Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney ESPN
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ESPN MLB Insider Buster Olney leads the baseball discussion alongside other top analysts.
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Birthdays Are Important
Karl Ravech and Buster discuss Phillies-Giants on Sunday Night Baseball, the Red Sox improving, another impressive showing from the Orioles against the Yankees, a “Block-Or-Charge” at home plate, and possibly four AL Central teams in the playoffs. Then, Sarah Langs joins from Citi Field to talk about MLB’s star-studded happy birthday video, Shōta Imanaga, and two players notching 1,000 games played in the same game. Later, Todd Radom shares the Ballpark and Beyond, and administers the quiz.
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8:17 Karl Ravech
27:14 Sarah Langs
24:41 Todd Radom
45:11 Bleacher Tweets
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Sprinkles and Rainbows
Buster and Cameron Maybin discuss how Cameron acquired his Ichiro Suzuki jersey, Grayson Rodriguez’s growth, not worrying about Aaron Judge, his top five favorite players to watch right now, thoughts on hitting in the modern era, and the Mariners starting to take off. Then, Hembo stops by to talk about a much-improved Alex Bohm, Vlad Guerrero Jr.’s dip in form, being patient with the bottom half of the Dodgers’ lineup, and how his Phillies are a month ahead of schedule.
12:30 Cameron Maybin
34:43 Bleacher Tweets
43:33 Hembo
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The Real Clown Car
Eduardo Pérez, Tim Kurkjian and Buster discuss the birthday surprise Eduardo cooked up for Sarah Langs, the Red Sox impressing, the Cubs grinding, MLB fixing its uniform problem, and an intriguing series between the Yankees and Orioles. Then, Sarah Langs talks about how Eduardo revealed her birthday surprise, Wyatt Langford’s inside the park home run, another amazing Mookie Betts stat, and an exciting weekend series between the Braves and Guardians.
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6:13 Clown Car
28:30 Sarah Langs
38:49 Karl Ravech and Theo Epstein
41:56 Bleacher Tweets
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Billie Eilish’s Favorite Pitcher
Jake Peavy and Buster discuss a celebrity wearing Jake’s jersey on TV, how he would fix the MLB pitching crisis, and his memories of clinching the World Series in Fenway Park. Then, Guardians play-by-play voice Tom Hamilton on the keys to Cleveland’s early season success, the franchise continuing to produce great pitching and the rest of the AL Central. Then, Sarah Langs on her favorite ballpark, Mike Trout leading the league in home runs, and if the Dodgers should considering taking Shohei Ohtani off the mound. Later, Todd Radom meets another Buster, shares this week’s Beyond the Ballpark and administers the quiz.
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6:02 Jake Peavy
24:22 Tom Hamilton
39:39 Sarah Langs
50:18 Todd Radom
1:00:21 Bleacher Tweets
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Mike Trout Day
Hembo and Buster discuss Aaron Boone’s reputation ejection, José Abreu’s impossibly bad start, the Cardinals lineup being in real trouble, and what to make of Aaron Judge early on. Then, Mike Trout calls in on his way to the ballpark to talk about being in the league for 14 years, Shohei Ohtani’s development, pitchers that are a tough out, parenting an athlete, which position the Eagles should select in the first round of the NFL Draft, and if MLB teams should be able to trade picks.
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10:02 Aaron Boone gets ejected
13:02 Hembo
36:03 Mike Trout
52:35 Bleacher Tweets
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Mr. Costas
Karl Ravech and Buster discuss Eduardo Pérez doling out shoes to a home run hitting Adolis Garcia, their thoughts on the Rangers and Braves, and the passing of longtime ESPN producer Howie Schwab. Then, Sarah Langs on Shohei Ohtani’s milestone, Elly de la Cruz’s once in a century event and Travis d’Arnaud’s three home run night. Next, Jeff Passan talks about the Astros’ continued struggles, the Mets turning it on, the Orioles offense looking “really really” good, Jackson Holliday’s struggles, Aaron Judge getting booed in Yankee Stadium, and Jeff’s theory on why Corey Seager opened up in a recent interview. Later, audio from Jeff’s interview with Seager.
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7:09 Clown Car w/ Karl Ravech
16:51 Sarah Langs
26:01 Jeff Passan
53:36 Passan w/ Corey Seager
57:38 Bleacher Tweets
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Customer Reviews
Sarah Langs
I know that Ms Langs has an awesome baseball mind but it’s getting harder and harder to understand her. I am empathetic that she has ALS, but one of the sequelae of ALS is voice changes. I am at the point that I skip through her section of the podcast which makes me sad because I use to love her takes. I appreciate what she’s dealing with, but I think her speech issues takes away from this podcast.
Best batted ball sound around, but….
Buster and Hembo’s take on the Hall of Fame is weak, just because there already are some horrible people in the hall does not mean we should let more horrible people in.(& no, I’m not talking about roids.) Did you know these ESPN broadcasters and podcasters are under orders from their ESPN billionaire deep state lizard overlords to only very rarely mention the lower salaried, small market teams such as the Reds, Guardians and Brewers? This becomes very obvious if you listen to more than a few episodes and pay attention to it. On a side note: Eduardo Perez has a frog in his throat. Also, all catcher’s WAR numbers are too low, add +1 WAR per decent year, just to start to even the playing field…. 2 for good, and 3 or 4 for stellar. & Great, the MLB has a new hero- Imelda Marcos.
Sarah Langs
Sarah Langs does great work. I enjoy listening to her passion for baseball and analysis. Keep up the great work and don’t worry about the podcast review critics. I’m a fan of what you do!