Podcast appearances and mentions of Lucas Duda

The Yankees took the subway series and Juan Soto didn't do much. He was supposed to be mic'd up last night but begged out of it, so they put the mic on Brandon Nimmo instead. Pete Alonso pulled a Lucas Duda and airmailed a throw home. Fans also questioned Soto's effort on 2 different plays. He didn't run out a ground ball up the middle and didn't seem to want to try and rob a home run in right. Max Fried has been great for the Yankees so far. ESPN also referenced Soto getting a private plane to Boston for the next series.

Jerry talked about his big bet on the Knicks winning big Friday night and he was right. Jerry compares Howie Rose's call of Alonso airmailing his throw home to the Lucas Duda throw in the World Series. Cody Bellinger had 6 RBIs including a grand slam. Max Fried talked about pitching in the subway series.

The Yankees won the Subway Series despite with a quiet performance from Juan Soto, who also drew scrutiny for his effort on two plays and opted out of being mic'd up. Pete Alonso's errant throw home drew comparisons to Lucas Duda. Max Fried has been impressive for the Yankees, and his comments on the Subway Series were featured. Other topics included ESPN mentioning Soto's private plane to Boston, Jerry's successful Knicks bet, Cody Bellinger's big game, the Knicks' Friday night win with Mike Breen's call, Brock Purdy's contract, and a preview of the Knicks-Pacers series with discussion on its evenness, betting odds, and the Pacers' bench strength.

Hour 1 The Yankees won the Subway Series despite with a quiet performance from Juan Soto, who also drew scrutiny for his effort on two plays and opted out of being mic'd up. Pete Alonso's errant throw home drew comparisons to Lucas Duda. Max Fried has been impressive for the Yankees, and his comments on the Subway Series were featured. Other topics included ESPN mentioning Soto's private plane to Boston, Jerry's successful Knicks bet, Cody Bellinger's big game, the Knicks' Friday night win with Mike Breen's call, Brock Purdy's contract, and a preview of the Knicks-Pacers series with discussion on its evenness, betting odds, and the Pacers' bench strength. Hour 2 The hour began with calls on the Subway Series, including praise for DJ LeMahieu's return and a "tool" or "two-tool" comment about Juan Soto. Dave Sims missed another game due to laryngitis. Jerry's update featured Cody Bellinger's grand slam sound bite, preceded by talk of a ship hitting the Brooklyn Bridge. Frank The Tank expressed frustration with the Mets' performance against the Yankees. The Panthers won game 7. The segment concluded with a discussion about USA Today's Mike Freeman, who is Boomer's age but criticized his "old man ramblings," calling him the "crankiest old man." Hour 3 The hour began with Dave Sims missing the Yankees game due to laryngitis and a caller asking why Gio wasn't covering the Mexican boat hitting the Brooklyn Bridge. They also wondered about Eddie's absence. Jerry's update included a caller apologizing for doubting his Knicks prediction, audio of excited Knicks fans, and speculation about BT & Sal traveling to Indiana for games. The Yankees won the Subway Series last night, featuring Cody Bellinger's grand slam with Howie Rose's call. Classic audio of Marv Albert and Reggie Miller was played. Other topics included Gronk on Sundae Conversation and Lenny Kravitz and Fat Joe at the Knicks game, potentially breaking a curse. Hour 4 Tracy in Atlantic Highlands calls in with a list of things and she wants to know if they are sports or not. Nicole calls in to RSVP for the Kickoff To Summer Show at D'Jais. Dan in Carteret is up next, and Gio sees him talking with Jazz Chisholm. Dan gave praise to Rami for his ‘drops' this morning as he's filling in for Eddie. Jimmy, who is blind, wants Gio's wife to drive him to Kickoff to Summer. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with Pete Alonso's terrible throw to the plate last night. Juan Soto did nothing in this subway series. Max Fried said he was excited to play in the series, but he didn't sound excited. The Moment of The Day: 3 examples of Rami drops filling in for Eddie. In the final segment of the show, Jon Rahm hit a shot that caught a guy in the neck.

