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Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

Does MLB have Hall of Fame problem?

Giants Talk: A San Francisco Giants Podcast

NBC Sports Bay Area

Mlb, Sports, San Francisco Giants, Baseball

4.4630 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Balk Talk, Jessica Kleinschmidt is joined by Britt Ghroli, MLB writer for The Athletic, to discuss the Hall of Fame, if Barry Bonds and Curt Schilling deserve to be enshrined in Cooperstown and the challenges of covering MLB as a woman. (2:10) How prevalent is weed in MLB?  (12:45) Why is Hall of Fame voting so controversial?  (21:30) Should the voting process be changed?  (25:01) Ghiroli weighs in on the Mets’ situation  (32:15) Ghiroli discusses the challenges of covering sports as a woman

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Boc Talk podcast on NBC Sports Bay Area.com.

0:11.1

Introducing your host, NBC Sports Bay Area's Jessica Klineschmidt.

0:16.3

Welcome back to another episode of Bok Talk presented by Wendy's.

0:19.4

Get the breakfast you deserve with Wendy's two for $4.

0:21.9

Two fresh made sandwiches for just four bucks.

0:24.7

Price and participation may vary.

0:27.0

I'm excited to be joined by the athletics, but Britt Jiroli.

0:30.4

Britt, thanks for joining me today.

0:32.8

Yes, thanks for having me.

0:35.3

I'm wondering, after this, do you just, like, cut some hair and send it to me in the mail so that I can glue it on?

0:41.4

That is actually what we agreed on before we pressed record. You can borrow it when everyone. I do have like a seven to ten month business, well business month and you have to send it back. But yeah, whatever you need. It's a, it's my pairing gift, if you all. Actually, the last, one of the last Boktock episode I had, I had

0:59.1

Kurt Bavakwa, and he sent me a bottle of wine. So I'm going to make sure I put that on the

1:04.5

record so you feel like you have to do that too. Oh, okay. Well, I thought that you were sending me hair and now it's turned into me

1:11.6

sending you wine. You see to see how I did that? Yeah, really, really feel cheated and really

1:16.9

discussed off air just mattered none, you guys. I know. The moment I press record, I'm using you.

1:23.1

It's how it works. I've always heard about people who are different when the lights go on,

1:26.7

but I've never actually witnessed it until the very moment. I'm a monster. You heard it here, folks. The first

1:33.4

thing I wanted to talk to you about, you had this amazing article, and it felt like you told me,

1:38.5

or you wrote that it took you while to write it, and it was about marijuana in the Biggs.

1:43.1

And just how it's kind of transitioned over time.

1:47.3

I just remember talking about John Singleton and he got in trouble for weed and he was kind of this

1:52.2

really messed up poster child for it and now they're embracing it. So tell me a little bit about

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