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Claire Smith is a pioneer in sports writing. She was the first ever female Major League Baseball beat writer, covering the New York Yankees for five seasons starting in 1982. She became a national columnist and worked at the New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, and later ESPN. In 2017, she was the first female to win the Baseball Hall of Fame's BBWAA Career Excellence Award, formerly the J. G. Taylor Spink Award. She is currently a professor at Temple University. In this episode, Smith tells stories from her illustrious career. She tells stories of both racism and sexism, including a 1984 incident where she was asked to leave the San Diego Padres clubhouse during the NLCS because she was a woman. She told stories about dear friends and allies Steve Garvey, Dave Winfield, Don Baylor, Dusty Baker, and countless others. She is an icon in her profession.

Frank Robinson was the first black manager when the Cleveland Indians hired him, but there was another black player who managed before Robbie . . . . On November 4, 1948 Jake Powell, 39, former big league baseball star, shot himself to death in Washington police headquarters late today while being questioned on bad check charges.Powell had been picked up at the Union Station the complaint of a local hotel where he had been staying the past three days. After Powell was taken to the check and fraud division of local police headquarters and during the questioning police said he asked permission to leave the room for several minutes. Police said he stepped outside the door pulled out a 25-caliber revolver and shot himself once in the chest and once in the right temple. With him when he was taken into custody was a woman who identified herself as Josephine Amder, of Deland, Fla. she told police she and Powell had planned to be married during the day, but later changed their plans.But Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, to whom the ballplayer had been married several years, said she was still his wife and as far as she was concerned there had been no separation.On November 4, 1889 — After a formal meeting of representatives from all National League chapters, the Brotherhood issues a “Manifesto” in which it claims that “players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens.” This bold statement constitutes a declaration of war between the Brotherhood and major league officials which will soon explode into the formation of the Players League.86 years later . . . .On November 4, 1976 — The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position. Jackson will go onto star for the New York Yankees and win two World Championships. Fingers will have several excellent seasons for the Padres and Brewers...

Frank Robinson was the first black manager when the Cleveland Indians hired him, but there was another black player who managed before Robbie . . . . On November 4, 1948 Jake Powell, 39, former big league baseball star, shot himself to death in Washington police headquarters late today while being questioned on bad check charges.Powell had been picked up at the Union Station the complaint of a local hotel where he had been staying the past three days. After Powell was taken to the check and fraud division of local police headquarters and during the questioning police said he asked permission to leave the room for several minutes. Police said he stepped outside the door pulled out a 25-caliber revolver and shot himself once in the chest and once in the right temple. With him when he was taken into custody was a woman who identified herself as Josephine Amder, of Deland, Fla. she told police she and Powell had planned to be married during the day, but later changed their plans.But Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, to whom the ballplayer had been married several years, said she was still his wife and as far as she was concerned there had been no separation.On November 4, 1889 — After a formal meeting of representatives from all National League chapters, the Brotherhood issues a “Manifesto” in which it claims that “players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens.” This bold statement constitutes a declaration of war between the Brotherhood and major league officials which will soon explode into the formation of the Players League.86 years later . . . .On November 4, 1976 — The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position. Jackson will go onto star for the New York Yankees and win two World Championships. Fingers will have several excellent seasons for the Padres and Brewers...

Send us a Text Message.The pitcher who has hit the most batters in MLB history is one that you have almost certainly never heard about before - Gus Weyhing. Walter 'Big' Train Johnson is 2nd and Randy 'Big Unit' Johnson third all-time hitting batters and they pitched 75 years apart. If you think players are getting hit and injured more often there's reason for that. In baseball history 7 of the top 25 seasons in teams being hit by pitches have occurred since 2016. 20 out of the 25 most-hit batters on a team have happened since 1997. What makes it more dangerous is that pitchers throw harder than ever and the injuries suffered by some hit batsmen are often season-changing for the player and team. Which players get hit most often today? In MLB history? Which pitchers hit the most batters now?  HOFer Hughie Jennings got plunked more than anyone else in MLB history. HOFer Craig Biggio is 2nd all time proving that playing many years is a requisite for being on that list!  Who has the record for being hit the most in one season?  If you can't hit then - get hit! Intro & Outro music this season courtesy of Mercury Maid! Check them out on Spotify or Apple Music! Please subscribe to our podcast and thanks for listening! If you can give us 4 or 5 star rating that means a lot. And if you have a suggestion for an episode please drop us a line via email at Almostcooperstown@gmail.com.  You can also follow us on X @almostcoop or visit the Almost Cooperstown Facebook page or YouTube channel.  And please tell your friends! www.almostcooperstown.com

On April 2, 1976 the Oakland A's trade future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson and World Series hero and Al Start Pitcher Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell. At the time Jackson had won an MVP, made 6 All-Star appearances, was a driving force in 3 Championships, and he was second all-time in home runs for the franchise and 4th in career RBI's. Holtzman was a workhorse pitching between 255 - 297 innings and winning 58% of his games. He made 2 All-Star games and won game 7 in the 1973 World Series. Don Baylor at the time was an evolving player and Mike Torrez had established himself as a good pitcher but not on Holtzman's level. We look into the trade and why it happened. To read more check out - This Day in Baseball You can find more April 2 events HERELearn more about Reggie Jackson

On April 2, 1976 the Oakland A's trade future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson and World Series hero and Al Start Pitcher Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell. At the time Jackson had won an MVP, made 6 All-Star appearances, was a driving force in 3 Championships, and he was second all-time in home runs for the franchise and 4th in career RBI's. Holtzman was a workhorse pitching between 255 - 297 innings and winning 58% of his games. He made 2 All-Star games and won game 7 in the 1973 World Series. Don Baylor at the time was an evolving player and Mike Torrez had established himself as a good pitcher but not on Holtzman's level. We look into the trade and why it happened. To read more check out - This Day in Baseball You can find more April 2 events HERELearn more about Reggie Jackson

In 1993, the newly born Colorado Rockies were about to begin their first season in MLB, One of the very first moves they had made in the 1992 offseason was the hiring on their first manager in team history: Don Baylor. For the first six years of their existence, Baylor captained the ship helping lay a foundation for Rockies baseball that has persevered over 30 years. Skyler and Dustin look back on not only his time as the manager, but his legacy as a player, a leader, and most importantly as a man. He was known as a giant among men, commanding respect everywhere he went. He was a baseball lifer until he passed away from cancer in 2017. The boys do their best to honor and remember one of the most important non-player Rockies in franchise history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Ross' final season as Cubs manager resulted in one of the biggest end of season collapses in team history, but where does it rank? Remember This Crap becomes Remember This Collapse as the guys are joined by Mike Praznowski for a look at years the Cubs choked away the postseason from 2001 to the present. How does 2023 compare to collapses under the watches of Don Baylor, Dusty Baker, Lou Piniella and Joe Maddon? As always, the guys unearth some unexpected stuff. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desipio/message

The Roberto Clemente Award is the most prestigious award in MLB. The Roberto Clemente Award is bestowed annually to the player who best represents the game of Baseball through extraordinary character, community involvement, philanthropy and positive contributions, both on and off the field. Past winners include Willie Mays, Willie Stargel, Rod Crew, Don Baylor, Curtis Granderson, and Derek Jeter. And in 2023, five of the nominees are African American. That's five African-American players out of thirty nominations. That's 16.6%. The players are Tony Kemp (A's), Marcus Stroman (Cubs), Jojo Gray (Nats), Aaron Judge (NYY), and Hunter Greene (Reds). What a tremendous honor. If you add the nine LatinX players that are nominated, that makes nearly half the league. I truly love how this game is growing, and I am happy to share this information. Salute to every player nominated regardless of race. It's a stellar accomplishment.

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Austin, Texas is famous for many things: live music, barbecue, bats, being weird, and Hit By Pitch king Don Baylor. Card 545 on Beckett Card 11T on eBay Card 545 Painted Cap SABR Bio by Tusa and Allen Willie Wells and the Lost History of Black Baseball in Austin "A Walk Through Don Baylor's Austin" by Eric Robinson And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, "Another Morning Stoner" The Impossibles, "Descriptive Essay, 100 Words" 1987 World Series, Game 6 Don Baylor homer