Yes, Josh Keiser of One Royals Way podcast from KCSN said Lucas Duda is the best Royal free agent signing for throwing that ball into the front row during World Series game 5 in 2015. He's absolutely right, and we also get into the season so far for the Royals, Seth Lugo's Cy Young performances and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey, it's Jesse. I usually don't first-person these, since it's Roger and Andrew's podcast and I just like to do some notes in the space here… but also, today's note is especially for the 8-year-old in my house, whose reaction to the Mets winning last night on DJ Stewart getting hit by a pitch was, “has that ever happened before?”“A walkoff hit by pitch?” I replied. “Yeah, it happens sometimes.”“That exact situation?”“It's got to be the bases loaded, so, yes?”“The Mets against the Rangers?”“Well, I doubt that. They haven't played each other too much.”Indeed, the Mets' previous three wins on a walkoff HBP came against the Marlins in the 2021 home opener (Michael Conforto by Anthony Bass), the A's in 2011 (Justin Turner by Brad Ziegler), and the Cardinals on April 23, 1992 (Daryl Boston by Juan Agosto).Wait just a minute. Daryl Boston hit by Juan Agosto? That was part of Monday's note, because the runner who scored was Rodney McCray, a pinch-runner.Conforto is the only batter of the four who was hit in the ninth inning, so McNeil is the first Manfred Man to score a game-winning run on an HBP in Mets history (the others were both in 13th innings, pre-baseball shootout rule). McNeil hit the home run that tied the game against the Marlins two years ago, and pinch-hitter Luis Guillorme singled and eventually scored when Conforto leaned over the plate for the win. Lucas Duda singled and came around on the Turner plunking, so the Mets have had all manner of baserunners bring home wins this way.All four of these Mets rallies do share in common an intentional walk, and the one that Joe Torre and the Cardinals gave to Charlie O'Brien did show that little bit of strategy that came into play before the automatic free pass: Juan Agosto throwing pitchouts to Tom Pagnozzi, rather than Pagnozzi doing the old stand-and-shuffle move. Tim McCarver went so far as to describe it as an “unintentional intentional walk,” but the official scorer gave it a full IBB. After all, there wasn't an attempt to throw a strike on ball four, it was purposely outside.The Mets are now 4-4 in games with a walkoff HBP, and haven't lost a game this way since 2014, when Jeurys Familia drilled Hank Conger with the bases loaded in the 11th inning in Anaheim — one of three walkoff HBPs in the majors that year, a record set in 1972, and tied in 1997, 2002, 2008, 2011, 2014, and 2021. It's the first time it happened this year, and it's now happened at least once each of the last five seasons since a failure to get this shrimp varietal in 2018.Jonny Gomes is the only batter to be hit by two pitches to end games: August 21, 2011 in Washington, by Phillies closer Brad Lidge; and April 11, 2012, in Oakland, by Jonathan Broxton of Kansas City. Only one pitcher has walked off twice after hitting a batter: Randy Moffitt with the Giants in 1972 (Joe Pepitone at Wrigley Field) and 1978 (Bill Russell at Dodger Stadium). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo each went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts last night in Georgia, another rough night in a rough season, and another little edit to the Mets' history books.The list of career three-strikeout games is an interesting one, because it's one of those things… like… you've got to be pretty good to be in the lineup to strike out three times regularly enough to be on the list. So, it's probably not a surprise that David Wright holds the record at 61, for as long as he was a power-hitting Met. It's a pretty wide gap, 10 of these games, to number two on the list, Michael Conforto at 51. Then it's Darryl Strawberry at 48, and now a tie for fourth at 44 between Dave Kingman and Alonso.Nimmo already was in the top 10, and now has broken his tie with Ron Swoboda for ninth place. Nimmo's 30th three-strikeout game puts him six behind the two men tied for sixth, Tommie Agee and Lucas Duda. Rounding out that top 10, with 28 times striking out three times in a game, is Jerry Koosman, who more than made up for it with the strikeouts he racked up on the mound — 1,799 of his 2,556 career K's came in orange and blue.The next 10 are pretty interesting as a mix: Curtis Granderson and Mookie Wilson at 24; Todd Hundley, Howard Johnson, and Cleon Jones at 22; Ike Davis at 21; Mike Piazza at 20; Carlos Beltrán and Tom Seaver at 19; and it's actually 11, not 10, because tied for 20th place on this list are Carlos Delgado and Francisco Lindor, with 18 three-strikeout games as Mets.Lindor was 1-for-2 last night, with a walk and a hit by pitch. That moved him up to sole possession of 48th place on the Mets' all-time list for reaching base three times in a game. He's done it 65 times now, snapping a tie with Ángel Pagán. Next time Lindor gets on base three times, he'll tie George Foster and Todd Zeile for 46th, with Gregg Jefferies (67), Hubie Brooks (69), and Ron Swoboda (70) on the radar. Wright has that team record at 336, with Nimmo the active leader at 142 (13th all-time, between Mookie and Lee Mazzilli), and Alonso even with Jeff McNeil at 109 (a 22nd-place tie between Conforto and Kevin McReyonlds).The top 11 Mets, ahead of Nimmo and Wilson, for reaching base three times in a game?* Wright, 336* José Reyes, 238* Edgardo Alfonzo, 196* Strawberry, 192* Jones & Piazza, 186* Keith Hernandez, 185* Beltrán, 171* HoJo, 170* Bud Harrelson, 168* Ed Kranepool, 154 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

