Baseball Beat: Friday, June 29th

Here is the rundown for the Friday, June 29th edition of Baseball Beat. Charley Steiner has a travel day with the Dodgers today, but Chuck Wilson will be filling in. All times eastern:

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Richard Justice, Houston Chronicle
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Richard Griffin, Toronto Star
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Jorge Arangure, ESPN Magazine
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Lee Jenkins, West Coast Sports Correspondent, New York Times
2:25 p.m.
Guest: John Hickey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Mariners Beat)
2:45 p.m.
Listeners Calls

Guest Summaries:
Justice discussed the Houston Astros and Craig Biggio getting his 3,000th hit last night at home. He told some tremendous stories including Biggio’s early career interaction with veterans, relationship with Bagwell, teaching Hunter Pence about talking to umpires, and move from second to centerfield with signing of Jeff Kent. Griffin discussed the Toronto Blue Jays and Frank Thomas hitting home run number 500 and his Hall of Fame credentials. He also discussed the change in recognition of the 500 home run mark. Arangure discussed national headlines including the recent milestones that have been set including his article on Sammy Sosa hitting #600. He also discussed this week’s ESPN Magazine piece on Magglio Ordonez. Jenkins discussed his coverage of west coast teams for the New York Times. He discussed National League West, Milton Bradley’s most recent trade, and Barry Bonds. Hickey discussed the Seattle Mariners including this week’s sweep of the Boston Red Sox and the likelihood of Ichiro Suzuki resigning with the club.