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1979 ALCS Game One - 10/3/79 - Memorial Stadium - Baltimore, Maryland California Angels For the first time in their 19 year history, the California Angels (88 - 74) are in the playoffs! The trade for former MVP and seven time batting champ Rod Carew has paid off immediately. The Angels have the league's top offense, lead by an MVP performance by Don Baylor (.296/.371/.530 36 HR 139 RBI 145 OPS+) and bolstered by bounce back All-Star seasons from 2B Bobby Grich (.294/.365/.537 30 HR 101 RBI 145 OPS+) and C Brian Downing (.326/.418/.482 12 HR 75 RBI 142 OPS+). Nolan Ryan, Dave Frost, and Frank Tanana hold down the rotation, and rookie righty Mark Clear is the lone star out of the pen. Former All Star shortstop Jim Fregosi (who was famously traded for his star righty Ryan earlier this decade) is at the helm for California, in just his first full season as a manager. This feel-good team, these "Yes We Can" Angels have a tall task ahead of them in their first ever postseason series. Baltimore Orioles Pitching, defense, and three-run homers. That's how Earl Weaver's Orioles (102 - 57) get it done. This season marks the sixth American League East crown since '69 for Baltimore, and while the lineups and rotations have changed, their style of play has not. Sure, Jim Palmer, Mark Belanger, and Al Bumbry are still there, but gone are the Robinsons (Brooks and Frank), Boog Powell, Davey Johnson, Dave McNally, and Mike Cuellar, just to name a few. The rotation is strong once again, led by Cy Young winner Mike Flanagan, as well as Scott McGregor and Dennis Martinez. The bullpen is reliable, with Don Stanhouse and Tippy Martinez always on call. And the lineup is dangerous, with stars Eddie Murray (.295/.369/.475 25 HR 99 RBI 130 OPS+) and Ken Singleton (.295/.405/.533 35 HR 111 RBI 155 OPS+) packing plenty of punch in the heart of the order. The role players always shine under Weaver, with Gary Roenicke, Pat Kelly, and utility-man John Lowenstein providing timely hits time and again. Game one of this series is a matchup of legends: Jim Palmer (10 - 6 3.30 ERA 155 IP) vs. Nolan Ryan (16 - 14 3.60 ERA 222 IP). Both have struggled with injuries and inconsistency throughout the year; however, they will bring their best in the playoffs and keep their teams in it. Neither will factor in the decision, as this tight ballgame will go into extra innings. From there, an unexpected hero will shine. Tune in for a thrilling start to the 1979 postseason! Links Audio Clips from joeydbball Youtube. NBC Broadcast and Baltimore Radio WFBR-AM w/Tom Marr and Bill O'Donnell. As always shout out to Baseball Reference and SABR for statistics, box scores, background information, and much, much more. Catch you next time, P.C.O.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Tampa Bay Rays 14, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 2 Orioles 7, Tigers 4 – Santander’s 2-run homer icing on Orioles’ rally over Tigers Anthony Santander’s two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning in which the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Joey Ortiz became the first Orioles player to drive in three runs in his MLB debut since Don Baylor on Sept. 18, 1970. Baltimore improved to 9-1 in its last 10 games. Detroit left 15 runners on base. The Tigers’ Chasen Shreve took the loss. Bryan Baker got the win with 1 1/2 scoreless innings of relief. Felix Bautista pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Rays 14, White Sox 5 – Paredes drives in 5 as Rays pound Cease, White Sox 14-5 Isaac Paredes had a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 14-5 victory. Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Lowe, Yandy Díaz, Luke Raley and Josh Lowe each had three hits as the AL East leaders bounced back nicely after they were shut out in back-to-back home games by Houston. Tampa Bay finished with 16 hits. White Sox ace Dylan Cease was tagged for seven runs, six earned, and nine hits in four-plus innings. Cubs 5, Padres 2 – Hosmer, Velázquez, Swanson hit HRs, Cubs beat Padres 5-2 Eric Hosmer and Nelson Velázquez hit back-to-back homers and Dansby Swanson added his first of the season to help the Chicago Cubs top the San Diego Padres 5-2. Manny Machado homered for the Padres, who had won five of seven. Hayden Wesneski got the win. Hosmer and Velázquez gave the Cubs the lead for good with consecutive homers off Seth Lugo in the bottom of the second. San Diego’s Matt Carpenter had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to create a save situation for Brad Boxberger, who worked the ninth for his second in as many chances. Tonight Baltimore (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 1-2), 6:40 p.m.           News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Miami (Luzardo 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Eflin 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2), 7:10 p.m. MLB – Hendriks, 4 others closer to return for slumping ChiSox Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago. The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn says Hendriks will return to Chicago during the team’s upcoming series against Minnesota for “a pre-rehab assignment check-in,” and then his assignment could start “potentially immediately after that series.” NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                          (TOR leads 3-2) New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD leads 3-2) Vegas Golden Knights 4, Winnipeg Jets 1                                (VGK wins 4-1) Tonight Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders, 7:00 p.m.               (CAR leads 3-2) Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers, 7:30 p.m.                           (BOS leads 3-2) Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, 9:30 p.m.                              (DAL leads 3-2) Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken, 10:00 p.m.                    (SEA leads 3-2) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Boston Celtics 128, Atlanta Hawks 120                                  (BOS wins 4-2) Tonight Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors, 8:00 p.m.              (GSW leads 3-2) Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.                  (LAL leads 3-2) NFL – NFL draft dominated early by QBs Quarterbacks dominated the first part of the NFL draft. Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson were among the top four picks Thursday night, an expected result in a league where teams know finding a franchise QB is the quickest path to success. The Carolina Panthers selected Young, the slender and dynamic Alabama quarterback, with the No. 1 pick, seven weeks after making a blockbuster trade with Chicago to move up to get their choice of potential franchise players. The Panthers chose the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner over Ohio State’s Stroud, Florida’s Richardson and Kentucky’s Will Levis. New coach Frank Reich said earlier in the week that the organization reached a consensus Monday after several weeks of deliberation. NFL – Lions take RB Gibbs No. 12, LB Campbell at No. 18 The Detroit Lions traded down to select Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the No. 12 pick overall in the NFL draft on Thursday night, making a relatively surprising selection. The Lions gave up their first pick and a third-rounder to Arizona for a first-round selection and the 34th spot overall. They drafted Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell at No. 18 overall. Detroit is hoping to make the most of an opportunity to improve its on-the-rise franchise in the draft after addressing needs on both sides of the ball in free agency. NFL – Chicago Bears draft Tennessee OT Darnell Wright at No. 10 The Chicago Bears selected Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright with the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL draft. The move should give quarterback Justin Fields more protection. The Bears traded back one spot with the Philadelphia Eagles and got a fourth-round pick in 2024. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound Wright was first-team, All-SEC as a right tackle last season. He played left tackle in 2021. The Bears finished with the worst record in the league last year at 3-14. NFL – Colts select QB Anthony Richardson at No. 4 in NFL draft The Indianapolis Colts followed their draft plan by selecting quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth pick of the NFL draft. The highly anticipated move had been expected even before the Colts finished last season with seven straight losses and a 4-12-1 mark, the bigger debate was over who to draft. But when the Carolina Panthers took Bryce Young with the top overall pick and C.J. Stroud went No. 2 to Houston, general manager Chris Ballard stood pat at No. 4 and selected Richardson instead of former Kentucky star Will Levis. NFL – Cowboys get Michigan DT Mazi Smith 26th overall in NFL draft The Dallas Cowboys have drafted Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. Dallas picked Smith after Buffalo moved a spot ahead of the Cowboys and drafted Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid. Tight end was a popular position with pundits after Dalton Schultz left in free agency a year after playing on the franchise tag. The Cowboys could use more offensive firepower around quarterback Dak Prescott. But the run defense was the weakest part of an an otherwise solid unit in a second consecutive playoff season for Dallas in 2022. WNBA – Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment Brittney Griner got emotional quickly while speaking to reporters for the first time since her nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges. The WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news conference drew more than 100 people, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, members of the Phoenix Mercury organization and Griner’s wife, Cherelle. Griner was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years but was released in a prisoner swap in December. NCAAFB – Notre Dame transfer QB Buchner commits to Alabama and Rees Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post. Entering his third college season, Buchner began last year as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. He hurt shoulder in Week 2 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to lead the Fighting Irish to a Gator Bowl victory against South Carolina. Alabama completed spring practice last weekend with no clear front-runner in a quarterback competition that include third-year player Jalen Milroe, redshirt freshman Ty Simpson and two freshmen. NCAAFB – Harbaugh leaves spring with ‘best version’ of Wolverines yet Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he came out of spring practice with the best team he’s had since taking over in 2015. The two-time defending Big Ten champion Wolverines bring back 84% of their offensive production. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will work behind the nation’s best offensive line. The defense is loaded, especially in the front seven, and linebackers Ernest Hausmann (Nebraska) and Josaiah Stewart (Coastal Carolina) are transfers who showed this spring they’re capable of making big impacts.  There’s much less clarity elsewhere in the conference. Ohio State still hasn’t determined the successor to C.J. Stroud. Purdue’s Ryan Walters is finding his way in his first head coaching job. Wisconsin’s move to coordinator Phil Longo’s Air Raid offense under Luke Fickell had a bumpy start. Matt Rhule’s building project at Nebraska is just beginning. As many as six quarterback competitions will go into the fall. NCAAVB – Nebraska sells 83,000 tickets for outdoor volleyball event Almost 83,000 tickets have been sold for Nebraska’s outdoor college volleyball doubleheader at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The event starts with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be followed by a regular-season match between the Cornhuskers and Omaha. Athletic director Trev Alberts said the goal has gone from setting the NCAA volleyball attendance record to breaking the U.S. women’s one-day record for any sport. The record is 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Lansing 6, Quad Cities 5 Great Lakes 6, Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 3, Peoria 1 Cedar Rapids 5, West Michigan 1 Tonight Quad Cities River Bandits at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m. Peoria Chiefs at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Cedar Rapids Kernels, 7:35 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Baseball Kellogg Community College 13, Lake Michigan College 1 – Game 1 Kellogg Community College 15, Lake Michigan College 2 – Game 2 Softball Lake Michigan College 7, Glen Oaks C.C. 1 – Game 1 Lake Michigan College 9, Glen Oaks C.C. 7 – Game 2 MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 4, South Haven 0 Buchanan 6, Bangor 1 Calhoun Christian 3, Delton-Kellogg 1 Comstock 6, Constantine 5 Lawton 2, Parchment 2 – TIE Saugatuck 4, Fennville 1 Baseball St. Joseph 5, Kalamazoo Central 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Central 9, St. Joseph 3 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Berrien Springs 1 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 3, Buchanan 2 – Game 2 Watervliet 14, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 10, Dowagiac 0 – Game 2 Cassopolis 16, Bangor 9 – Game 1 Bangor 9, Cassopolis 7 – Game 2 Suspended, 4th Decatur 15, Marcellus 0 – Game 1 Decatur 14, Marcellus 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 4, Otsego 3 – Game 1 Otsego 4, Edwardsburg 1 – Game 2 Parchment 6, Allegan 2 – Game 1 Parchment 11, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Softball Kalamazoo Central 2, St. Joseph 1 – Game 1 St. Joseph 9, Kalamazoo Central 5 – Game 2 Brandywine 7, Bridgman 3 – Game 1 Bridgman 10, Brandywine 8 – Game 2 Watervliet 6, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 9, Dowagiac 3 – Game 2 Lawrence 19, Fennville 7 – Game 1 Lawrence 24, Fennville 8 – Game 2 Schoolcraft 7, South Haven 1 – Game 1 South Haven 12, Schoolcraft 2 – Game 2 Mishawaka Penn (IN) 3, Edwardsburg 1 Bangor 10, Cassopolis 2 – Game 1 Cassopolis 5, Bangor 4 – Game 2 Parchment 17, Allegan 0 – Game 1 Parchment 14, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Brandywine 7, Berrien Springs 1 Today Baseball Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Coloma at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Otsego at Marshall, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Parchment, 4:30 p.m. Softball St. Joseph at Hamilton, 4:15 p.m. Benton Harbor at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:15 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 5:00 p.m. Girls Soccer Lawton at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Covert at Watervliet, 5:00 p.m. Coloma at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Hartford at Brandywine, 5:30 p.m. Dowagiac at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Mattawan at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Byron Center, 6:45 p.m. Otsego at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. DeWitt at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Hudsonville at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at GR Covenant Christian, 6:00 p.m. GR South Christian at Kal. 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MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Tampa Bay Rays 14, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 2 Orioles 7, Tigers 4 – Santander’s 2-run homer icing on Orioles’ rally over Tigers Anthony Santander’s two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning in which the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Joey Ortiz became the first Orioles player to drive in three runs in his MLB debut since Don Baylor on Sept. 18, 1970. Baltimore improved to 9-1 in its last 10 games. Detroit left 15 runners on base. The Tigers’ Chasen Shreve took the loss. Bryan Baker got the win with 1 1/2 scoreless innings of relief. Felix Bautista pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Rays 14, White Sox 5 – Paredes drives in 5 as Rays pound Cease, White Sox 14-5 Isaac Paredes had a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 14-5 victory. Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Lowe, Yandy Díaz, Luke Raley and Josh Lowe each had three hits as the AL East leaders bounced back nicely after they were shut out in back-to-back home games by Houston. Tampa Bay finished with 16 hits. White Sox ace Dylan Cease was tagged for seven runs, six earned, and nine hits in four-plus innings. Cubs 5, Padres 2 – Hosmer, Velázquez, Swanson hit HRs, Cubs beat Padres 5-2 Eric Hosmer and Nelson Velázquez hit back-to-back homers and Dansby Swanson added his first of the season to help the Chicago Cubs top the San Diego Padres 5-2. Manny Machado homered for the Padres, who had won five of seven. Hayden Wesneski got the win. Hosmer and Velázquez gave the Cubs the lead for good with consecutive homers off Seth Lugo in the bottom of the second. San Diego’s Matt Carpenter had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to create a save situation for Brad Boxberger, who worked the ninth for his second in as many chances. Tonight Baltimore (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 1-2), 6:40 p.m.           News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Miami (Luzardo 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Eflin 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2), 7:10 p.m. MLB – Hendriks, 4 others closer to return for slumping ChiSox Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago. The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn says Hendriks will return to Chicago during the team’s upcoming series against Minnesota for “a pre-rehab assignment check-in,” and then his assignment could start “potentially immediately after that series.” NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                          (TOR leads 3-2) New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD leads 3-2) Vegas Golden Knights 4, Winnipeg Jets 1                                (VGK wins 4-1) Tonight Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders, 7:00 p.m.               (CAR leads 3-2) Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers, 7:30 p.m.                           (BOS leads 3-2) Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, 9:30 p.m.                              (DAL leads 3-2) Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken, 10:00 p.m.                    (SEA leads 3-2) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Boston Celtics 128, Atlanta Hawks 120                                  (BOS wins 4-2) Tonight Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors, 8:00 p.m.              (GSW leads 3-2) Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.                  (LAL leads 3-2) NFL – NFL draft dominated early by QBs Quarterbacks dominated the first part of the NFL draft. Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson were among the top four picks Thursday night, an expected result in a league where teams know finding a franchise QB is the quickest path to success. The Carolina Panthers selected Young, the slender and dynamic Alabama quarterback, with the No. 1 pick, seven weeks after making a blockbuster trade with Chicago to move up to get their choice of potential franchise players. The Panthers chose the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner over Ohio State’s Stroud, Florida’s Richardson and Kentucky’s Will Levis. New coach Frank Reich said earlier in the week that the organization reached a consensus Monday after several weeks of deliberation. NFL – Lions take RB Gibbs No. 12, LB Campbell at No. 18 The Detroit Lions traded down to select Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the No. 12 pick overall in the NFL draft on Thursday night, making a relatively surprising selection. The Lions gave up their first pick and a third-rounder to Arizona for a first-round selection and the 34th spot overall. They drafted Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell at No. 18 overall. Detroit is hoping to make the most of an opportunity to improve its on-the-rise franchise in the draft after addressing needs on both sides of the ball in free agency. NFL – Chicago Bears draft Tennessee OT Darnell Wright at No. 10 The Chicago Bears selected Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright with the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL draft. The move should give quarterback Justin Fields more protection. The Bears traded back one spot with the Philadelphia Eagles and got a fourth-round pick in 2024. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound Wright was first-team, All-SEC as a right tackle last season. He played left tackle in 2021. The Bears finished with the worst record in the league last year at 3-14. NFL – Colts select QB Anthony Richardson at No. 4 in NFL draft The Indianapolis Colts followed their draft plan by selecting quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth pick of the NFL draft. The highly anticipated move had been expected even before the Colts finished last season with seven straight losses and a 4-12-1 mark, the bigger debate was over who to draft. But when the Carolina Panthers took Bryce Young with the top overall pick and C.J. Stroud went No. 2 to Houston, general manager Chris Ballard stood pat at No. 4 and selected Richardson instead of former Kentucky star Will Levis. NFL – Cowboys get Michigan DT Mazi Smith 26th overall in NFL draft The Dallas Cowboys have drafted Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. Dallas picked Smith after Buffalo moved a spot ahead of the Cowboys and drafted Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid. Tight end was a popular position with pundits after Dalton Schultz left in free agency a year after playing on the franchise tag. The Cowboys could use more offensive firepower around quarterback Dak Prescott. But the run defense was the weakest part of an an otherwise solid unit in a second consecutive playoff season for Dallas in 2022. WNBA – Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment Brittney Griner got emotional quickly while speaking to reporters for the first time since her nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges. The WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news conference drew more than 100 people, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, members of the Phoenix Mercury organization and Griner’s wife, Cherelle. Griner was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years but was released in a prisoner swap in December. NCAAFB – Notre Dame transfer QB Buchner commits to Alabama and Rees Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post. Entering his third college season, Buchner began last year as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. He hurt shoulder in Week 2 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to lead the Fighting Irish to a Gator Bowl victory against South Carolina. Alabama completed spring practice last weekend with no clear front-runner in a quarterback competition that include third-year player Jalen Milroe, redshirt freshman Ty Simpson and two freshmen. NCAAFB – Harbaugh leaves spring with ‘best version’ of Wolverines yet Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he came out of spring practice with the best team he’s had since taking over in 2015. The two-time defending Big Ten champion Wolverines bring back 84% of their offensive production. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will work behind the nation’s best offensive line. The defense is loaded, especially in the front seven, and linebackers Ernest Hausmann (Nebraska) and Josaiah Stewart (Coastal Carolina) are transfers who showed this spring they’re capable of making big impacts.  