Ep. 91 - Play Ball!

03/21/22 • 31 min

Craig and Rex discuss the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, Texas A&M's omission from the NCAA Tournament, and more Dolly Parton news.
Errata: The MLB post-season expands under the new CBA to 12 teams, not 12 games. Dolly Parton's book, "Run Rose Run" is co-authored by James Patterson. Our Rock & Roll Hall of Fame episode is No. 88. Dolly Parton's recording of "I Will Always Love You" reached No. 1 on the Country Charts two times, originally in 1974 and again in 1982. Whitney released her version in 1992. The Kanye, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé dust-up occurred at the 2009 MTV Music Awards.
Check It Out:
Rex: Nathan Lowell's book series "The Golden Age of the Clipper Series."
Craig: The new release from The Weather Station, "How Is It That I Should Look at the Stars"
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Andrew Eckhoff on Six Degrees (dead link)
Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook
Opening and closing music, "Caroline" by Craig Estlinbaum. All rights reserved.
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Ep. 90 - We Finally Talk About the Lockout and it Ends Two Days Later, Go Figure

This week we finally dove head first into the lockout's thorniest issues, including the salary cap, universal DH, expanded playoffs, international draft and the draft lottery. Naturally, and thankfully, the players and owners came to an agreement roughly 48 hours later to end the lockout meaning baseball is back! Opening Day has been pushed only to April 7, meaning an abbreviated Spring Training plus what promises to be frenzied activity to sign free agents, including Carlos Correa, Trevor Story and Clayton Kershaw to name three. Good times.
Contract and team salary information comes from Cot's Contracts. Highly recommended. All information from the site quoted on the show were accessed March 7, 2022.
Errata: The actual quote from Tommy Lasorda is: "No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.” It's 16 teams that would not make the playoffs if there were a 14-team playoff, not 15 teams out. Finally, it's "length of the game" or "pace of play," not "length of play."
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Andrew Eckhoff on tribe.net (dead link)
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Opening and closing music, "Caroline" by Craig Estlinbaum. All rights reserved.
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Ep. 92 - The Post-Lockout Free Agency Cavalcade

The first week post lockout led to free agent signings galore with now former Astros Carlos Correa and Zach Greinke going to Minnesota and Kansas City respectively. The big names are off the board with Trevor Story heading to Boston, so for Astro fans, all hopes rest with the talented but inexperienced Jeremy Peña. Beyond that, players moving all over, including Freddie Freeman, Kenley Jensen and Kris Bryant.
Check It Out:
Andrew: "Inferno" by Polyphia
Craig: "In/Out/In" by Sonic Youth
Rex: "Mind Freeze" by Haunt
Hooks & Runs Website, Twitter, Buzzsprout
Craig Estlinbaum on Twitter
Andrew Eckhoff on Friendster (dead link)
Rex von Pohl (Krazy Karl's Music Emporium) on Facebook
Opening and closing music, "Caroline" by Craig Estlinbaum. All rights reserved.
This podcast and this episode are copyright Craig Estlinbaum, 2022, all rights reserved.