Baseball Beat: Friday, April 6th

Here is the rundown for the Friday, April 6th edition of Baseball Beat with Charley Steiner.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Jim Price, Broadcaster, Detroit Tigers
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Denny Matthews, Broadcaster, Kansas City Royals
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Marc Topkin, St. Petersburg Times (Tampa Bay Devil Rays Beat)
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Henry Schulman, San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco Giants Beat)
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Troy Renck, Denver Post (Colorado Rockies Beat)
2:45 p.m.
Actual Calls from Actual Listeners

Guest Summaries:
Price discussed the loss of Kenny Rogers to the DET starting rotation but how the DET lineup appears to be in good shape to make another run for the Championship if they stay healthy. Matthews talked about Daisuke Matsuzaka’s debut in Kansas City yesterday, Gil Meche’s success on opening day and talked very positively about Alex Gordon’s character and personality but needs to work hard on his offense and defense to be able to put it all together. Topkin discussed the youth on the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, as well as making the Yankees look like an old team during the opening series in NY. Schulman talked about Zito’s okay opening day outing, Mike Sweeney's trip to the DL, possibilities of an extension for Omar Vizquel, and finally Bonds and how he is amazed at how he can hit and field so well this year. Renck talked about the Rockies’ lineup being very decent, but the pitching being suspect, especially on the road. They also discussed the movement of the ball in Coors Field given altitude and possible changes that could be made to the park to level the playing field.