There’s much less clarity elsewhere in the conference. Ohio State still hasn’t determined the successor to C.J. Stroud. Purdue’s Ryan Walters is finding his way in his first head coaching job. Wisconsin’s move to coordinator Phil Longo’s Air Raid offense under Luke Fickell had a bumpy start. Matt Rhule’s building project at Nebraska is just beginning. As many as six quarterback competitions will go into the fall. NCAAVB – Nebraska sells 83,000 tickets for outdoor volleyball event Almost 83,000 tickets have been sold for Nebraska’s outdoor college volleyball doubleheader at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The event starts with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be followed by a regular-season match between the Cornhuskers and Omaha. Athletic director Trev Alberts said the goal has gone from setting the NCAA volleyball attendance record to breaking the U.S. women’s one-day record for any sport. The record is 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Lansing 6, Quad Cities 5 Great Lakes 6, Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 3, Peoria 1 Cedar Rapids 5, West Michigan 1 Tonight Quad Cities River Bandits at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m. Peoria Chiefs at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Cedar Rapids Kernels, 7:35 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Baseball Kellogg Community College 13, Lake Michigan College 1 – Game 1 Kellogg Community College 15, Lake Michigan College 2 – Game 2 Softball Lake Michigan College 7, Glen Oaks C.C. 1 – Game 1 Lake Michigan College 9, Glen Oaks C.C. 7 – Game 2 MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 4, South Haven 0 Buchanan 6, Bangor 1 Calhoun Christian 3, Delton-Kellogg 1 Comstock 6, Constantine 5 Lawton 2, Parchment 2 – TIE Saugatuck 4, Fennville 1 Baseball St. Joseph 5, Kalamazoo Central 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Central 9, St. Joseph 3 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Berrien Springs 1 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 3, Buchanan 2 – Game 2 Watervliet 14, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 10, Dowagiac 0 – Game 2 Cassopolis 16, Bangor 9 – Game 1 Bangor 9, Cassopolis 7 – Game 2 Suspended, 4th Decatur 15, Marcellus 0 – Game 1 Decatur 14, Marcellus 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 4, Otsego 3 – Game 1 Otsego 4, Edwardsburg 1 – Game 2 Parchment 6, Allegan 2 – Game 1 Parchment 11, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Softball Kalamazoo Central 2, St. Joseph 1 – Game 1 St. Joseph 9, Kalamazoo Central 5 – Game 2 Brandywine 7, Bridgman 3 – Game 1 Bridgman 10, Brandywine 8 – Game 2 Watervliet 6, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 9, Dowagiac 3 – Game 2 Lawrence 19, Fennville 7 – Game 1 Lawrence 24, Fennville 8 – Game 2 Schoolcraft 7, South Haven 1 – Game 1 South Haven 12, Schoolcraft 2 – Game 2 Mishawaka Penn (IN) 3, Edwardsburg 1 Bangor 10, Cassopolis 2 – Game 1 Cassopolis 5, Bangor 4 – Game 2 Parchment 17, Allegan 0 – Game 1 Parchment 14, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Brandywine 7, Berrien Springs 1 Today Baseball Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Coloma at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Otsego at Marshall, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Parchment, 4:30 p.m. Softball St. Joseph at Hamilton, 4:15 p.m. Benton Harbor at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:15 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 5:00 p.m. Girls Soccer Lawton at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Covert at Watervliet, 5:00 p.m. Coloma at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Hartford at Brandywine, 5:30 p.m. Dowagiac at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Mattawan at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Byron Center, 6:45 p.m. Otsego at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. DeWitt at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Hudsonville at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at GR Covenant Christian, 6:00 p.m. GR South Christian at Kal. Christian, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Track and Field Don Lukens Invitational at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore, Benton Harbor, Dowagiac, Constantine, Mattawan, Niles, Three Rivers, Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek Central, East Kentwood, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo Phoenix, Lansing Everett, Lansing Sexton, Portage Central, Portage Northern, Schoolcraft.1CARBryce Young QBAlabama2HOUC. J. Stroud QBOhio State3HOUWill Anderson LBAlabama4INDAnthony Richardson QBFlorida5SEADevon Witherspoon CBIllinois6ARIParis Johnson OTOhio State7LVTyree Wilson DETexas Tech8ATLBijan Robinson RBTexas9PHIJalen Carter DTGeorgia10CHIDarnell Wright OTTennessee11TENPeter Skoronski OTNorthwestern12DETJahmyr Gibbs RBAlabama13GBLukas Van Ness DEIowa14PITBroderick Jones OTGeorgia15NYJWill McDonald DEIowa State16WASEmmanuel Forbes CBMississippi State17NEChristian Gonzalez CBOregon18DETJack Campbell LBIowa19TBCalijah Kancey DTPittsburgh20SEAJaxon Smith-Njigba WROhio State–MIASelection forfeited21LACQuentin Johnston WRTCU22BALZay Flowers WRBoston College23MINJordan Addison WRUSC24NYGDeonte Banks CBMaryland25BUFDalton Kincaid TEUtah26DALMazi Smith DTMichigan27JAXAnton Harrison OTOklahoma28CINMyles Murphy DEClemson29NOBryan Bresee DTClemson30PHINolan Smith LBGeorgia31KCFelix Anudike-Uzomah DEKansas StateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Tampa Bay Rays 14, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 2 Orioles 7, Tigers 4 – Santander’s 2-run homer icing on Orioles’ rally over Tigers Anthony Santander’s two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning in which the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Joey Ortiz became the first Orioles player to drive in three runs in his MLB debut since Don Baylor on Sept. 18, 1970. Baltimore improved to 9-1 in its last 10 games. Detroit left 15 runners on base. The Tigers’ Chasen Shreve took the loss. Bryan Baker got the win with 1 1/2 scoreless innings of relief. Felix Bautista pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Rays 14, White Sox 5 – Paredes drives in 5 as Rays pound Cease, White Sox 14-5 Isaac Paredes had a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 14-5 victory. Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Lowe, Yandy Díaz, Luke Raley and Josh Lowe each had three hits as the AL East leaders bounced back nicely after they were shut out in back-to-back home games by Houston. Tampa Bay finished with 16 hits. White Sox ace Dylan Cease was tagged for seven runs, six earned, and nine hits in four-plus innings. Cubs 5, Padres 2 – Hosmer, Velázquez, Swanson hit HRs, Cubs beat Padres 5-2 Eric Hosmer and Nelson Velázquez hit back-to-back homers and Dansby Swanson added his first of the season to help the Chicago Cubs top the San Diego Padres 5-2. Manny Machado homered for the Padres, who had won five of seven. Hayden Wesneski got the win. Hosmer and Velázquez gave the Cubs the lead for good with consecutive homers off Seth Lugo in the bottom of the second. San Diego’s Matt Carpenter had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to create a save situation for Brad Boxberger, who worked the ninth for his second in as many chances. Tonight Baltimore (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 1-2), 6:40 p.m.           News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Miami (Luzardo 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Eflin 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2), 7:10 p.m. MLB – Hendriks, 4 others closer to return for slumping ChiSox Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago. The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn says Hendriks will return to Chicago during the team’s upcoming series against Minnesota for “a pre-rehab assignment check-in,” and then his assignment could start “potentially immediately after that series.” NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                          (TOR leads 3-2) New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD leads 3-2) Vegas Golden Knights 4, Winnipeg Jets 1                                (VGK wins 4-1) Tonight Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders, 7:00 p.m.               (CAR leads 3-2) Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers, 7:30 p.m.                           (BOS leads 3-2) Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, 9:30 p.m.                              (DAL leads 3-2) Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken, 10:00 p.m.                    (SEA leads 3-2) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Boston Celtics 128, Atlanta Hawks 120                                  (BOS wins 4-2) Tonight Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors, 8:00 p.m.              (GSW leads 3-2) Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.                  (LAL leads 3-2) NFL – NFL draft dominated early by QBs Quarterbacks dominated the first part of the NFL draft. Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson were among the top four picks Thursday night, an expected result in a league where teams know finding a franchise QB is the quickest path to success. The Carolina Panthers selected Young, the slender and dynamic Alabama quarterback, with the No. 1 pick, seven weeks after making a blockbuster trade with Chicago to move up to get their choice of potential franchise players. The Panthers chose the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner over Ohio State’s Stroud, Florida’s Richardson and Kentucky’s Will Levis. New coach Frank Reich said earlier in the week that the organization reached a consensus Monday after several weeks of deliberation. NFL – Lions take RB Gibbs No. 12, LB Campbell at No. 18 The Detroit Lions traded down to select Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the No. 12 pick overall in the NFL draft on Thursday night, making a relatively surprising selection. The Lions gave up their first pick and a third-rounder to Arizona for a first-round selection and the 34th spot overall. They drafted Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell at No. 18 overall. Detroit is hoping to make the most of an opportunity to improve its on-the-rise franchise in the draft after addressing needs on both sides of the ball in free agency. NFL – Chicago Bears draft Tennessee OT Darnell Wright at No. 10 The Chicago Bears selected Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright with the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL draft. The move should give quarterback Justin Fields more protection. The Bears traded back one spot with the Philadelphia Eagles and got a fourth-round pick in 2024. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound Wright was first-team, All-SEC as a right tackle last season. He played left tackle in 2021. The Bears finished with the worst record in the league last year at 3-14. NFL – Colts select QB Anthony Richardson at No. 4 in NFL draft The Indianapolis Colts followed their draft plan by selecting quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth pick of the NFL draft. The highly anticipated move had been expected even before the Colts finished last season with seven straight losses and a 4-12-1 mark, the bigger debate was over who to draft. But when the Carolina Panthers took Bryce Young with the top overall pick and C.J. Stroud went No. 2 to Houston, general manager Chris Ballard stood pat at No. 4 and selected Richardson instead of former Kentucky star Will Levis. NFL – Cowboys get Michigan DT Mazi Smith 26th overall in NFL draft The Dallas Cowboys have drafted Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. Dallas picked Smith after Buffalo moved a spot ahead of the Cowboys and drafted Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid. Tight end was a popular position with pundits after Dalton Schultz left in free agency a year after playing on the franchise tag. The Cowboys could use more offensive firepower around quarterback Dak Prescott. But the run defense was the weakest part of an an otherwise solid unit in a second consecutive playoff season for Dallas in 2022. WNBA – Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment Brittney Griner got emotional quickly while speaking to reporters for the first time since her nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges. The WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news conference drew more than 100 people, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, members of the Phoenix Mercury organization and Griner’s wife, Cherelle. Griner was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years but was released in a prisoner swap in December. NCAAFB – Notre Dame transfer QB Buchner commits to Alabama and Rees Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post. Entering his third college season, Buchner began last year as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. He hurt shoulder in Week 2 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to lead the Fighting Irish to a Gator Bowl victory against South Carolina. Alabama completed spring practice last weekend with no clear front-runner in a quarterback competition that include third-year player Jalen Milroe, redshirt freshman Ty Simpson and two freshmen. NCAAFB – Harbaugh leaves spring with ‘best version’ of Wolverines yet Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he came out of spring practice with the best team he’s had since taking over in 2015. The two-time defending Big Ten champion Wolverines bring back 84% of their offensive production. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will work behind the nation’s best offensive line. The defense is loaded, especially in the front seven, and linebackers Ernest Hausmann (Nebraska) and Josaiah Stewart (Coastal Carolina) are transfers who showed this spring they’re capable of making big impacts.  There’s much less clarity elsewhere in the conference. Ohio State still hasn’t determined the successor to C.J. Stroud. Purdue’s Ryan Walters is finding his way in his first head coaching job. Wisconsin’s move to coordinator Phil Longo’s Air Raid offense under Luke Fickell had a bumpy start. Matt Rhule’s building project at Nebraska is just beginning. As many as six quarterback competitions will go into the fall. NCAAVB – Nebraska sells 83,000 tickets for outdoor volleyball event Almost 83,000 tickets have been sold for Nebraska’s outdoor college volleyball doubleheader at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The event starts with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be followed by a regular-season match between the Cornhuskers and Omaha. Athletic director Trev Alberts said the goal has gone from setting the NCAA volleyball attendance record to breaking the U.S. women’s one-day record for any sport. The record is 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Lansing 6, Quad Cities 5 Great Lakes 6, Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 3, Peoria 1 Cedar Rapids 5, West Michigan 1 Tonight Quad Cities River Bandits at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m. Peoria Chiefs at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Cedar Rapids Kernels, 7:35 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Baseball Kellogg Community College 13, Lake Michigan College 1 – Game 1 Kellogg Community College 15, Lake Michigan College 2 – Game 2 Softball Lake Michigan College 7, Glen Oaks C.C. 1 – Game 1 Lake Michigan College 9, Glen Oaks C.C. 7 – Game 2 MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 4, South Haven 0 Buchanan 6, Bangor 1 Calhoun Christian 3, Delton-Kellogg 1 Comstock 6, Constantine 5 Lawton 2, Parchment 2 – TIE Saugatuck 4, Fennville 1 Baseball St. Joseph 5, Kalamazoo Central 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Central 9, St. Joseph 3 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Berrien Springs 1 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 3, Buchanan 2 – Game 2 Watervliet 14, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 10, Dowagiac 0 – Game 2 Cassopolis 16, Bangor 9 – Game 1 Bangor 9, Cassopolis 7 – Game 2 Suspended, 4th Decatur 15, Marcellus 0 – Game 1 Decatur 14, Marcellus 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 4, Otsego 3 – Game 1 Otsego 4, Edwardsburg 1 – Game 2 Parchment 6, Allegan 2 – Game 1 Parchment 11, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Softball Kalamazoo Central 2, St. Joseph 1 – Game 1 St. Joseph 9, Kalamazoo Central 5 – Game 2 Brandywine 7, Bridgman 3 – Game 1 Bridgman 10, Brandywine 8 – Game 2 Watervliet 6, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 9, Dowagiac 3 – Game 2 Lawrence 19, Fennville 7 – Game 1 Lawrence 24, Fennville 8 – Game 2 Schoolcraft 7, South Haven 1 – Game 1 South Haven 12, Schoolcraft 2 – Game 2 Mishawaka Penn (IN) 3, Edwardsburg 1 Bangor 10, Cassopolis 2 – Game 1 Cassopolis 5, Bangor 4 – Game 2 Parchment 17, Allegan 0 – Game 1 Parchment 14, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Brandywine 7, Berrien Springs 1 Today Baseball Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Coloma at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Otsego at Marshall, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Parchment, 4:30 p.m. Softball St. Joseph at Hamilton, 4:15 p.m. Benton Harbor at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:15 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 5:00 p.m. Girls Soccer Lawton at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Covert at Watervliet, 5:00 p.m. Coloma at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Hartford at Brandywine, 5:30 p.m. Dowagiac at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Mattawan at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Byron Center, 6:45 p.m. Otsego at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. DeWitt at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Hudsonville at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at GR Covenant Christian, 6:00 p.m. GR South Christian at Kal. Christian, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Track and Field Don Lukens Invitational at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore, Benton Harbor, Dowagiac, Constantine, Mattawan, Niles, Three Rivers, Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek Central, East Kentwood, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo Phoenix, Lansing Everett, Lansing Sexton, Portage Central, Portage Northern, Schoolcraft.1CARBryce Young QBAlabama2HOUC. J. Stroud QBOhio State3HOUWill Anderson LBAlabama4INDAnthony Richardson QBFlorida5SEADevon Witherspoon CBIllinois6ARIParis Johnson OTOhio State7LVTyree Wilson DETexas Tech8ATLBijan Robinson RBTexas9PHIJalen Carter DTGeorgia10CHIDarnell Wright OTTennessee11TENPeter Skoronski OTNorthwestern12DETJahmyr Gibbs RBAlabama13GBLukas Van Ness DEIowa14PITBroderick Jones OTGeorgia15NYJWill McDonald DEIowa State16WASEmmanuel Forbes CBMississippi State17NEChristian Gonzalez CBOregon18DETJack Campbell LBIowa19TBCalijah Kancey DTPittsburgh20SEAJaxon Smith-Njigba WROhio State–MIASelection forfeited21LACQuentin Johnston WRTCU22BALZay Flowers WRBoston College23MINJordan Addison WRUSC24NYGDeonte Banks CBMaryland25BUFDalton Kincaid TEUtah26DALMazi Smith DTMichigan27JAXAnton Harrison OTOklahoma28CINMyles Murphy DEClemson29NOBryan Bresee DTClemson30PHINolan Smith LBGeorgia31KCFelix Anudike-Uzomah DEKansas StateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Tampa Bay Rays 14, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 2 Orioles 7, Tigers 4 – Santander’s 2-run homer icing on Orioles’ rally over Tigers Anthony Santander’s two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning in which the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Joey Ortiz became the first Orioles player to drive in three runs in his MLB debut since Don Baylor on Sept. 18, 1970. Baltimore improved to 9-1 in its last 10 games. Detroit left 15 runners on base. The Tigers’ Chasen Shreve took the loss. Bryan Baker got the win with 1 1/2 scoreless innings of relief. Felix Bautista pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Rays 14, White Sox 5 – Paredes drives in 5 as Rays pound Cease, White Sox 14-5 Isaac Paredes had a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 14-5 victory. Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Lowe, Yandy Díaz, Luke Raley and Josh Lowe each had three hits as the AL East leaders bounced back nicely after they were shut out in back-to-back home games by Houston. Tampa Bay finished with 16 hits. White Sox ace Dylan Cease was tagged for seven runs, six earned, and nine hits in four-plus innings. Cubs 5, Padres 2 – Hosmer, Velázquez, Swanson hit HRs, Cubs beat Padres 5-2 Eric Hosmer and Nelson Velázquez hit back-to-back homers and Dansby Swanson added his first of the season to help the Chicago Cubs top the San Diego Padres 5-2. Manny Machado homered for the Padres, who had won five of seven. Hayden Wesneski got the win. Hosmer and Velázquez gave the Cubs the lead for good with consecutive homers off Seth Lugo in the bottom of the second. San Diego’s Matt Carpenter had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to create a save situation for Brad Boxberger, who worked the ninth for his second in as many chances. Tonight Baltimore (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 1-2), 6:40 p.m.           News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Miami (Luzardo 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Eflin 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2), 7:10 p.m. MLB – Hendriks, 4 others closer to return for slumping ChiSox Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago. The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn says Hendriks will return to Chicago during the team’s upcoming series against Minnesota for “a pre-rehab assignment check-in,” and then his assignment could start “potentially immediately after that series.” NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                          (TOR leads 3-2) New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD leads 3-2) Vegas Golden Knights 4, Winnipeg Jets 1                                (VGK wins 4-1) Tonight Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders, 7:00 p.m.               (CAR leads 3-2) Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers, 7:30 p.m.                           (BOS leads 3-2) Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, 9:30 p.m.                              (DAL leads 3-2) Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken, 10:00 p.m.                    (SEA leads 3-2) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Boston Celtics 128, Atlanta Hawks 120                                  (BOS wins 4-2) Tonight Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors, 8:00 p.m.              (GSW leads 3-2) Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.                  (LAL leads 3-2) NFL – NFL draft dominated early by QBs Quarterbacks dominated the first part of the NFL draft. Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson were among the top four picks Thursday night, an expected result in a league where teams know finding a franchise QB is the quickest path to success. The Carolina Panthers selected Young, the slender and dynamic Alabama quarterback, with the No. 1 pick, seven weeks after making a blockbuster trade with Chicago to move up to get their choice of potential franchise players. The Panthers chose the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner over Ohio State’s Stroud, Florida’s Richardson and Kentucky’s Will Levis. New coach Frank Reich said earlier in the week that the organization reached a consensus Monday after several weeks of deliberation. NFL – Lions take RB Gibbs No. 12, LB Campbell at No. 18 The Detroit Lions traded down to select Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the No. 12 pick overall in the NFL draft on Thursday night, making a relatively surprising selection. The Lions gave up their first pick and a third-rounder to Arizona for a first-round selection and the 34th spot overall. They drafted Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell at No. 18 overall. Detroit is hoping to make the most of an opportunity to improve its on-the-rise franchise in the draft after addressing needs on both sides of the ball in free agency. NFL – Chicago Bears draft Tennessee OT Darnell Wright at No. 10 The Chicago Bears selected Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright with the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL draft. The move should give quarterback Justin Fields more protection. The Bears traded back one spot with the Philadelphia Eagles and got a fourth-round pick in 2024. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound Wright was first-team, All-SEC as a right tackle last season. He played left tackle in 2021. The Bears finished with the worst record in the league last year at 3-14. NFL – Colts select QB Anthony Richardson at No. 4 in NFL draft The Indianapolis Colts followed their draft plan by selecting quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth pick of the NFL draft. The highly anticipated move had been expected even before the Colts finished last season with seven straight losses and a 4-12-1 mark, the bigger debate was over who to draft. But when the Carolina Panthers took Bryce Young with the top overall pick and C.J. Stroud went No. 2 to Houston, general manager Chris Ballard stood pat at No. 4 and selected Richardson instead of former Kentucky star Will Levis. NFL – Cowboys get Michigan DT Mazi Smith 26th overall in NFL draft The Dallas Cowboys have drafted Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. Dallas picked Smith after Buffalo moved a spot ahead of the Cowboys and drafted Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid. Tight end was a popular position with pundits after Dalton Schultz left in free agency a year after playing on the franchise tag. The Cowboys could use more offensive firepower around quarterback Dak Prescott. But the run defense was the weakest part of an an otherwise solid unit in a second consecutive playoff season for Dallas in 2022. WNBA – Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment Brittney Griner got emotional quickly while speaking to reporters for the first time since her nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges. The WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news conference drew more than 100 people, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, members of the Phoenix Mercury organization and Griner’s wife, Cherelle. Griner was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years but was released in a prisoner swap in December. NCAAFB – Notre Dame transfer QB Buchner commits to Alabama and Rees Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post. Entering his third college season, Buchner began last year as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. He hurt shoulder in Week 2 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to lead the Fighting Irish to a Gator Bowl victory against South Carolina. Alabama completed spring practice last weekend with no clear front-runner in a quarterback competition that include third-year player Jalen Milroe, redshirt freshman Ty Simpson and two freshmen. NCAAFB – Harbaugh leaves spring with ‘best version’ of Wolverines yet Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he came out of spring practice with the best team he’s had since taking over in 2015. The two-time defending Big Ten champion Wolverines bring back 84% of their offensive production. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will work behind the nation’s best offensive line. The defense is loaded, especially in the front seven, and linebackers Ernest Hausmann (Nebraska) and Josaiah Stewart (Coastal Carolina) are transfers who showed this spring they’re capable of making big impacts.  There’s much less clarity elsewhere in the conference. Ohio State still hasn’t determined the successor to C.J. Stroud. Purdue’s Ryan Walters is finding his way in his first head coaching job. Wisconsin’s move to coordinator Phil Longo’s Air Raid offense under Luke Fickell had a bumpy start. Matt Rhule’s building project at Nebraska is just beginning. As many as six quarterback competitions will go into the fall. NCAAVB – Nebraska sells 83,000 tickets for outdoor volleyball event Almost 83,000 tickets have been sold for Nebraska’s outdoor college volleyball doubleheader at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The event starts with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be followed by a regular-season match between the Cornhuskers and Omaha. Athletic director Trev Alberts said the goal has gone from setting the NCAA volleyball attendance record to breaking the U.S. women’s one-day record for any sport. The record is 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Lansing 6, Quad Cities 5 Great Lakes 6, Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 3, Peoria 1 Cedar Rapids 5, West Michigan 1 Tonight Quad Cities River Bandits at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m. Peoria Chiefs at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Cedar Rapids Kernels, 7:35 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Baseball Kellogg Community College 13, Lake Michigan College 1 – Game 1 Kellogg Community College 15, Lake Michigan College 2 – Game 2 Softball Lake Michigan College 7, Glen Oaks C.C. 1 – Game 1 Lake Michigan College 9, Glen Oaks C.C. 7 – Game 2 MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 4, South Haven 0 Buchanan 6, Bangor 1 Calhoun Christian 3, Delton-Kellogg 1 Comstock 6, Constantine 5 Lawton 2, Parchment 2 – TIE Saugatuck 4, Fennville 1 Baseball St. Joseph 5, Kalamazoo Central 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Central 9, St. Joseph 3 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Berrien Springs 1 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 3, Buchanan 2 – Game 2 Watervliet 14, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 10, Dowagiac 0 – Game 2 Cassopolis 16, Bangor 9 – Game 1 Bangor 9, Cassopolis 7 – Game 2 Suspended, 4th Decatur 15, Marcellus 0 – Game 1 Decatur 14, Marcellus 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 4, Otsego 3 – Game 1 Otsego 4, Edwardsburg 1 – Game 2 Parchment 6, Allegan 2 – Game 1 Parchment 11, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Softball Kalamazoo Central 2, St. Joseph 1 – Game 1 St. Joseph 9, Kalamazoo Central 5 – Game 2 Brandywine 7, Bridgman 3 – Game 1 Bridgman 10, Brandywine 8 – Game 2 Watervliet 6, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 9, Dowagiac 3 – Game 2 Lawrence 19, Fennville 7 – Game 1 Lawrence 24, Fennville 8 – Game 2 Schoolcraft 7, South Haven 1 – Game 1 South Haven 12, Schoolcraft 2 – Game 2 Mishawaka Penn (IN) 3, Edwardsburg 1 Bangor 10, Cassopolis 2 – Game 1 Cassopolis 5, Bangor 4 – Game 2 Parchment 17, Allegan 0 – Game 1 Parchment 14, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Brandywine 7, Berrien Springs 1 Today Baseball Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Coloma at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Otsego at Marshall, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Parchment, 4:30 p.m. Softball St. Joseph at Hamilton, 4:15 p.m. Benton Harbor at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:15 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 5:00 p.m. Girls Soccer Lawton at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Covert at Watervliet, 5:00 p.m. Coloma at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Hartford at Brandywine, 5:30 p.m. Dowagiac at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Mattawan at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Byron Center, 6:45 p.m. Otsego at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. DeWitt at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Hudsonville at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at GR Covenant Christian, 6:00 p.m. GR South Christian at Kal. Christian, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Track and Field Don Lukens Invitational at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore, Benton Harbor, Dowagiac, Constantine, Mattawan, Niles, Three Rivers, Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek Central, East Kentwood, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo Phoenix, Lansing Everett, Lansing Sexton, Portage Central, Portage Northern, Schoolcraft.1CARBryce Young QBAlabama2HOUC. J. Stroud QBOhio State3HOUWill Anderson LBAlabama4INDAnthony Richardson QBFlorida5SEADevon Witherspoon CBIllinois6ARIParis Johnson OTOhio State7LVTyree Wilson DETexas Tech8ATLBijan Robinson RBTexas9PHIJalen Carter DTGeorgia10CHIDarnell Wright OTTennessee11TENPeter Skoronski OTNorthwestern12DETJahmyr Gibbs RBAlabama13GBLukas Van Ness DEIowa14PITBroderick Jones OTGeorgia15NYJWill McDonald DEIowa State16WASEmmanuel Forbes CBMississippi State17NEChristian Gonzalez CBOregon18DETJack Campbell LBIowa19TBCalijah Kancey DTPittsburgh20SEAJaxon Smith-Njigba WROhio State–MIASelection forfeited21LACQuentin Johnston WRTCU22BALZay Flowers WRBoston College23MINJordan Addison WRUSC24NYGDeonte Banks CBMaryland25BUFDalton Kincaid TEUtah26DALMazi Smith DTMichigan27JAXAnton Harrison OTOklahoma28CINMyles Murphy DEClemson29NOBryan Bresee DTClemson30PHINolan Smith LBGeorgia31KCFelix Anudike-Uzomah DEKansas StateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MLB – Major League Baseball Yesterday Baltimore Orioles 7, Detroit Tigers 4 Tampa Bay Rays 14, Chicago White Sox 5 Chicago Cubs 5, San Diego Padres 2 Orioles 7, Tigers 4 – Santander’s 2-run homer icing on Orioles’ rally over Tigers Anthony Santander’s two-run homer capped a five-run seventh inning in which the Baltimore Orioles rallied for a 7-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Joey Ortiz became the first Orioles player to drive in three runs in his MLB debut since Don Baylor on Sept. 18, 1970. Baltimore improved to 9-1 in its last 10 games. Detroit left 15 runners on base. The Tigers’ Chasen Shreve took the loss. Bryan Baker got the win with 1 1/2 scoreless innings of relief. Felix Bautista pitched the ninth for his sixth save. Rays 14, White Sox 5 – Paredes drives in 5 as Rays pound Cease, White Sox 14-5 Isaac Paredes had a career-high five RBIs, and the Tampa Bay Rays handed the Chicago White Sox their eighth straight loss with a 14-5 victory. Brandon Lowe homered and drove in three runs for Tampa Bay in the opener of a four-game series. Lowe, Yandy Díaz, Luke Raley and Josh Lowe each had three hits as the AL East leaders bounced back nicely after they were shut out in back-to-back home games by Houston. Tampa Bay finished with 16 hits. White Sox ace Dylan Cease was tagged for seven runs, six earned, and nine hits in four-plus innings. Cubs 5, Padres 2 – Hosmer, Velázquez, Swanson hit HRs, Cubs beat Padres 5-2 Eric Hosmer and Nelson Velázquez hit back-to-back homers and Dansby Swanson added his first of the season to help the Chicago Cubs top the San Diego Padres 5-2. Manny Machado homered for the Padres, who had won five of seven. Hayden Wesneski got the win. Hosmer and Velázquez gave the Cubs the lead for good with consecutive homers off Seth Lugo in the bottom of the second. San Diego’s Matt Carpenter had a sacrifice fly in the eighth to create a save situation for Brad Boxberger, who worked the ninth for his second in as many chances. Tonight Baltimore (Rodriguez 0-0) at Detroit (Rodriguez 1-2), 6:40 p.m.           News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 6:15 Chicago Cubs (Stroman 2-2) at Miami (Luzardo 2-1), 6:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Eflin 3-0) at Chicago White Sox (Giolito 1-2), 7:10 p.m. MLB – Hendriks, 4 others closer to return for slumping ChiSox Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks could go out on a rehab assignment next week in a big step in his recovery from non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hendriks announced his diagnosis in January and completed his final round of chemotherapy three weeks ago. The 34-year-old right-hander announced last week on Instagram that he was cancer-free. White Sox general manager Rick Hahn says Hendriks will return to Chicago during the team’s upcoming series against Minnesota for “a pre-rehab assignment check-in,” and then his assignment could start “potentially immediately after that series.” NHL – National Hockey League – 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Tampa Bay Lightning 4, Toronto Maple Leafs 2                          (TOR leads 3-2) New Jersey Devils 4, New York Rangers 0                                (NJD leads 3-2) Vegas Golden Knights 4, Winnipeg Jets 1                                (VGK wins 4-1) Tonight Carolina Hurricanes at New York Islanders, 7:00 p.m.               (CAR leads 3-2) Boston Bruins at Florida Panthers, 7:30 p.m.                           (BOS leads 3-2) Dallas Stars at Minnesota Wild, 9:30 p.m.                              (DAL leads 3-2) Colorado Avalanche at Seattle Kraken, 10:00 p.m.                    (SEA leads 3-2) NBA – National Basketball Association Playoffs – Round 1 (Best of 7) Last Night Boston Celtics 128, Atlanta Hawks 120                                  (BOS wins 4-2) Tonight Sacramento Kings at Golden State Warriors, 8:00 p.m.              (GSW leads 3-2) Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers, 10:30 p.m.                  (LAL leads 3-2) NFL – NFL draft dominated early by QBs Quarterbacks dominated the first part of the NFL draft. Bryce Young, C.J. Stroud and Anthony Richardson were among the top four picks Thursday night, an expected result in a league where teams know finding a franchise QB is the quickest path to success. The Carolina Panthers selected Young, the slender and dynamic Alabama quarterback, with the No. 1 pick, seven weeks after making a blockbuster trade with Chicago to move up to get their choice of potential franchise players. The Panthers chose the 2021 Heisman Trophy winner over Ohio State’s Stroud, Florida’s Richardson and Kentucky’s Will Levis. New coach Frank Reich said earlier in the week that the organization reached a consensus Monday after several weeks of deliberation. NFL – Lions take RB Gibbs No. 12, LB Campbell at No. 18 The Detroit Lions traded down to select Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs with the No. 12 pick overall in the NFL draft on Thursday night, making a relatively surprising selection. The Lions gave up their first pick and a third-rounder to Arizona for a first-round selection and the 34th spot overall. They drafted Iowa linebacker Jack Campbell at No. 18 overall. Detroit is hoping to make the most of an opportunity to improve its on-the-rise franchise in the draft after addressing needs on both sides of the ball in free agency. NFL – Chicago Bears draft Tennessee OT Darnell Wright at No. 10 The Chicago Bears selected Tennessee offensive tackle Darnell Wright with the No. 10 overall pick in the NFL draft. The move should give quarterback Justin Fields more protection. The Bears traded back one spot with the Philadelphia Eagles and got a fourth-round pick in 2024. The 6-foot-5, 330-pound Wright was first-team, All-SEC as a right tackle last season. He played left tackle in 2021. The Bears finished with the worst record in the league last year at 3-14. NFL – Colts select QB Anthony Richardson at No. 4 in NFL draft The Indianapolis Colts followed their draft plan by selecting quarterback Anthony Richardson with the fourth pick of the NFL draft. The highly anticipated move had been expected even before the Colts finished last season with seven straight losses and a 4-12-1 mark, the bigger debate was over who to draft. But when the Carolina Panthers took Bryce Young with the top overall pick and C.J. Stroud went No. 2 to Houston, general manager Chris Ballard stood pat at No. 4 and selected Richardson instead of former Kentucky star Will Levis. NFL – Cowboys get Michigan DT Mazi Smith 26th overall in NFL draft The Dallas Cowboys have drafted Michigan defensive tackle Mazi Smith with the 26th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. Dallas picked Smith after Buffalo moved a spot ahead of the Cowboys and drafted Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid. Tight end was a popular position with pundits after Dalton Schultz left in free agency a year after playing on the franchise tag. The Cowboys could use more offensive firepower around quarterback Dak Prescott. But the run defense was the weakest part of an an otherwise solid unit in a second consecutive playoff season for Dallas in 2022. WNBA – Brittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment Brittney Griner got emotional quickly while speaking to reporters for the first time since her nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges. The WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news conference drew more than 100 people, including Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, members of the Phoenix Mercury organization and Griner’s wife, Cherelle. Griner was arrested in February 2022 at a Moscow airport after Russian authorities said a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years but was released in a prisoner swap in December. NCAAFB – Notre Dame transfer QB Buchner commits to Alabama and Rees Notre Dame transfer Tyler Buchner has committed to Alabama, where he will be reunited with former Fighting Irish offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Buchner announced his decision in a Twitter post. Entering his third college season, Buchner began last year as Notre Dame’s starting quarterback. He hurt shoulder in Week 2 and missed the rest of the regular season. He returned to lead the Fighting Irish to a Gator Bowl victory against South Carolina. Alabama completed spring practice last weekend with no clear front-runner in a quarterback competition that include third-year player Jalen Milroe, redshirt freshman Ty Simpson and two freshmen. NCAAFB – Harbaugh leaves spring with ‘best version’ of Wolverines yet Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he came out of spring practice with the best team he’s had since taking over in 2015. The two-time defending Big Ten champion Wolverines bring back 84% of their offensive production. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running backs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will work behind the nation’s best offensive line. The defense is loaded, especially in the front seven, and linebackers Ernest Hausmann (Nebraska) and Josaiah Stewart (Coastal Carolina) are transfers who showed this spring they’re capable of making big impacts.  There’s much less clarity elsewhere in the conference. Ohio State still hasn’t determined the successor to C.J. Stroud. Purdue’s Ryan Walters is finding his way in his first head coaching job. Wisconsin’s move to coordinator Phil Longo’s Air Raid offense under Luke Fickell had a bumpy start. Matt Rhule’s building project at Nebraska is just beginning. As many as six quarterback competitions will go into the fall. NCAAVB – Nebraska sells 83,000 tickets for outdoor volleyball event Almost 83,000 tickets have been sold for Nebraska’s outdoor college volleyball doubleheader at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Aug. 30. The event starts with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be followed by a regular-season match between the Cornhuskers and Omaha. Athletic director Trev Alberts said the goal has gone from setting the NCAA volleyball attendance record to breaking the U.S. women’s one-day record for any sport. The record is 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. MWL – Midwest League Baseball Last Night Lansing 6, Quad Cities 5 Great Lakes 6, Fort Wayne 4 South Bend 3, Peoria 1 Cedar Rapids 5, West Michigan 1 Tonight Quad Cities River Bandits at Lansing Lugnuts, 6:05 p.m. Great Lakes Loons at Fort Wayne Tin Caps, 7:05 p.m. Peoria Chiefs at South Bend Cubs, 7:05 p.m. West Michigan Whitecaps at Cedar Rapids Kernels, 7:35 p.m. MCCAA – Junior College Athletics Yesterday Baseball Kellogg Community College 13, Lake Michigan College 1 – Game 1 Kellogg Community College 15, Lake Michigan College 2 – Game 2 Softball Lake Michigan College 7, Glen Oaks C.C. 1 – Game 1 Lake Michigan College 9, Glen Oaks C.C. 7 – Game 2 MHSAA – High School Sports Yesterday Girls Soccer St. Joseph 4, South Haven 0 Buchanan 6, Bangor 1 Calhoun Christian 3, Delton-Kellogg 1 Comstock 6, Constantine 5 Lawton 2, Parchment 2 – TIE Saugatuck 4, Fennville 1 Baseball St. Joseph 5, Kalamazoo Central 1 – Game 1 Kalamazoo Central 9, St. Joseph 3 – Game 2 Buchanan 2, Berrien Springs 1 – Game 1 Berrien Springs 3, Buchanan 2 – Game 2 Watervliet 14, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 10, Dowagiac 0 – Game 2 Cassopolis 16, Bangor 9 – Game 1 Bangor 9, Cassopolis 7 – Game 2 Suspended, 4th Decatur 15, Marcellus 0 – Game 1 Decatur 14, Marcellus 0 – Game 2 Edwardsburg 4, Otsego 3 – Game 1 Otsego 4, Edwardsburg 1 – Game 2 Parchment 6, Allegan 2 – Game 1 Parchment 11, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Softball Kalamazoo Central 2, St. Joseph 1 – Game 1 St. Joseph 9, Kalamazoo Central 5 – Game 2 Brandywine 7, Bridgman 3 – Game 1 Bridgman 10, Brandywine 8 – Game 2 Watervliet 6, Dowagiac 0 – Game 1 Watervliet 9, Dowagiac 3 – Game 2 Lawrence 19, Fennville 7 – Game 1 Lawrence 24, Fennville 8 – Game 2 Schoolcraft 7, South Haven 1 – Game 1 South Haven 12, Schoolcraft 2 – Game 2 Mishawaka Penn (IN) 3, Edwardsburg 1 Bangor 10, Cassopolis 2 – Game 1 Cassopolis 5, Bangor 4 – Game 2 Parchment 17, Allegan 0 – Game 1 Parchment 14, Allegan 0 – Game 2 Girls Tennis Brandywine 7, Berrien Springs 1 Today Baseball Benton Harbor at New Buffalo, 4:15 p.m. Coloma at Fennville, 4:30 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. South Haven at Galesburg-Augusta, 4:00 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Otsego at Marshall, 4:00 p.m. Constantine at Parchment, 4:30 p.m. Softball St. Joseph at Hamilton, 4:15 p.m. Benton Harbor at Our Lady of the Lake, 4:15 p.m. River Valley at Decatur, 4:30 p.m. Sturgis at Niles, 4:00 p.m. Marcellus at Centreville, 5:00 p.m. Girls Soccer Lawton at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. Berrien Springs at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. Covert at Watervliet, 5:00 p.m. Coloma at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. Hartford at Brandywine, 5:30 p.m. Dowagiac at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. Mattawan at Plainwell, 6:30 p.m. Portage Northern at Byron Center, 6:45 p.m. Otsego at Kalamazoo Central, 6:30 p.m. DeWitt at Gull Lake, 6:30 p.m. Hudsonville at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 6:30 p.m. Saugatuck at GR Covenant Christian, 6:00 p.m. GR South Christian at Kal. Christian, 5:00 p.m. Marcellus at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. Track and Field Don Lukens Invitational at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, 10:00 a.m. Lakeshore, Benton Harbor, Dowagiac, Constantine, Mattawan, Niles, Three Rivers, Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek Central, East Kentwood, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix, Kalamazoo Phoenix, Lansing Everett, Lansing Sexton, Portage Central, Portage Northern, Schoolcraft.1CARBryce Young QBAlabama2HOUC. J. 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This is the second of our two-part conversation with Claire Smith, who broke down barriers for women and journalists of color during her esteemed four decades of covering Major League Baseball. We talked a lot about the pioneering aspect of her career in the first episode, including the time she was thrown out of a team clubhouse. This second episode focuses on some of Claire's favorite baseball stories and people. She takes us to Cuba with President Obama, as well as to London with the Yankees and Red Sox. Claire tells us about her special connection with the great Sandy Koufax. She recounts tales of the Niekro brothers, Joe and Phil. Claire also shares heartfelt memories of Don Baylor, the much-respected player and manager she co-authored two books with. You can listen to part one of my conversation with Smith here: https://evergreenpodcasts.com/press-box-access/claire-smith-part-1-how-you-used-those-barrels-of-ink-mattered#episodeContent Smith spent 32 years in the newspaper industry, starting in Pennsylvania at the Bucks County Courier Times. In 1979, she moved to The Philadelphia Bulletin, where she mostly covered college basketball and football. When that paper folded in 1982, she was hired by The Hartford Courant. By mid-season that year, she was put on the New York Yankees beat, making her the first woman to cover a Major League Baseball team, full-time. Claire covered the Yankees for five years before serving as the Courant's national baseball columnist for three years. She became the New York Times' first national baseball columnist in 1990 and held that role for eight years. In 1998, she moved to the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she was a columnist and assistant sports editor until 2007. Claire left newspapers in July 2007 to become a coordinator editor and baseball remote news editor at ESPN. She worked for the “Sunday Night Baseball” crew and the production team on MLB game broadcasts until November 2021.   In December 2016, Smith was named the 68th recipient of the Baseball Writers Association of America's Career Excellence Award (formerly known as the J.G. Taylor Spink Award) – the highest honor a baseball writer can receive. She was the first woman to win the award, and the fourth African American, joining Sam Lacy, Wendell Smith and Larry Whiteside. Claire was honored at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's annual induction in July 2017. She was also presented the 2017 “Robie Award” for Lifetime Achievement by the Jackie Robinson Foundation.   Smith was named the inaugural winner of the Sam Lacy-Wendell Smith Award for the Shirley Povich Center for Sports Journalism at the University of Maryland in 2013. Other milestones: Sports Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Black Journalists (1997); the Mary Garber Pioneer Award from the Association for Women in Sports Media (2000); the Sam Lacy Award at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (2010); and SAbR's 2021 Dorothy Seymour Mills Lifetime Achievement Award. Smith was a member of the NABJ Hall of Fame's Class of 2021. Claire was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and she was winner of three New York Times Publishers' Awards.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Purple Row did a great feature series on the first Colorado Rockies manager, Don Baylor, we discuss Baylor's legacy and the Rockies hot start to the spring with Skyler Timmins, staff writer and podcaster for Purple Row! The Rockies continue to swing the bat well in spring, is this sustainable? Do we have any idea of an opening day roster yet? #rockies #coloradorockies #mlb Follow the show on Twitter @LORockies and the host Paul Holden @PaulHolden33. Subscribe to Locked On Rockies to be part of the Live Chat during show recordings! Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Purple Row did a great feature series on the first Colorado Rockies manager, Don Baylor, we discuss Baylor's legacy and the Rockies hot start to the spring with Skyler Timmins, staff writer and podcaster for Purple Row! The Rockies continue to swing the bat well in spring, is this sustainable? Do we have any idea of an opening day roster yet?#rockies #coloradorockies #mlbFollow the show on Twitter @LORockies and the host Paul Holden @PaulHolden33. Subscribe to Locked On Rockies to be part of the Live Chat during show recordings!Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.FanDuelMake Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get startedFANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PASSED BALL SHOW #126 4/2/2014 Part 1 WITH TIM MCCARVER AND DESI RELAFORD; I open up the program by talking about the terrible injury suffered by Angels hitting coach Don Baylor. I go over his long MLB career both as a player and coach and mention his diagnosis of bone cancer in 2003. I then speak with long time MLB broadcaster and 20+ year MLB catcher Tim McCarver about playing baseball as a kid, being a teammate of Stan Musial and how he was able to deal with Bob Gibson. He also talks about what changed Steve Carlton into a HOF pitcher and the best quote attributed to the late Ralph Kiner. I then speak with former Mets and Phillies infielder Desi Relaford (recorded in Jacksonville, Fla) about his experiences in the minor league and how he made his MLB debut the day after he was traded from the Seattle Mariners organization. I finish off by bashing the people (You are in the majority) who complain about baseball contracts because they are poor, envious and jealous

