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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 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

    Mailbag! | Who needs to make a trade?

    Mailbag! | Who needs to make a trade?

    Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re digging through the mailbag and answering listener submitted questions.
    -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt
    -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22
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    • 1 hr 12 min
    The story behind MLB's obsession with Missing Bats

    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.

    -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee
    -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough
    -Follow Marc on X/Twitter: @MarcCarig
    -Follow Fabian on X/Twitter: @FabianArdaya
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    • 47 min
    John Shea talks about the passing of Willie Mays

    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? 

    Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst
    Follow Doug on Twitter: @DougGlanville
    Follow John on Twitter: @JohnSheaHey
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    • 1 hr 5 min
    Remembering Willie Mays | Contender Tiers

    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. 
    -Follow Stephen on X/Twitter: @stephenjnesbitt
    -Follow Chad on X/Twitter: @ChadJennings22
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    • 55 min
    Willie Mays was baseball, and the world was better because of it - by Grant Brisbee

    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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    • 8 min
    Do the Dodgers & Yankees care about the regular season and what team's are a lost cause

    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.

    -Follow Grant on X/Twitter: @GrantBrisbee
    -Follow Andy on X/Twitter: @ByMcCullough
    -Follow Marc on X/Twitter: @MarcCarig
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    • 46 min

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