The Windup: A show about Baseball The Athletic
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The Athletic's flagship baseball podcast features some of the best writers and thinkers in the game. With rumors, analytics, trivia, prospects, rankings and big name interviews, we've got you covered from Spring Training through the World Series. MONDAY: Starkville with Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville | WEDNESDAY: The Roundtable with Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Marc Carig | FRIDAY: Nesbitt and Friends
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The story behind MLB's obsession with Missing Bats
Welcome to The Roundtable! Athletic's Dodgers writer Fabian Ardaya is in this week. They talk about the great 5 part series by The Athletic on Missing Bats, how great a story Steven Kwan is, is it time to sell in Toronto and why the D-backs are Grant's most disappointing team.
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John Shea talks about the passing of Willie Mays
Starkville | The great Willie Mays passed away last week. John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle joins the guys to talk about the life of Willie Mays, his thoughts on the current game of baseball, Willie's only regret in his life and much more. John co-authored "24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid" with Willie Mays back in 2020.
Strange But True: We have a first in MLB and in Starkville! There was a walk off pitch clock violation or a "clock off" to end the Rockies-Nationals game on Saturday night.
Trivia from Brian St John- Who are the only two players to ever lead the League in Home Runs and Triples in the same season?
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Remembering Willie Mays | Contender Tiers
Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re remembering Willie Mays and discussing the game at Rickwood Field. Then, we’re sifting through the contender tiers to figure out who we believe in most.
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Willie Mays was baseball, and the world was better because of it - by Grant Brisbee
Willie Mays died on Tuesday, June 19. Considered one of the greatest to ever play the game if not the greatest, the Hall of Famer was 93 years old.
Grant Brisbee has written about the Giants since 2003 and has covered the club for The Athletic since 2019. He grew up in the Bay Area, going to games at Candlestick and even becoming a vendor there. He published this story after Mays' passing.
Written version of Grant's story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5574529/2024/06/19/willie-mays-wikipedia-death/
Credits:
-Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) by the Treniers (1954)
-La Vie En Rose performed by Louis Armstrong (1950)
-Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1964)
-Skating by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1964)
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Do the Dodgers & Yankees care about the regular season and what team's are a lost cause
Welcome to The Roundtable! Each week, we will yammer about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. Athletic Marc is back this week to talk some ball with Andy and Grant. They talk about the if the Dodgers and Yankees are concerned about all their injuries, do they even care about the regular season and they talk about the team's that are already toast this season and have no light at the end of the tunnel.
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J.J. Picollo talks about the Royals busy offseason, finding their identity and the new extension for Bobby Witt JrThe
Starkville | The Royals are off to a pretty hot start to the season. Royals GM J.J. Picollo takes a trip to Starkville and talks about their busy offseason, finding their identity, the new extension for Bobby Witt Jr and much more.
Strange But True: The Red Sox ran wild on the Yankees on Sunday night. Boston set a franchise record of 9 stolen bases in a game vs NY on Sunday Night Baseball.
Trivia from Andrew Althaus: Between 1930 and 1990 only 1 player had a season with 130+ rbis and another season with 50+ steals. Can you name him?
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