The National League won the All-Star game thanks to Rockies catcher Elias Díaz blasting a two-run homer off Félix Bautista of the Orioles, who had only given up three homers all season.So, let's do the home run chain for Díaz today… it started six years ago in New York!* Elias Díaz hit his first home run off Paul Sewald, 6/2/17And… Díaz is a chain-starter! That was the first home run that Paul Sewald allowed, after having started his rookie season out of the Mets' bullpen with 14 straight homerless appearances, in which he had 24 strikeouts and four walks over 20.1 innings with a 2.21 ERA, holding opponents to a .621 OPS.It all fell apart on a Friday night in Flushing, when Díaz had already put the Pirates ahead with a three-run double off Matt Harvey, but the Mets had regained the lead in the bottom of the fifth on a Michael Conforto homer, Neil Walker triple, a Gerrit Cole wild pitch, and Lucas Duda's second home run of the game.With the Mets up, 7-4, Josh Bell led off the sixth with a homer, and Harvey was pulled after walking Andrew McCutchen. Sewald came in, got tagged for a single by Jordy Mercer, and then served up Díaz's three-run blast. It got worse for Sewald, as after he struck out Max Moroff, there was a single by Adam Frazier, an RBI double by Josh Harrison, and a single by Gregory Polanco. Sewald then hit David Freese with a pitch to load the bases, walked Bell to force in another run, and got charged for one last run after Neil Ramirez entered, as McCutchen hit a sacrifice fly.Here are the highlights!Díaz now has 51 career home runs, plus a really awesome one in an exhibition game. And the six runs batted in are no longer a career high: Díaz knocked in seven last year in Denver, capped by a walk-off homer. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

Last night, Francisco Álvarez (check out his home run chain) became the first Met to hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning of a game since all the way back on May 17, when Francisco Álvarez hit a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning off Jason Adam of the Rays.This is not normal. Before Álvarez in May, the Mets hadn't had a two-out, game-tying homer in the ninth inning of a game since Michael Conforto took Kyle Barraclough deep on September 13, 2018, a blast followed immediately by Todd Frazier's game-winning dinger.Álvarez last night became the first Met to hit a game-tying homer with two outs in the ninth inning on the road since Curtis Granderson off Matt Albers in Washington on July 3, 2017 — a game the Mets then lost in the bottom of the ninth on a Ryan Raburn RBI single.Last time the Mets won a game on the road after one of these special homers? That was September 13, 2015, in Atlanta, when Daniel Murphy hit a three-run shot off Ryan Kelly and the Mets added three in the 10th for a 10-7 shocker.All by himself, Álvarez has done this twice this year. The Mets as a team haven't had a pair of down-to-their-last-regulation-out tying homers since Scott Hairston and Lucas Duda in 2011.That tied the team record for occurrences in one season. The Mets also enjoyed such clutch hitting twice in 1970 (Dave Marshall and Donn Clendenon), 1988 (Howard Johnson and Darryl Strawberry), 1997 (Todd Hundley and Carl Everett), 2000 (Derek Bell and Bubba Trammell), and 2004 (Mike Piazza and Victor Diaz).Individually, Álvarez is now tied for the team career record with Hundley, Marshall, and Piazza. Marshall was not another catcher, but an outfielder whom the Mets acquired after the 1969 season from the Giants, along with Ray Sadecki, for Jim Gosger and Bob Heise. The Mets traded Marshall, who hit a total of 13 home runs for them in 264 games, to the Padres before the 1973 season for Al Severinsen. The Mets assigned Severinsen to Triple-A, but he never pitched professionally again. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

The first time the Mets walked off the Yankees was in the first Subway Series iteration at Shea Stadium, in the second year of interleague play, 1998 — Luis Lopez hit a sac fly off Ramiro Mendoza that brought home Carlos Baerga with the winning run.The next year, Matt Franco singled home Rickey Henderson and Edgardo Alfonzo to lead the Mets to an improbable 9-8 victory over Mariano Rivera. There was a Shane Spencer walkoff fielder's choice in 2004 against Tanyon Sturtze to bring home Kaz Matsui, then a David Wright single off Rivera that scored Paul Lo Duca in 2006. After Jason Bay singled home Scott Hairston in the 10th inning of a 2011 game against Hector Noesi, the Mets walked off Rivera in a third different decade when Lucas Duda singled in Wright for a 2-1 verdict in 2013.The Mets didn't hit their first walkoff homer against the Yankees until 2020, when they did it twice: Amed Rosario off Aroldis Chapman (at Yankee Stadium in a doubleheader, what a strange time) and Pete Alonso off Albert Abreu. The Mets still haven't walked off the Yankees with a homer in front of people because next came Starling Marte's single off Wandy Peralta last year… and then last night, the first walkoff double the Mets have ever had against the Yankees, Brandon Nimmo driving in Eduardo Escobar (who also scored last year's walkoff run) off Nick Ramirez.Walkoff doubles are rare because how often is someone running all the way to second base on a walkoff hit? The winning run is scoring ahead of you, and you can probably stop at first base. Last night, Nimmo's ball hung up in the air, so he was running it out while Escobar had to hold up and make sure the ball wasn't caught.The Mets, in their history, have had 139 regular-season walkoff homers, and just — now — 33 walkoff doubles.Escobar had one last year against the Phillies, hit to a similar spot in right field as Nimmo did last night. Before that, you have to go back to Austin Jackson off Javy Guerra in the 13th inning against the Marlins in 2018, and before that Justin Turner against Sean Marshall and the Cubs in 2011. Wright and Ed Kranepool are the only Mets with multiple walkoff doubles, each with two.The major league record for career walkoff doubles is five, according to Stathead, and it's shared by Adrián González, Chuck Klein, Hunter Pence, and Frank Robinson. Escobar has three in his career, which puts him second to Eric Hosmer among active players, and tied with a group that ranges from Henry Aaron to Don Slaught. It's a weird sport. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willetspen.substack.com/subscribe

Sure, this SVU spends a lot of time presupposing that we are heavily invested in the lives of minor recurring characters, but it also introduces us to a delightfully crass BBQ slinger with a penchant for lewd double entendres and forces us to go down all kinds of wild Munchian rabbit holes. Does Rollins have a separate person for her vacations at clothing-optional, adult-only all-inclusives? What scandals have engulfed the world of professional canoeing? Is Adam capable of surviving as a single parent for more than a week? Did we just watch an extra torpedo a "career" in background acting for the chance at one pay bump? This is definitely one for the Munchie-curious as a full 45 minutes of banter about Josh's concert going, Lucas Duda, and the Yiddish language (among many, many other things) had to be left on the cutting room floor. Enjoy! Music: Divorcio Suave - "Munchy Business" Thanks to our gracious Munchies on Patreon: Jeremy S, Jaclyn O, Pedro H, Amy Z, Emily L, Nikki B, Louise M, Whitney C, D Reduble, Tony B, Zak B, Jessica W, Barry W, Karen D, Madelin K, Sara L, Miriam J, Drew D, Meghan M, Nicky R, Stuart, and Jacqi B - y'all are the best! Be a Munchie, too! Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/munchmybenson Follow us on: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Reddit (Adam's Twitter and Josh's Twitter) Check out Munch Merch: Munch Merch at Zazzle Check out our guest appearances on: …These Are There Stories (Adam and Josh), both of us on FMWL Pod (1st Time & 2nd Time) and Chick-Lit at the Movies Visit Our Website: Munch My Benson Email the podcast: munchmybenson@gmail.com Next Week's Episode: Season 11 Episode 12 “Shadow”

Welcome back, Mets Legends Faithful. We apologize for our absence, but are back with another episode! On this edition of the pod, we discuss the Subway Series and more specifically the "Francisco Lindor Game," how we love Javy Baez, some lighthearted jabs at Lucas Duda and everything in between. Got some words for us? Drop us a line on Twitter: @MetsLegends and we will catch you on the flippity flip. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

You can email us questions, comments, and beer recs at podcast@barleyprose.com. Michael, Jason and Chris talk about the Mets being back in this thing, and what needs to happen. Michael rants about J.D. Davis' playing time. We discuss some college beers. You rated and reviewed the podcast 5 stars on all the platforms. Lucas Duda … Continue reading "Mets On Tap Episode 23"

In Episode 7 of Dad Remembers Sports, Dad remembers the Mets' wild ride to the 2015 World Series. Dad remembers the highs and lows, including Wilmer Flores' tearful night at Citi Field, the trade for Yoenis Cespedes, two Postseason series victories and Lucas Duda's fateful throw home. Dad also reminisces about Matt Harvey's Mets career. Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com The Athletic's The Lead podcast about Wes Unseld - https://theathletic.com/podcast/99-the-lead/?episode=189

Citi Field opened in 2009, which has allowed Lucas Duda to claim the title as the ballpark's home run king. Todd Helton is atop the Coors Field list, but Nolan Arenado could pass him in a few seasons. Who is the home run champion at each National League ballpark? All this (and more) on today's episode.

On Today's show Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles on Twitter) talks about all the What if situations in 2015. What if the Royals do not trade for Ben Zobrist or Johnny Cueto? What if they do not come back against the Astros? What if the Bluejays eliminate the Royals? Could the Mets have won the World Series with a good Lucas Duda throw? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On Today's show Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles on Twitter) talks about all the What if situations in 2015. What if the Royals do not trade for Ben Zobrist or Johnny Cueto? What if they do not come back against the Astros? What if the Bluejays eliminate the Royals? Could the Mets have won the World Series with a good Lucas Duda throw? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tomorrow evening we'll be talking about the splendor that's Stephen Strasburg, the new Hall of Fame wing opening up for Aristides Aquino, Sonny Gray's call to glory in August, were Felix Jose and Junior Felix actually the same person, the release(s) of Scooter Gennett and Lucas Duda, how did Jordan Lyles become good again, the poignancy of Andrew Heaney, the I.L. of the great Max Muncy, and a lot more.

6-20-19 The Program opens the show talking about the Royals 8-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners and the struggles of Brad Keller; The Program also looks at why Lucas Duda is on the roster and why this team is perceived as young?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the latest episode, Rustin Dodd of The Athletic and Mick Shaffer of 41 Action News run down the opening day lineup, discuss the Lucas Duda signing, the starting rotation numbers, and what it's like to cover Ned Yost. Also: What would the perfect season look like?

