowledgment or explanation, has finally resurfaced, saying that she was undergoing a major eye surgery but still plans to seek reelection. In a remarkably tone-deaf comment, a source close to the Congresswoman was quoted in Axios saying “missing votes is not a sign she's sick or retiring…She shows up when she wants to.” Still, at least her absence has been explained and she has now returned to her duties in the House. Congressman Kean's disappearance is more mysterious. As of May 21st, Kean has not “been seen in Washington for more than 75 days,” NOTUS reports. When his absence first began to gain media traction, his Chief of Staff added fuel to the fire with the cryptic remark “there are no cameras where Tom is.” Now it is being reported that his neighbors back in New Jersey haven't seen hide nor hair either. There has been some indication that Kean is dealing with a personal or medical issue, but Speaker Mike Johnson claims to have no knowledge of the particulars. It is not controversial to say that being an American Member of Congress is too important to simply be AWOL for long periods of time, especially without deigning to explain why to one's constituents. Something must be done.* Finally, we turn to Latin America, where former president Evo Morales has leveled claims that the government of his native Bolivia, in coordination with the DEA and the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is plotting to “detain or kill” him, TeleSUR reports. According to this report, “Morales detailed specific military units allegedly involved, including the Army's Ninth Division in the tropical region under Colonel Franz Andrade Loza, whom he said the government promised to promote to general and appoint as armed forces commander ‘if he finishes off Evo.'” Morales also “cited an F-10 unit under Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Giménez Ortuño,” a former aide to the defense minister in the government of the unelected U.S.-backed regime of Jeanine Áñez. These allegations sound somewhat outlandish, but in a moment when the U.S. has recently kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, worked to undermine the governments of Mexico and Colombia via the Hondurasgate scheme, and just recently moved to indict 94 year old Raúl Castro for his role in an incident three decades ago when the Cuban government downed a civilian aircraft that entered their sovereign airspace, it does not seem so far fetched.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Padres and discussed the A's Series win in Anaheim 2:00) and Nick Kurtz 44-game on-base streak (22:00) & was joined by: 28:27 Mason Miller - 2024 All-Star & Padres Closer 38:45 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the Athletics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Best of A's Cast Live, Chris Townsend look back at the best interviews during the A's road trip vs the Angels and Padres that include: 1:00 Dave Stewart - 3x World Series Champion & A's Hall of Famer 23:25 Dan Otero - Senior Director of On-Field Operations for MLB 36:30 Ed Sprague - A's Director of Player Development 53:15 Jed Lowrie - 2018 All-Star & Former A's Infielder 1:07:30 Mason Miller - 2024 All-Star & Padres Closer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: Play of Gelof, Hernaiz and Williams Hogan Harris and his role out of the bullpen What Jeff McNeil has meant to the team Emotions of J.T. Ginns near no-hitter Comebacks wins Kurtz & Langeliers on-base streaks Henry Bolte and his start to the season returning to San Diego Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Angels & was joined by: 12:40 Dan Otero - Former A's Reliever & Senior Director of On-Field Operations for MLB 27:40 Ed Sprague - A's Director of Player Development Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Angels & was joined by: 9:25 Dale Scott - Former MLB Umpire to talk about ABS 27:20 Paul Hembekides - Content Producer for ESPN & New York Times Best Selling Author 49:25 Cody Elias & Sergio Romo discussing the Opener Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Angels and recapped J.T. Ginn's performance (1:30) and was joined by: 11:08 Mark Langston - 4x All-Star, 7x Rawlings Gold Glove Winner & Angels Radio Broadcaster 27:40 Jed Lowrie - 2018 All-Star & Former A's Infielder 47:35 Johnny Doskow - A's Radio Broadcaster for Hot Take Tuesday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Angels and previewed the series (3:30) and was joined by: 27:20 Dave Stewart - 3x World Series Champion & A's Hall of Famer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Baribault, Chris Townsend & Nate Littlefield take calls from fans & discuss the A's 5-2 win over the San Francisco Giants from the ballpark in West Sacramento. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Giants from the Ballpark in West Sacramento and was joined by: 4:05 Henry Bolte - A's Center Fielder 31:20 Scott Emerson - A's Pitching Coach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Best of A's Cast Live, Chris Townsend look back at the best interviews during the A's homestand vs the Cardinals and Giants that include: 1:00 Henry Bolte - A's Center Fielder 11:37 Aaron Civale - A's Starting Pitcher 22:10 Hogan Harris - A's Reliever 32:33 Fran Riordan - Manager of the Las Vegas Aviators 46:15 Chris & Stefan Caray - A's and Cardinals Broadcasters 56:35 Chip Caray - Voice of the St. Louis Cardinals 1:08:30 Jack Wilson - 2004 All-Star & Father of Jacob Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Cardinals from the Ballpark in West Sacramento and was joined by: 5:30 Aaron Civale - A's Right-Handed Pitcher 16:55 Chris & Stefan Caray - A's & Cardinals TV Broadcasters 27:20 David Forst - A's General Manager 42:15 Jack Wilson - 2004 All-Star, SIlver Slugger & Father of Jacob Wilson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Cardinals from the Ballpark in West Sacramento and was joined by: 10:00 Johnny Doskow - A's Radio Broadcaster (Hot Take Tuesday) 16:15 Hogan Harris - A's Left-Handed Reliever 27:15 Chip Caray - St. Louis Cardinals TV Broadcaster 39:15 Fran Riordan - Manager of the Las Vegas Aviators Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: J.T. Ginn's performance vs the Phillies Last 8 games for Shea Langeliers How good the lineup could be with Gelof and Butler producing like they have Impressions of ABS Luis Severino over his last three starts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Orioles from NBC Sports and was joined by: 28:05 Mike Bordick - 14-year MLB veteran & Former A's & Orioles Shortstop & Orioles Hall of Famer 45:27 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the Athletics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Best of A's Cast Live, Chris Townsend look back at the best interviews during the A's road trip in Philadelphia & Baltimore that include: 1:00 Dennis Eckersley - Baseball Hall of Famer, 1992 AL MVP & Cy Young winner & World Series Champion 11:48 Sandy Alderson - 2026 A's Hall of Fame nominee & former A's General Manager 26:47 Mark Ellis - 2026 A's Hall of Fame nominee Ryan Christenson - A's First Base Coach 55:20 Eno Sarris - National Baseball Writer for the Athletic 1:17:05 Mike Bordick - Former A's Shortstop & Orioles Hall of Famer 1:34:20 Matt Vasgersian - MLB Network Host 1:47:27 Tyler Soderstrom - A's Left Fielder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Phillies from NBC Sports and was joined by: 6:50 The Pitching Ninja Rob Friedman - Pitching Guru for FanDuel SportsBook & Author 27:20 Mark Ellis - 2026 A's Hall of Fame Inductee & 12-Year MLB Veteran 45:10 Tyler Soderstrom - A's Left Fielder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Phillies from NBC Sports and was joined by: 8:25 Sandy Alderson - Former A's GM & 2026 A's Hall of Fame Inductee 36:30 Ryan Christenson - A's First Base Coach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live ahead of the A's & Phillies from NBC Sports and was joined by: 2:00 Dennis Eckersley - Baseball Hall of Famer, 1992 AL Cy Young & MVP & World Series Champion 17:05 Matt Vasgersian - Host on MLB Network 31:15 Eno Sarris - National Baseball Writer for the Athletic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live from the Ballpark in West Sacramento ahead of the A's & Guardians and was joined by: 4:25 Andy McKay - Cleveland Guardians Field Coordinator & Former Mariners Assistant GM 13:25 Darell Hernaiz - A's Third Baseman 29:30 Tom Hamilton - Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame Broadcaster 41:50 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the Athletics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: The team being in First Place Shea Langeliers' start to the season Jack Perkins pitching out of the bullpen Nick Kurtz walk streak Luis Severino's last start Facing Stephen Vogt and the Guardians Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend was live from the Ballpark in West Sacramento ahead of the A's & Royals and was joined by: 1:00 David Forst - A's General Manager 18:15 Zack Gelof - A's Center Fielder 26:55 Scott Emerson - A's Pitching Coach Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Pitching Coach Scott Emerson discuss: Bullpen by committee Expectations Jack Perkins Bullpen Availability Joel Kuhnel's story Find a way to win at home Luis Severino's early struggles Jacob Lopez's command Nick Kurtz's Walk Streak Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend discussed the recent managerial changes around baseball & was joined by: 16:55 Carlos Cortes - AL Player of the Week & A's Outfielder 27:30 Bob Melvin - 3x AL Manager of the Year & A's Special Assistant to Baseball Operations 44:50 Bob Nightengale - National Baseball Writer for USA Today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend discussed the 2026 A's Hall of Fame Class and was joined by: 18:57 Jack Perkins - A's Right-Handed Starting Pitcher 28:40 Buck Showalter - 4x Manager of the Year Award Winner 44:30 Mark Kotsay - Manager of the A's Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Best of A's Cast Live, Chris Townsend look back at the best interviews during the A's road trip in Seattle & Texas that include: 1:00 Bobby Crosby - A's Third Base Coach 16:22 Jack Perkins - A's Right-Handed Pitcher 24:23 Bill Moriarity - Editor-in-Chief of Athletics Farm 46:00 Bret Boone - 3x All-Star & 4x Rawlings Gold Glove Winner 1:00:40 Buck Showalter - 4x Manager of the Year Award Winner Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss: Day off after 16 straight games Team results after 16 games Shea Langeliers playing in Texas Bullpen performance and determining the roles each night Starting pitchers needing to pitch deeper Expectations for Luis Severino vs Texas 3 game set vs the Rangers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Townsend reacts to the A's win in Seattle 6-4 and was joined by: 5:10 Bill Moriarity - Editor-in-Chief of Athletics Farm 27:35 Bret Boone - 3x All-Star, 4x Rawlings Gold Glove Winner & Host of the Bret Boone Podcast 43:15 Johnny Doskow, Ray Jensen & Michael Baribault - Last place team draft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices