Baseball Beat: Friday, March 28th

Here is the rundown for the Friday, March 28th edition of Baseball Beat with Charley Steiner. All times Eastern.

1:05 p.m.
Guest: Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated
1:45 p.m.
Guest: Doug Glanville, Former Player, New York Times Op/Ed
Tune: Mind Games by John Lennon
2:05 p.m.
Guest: Harvey Araton, New York Times
2:25 p.m.
Guest: Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun
Tune: And Your Bird Can Sing by The Beatles
2:45 p.m.
Listener Calls

Guest Summaries:
Verducci discussed the national headlines including the excitement of Opening Day. Tom also talked about baseball being a global game and his baseball preview edition of Sports Illustrated. Tom also gave his prediction of a Tigers and Cubs World Series. Glanville discussed the player’s perspective of the last week of spring training when they are on the bubble of making the Major league club. Doug also talked about his first roommate in spring trainging and other great minor league stories. Araton discussed his latest article about the baseball union. Harvey talked about how Donald Fehr and the union hurt the innocent players during the steroid era. Elliott discussed the Toronto Blue Jays and their injuries going into the season. Bob also talked about David Eckstein taking over at shortstop and the value of Alex Rios, who is on the verge of getting a new contract.