The Twins have added Lucas Duda on a minor league deal, and Phil Mackey and Ramie Makhlouf discuss why it makes some sense for the Twins to take a flyer on the 33-year-old. Later, Dan Hayes of The Athletic joins for a more in-depth look at Twins Manager Rocco Baldelli. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Wednesday, the Royals traded Lucas Duda for cash, opening up a roster spot just in time for September call-ups to start showing up. We discussed Duda's storied legacy in Kansas City from Day One to now. With the roster spot, a whole batch of minor leaguers could be called up to the majors, including some names who've been waiting for their shot like Frank Schwindel and Richard Lovelady, but some other players have a shot to come up too. And while Duda has departed, the Royals may have to make a few other moves to bring in the new crowd. We went over a few options.Follow the Vault at @KCBaseballVault. Follow host Jeff Herr at @TheJeffReport, co-host Michael Engel at @michaelengel. You can also email feedback to KansasCityBaseballVault@gmail.com.

On this episode, we talk about the biggest recent news including Aaron Judge's recovery, trades of Ryan Madson and Lucas Duda, injuries to Andrew Miller and Jedd Gyorko, and the breaking news of Albert Pujols' surgery, plus much more. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/in-the-moment-podcast/support

July 31st, 2018 The Program opened the show discussing the reports that the Royals are calling up Ryan O'Hearn. Why they chose him over Frank Schwindel? What does this mean for the future of Lucas Duda?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Looks at possible waiver wire additions for the week ending July 30. Players discussed: Brian Goodwin, Brett Phillips, Adalberto Mondesi, Mitch Garver, Lucas Duda, Jacoby Jones, Lourdes Gurriel, Derek Holland, Wily Peralta, Trevor Richards and Yefry Ramirez.

It's time for our 4th Annual Over/Under Extravaganza And Pancake Luncheon. After covering some of the roster news, Jeff and Mike call out some numbers and discuss whether they think certain Royals will end up over or under that mark. Simple! For instance, Baseball Prospectus projects Alex Gordon to bat .239 this year. Over or under?As in year's past, the Vault also tossed out a couple of bold predictions about the Royals in 2018. Maybe we're just crazy with a couple of these. You can let us know.Follow the Vault at @KCBaseballVault. Follow host Jeff Herr at @TheJeffReport, co-host Michael Engel at @michaelengel. You can also email feedback to KansasCityBaseballVault@gmail.com. Email us a question and if we answer it on the air, we’ll send you a gift certificate to our friends at Kelly’s Westport Inn.

In the first hour of Sports Saturday, Joshua Brisco discusses how the Royals can build for the future off the backs of the one-year contracts given to Mike Moustakas, Jon Jay and Lucas Duda. Plus, Josh explains what happened over the last three days at Fan Fest at Power & Light.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The prevailing idea in baseball lately is that when your contending window closes, you carve it up and lose for a few years, but I guess nobody told Dayton Moore that.A week after signing Lucas Duda to a one-year deal, the Royals signed outfielder Jon Jay to a one-year deal as well. And they signed Ricky Nolasco to a minor league deal. And - oh yeah - while we recorded this episode, news broke that they'd reached an agreement with Mike Moustakas as well.So we discussed those moves and how they fit for the Royals in 2018 and their impact even beyond that. Follow the Vault at @KCBaseballVault. Follow host Jeff Herr at @TheJeffReport, co-host Michael Engel at @michaelengel. You can also email feedback to KansasCityBaseballVault@gmail.com. Email us a question and if we answer it on the air, we’ll send you a gift certificate to our friends at Kelly’s Westport Inn.

Duda fills 1B void left by Hosmer. Royals in midst of another rebuild. MLB.com's Tim McMaster and Royals reporter Jeffrey Flanagan discuss the Royals 1-year deal with Lucas Duda and club transitioning into rebuild mode.

MLB.com's Tim McMaster and Royals reporter Jeffrey Flanagan discuss the Royals' one-year deal with Lucas Duda, as well as the club transitioning into rebuild mode.

