Human Sigh

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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3.7 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Passan and Buster discuss the Eric Kay trial and opioid use among pitchers, why labor negotiations feel like falling in a dream down an infinite cavern, and the parallels to the 1981 strike. Then, Jessica Mendoza stops by to talk about running into Kyle Schwarber decked out Bengals’ gear at the Super Bowl, the absurdity of negotiations taking place over short meetings on Zoom, and her thoughts on Rachel Balkovec and the wave of women being hired to important roles in MLB. Later, Hembo on which players will benefit most from the universal DH, this year’s Rams and Bengals in baseball, and which prospect will have the biggest impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is baseball tonight, the podcast.
0:12.0	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, February 16, 2022.
0:17.4	And today will be better than yesterday, producing from his home studio in the foothills of
0:22.2	Connecticut, his Taylor Shwink.
0:23.5	Sarah Abbott is a bitter boulevard in Las Vegas.
0:26.2	Some of us are only working for my home in New York.
0:29.8	Some news and notes before busy podcasts today.
0:32.1	We're going to be talking with Jeff Hassan with Jessica Mendoza, and we're calling
0:36.6	to Katie's yesterday.
0:38.6	Long time national star Ryan Zimmerman announced his retirement ending a decorated career
0:43.4	in which he became the franchise leader in many major categories and boosted the team
0:47.9	to its only World Series Championship in 2019.
0:51.8	Wishing best to Ryan and his family he has served this game well.
0:55.3	The trial that determined whether or not former Angels employee Eric Kay was responsible
0:59.6	for the death of Tyler Skags turned into a larger glimpse into brazen drug use in the
1:03.8	Los Angeles Angels clubhouse.
1:06.0	His four former players testified Tuesday about their own opioid histories, including
1:11.6	pitcher Matt Harvey in an update on baseball's labor situation.
1:18.4	Yep, spring training should be starting right now.
1:23.8	And the two sides aren't even closed.
1:25.4	Taylor, what do you got?
1:26.6	Buster for one, because we use that sound so often I put it officially from my computer
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