Brain Is Working: Clown Car Rides Through Williamsport for the Little League Classic

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

David Cone, Karl Ravech, Eduardo Pérez and Buster are in the Clown Car following the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa. The guys discuss a 7-3 Mets win over the Mariners on Sunday Night Baseball, Nolan McLean providing the Mets a spark, Mark Vientos getting going, why Mariners are still the best team in the American League, and the interactions between the Major Leaguers and the Little Leaguers. Then, Sarah Langs plays The Numbers Game with help from the White Sox’s Colson Montgomery and the Red Sox’s Roman Anthony. Later, the ESPN Radio crew of Mike Couzens and Doug Glanville talk to Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil, and Mariners manager Dan Wilson. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 9:57 Clown Car 19:22 Sarah Langs 21:00 Jeff McNeil w/ ESPN Radio 24:00 Dan Wilson w/ ESPN Radio 30:51 Bleacher Tweets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've seen the headlines.
0:01.3	Heard the debates.
0:02.2	The three-point ball has created a monotonous rhythm to the game.
0:05.4	Has the three-pointer ruined basketball?
0:08.2	And how did we get here?
0:09.6	The rise of the three-point shot can be partially traced to an eccentric Kansas genius named Martin Manley.
0:15.3	Whose story didn't turn out quite the way he imagined.
0:18.7	I decided I wanted to have one of the most organized goodbyes in history.
0:22.9	30 for 30 podcast presents chasing basketball heaven.
0:26.9	Available now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.7	Way out of here.
0:36.6	This is baseball tonight, the podcast.
0:41.8	This is the Baseball Tonight podcast for Monday, August 18, 2025.
0:46.4	My name is Taylor Schwink.
0:47.5	I'm the producer of this podcast.
0:49.3	I'm recording from the foothills of Connecticut.
0:51.5	Buster only, joining me from his hotel in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Buster, how you doing? I'm doing great. It's been a long day. I'm not going to lie about that. But a super fun day when you're talking about, you know, hanging out with little leaguers and watching the big leaguers hang out with little leaguers, watching little leaguers hang out with big leaguers. Super fun.
1:11.4	Mets and Mariners absolutely embrace this whole event.
1:16.3	Julio Rodriguez on the broadcast, super enthusiastic throughout his interview, and he was loving it.
1:23.0	He was great.
1:24.1	So many players, it felt like, I mean, mean everything you saw guys going down that hill in
1:29.3	their cardboard and standing and talking with players you know i was talking with one little league
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