Thursday, April 19, 2007

Baseball Beat: Thursday, April 19th

Here is the rundown for the Thursday, April 19th edition of Baseball Beat. Chuck Wilson was in for Charley Steiner, who is broadcasting a day game with the Los Angeles Dodgers today:

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Gerry Fraley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Doug Padilla, Daily News (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Beat)
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Carroll Rogers, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Jonathan Eig, Author, Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Ed Farmer, Broadcaster, Chicago White Sox
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Adam Rubin, New York Daily News (New York Mets Beat)

Guest Summaries:
Fraley discussed his recent piece on fan hatred toward Barry Bonds as well as his pursuit of Hank Aaron’s home run record. He also touched on the St. Louis Cardinals; Padilla discussed the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim’s recent struggles including Vladimir Guerrero and Howie Kendrick’s injuries and the return of Jared Weaver; Rogers discussed her new roll covering the Atlanta Braves and national headlines as well as John Rocker’s father’s passing; Eig joined Baseball Beat live in-studio to discuss the release of his book Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson’s First Season; Farmer discussed his call of the Chicago White Sox Mark Buerhle’s no hitter from last night; Rubin discussed the New York Mets and last night’s dominant pitching performance from John Maine.

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