Decaying Tooth

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Karl Ravech and Buster discuss the Tigers firing GM Al Avila, Detroit owner Chris Ilitch taking no responsibility for the state of the club, if the Yankees need home field advantage in the playoffs, the difference between the AL and NL wild card pictures, and Vaughn Grissom’s rookie debut for the Braves. Then, Hembo has an NFL comparison for teams not pitching around Aaron Judge, explains how Adley Rutschman’s among the best players in baseball and explores a possible blue blood final four. Later, Jessica Mendoza on her hometown involvement with the Little League World Series, the Dodgers’ offensive production, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman’s friendship, and Luis Castillo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is baseball tonight, the podcast.
0:12.2	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Thursday, August 11, 2022 and today will be better than
0:18.4	yesterday.
0:19.4	Producing from his home studio in the foothills of Connecticut is Taylor Schwink.
0:22.8	Sarah Abbott's working from Bristol, Umbusta only working from Vermont.
0:26.9	There was big news in Detroit yesterday, Al Avala, the vice president general manager
0:31.8	of the Detroit Tigers was fired.
0:35.3	And Avala of course took over from Dave Dombraski years ago.
0:39.5	In recent years, the Tigers have been trying to build up to 2022.
0:44.8	They spent a lot of money in the off season.
0:46.6	It didn't work out well.
0:48.4	They really struggled this year.
0:49.8	Habier Bias has been a disappointment.
0:51.8	We'll be talking about that with Carl Rabbitt's coming up.
0:54.9	I'm talking about something that the owner of the Tigers said.
0:57.8	Chris Tillett said something I thought was absolutely crazy.
1:01.0	The Atlanta Braves called up top prospect, Bon Grissom, to the majors with Orlando Arcia
1:05.8	going on the disabled list.
1:07.3	And this is how he started his career.
1:10.2	There's a flybona deep left.
1:13.5	Von Grissom back to the monster.
1:16.2	How about that?
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