In this episode of Sports the NEMO Way we bring the DH to the table for discussion.

Frank Robinson was the first black manager when the Cleveland Indians hired him, but there was another black player who managed before Robbie . . . .     On November 4, 1948  Jake Powell, 39, former big league baseball star, shot himself to death in Washington police headquarters late today while being questioned on bad check charges. Powell had been picked up at the Union Station the complaint of a local hotel where he had been staying the past three days. After Powell was taken to the check and fraud division of local police headquarters and during the questioning police said he asked permission to leave the room for several minutes. Police said he stepped outside the door pulled out a 25-caliber revolver and shot himself once in the chest and once in the right temple.  With him when he was taken into custody was a woman who identified herself as Josephine Amder, of Deland, Fla. she told police she and Powell had planned to be married during the day, but later changed their plans. But Mrs. Elizabeth Powell, to whom the ballplayer had been married several years, said she was still his wife and as far as she was concerned there had been no separation. On November 4, 1889 — After a formal meeting of representatives from all National League chapters, the Brotherhood issues a “Manifesto” in which it claims that “players have been bought, sold and exchanged as though they were sheep instead of American citizens.” This bold statement constitutes a declaration of war between the Brotherhood and major league officials which will soon explode into the formation of the Players League.   86 years later . . . .   On November 4, 1976 — The first mass-market free agent re-entry draft is held at the New York Plaza Hotel. Among those available are Reggie Jackson, Willie McCovey, Joe Rudi, Don Gullett, Gene Tenace, Nate Colbert, Rollie Fingers, Don Baylor, and Bobby Grich. McCovey and Colbert are the only two players not selected, but McCovey will catch on with the Giants in spring training and have a banner year at his old first base position. Jackson will go onto star for the New York Yankees and win two World Championships. Fingers will have several excellent seasons for the Padres and Brewers including winning an MVP and Cy Young award. Baylor will go to win an MVP award.     On November 4, 1959 — – Ernie Banks wins his second National League MVP Award in a row on the strength of his 45 home runs and 143 RBI for the Chicago Cubs. Eddie Mathews finishes second.   What really made 1959 special for Ernie was his defense, his 3.5 Dwar is the highest of his career, he will be rewarded with a gold glove in 1960, but he was much better in 1959.       Fun fact from 1955 to 1960 his 248 home runs were more than anyone else in the majors, including Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron. His 5 Grand slams in a single season is still tied for the single season record in the NL. And was the MLB record until 1987.   On November 4, 2001, the Arizona Diamondbacks win their first World Series championship. Down a run to the Yankees in the ninth, the D-Backs rally against New York closer Mariano Rivera, winning on a single by Luis Gonzalez, 3-2. Tony Wolmack had tied the game 2 batters earlier, doubling down the right-field line. It was the first time since 1985, two twenty-game winners start Game 7 of the World Series when Yankee right-hander Roger Clemens (20-3) faces Curt Schilling (22-6) of the Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark in Arizona. Sixteen years ago, Bret Saberhagen (20-6) of the Royals squared off against Cardinal hurler John Tudor (21-8) in the Fall Classic finale at Kauffman Stadium.   The four-year-old Diamondbacks, the youngest franchise to win a Fall Classic, end New York's string of three consecutive World Championships. Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling share the Series MVP honors. The Arizona pitchers are the first multiple winners since the Los Angeles Dodgers trio of Ron Cey, Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager shared the award in the 1981 World Series. Following the 2010 season, a panel of experts at the MLB Network will vote this game the 9th greatest game of the past fifty years. It was the first time since 1985, two twenty-game winners start Game 7 of the World Series when Yankee right-hander Roger Clemens (20-3) faces Curt Schilling (22-6) of the Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark in Arizona. Sixteen years ago, Bret Saberhagen (20-6) of the Royals squared off against Cardinal hurler John Tudor (21-8) in the Fall Classic finale at Kauffman Stadium.     Birthday boy Dick Groat Born: November 4, 1930, Wilkinsburg, PA The acknowledged leader of the Pirates, Groat was a good-hitting shortstop with great range. He helped Pittsburgh to the World Series title in 1960, and after being dealt to St. Louis, played for their World Championship team in 1964. At Duke Univeristy, Groat was an All-American baskertball player who spurned offers to make professional basketball his career. In 1960 he was named National League Most Valuable Player, when he won the batting title.   Best Season, 1960 groat staved off challengers to win the batting title with a .325 mark. He excelled at Forbes Field: batting .363 at home and .290 in road games. A singles hitters, Groat had just 32 extra-base hits, one of the lowest marks by an MVP winner, but he was sure-handed in the field, as usual. As he did much of his career, Groat hit well against southpaws: .376 in 178 at-bats. After he slumped in July, Groat responded by hitting .373 in August and .344 in September/October. On September 6, a Lew Burdette pitch broke Groat's wrist, sidelining the shortstop for nearly four weeks. He returned the last weekend of the year and played in the World Series. After his playing career, Banks became the first African-American to manage in the Major Leagues on May 8, 1973, when, as a coach, he took over for ejected manager Whitey Lockman during extra innings of a 3-2 win over the Padres in San Diego  

