Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Baseball Beat: Wednesday, April 18th

Here is the rundown for the Wednesday, April 18th edition of Baseball Beat. Chuck Wilson was in for Charley Steiner, who is traveling with the Los Angeles Dodgers today:

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Jeff Passan, Yahoo! Sports
1:25 p.m.
Guest: T.R. Sullivan, MLB.com (Texas Rangers Beat)
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Todd Zolecki, Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Phillies Beat)
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Alan Ashby, Broadcaster, Toronto Blue Jays
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Clark Spencer, Miami Herald (Florida Marlins Beat)
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Geoff Baker, Seattle Times (Seattle Mariners Beat)

Guest Summaries:
Passan discussed national headlines including his piece about Jackie Robinson Day and improvements needed for great involvement by African-Americans in baseball; Sullivan discussed the Texas Rangers and Sammy Sosa’s return to Chicago last night; Zolecki discussed the Philadelphia Phillies and Charlie Manuel’s tirade with a local broadcaster following the game last night. He also discussed Brett Myer’s struggles; Ashby discussed the Toronto Blue Jays and last night’s win over Daisuke Matsuzaka and the Boston Red Sox as well as recent injuries to Troy Glaus, B.J. Ryan, and Reed Johnson; Spencer discussed the Florida Marlins including Hanley Ramirez, Dontrelle Willis, and Miguel Cabrera’s birthday today; Baker made his debut on the show to discuss the Seattle Mariners and Felix Hernandez. Baker is the new beat writer for the Seattle Times replacing long time beat writer Bob Finnigan who retired last year.

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