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Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

Checkmaster: Brewers Manager Pat Murphy Stops By; Cubs Postseason Return; Ballpark & Beyond

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

ESPN Radio

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3.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Brewers manager Pat Murphy and Buster discuss keeping guys in “check,” team culture, not playing passively and the state of his team heading into October. Then, Jesse Rogers talks about the Cubs’ first trip to the postseason since 2020, Kyle Tucker’s injury, if Anthony Rizzo should get a statue outside Wrigley Field, the Brewers checking their egos and the Dodgers considering moving Shohei Ohtani to the bullpen. Next, Sarah Langs has an essay on Ohtani. Later, Todd Radom shares the Ballpark & Beyond, and administers the quiz. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 6:51 Brewers Manager Pat Murphy 21:14 Jesse Rogers 41:25 Sarah Langs 43:35 Todd Radom 55:27 Bleacher Tweets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

way out of here this is baseball tonight the podcast this is the baseball tonight

0:13.4

podcast for friday september 19th 2025 and today will be better than yesterday

0:19.1

um buster only working from my home in Montana,

0:22.4

get ready to fly out to Houston this week on Sunday night baseball.

0:26.0

We've got the Mariners and the Astros in a really consequential game

0:31.0

with those two teams vying for the top of the American League West.

0:35.2

Taylor Schwink is working from the Schwink Studios because of some ramifications from the stolen car. I mean, the hits just keep on coming for you, Taylor. The fallout continues, Buster. I'm driving around a minivan right now, which is fun, the practical man's limousine, as I like to call it. And because I'm driving around a rental car, I don't have my regular keys with me.

0:55.6

And I'm prepping in the office.

0:58.1

You know, I'm sending Buster emails.

0:59.5

And I'm getting ready to move over to the studio.

1:01.9

And my desk is all locked up.

1:04.1

And my desk key is back in my my kitchen at my house.

1:08.1

So I sprung into action, zip back to West Hartford, and here we are in

1:12.7

the Schwink Studios. Yeah, this is man, just, and is there any word on the whereabouts of your car?

1:17.8

You still think it's on its way to Dubai? Yeah, Dubai. Africa was the other place that was thrown

1:24.6

out, generally speaking. So yeah, I think it's gone. I think it's gone i think it's gone i had no

1:28.4

updates as of today if if it if it appears you know we'll be doing some podcasting uh you know from

1:34.7

the road i'm sure i i man i'm laughing but i'm feeling sorry for you because it is a pain it's

1:41.4

like losing i mean it's uh losing your wallet times 10, right? Oh, yeah. Where it's just like, oh, you just remember this and this and this are affected by it. So anyway, good luck with that. All right, let's start with this week's top five. Guess who we have on a podcast today, Taylor? Mr. Pat Murphy, manager of the Milwaukee Brewers. Very excited about that.

2:01.9

And that's why they could only be number one this week, Buster. They can only be number one. The Phillies have a case, but as of right now, they are not number one on your list. Yeah, I saw you Bleacher tweets, and there was actually a Brewers fan making a case for the Phillies. but with Pat Murphy coming up, in honor of him and the fact that the Brewers have won more games than any of the team, they're at number one. Phillies at number two, the Los Angeles Dodgers at number three. They win on Wednesday night against the Phillies. I've got Toronto at four. I'm starting to buy more into the Blue Jays. What do you think? I'm with you and I

2:35.5

actually would, I think you could make a case to have them at three, especially after the

2:39.8

Phillies, the way they handle the Dodgers. Yeah, no, it's the American League. They're not the same.

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