Sandwiched in between the 88 win near-miss 2001 Cubs and the 88 win heartbreaking 2003 Cubs were the gawdawful 2002 Cubs. They got a manager fired, which got Ron Santo's number unofficially unretired before it could be retired. Moises Alou showed up and immediately got hurt. Fred McGriff was still around putting up completely hollow stats. They traded a Rookie of the Year for two pitchers, one of whom had 24 digits, and two prized rookies made their big league debuts. You'll learn the truth about Jon Lieber's rain delay gem, how Mark Prior allowed his first career hit to a teammate and just how much Don Baylor loved to bunt. Andy MacPhail showed himself the door, finally, and Sammy Sosa was still around smashing dingers and blowing kisses. Oh, and you'll also find about the dinner where somebody died rather than continue dining with Chip Caray. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/desipio/message

Shohei Ohtani was named the UNANIMOUS 2021 American League Most Valuable Player. Ohtani had an absolutely incredible and historic season for the Los Angeles Angels and was rewarded for his efforts with the MVP award on Thursday. It's the sixth MVP award in Angels history, and is the fourth Angel to win it all time alongside Mike Trout, Vladimir Guerrero and Don Baylor. In this special episode, we are seeing how the Angels players reacted online, listening to your voicemails and giving you our favorite Ohtani moment of the season. Let's celebrate!Give us a call: ‪(714) 409-6396‬Follow Steve: @SteveGranadoFollow LOA: @LockedOnAngelsWatch on YouTubeListen to Movies I Should've WatchedListen to Our GameSupport Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!Built BarBuilt Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order.BetOnline AGThere is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Shohei Ohtani was named the UNANIMOUS 2021 American League Most Valuable Player. Ohtani had an absolutely incredible and historic season for the Los Angeles Angels and was rewarded for his efforts with the MVP award on Thursday. It's the sixth MVP award in Angels history, and is the fourth Angel to win it all time alongside Mike Trout, Vladimir Guerrero and Don Baylor. In this special episode, we are seeing how the Angels players reacted online, listening to your voicemails and giving you our favorite Ohtani moment of the season. Let's celebrate! Give us a call: ‪(714) 409-6396‬ Follow Steve: @SteveGranado Follow LOA: @LockedOnAngels Watch on YouTube Listen to Movies I Should've Watched Listen to Our Game Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15,” and you'll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We debate the next few numbers for Colorado Rockies players, and manager Don Baylor, that ought to be retired. Plus, a preview of the series with Washington.

