Baseball Beat: Wednesday, April 4th

Here is the rundown for the Wednesday, April 4th edition of Baseball Beat with Charley Steiner.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Jerry Crasnick, ESPN.com
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Rick Hummel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Anthony McCarron, New York Daily News
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Ken Rosenthal, XM MLB Insider; FoxSports.com
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Ted Leitner, Broadcaster, San Diego Padres
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Dave Sims, Broadcaster, Seattle Mariners

Guest Summaries:
Crasnick discussed the start of the baseball season including previews of changes to rosters around the league. He also briefly touched on the New York Mets’ Orlando Hernandez encouraging success last night in St. Louis; Hummel discussed the St. Louis Cardinals’ Opening Night as well as Chris Carpenter’s achy elbow and Braden Looper’s first start tonight; McCarron discussed the New York Yankees dinner last night including his first person accounts on George Steinbrenner, Bobby Murcer, and the new line of succession on account of the Swindal divorce; Rosenthal discussed the future sale of the Chicago Cubs and how it affects Carlos Zambrano’s contract negotiations. There was also a discussion about the reports of Bud Selig’s salary which Ken and Charley agreed was well deserved. He also discussed his report on the San Diego Padres discussions about whether they will try to extend Mike Cameron’s contract or not; Leitner discussed the perks of being a broadcaster including a nice story about the Rolling Stones and David Wells as well as a debate about the extensive length of spring training. He also discussed the San Diego Padres including Greg Maddux; Sims discussed his first broadcasts in his new position as broadcaster with the Seattle Mariners. There was also a discussion about the Mariners’ early season success including Felix Hernandez.

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