Cliff Corcoran parachutes in to save Steve from a scheduling mishap, taking on service-time issues, the New York Yankees’ amazing depth, and sundry other issues. Plus: Steve on taking a train trip into eternity and a super-fan who had to be put in his place by the player he loved.TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Brickyard who Wasn’t a Brickyard, Forever Voyaging*The Ballad of Cookie and Jack*Spring training caps and other confusing haberdashery*Talking to your kids about the Parkland tragedy*Arm all the ballplayers!*Service-time manipulation* The Gleyber Torres outlook*Service-time, big round numbers, and anal HOF voting*Ritual Pete Rose Derogation*Brandon Drury’s home/road splits*Humidorgate?*Drury vs. Tyler Wade*The three-man bench and redesigning the roster*Lucas Duda vs. Eric Hosmer*Joe Mauer’s HOF case*Goodbyes.The Infinite Inning is not only about baseball but a state of mind. Steven Goldman, rotating cohosts Jesse Spector, Cliff Corcoran, and David Roth, and occasional guests discuss the game’s present, past, and future with forays outside the foul lines to the culture at large. Expect stats, anecdotes, digressions, explorations of writing and fandom, and more Casey Stengel quotations than you thought possible. Along the way, they’ll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?

Joshua Brisco, Charlie Karlen and Beards McFly talk about the Royals signing Lucas Duda, Ned Yost being "giddy" and other nonsense. Plus, Josh gets sent to time-out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A spirited debate ensues between Pete & Sal on Lucas Duda and other former Mets players

00:00-31:47: Will and Matt discuss how conference realignment has put conference tournaments in odd habitats, how college baseball is more popular in the South than basketball, and how FiveThirtyEight reported on the inconsistencies with baseballs has affected the offense over the last year or so. Better pace of play could improve MLB, but also needs better marketing. 31:47-54:08: Will and Matt discuss the Sean Miller saga at Arizona, where is the harm in paying college players? Should the NFL develop a Minor League? Will and Matt reminisce about college days. 54:08-1:18:45: Will and Matt play Florida vs. Ohio, Will and Matt wonder if anyone will ever go on a run like UConn Men’s Basketball team did in the 2011 Big East Tournament, along with misremembering the 6-OT game from two years earlier as being a part of that tournament, Tom Cruise Mount Rushmore, Will and Matt discuss Lucas Duda signing with the Royals.

In an effort to fill the gap left by Eric Hosmer, the Royals signed Lucas Duda to a one-year deal to play first base. But wait, what about Hunter Dozier?We cover Duda's deal and Dozier's fate, as well as taking a big picture look at the roster and who's safe to make the team out of spring training, and who might end up in Omaha. In the end, some of the guys who are out of options might get the advantage. We looked at the implications.Follow the Vault at @KCBaseballVault. Follow host Jeff Herr at @TheJeffReport, co-host Michael Engel at @michaelengel. You can also email feedback to KansasCityBaseballVault@gmail.com. Email us a question and if we answer it on the air, we’ll send you a gift certificate to our friends at Kelly’s Westport Inn.

Logan Morrison and Lucas Duda have both found new homes with the Twins and Royals. MLB.com's Matthew Leach and fantasy expert Fred Zinkie examine how Morrison and Duda will rank in fantasy come draft time. All this, plus injury updates on Marcus Stroman and Yuli Gurriel on the Fantasy 411 Podcast.

Morning Lineup: MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince and Richard Justice discuss the construction of the Yankees’ lineup, Tim Lincecum becoming a part of the Rangers bullpen, Lucas Duda joining the Royals, Yuli Gurriel’s surgery and the market for Jake Arrieta.

Today's episode of the Nasty Cast features the return of Al Melchior to the show as he joins Nate, Ron, and Van to discuss starting pitchers for the 2018 season. The boys also talk about some recent signings including Lucas Duda and Logan Morrison, as well as Tiny Tim Lincecum and his odds of becoming the Rangers' closer. They play some ADP wars with names like Robbie Ray, Carlos Martinez, Lance McCullers, and more! Of course there would be no show without their bargains and busts, so stick around to hear who the guys like going into draft season. Don't forget to check out our other podcast the Fantrax Dynasty Baseball Podcast, and head over to patreon.com/NastyPod if you want to support us

February 28th, 2018 Frank Boal joined the Program to discuss the Chiefs trade of Marcus Peters plus the Royals adding Lucas Duda. And some frank opinions! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Melchior discusses all the latest news and notes including Lucas Duda signing with the Royals and Alex Reyes throwing batting practice. He is then joined by Matt Modica to discuss the Starting Pitching landscape, as well as preview the third base position!  #FNTSYRadio #FNTSY #FantasyBaseball #MLB #AlexReyes #LucasDuda #MattHarvey #MattChapman #JoeyGallo #AdrianBeltre #MaikelFranco Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Morning Lineup: MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince and Richard Justice discuss the construction of the Yankees' lineup, Tim Lincecum becoming a part of the Rangers' bullpen, Lucas Duda joining the Royals, Yuli Gurriel's surgery and the market for Jake Arrieta.

