Deversfest: Rafi Lands in San Fran; Ohtani’s 1 Inning Return; Early ASG Voting

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Tim Kurkjian and Buster discuss Shohei Ohtani’s return to the mound, the improving Rays, Giancarlo Stanton back with Yankees, and Red Sox fans fuming over the Rafael Devers trade while executives applaud it. Then, Eric Hosmer talks about what Devers means for the Giants’ lineup, what kind of conversations are happening between Buster Posey, Bob Melvin and Devers, and the race for starting AL shortstop in the All-Star Game. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 11:14 Tim Kurkjian 31:44 Eric Hosmer 41:57 Bleacher Tweets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 1979, the first words spoken on ESPN weren't just an announcement.
0:07.0	If you're a fan, they were a sports prophecy.
0:11.0	What you'll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow.
0:14.0	Glad you're with us tonight.
0:16.0	May convince you you've gone to sports heaven.
0:20.0	And right now, you're standing on the edge of tomorrow.
0:24.3	This fall, the next era of ESPN begins.
0:28.8	Sports forever.
0:33.7	Way out of here.
0:36.6	This is baseball tonight, the podcast.
0:41.8	This is a baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, June 18, 2025, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:49.9	I'm Buster Only working from my home in Montana.
0:52.4	Taylor Swink is working from the Shink studios on Wednesday morning back in Connecticut.
0:57.9	And Taylor, did you see what Raphael Devers said in his first press conference with the Giants?
1:03.3	Did you see what he did before the game?
1:05.8	He's a cheeky fellow Buster.
1:08.2	I mean, he's pushing all the buttons of these Red Sox fans and
1:12.4	executives and then he has a nice little game on top of it all. What a guy, Renaissance man.
1:18.4	What he did, what he did on Tuesday and his first day with the Giants was literally a giant
1:24.7	effute of the Red Sox, okay? Because for four months, right?
1:29.6	All we heard was he couldn't play first base.
1:33.0	He couldn't change positions.
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