Baseball Beat: Tuesday, March 11th

Here is the rundown for theTuesday, March 11th edition of Baseball Beat with Charley Steiner. Chuck Wilson hosted as Charley was traveling to Beijing, China with the Dodgers. All times Eastern.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Murray Chass, New York Times
1:25 p.m.
Guest: Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati Enquirer
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Joe Castellano, XM Host, MLB Live Late Edition (Cactus League Beat)
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Jack Magruder, East Valley Tribune (Diamondbacks Beat)
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Rich Maclone, Enterprise Publishing (Cape Cod League Beat)
2:45 p.m.
Guest: Curtis Eichelberger, Bloomberg News

Guest Summaries:

Chass discussed the national head lines and his latest column on the Japanese players in MLB. Murray talked about the source of pride that the Japanese people have when a player comes to MLB and has success. Murray also talked about the National League east and his concerns about the Phillies. Castellano talked about what he has observed in spring training. Joe talked about the struggles the Giants are having and how the Brewers are looking good. Magruder discussed Randy Johnson’s first appearance in Spring Training yesterday. Jack also talked about what the Diamondbacks are expecting out of Johnson. Jack also talked about what the Diamondbacks are going to do at first base. Maclone discussed the Cape Cod league’s current disagreement with MLB and the licensing issue. Rich also talked about what the teams could do to resolve the issue like changing their names. Eichelberger discussed his latest story on gene doping and the latest ways athletes may be going now to get an edge.