Baseball Beat: Thursday, April 26th

Here is the rundown for the Thursday, April 26th edition of Baseball Beat with Charley Steiner.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Hal Bodley, USA Today
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Gordon Edes, Boston Globe (Boston Red Sox Beat)
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Ben Shpigel, New York Times (New York Mets Beat)
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Curt Smith, Author, The Voice: Mel Allen's Untold Story
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Mario Impemba, Broadcaster, Detroit Tigers
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Gordon Wittenmyer, Chicago Sun-Times (Chicago Cubs Beat)

Guest Summaries:
Bodley discussed national headlines including being at Camden last night and covering “Sock-Gate”, which was Gary Thorne’s comments in the Baltimore Orioles broadcast about Doug Mirabelli allegedly telling him that Curt Schilling’s bloody sock from 2004 was fake. He also discussed chatting with Jeff Idelson with the Hall of Fame about the sock which is on display at the museum. There was also a brief discussion of the New York Yankees lack of success and Alex Rodriguez’s early season success; Edes discussed Gary Thorne’s comments and how he broke the story. A blogger from Sons of Sam Horn contacted him about hearing it on the O’s broadcast. Following the game, Edes chatted with Mirabelli and Schilling as well as Idelson about it; Shpigel discussed the New York Mets including Mike Pelfrey’s struggles in the rotation; Smith discussed the current state of broadcasting in baseball. Impemba discussed the Detroit Tigers including Gary Sheffield’s struggles, rotation, and power in the line-up; Wittenmyer discussed the Chicago Cubs including Mark Prior’s season ending injury and Carlos Zambrano's contract extension status with the Cubs.