George Bissell, Mike Gianella and Bret Sayre of Baseball Prospectus banter about the various fantasy implications of the Gerrit Cole (2:00) and Andrew McCutchen (12:00) trades before analyzing the fantasy landscape at first base (17:00). Players discussed in-depth include: Paul Goldschmidt (23:00), Anthony Rizzo (25:00), Freddie Freeman (26:00), Joey Votto (29:00), Jose Abreu (30:30) Nelson Cruz and Edwin Encarnacion (32:00), Wil Myers (34:00), Justin Smoak (35:30), Miguel Cabrera (40:30), Matt Olson (44:30), Ryan Zimmerman (51:00), Yuli Gurriel (52:30), Josh Bell (55:00), Ryan McMahon (56:30), Kendrys Morales (59:00), Lucas Duda (1:01:00), Joe Mauer (1:03:30) and Chris Davis (1:05:00).

Tonight Mike Silva, once again, plays GM on a bargain budget. What players do Mets fans want with only the reported $30-million dollars to spend? He talks about whether Jay Bruce will be out of their price range and why relievers like Bryan Shaw, Mike Minor and Joe Smith are desirable. Everyone keeps talking about Dee Gordon, but the player Mike would rather explore on the trade market is Jose Abreu. Mike also gets into why he doesn’t want Dominic Smith as the starting first-baseman and would prefer Adam Lind, Wilmer Flores and even Lucas Duda. Finally, Mike makes the case for Keith Hernandez for the Hall-of-Fame. Hear a clip of Kostya Kennedy talking about his Sports Illustrated piece on Mex from 2009. Keith Hernandez in the Hall-of-Fame? Is it Crazy? Maybe not. 

For more great content, be sure to visit https://sodomojo.comOn this weeks episode of the Sodo Mojo Off-Season Podcast, Dan Clark and Colby Patnode of Sodo Mojo break down the Mariners infield. Perhaps the most clear picture of all the Mariners position groups, the infield returns 3 starters from 2017; 3rd baseman Kyle Seager, SS Jean Segura, and 2nd baseman Robinson CanoThe biggest hole to fill is at first base. If a groundball is hit to first base, some combination of Daniel Vogelbach and Taylor Motter would be the ones to field. Dan has 1 name that he wants to fill that hole. We also kick around a few lesser known names: Lucas Duda and Mitch Moreland.We also discuss the plan at backup catcher and utility man. Plus, is it time to extend Mike Zunino? 

Episode 300 – Get All The Chacin Tips The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live! In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss assuming Jhoulys Chacin’s interest in staying in San Diego, Reynaldo Lopez forgetting how to strike people out, Lucas Duda’s contributions to the contest, the path of Rocky Gale to the Majors, Brett Anderson’s dream destination […]

Lucas Duda mashed a three-run home run to give the Rays the lead, while Jake Odorizzi struck out nine in the 9-6 win over the Orioles. Rays manager Kevin Cash talks about the win.

Episode 299 – Also Opposite A “Bum” The latest episode of “Field of Streams” is live! In this episode, Dylan Higgins and Matthew Dewoskin discuss Edwin Jackson continuing to slow down, Matt borrowing a quality Lucas Duda joke, the rule of Brent Suter and Brandon Woodruff, the return of Travis Jankowski, marveling over how bad Dylan Covey has been, Doug Fister […]

Jets are #32 in ESPN power rankings. Are we shocked? Mr. Marbury wants to make a NBA comeback at 40. Knicks? Nets? Yankee tix for $25 @Citi Field next two days vs Rays.