The season opened in the land of the rising sun and sunk pretty quickly afterwards. Don Baylor was the new Groove in town and he brought back a mediocre former Cubs catcher and an actual lead off man. Kerry Wood didn't debut until May after surviving his bout with Tommy John Disease but he did it in memorable fashion. The Cubs kept trading for Barves pitching prospects (never a good idea), Ed Lynch got fired and the Cubs occasionally used a linebacker sized outfield of Sammy Sosa, Glenallen Hill and Henry Rodriguez. It's time to remember some crap about the 2000 Cubs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/desipio/message

Yo! What's up! Q-Dogg talks about the good times of summer as a kid, playing ball all weekend, the awesome story of Dan Quisenberry and Don Baylor being a straight bad ass! Thanks for listening! Check out our social media while you're on the toilet. Instagram: @GreatestShowOnDirt Twitter: @GreatestOnDirt Facebook: @GreatestOnDirt HOOD Hat's Instagram: @hoodhatusa

In this episode Don Baylor talks about the pressure he faced in Texas during the 1960s when he was the first black student in an all-white Jr. High. Host of Radio Baseball Cards is Hall of Fame Pitcher and play by play broadcaster, Don Drysdale (1936-1993). Created by Fred Greene (Golf Smarter) Radio Baseball Cards was originally a nationally syndicated radio pre-game show in 1987. Radio Baseball Cards is listed in the Baseball Hall of Fame & Library.Don Baylor (June 28, 1949 – August 7, 2017) was a baseball player and manager. During his 19 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), Baylor was a power hitter known for standing very close to home plate ("crowding the plate") and was a first baseman, left fielder, and designated hitter. He played for six different American League (AL) teams, primarily the Baltimore Orioles and California Angels, but he also played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins, and Boston Red Sox. In 1979, Baylor was an All-Star and won the AL Most Valuable Player Award. He won three Silver Slugger Awards, the Roberto Clemente Award, and was a member of the 1987 World Series champion Minnesota Twins.After his playing career, Baylor managed the expansion Colorado Rockies for six years and the Chicago Cubs for three seasons. He was named NL Manager of the Year in 1995 and was inducted into the Angels Hall of Fame

750: Terry “The Wedge Guy” Koehler returns to talk about his decades long quest to create the greatest wedge ever made that benefits the average recreational player. According to Terry, Chairman and Director of Innovation for Edison Wedges, wedge technology has not kept up with balls, drivers and irons. Hybrids and fairway metals are relatively new categories of clubs. Yet, today’s wedges look exactly like they did in the 1950s, but the demands are greater than ever. https://youtu.be/9eBXdHkX61I Our next giveaway is for a custom fit Edison Wedge of your choice courtesy of Terry and EdisonWedges.com. Deadline to enter is Sunday, August 9, 2020 at Midnight PDT/3a EDT. Enter at GolfSmarter.com/giveaway2020. Listen for details.Congratulations to Chris Goble of Elkhorn, NE, winner of a dozen Eagle quality, premium used balls of his choice courtesy of TwoGuysWithGolfBalls.com.This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans #66, we offer a rare combination of compelling teacher who also boasts a great story. Christopher Smith set a Speed Golf record in 2005 that he still holds today. He shot 65 in 44 minutes with only 6 clubs! Chris is featured in what was originally episode 154 called “Pick Up The Pace to Pick Up Your Game”How would you like a free copy of Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”? All you have to do is write a review for Golf Smarter in Apple Podcasts (or where ever you subscribe to Golf Smarter) and forward your comments to @golfsmarter on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, or via email to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.As this week is the opening of the 2020 MLB season, it’s also the start of the fourth season of the Radio Baseball Cards podcast. If you’re a fan of baseball, history, and great stories, you’ll love Radio Baseball Cards. Originally a radio pre-game show in 1987, these 2 minute episodes hosted by Hall of Fame Pitcher Don Drysdale feature the greatest players of the 20th Century sharing moments of their lives in and around the game. We kick off 2020 with Don Baylor talking about the pressure he faced in the 1960s as the first black student in a Texas all-white Jr. High School.

Jim Abbott joins the podcast to talk about the #25 and his connection to Angels great Don Baylor.  We break down the Contenders with a discussion of polarizing #25s, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Fred Biletnikoff and are still amazed that Jim Thome hit 612 HRs.   Talk about Richard Sherman and Ben Simmons in Heat Check. Award the inaugural Derrick Rose Award to none other than Derrick Rose, plus the Hall of Shame and the Hall of Fame. If you're looking for a lively discussion of players and teams we hate, this is the episode for you!Our GuestJim Abbott is one of the most inspirational players in sports history. Born without a right hand he went on to have his #31 retired at the University of Michigan where he also won the Sullivan Award in as the nation's best amateur athlete. In 1988 he won the gold medal game in the Olympics and was a 1st round selection of the California Angels. Abbott played 10 years in the big leagues including a no-hitter in 1993, which is detailed in his excellent autobiography, Imperfect. 2:05 – “Jim, welcome to Puttin' Up Numbers.”We dive right into it with a conversation with Jim Abbott.12:50 – “Yeah, that's a good word for it.”Tom and Rudy discuss the most polarizing #25 of all-time, Barry Bonds. The conversation then moves to Mark McGwire and a shared (ruined) memory of a day spent with the slugger.15:03 – “Who couldn't see that coming?"A discussion of Tommy John who, with 288 wins and 188 no-decisions, should be famous for more than just the surgery that bears his name.17:02 – “He's Astro royalty.”Some lesser known, but still relevant #25s enter the conversation with Jim Abbott, Jose Cruz, Don Baylor and the Great Train Robbery that is Bobby Bonilla Day.21:28 – “Appeared in Season 3 of our favorite old-time show, The White Shadow.”Basketball gets a turn with a discussion of Gail Goodrich, Chet “The Jet” Walker, KC Jones, Danny Manning, Penny Hardaway, Nick Anderson, Mark Price, Steve Kerr, Robert Horry, Doc Rivers and Vince Carter.24:32 – “25 is not really a huge hockey number.”Dave Andreychuk, Joe Niewendyk and Jacques Lemaire . . . that's it.  That's the list25:38 – “You overlook NASCAR everytime we do this.”Rudy takes Tom to task for forgetting about great NASCAR drivers, kicking a shout out to the late, great Tim Richmond in the Folgers #25.26:49 - “As a kid, that guy was evil.”The football discussion begins with Fred Biletnikoff, followed by mentions of Tommy McDonald, Shady McCoy, Rocket Ismail, Jim Bakken and Haven Moses. 31:53 - “It's time for Screen Stars!”Short list for #251. Mark Arnold as Mick McAlister in Teen Wolf (1985)2. Wesley Snipes as Trumaine in Wildcats (1986)3. Harold Sylvester as DC Dacey in Fast Break (1979)35:19 – “Branding matters.”Rudy explains “The Derrick Rose Award” for players who had their careers cut short by injury or circumstance seconds before turning around the giving Derrick Rose the Derrick Rose Award.  Tom also explains the Ben Wilson Effect.38:13 – “Missed the Super Bowl, missed The Fridge, missed the stupid song.”Hall of Shame returns with Chicago Bears DB Todd Bell, Big White Stiffs Chandler Parsons and George Zidek and Juicers (Bonds, Palmiero, McGwire, Giambi).40:48 – “Heat Check.”Guys making it happen on the field currently in the #251. Richard Sherman2. Ben Simmons3. Byron Buxton4. Clyde Edwards-Helaire43:28 – “It's that time again."These guys wore it best1. Barry Bonds2. Gail Goodrich3. Fred Biletnikoff4. Joe Nieuwendyk5. KC JonesOrder Jim Abbott's book, Imperfect HERE.

Jack Etkin has been covering the Colorado Rockies since their inception. He joins the show to talk about some of the first days of the franchise and reflects upon Don Baylor, Dale Murphy, Mile High Stadium, and more.

Chris Shearn and Jeff Nelson open the show talking about Aaron Judge's collapsed lung nobody knew about and concerns over his injury history. The guys then react to Mariano Rivera's comments about a shortened season and how many games this season would make for a true champion to be crowned. NY Post baseball writer Dan Martin then makes his debut on the pod to talk about what Judge said to them about his injury and the feeling around camp in Tampa as coronavirus grew and players had to leave. Three-time MLB All-Star, World Series champion and YES Network Yankees broadcaster Ken Singleton then joined the show. He talks about Judge's injuries, Rivera's comments on length of the season, working in the Yanks broadcast booth and he looks back at his playing days with the Orioles, losing out on the MVP to Don Baylor and playing for Earl Weaver

Doc, Donnie, The Kid, and Billy Brawl with author Chris Donnelly and special Roundtable Guest: Tony Denera. We discussed Major League baseball in 1980s New York, Gary Carter, Don Baylor, Nelson Doubleday, George Steinbrenner, Frank Cashen, Seinfeld, Bat Day, Billy Martin, Ed Whitson, the National and American Leagues, the All-Star Game, Duane Reade and ticket scalping, and Sinatra the French Bulldog. Chris Donnelly is the author of How the Yankees Explain New York and Baseball’s Greatest Series: Yankees, Mariners, and the 1995 Matchup That Changed History. Tony Denera was born Anthony D’Ambrosio on Easter Sunday in 1962.  After reading Joining Arnold: Rise of the Girlie Man, you will understand why he changed his name to spare his family further embarrassment. Thanks to our delectable sponsors: Sauce Pizzeria and St. Marks Wine & Liquor Doc, Donnie, The Kid, and Billy Brawl. Listen in…  

