Baseball Beat: Friday, June 8th

Here is the rundown for the Friday, June 8th edition of Baseball Beat. Charley Steiner had a travel day with the Dodgers so Chuck Wilson hosted. All times Eastern:

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Jonah Keri, ESPN.com
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Dan Brown, San Jose Mercury News
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Uri Berenguer, Broadcaster, Boston Red Sox - XM Host, Solamente Pelota
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Dan Connolly, Baltimore Sun
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Kevin Baxter, LA Times
2:45 p.m.
Listener Calls

Guest Summaries:
Keri discussed the youth in baseball getting a chance in the Majors due to the poor start for many teams and veteran players. Brown discussed his piece on Lefty O'Doul forging the path for today's relationship between Japanese baseball and the Major Leagues. He then talked about the excitement surrounding the All-Star Game in San Francisco. Berenguer discussed Curt Schilling's one-hitter yesterday afternoon. He also touched on the brief Boston losing streak and how that will be rare this year given the strength of their pitching. Connolly discussed the Orioles drafting of Matt Wieters and how the Baltimore farm system has not produced an opening-day starting catcher since 1975 and this hopefully will be the end of that streak. He also touched on the 'oil and water' nature of Peter Angelos and Scott Boras and his piece on how spending the money on Wieters will be great for the organization as well as the Baltimore/Boras relations in the future. Baxter touched on the rough series against the Padres for the Dodgers and the problems with Jonathan Broxton. They also discussed the division battle between those two teams and how the Dodgers will need to pursue a power hitter in order to make a run into the postseason.