The Pickup Game with Tim Williams - MLB's Next Generation with Jim Williams

MLB's Next Generation with Jim Williams

05/17/17 • 45 min

Sports Talk Florida editor Jim Williams joins The Pickup Game this week to talk about MLB’s emerging set of stars, the markets they play in, and how bright they make baseball’s future appear.

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NFL Draft Talk with The Film Room's Brett Kollmann

Draft experts can be a different breed, but even among them it takes the truly devoted to put 50-90 hours a week in outside of work to break down draft film. Brett Kollmann, hero of NFL fans on Youtube everywhere, is just such a person. From the top picks of the draft to guys who might slip into the second round, Brett breaks down the draft for us. Who surprised him? Who might be due for a fall? Which team might use the first round to make the leap into the playoffs? We talk about all of it, before getting into who the Buccaneers might draft, and how teams sometimes are forced to look for quick fixes. Brett also breaks down some off-field reasons players fall, and some things that teams worry about too much. This spills into a discussion of the league's drug policy, and general attitude toward marijuana in specific. It seems like many of the players who tumble in the draft because of cannabis related issues turn out pretty talented in the end. Maybe it's time the league had an attitude-adjustment about that. The Film Room can be found behind this link, and check in to his channel next week as Brett gives you his very first public mock draft.

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Bosplaining with Chris Smith of MassLive.com

Boston is unlike any other American sports city. Often, we in New England wear that as a point of pride, but sometimes it rubs athletes the wrong way. David Price, for example, has had a loud encounter with local media that began with a tirade Wednesday night and included a mound meltdown on Thursday evening. To that end, The Pickup Game welcomes Chris Smith of MassLive.com to discuss the incident on Wednesday, Price and his issues with Boston, and what makes Boston such a tough place to play for somebody like David Price. This includes some talk about the difference between radio hosts, opinion columnists, and credentialed beat writers like Smith and his colleagues, the volume of sports discussion in the Olde Towne, and a longstanding tradition of Boston sportswriters feeling no obligation to tell fans what they want to hear.