Chris Donnelly's new book Doc, Donnie, The Kid and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought For New York’s Baseball Soul (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season. For months New York fans dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly thirty years, and the Mets and the Yankees vied for their hearts. Despite their nearly identical records, the two teams were drastically different in performance and clubhouse atmosphere. The Mets were filled with young, homegrown talent led by outfielder Darryl Strawberry and pitcher Dwight Gooden. They were complemented by veterans including Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Ray Knight, and George Foster. Meanwhile the Yankees featured some of the game’s greatest talent. Rickey Henderson, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, and Don Baylor led a dynamic offense, while veterans such as Ron Guidry and Phil Niekro rounded out the pitching staff. But the Yankees’ abundance of talent was easily overshadowed by their dominating owner, George Steinbrenner, whose daily intrusiveness made the 1985 Yankees appear more like a soap opera than a baseball team. Steinbrenner’s antics were highlighted by a bizarre relationship with the erratic Billy Martin, who he hired for a fourth time after firing manager Yogi Berra just 16 games into the season. Paul Knepper is an attorney and writer who was born and raised in New York and currently resides in Austin. He used to write about basketball for Bleacher Report and is currently working on his first book about the New York Knicks teams of the 1990s. You can reach him at paulknepper@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @paulieknep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Donnelly's new book Doc, Donnie, The Kid and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought For New York’s Baseball Soul (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season. For months New York fans dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly thirty years, and the Mets and the Yankees vied for their hearts. Despite their nearly identical records, the two teams were drastically different in performance and clubhouse atmosphere. The Mets were filled with young, homegrown talent led by outfielder Darryl Strawberry and pitcher Dwight Gooden. They were complemented by veterans including Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Ray Knight, and George Foster. Meanwhile the Yankees featured some of the game’s greatest talent. Rickey Henderson, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, and Don Baylor led a dynamic offense, while veterans such as Ron Guidry and Phil Niekro rounded out the pitching staff. But the Yankees’ abundance of talent was easily overshadowed by their dominating owner, George Steinbrenner, whose daily intrusiveness made the 1985 Yankees appear more like a soap opera than a baseball team. Steinbrenner’s antics were highlighted by a bizarre relationship with the erratic Billy Martin, who he hired for a fourth time after firing manager Yogi Berra just 16 games into the season. Paul Knepper is an attorney and writer who was born and raised in New York and currently resides in Austin. He used to write about basketball for Bleacher Report and is currently working on his first book about the New York Knicks teams of the 1990s. You can reach him at paulknepper@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @paulieknep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Donnelly's new book Doc, Donnie, The Kid and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought For New York’s Baseball Soul (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season. For months New York fans dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly thirty years, and the Mets and the Yankees vied for their hearts. Despite their nearly identical records, the two teams were drastically different in performance and clubhouse atmosphere. The Mets were filled with young, homegrown talent led by outfielder Darryl Strawberry and pitcher Dwight Gooden. They were complemented by veterans including Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Ray Knight, and George Foster. Meanwhile the Yankees featured some of the game’s greatest talent. Rickey Henderson, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, and Don Baylor led a dynamic offense, while veterans such as Ron Guidry and Phil Niekro rounded out the pitching staff. But the Yankees’ abundance of talent was easily overshadowed by their dominating owner, George Steinbrenner, whose daily intrusiveness made the 1985 Yankees appear more like a soap opera than a baseball team. Steinbrenner’s antics were highlighted by a bizarre relationship with the erratic Billy Martin, who he hired for a fourth time after firing manager Yogi Berra just 16 games into the season. Paul Knepper is an attorney and writer who was born and raised in New York and currently resides in Austin. He used to write about basketball for Bleacher Report and is currently working on his first book about the New York Knicks teams of the 1990s. You can reach him at paulknepper@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @paulieknep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Donnelly's new book Doc, Donnie, The Kid and Billy Brawl: How the 1985 Mets and Yankees Fought For New York’s Baseball Soul (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) focuses on the 1985 New York baseball season, a season like no other since the Mets came to town in 1962. Never before had both the Yankees and the Mets been in contention for the playoffs so late in the same season. For months New York fans dreamed of the first Subway Series in nearly thirty years, and the Mets and the Yankees vied for their hearts. Despite their nearly identical records, the two teams were drastically different in performance and clubhouse atmosphere. The Mets were filled with young, homegrown talent led by outfielder Darryl Strawberry and pitcher Dwight Gooden. They were complemented by veterans including Keith Hernandez, Gary Carter, Ray Knight, and George Foster. Meanwhile the Yankees featured some of the game’s greatest talent. Rickey Henderson, Dave Winfield, Don Mattingly, and Don Baylor led a dynamic offense, while veterans such as Ron Guidry and Phil Niekro rounded out the pitching staff. But the Yankees’ abundance of talent was easily overshadowed by their dominating owner, George Steinbrenner, whose daily intrusiveness made the 1985 Yankees appear more like a soap opera than a baseball team. Steinbrenner’s antics were highlighted by a bizarre relationship with the erratic Billy Martin, who he hired for a fourth time after firing manager Yogi Berra just 16 games into the season. Paul Knepper is an attorney and writer who was born and raised in New York and currently resides in Austin. He used to write about basketball for Bleacher Report and is currently working on his first book about the New York Knicks teams of the 1990s. You can reach him at paulknepper@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @paulieknep. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On April 2, 1976 the Oakland A's trade future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson and World Series hero and Al Start Pitcher Ken Holtzman to the Baltimore Orioles for Don Baylor, Mike Torrez and Paul Mitchell.  At the time Jackson had won an MVP, made 6 All-Star appearances, was a driving force in 3 Championships, and he was second all-time in home runs for the franchise and 4th in career RBI's.  Holtzman was a workhorse pitching between 255 - 297 innings and winning 58% of his games. He made 2 All-Star games and won game 7 in the 1973 World Series.  Don Baylor at the time was an evolving player and Mike Torrez had established himself as a good pitcher but not on Holtzman's level.  We look into the trade and why it happened.  To read more check out - This Day in Baseball  You can find more April 2 events HERE Learn more about Reggie Jackson  

In the World Series and the world of baseball, a strategy for success means planning ahead - doing everything you can to come out a winner. In the world of multiple myeloma, that means being your best advocate and coming up with your Most Valuable Plan. Which doctor will you choose, what treatments will you receive and in what order? Having a game plan is essential to making sure you stay in the game. Join us as we talk with twelve-time MLB All-Sar and Hall-of-Famer Dave Winfield, whose close friend and former teammate Don Baylor passed away following a 14-year old battle with the disease. Together with Don's son, Don Baylor Jr., both are committed to helping raise awareness for this incurable blood cancer.   

Hall of Famer Dave Winfield joins the boys to talk about his 40-plus year relationship with Don Baylor (and why he joined the Myeloma MVP campaign), what current player reminds him of when he played and what current pitchers he'd like to face and that night in San Diego when the Famous Chicken was hatched.

Chuck Tanner (7/4/28-2/11/11) was a left-handed batter and thrower, who signed his first contract with the Boston Braves. He played for eight seasons (1955 - 1962) for four different teams: the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Angels, as well as the Braves (then based in Milwaukee) and the Indians. In 396 games played, Tanner batted .261 with 21 home runs.In 1963 he began managing in the Angels' minor league system, where in 1970 he led the AAA Hawaii Islanders to 98 wins in 146 games and the Pacific Coast League pennant. He then received his first major league managing assignment in 1970 with the Chicago White Sox.With the White Sox, Tanner managed the temperamental Dick Allen. His most successful season with the Sox came in 1972, when he managed them to a close second-place finish in the AL West behind the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics. Tanner managed the Sox until 1975.In 1976, Charles Finley hired Tanner to manage the Oakland Athletics. With speedy players such as Bert Campaneris, Bill North, and Don Baylor, Tanner made the A's into a running team, stealing a major league-record 341 bases. Before the 1977 season, the A's were in the process of trading off many of their stars of the great team that won three straight championships from 1972-74. Part of the sell-off was the trading of Tanner's services to the Pittsburgh Pirates for an aging Manny Sanguillen. He reached the pinnacle of his managerial career in '79 with the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. Tanner was well known for his unrelenting optimism, which permeated his teams. The Pirates won in 79 after falling behind, 3-1 in the World Series. Tanner finished his managerial career with the Atlanta Braves.He is the father of former MLB player and coach Bruce Tanner. In 2006, he was invited to be a coach in the 2006 All Star game by NL manager Phil Garner, and threw out the first pitch.

Barbara Cook, Marvin's Room, The Big Stink of 1858, Grossinger's (no one's dancing...), Baseball toughness with Darren Daulton and Don Baylor.  Bill Murray in the House, Ty Hardin (why you've never heard of him...) and Umpire toughness with Ken Kaiser. Credits: Talent:  Tamsen Granger and Dan Abuhoff Engineer: Tamsen Granger  Art:  Zeke Abuhoff

Colorado has a serious teacher shortage. One solution? Train people in other professions to jump into the classroom. Plus, a Colorado meatpacking plant is found to have discriminated against Muslim workers. Also, the Rockies will remember their first manager, Don Baylor, this evening. And, Lowell Thomas was one of the country's most trusted voices, even though the Colorado-born newsman once played fast and loose with the truth.

 Legendary scribe and sportscaster,Melvin''Doc' Stanley takes to the airwaves once again with his renowned and iconic radio show the award winnning 'Sports In Depth'. We take a moment here to remember one of only four men the first man to win the MVP as a DH and the first manager and African-American manager of the Colorado Rockies,the now late Don Baylor. He too became the second man to ever win and second African-American at that too,to garner both MGR of the year and win the MVP award in major league baseball.  We too say happy birthday to former Minnesota Twins ace and World Series star,Jim''Mudcat''Grant. ''Mudcat''a 20 game winner turns 82 today.Derrick James,Bert''To The Point''Flowers,'The Hoopster''and co-host,Jimmy Nesfileld all join Doc on his last New York and USA segment show as the good,''Docthah'',departs tommorrow for Sao Paulo,his first stop and then he ventures to both his beloved Fortaleza and Caxias in his lovely and beloved,Brazil.Hello always to our number fan and listener Rosie. And we say to her husand,Edimilton and all the dads in Brasil,Happy Fathers.. Today,the second Sunday is August in Brazil is Father's Day,''Dia de Pai''. TRUST*IN*GOD** ''The average sports fan with their open and deep display for their favorite or home team,with caps,tatoos,uniforms and acknowledgement of place and history,often show no such enegries toward GOD.'' Doc Stanley's Words of Wit and Wisdom ''In America,sports is a religion.''   Muhammad Ali    

Astros relief pitcher Ken Giles talks about his teams' latest skid and later talks about what it means to be a father. Third base and outfield coach Gary Pettis reflects on newly elected Hall of Fame catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez and shares a memories of his former teammate Don Baylor

Ryan Kaufman and Chris Braden discuss Trevor Siemian being named the Broncos starter for the preseason opener, talk The Classical Academy Football with Head Coach Justin Rich on 25 Teams in 25 Days, and remember Don Baylor with former Rockies pitcher Mark Knudson of woodypaige.com

In Episode 66 of the On Second Thought podcast, Tom Herman tells Cedric and Kirk how long he expects to be at his dream job of coaching football at the University of Texas. He also gives us a peek at what he's doing to bring back the winning culture on the Forty Acres. In addition, the guys discuss the legacy of MLB great Don Baylor, an Austinite who died this week at age 68.

Major League Baseball has recently lost some of the greatest men the game has ever seen with the passing of Don Baylor, Darren Daulton and Lee May. This week, MLB.com's Bill Ladson set out to catch up with some of their friends so they could share some of their favorite memories in remembrance of those that had passed away. MLB.com columnist Tracy Ringolsby describes his special relationship he had with Don Baylor and why he was such a strong leader. Journalist Claire Smith talks about the time she spent with Baylor working on his autobiography and his unique relationship with manager Billy Martin of the Yankees. Yankees broadcaster and former Major Leaguer Ken Singleton joins the show to talk about his playing days with Baylor and May. Former Major Leaguer Mickey Morandini talks to Ladson about what he learned from Daulton during their playing days in Philadelphia. Next, Bill Ladson chats with Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, Chris Taylor and Kenley Jansen to find out why they have the best record in baseball. Finally, Adrian Beltre joins the show to talk about being the first Dominican-born player to reach 3,000 hits and how much longer he expects to play.

Today's topics: -MLB is in full swing. Who won the MLB Trade Deadline? Does Chris Sale deserve love for MVP in addition to Cy Young? Can anyone stop the Dodgers at the pace they are currently on? -Michael Edgley joins Brian for his first episode in the DMV area. The two talk about how the Saints will compete in a very difficult NFC South. Brian rates FedEx Field (spoiler alert: not good). How will the Redskins do? Can anyone beat the Patriots? -MLB PLAYERS WEEKEND: Why Brian is all for it. Will it look weird with the Yankees having names on the back of their jerseys? -FINAL REVIEW: Is Colin Kaepernick getting a fair chance from the NFL? -HOUSEKEEPING: Paying tribute to Don Baylor and Darren "Dutch" Daulton. -CLOSING SONG: Bombs Over Baghdad by Outkast

In this episode, Adam and Drew discuss Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton's second halves so far, Jacob Degrom stealing a base, a Bartolo Colon complete game, and the career of Don Baylor. Later on, they break down WAR, Mike Trout's greatness, and Tommy Pham's under the radar success. 

Yesterday's Popular Conversations Included: Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announcing their separation, Usher's accuser comes forward and faces fat shaming from the Internet, MLB announce the passing of Darren "Dutch" Daulton and Don Baylor and more.

Don Baylor and Darren Daulton died and Steve Bartman got a championship ring. Brad explores the careers of these two players, gone far soon, and then the significance of Bartman as a scapegoat and how that points to Jesus Christ.   For more about the Baseball Pastor Ministry, visit us at www.baseballpastor.com, www.facebook.com/BaseballPastorMinistry, or www.twitter/BaseballPastor  Thanks again for listening!

Mike Trout's greatness is still wasted because the Angels can not bring themselves to mediocrity. Meanwhile I pay due respect to Don Baylor and figure out which is the Dodger team that should have won.

Hour 2 – Topics: Penn State Head Football coach James Franklin’s press conference from Saturday. Guests: RJ Anderson, MLB Writer, CBS Sports talking about Don Baylor and Darren Daulton’s passing, Sonny Grey and Corey Kluber showdown, Pete Rose ceremony being cancelled, DBacks stadium issue in Arizona.