Maple Syrup: Cal Raleigh on the Art of Catching; Clown Car Rolls Out of Houston; Clayton Kershaw Retires

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 22 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

David Cone, Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and Buster discuss Mariners seeming like the team to beat in the American League, Karl’s conversation Cal Raleigh, the continued push and pull of the AL MVP race, the Guardians forcing their way back into the playoff picture, the Tigers blowing it and why Clayton Kershaw should be a unanimous first-ballot Hall of Famer. Then, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh chats with Buster in the locker room about when he started catching, connecting with Johnny Bench, watching Jason Varitek growing up, and pitch framing. Then, Roxy Bernstein and Doug Glanville talk to Astros manager Joe Espada for ESPN Radio. And, Sarah Langs plays The Numbers Game. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 10:40 Clown Car 25:59 Cal Raleigh 33:37 Sarah Langs 34:52 Joe Espada 37:26 Bleacher Tweets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've seen the headlines.
0:01.3	Heard the debates.
0:02.2	The three-point ball has created a monotonous rhythm to the game.
0:05.4	Has the three-pointer ruined basketball?
0:08.2	And how did we get here?
0:09.6	The rise of the three-point shot can be partially traced to an eccentric Kansas genius named Martin Manley.
0:15.3	Whose story didn't turn out quite the way he imagined.
0:18.7	I decided I wanted to have one of the most organized goodbyes in history.
0:22.9	30 for 30 podcast presents chasing basketball heaven.
0:26.9	Available now, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.7	Way out of here.
0:36.6	This is baseball tonight the podcast
0:39.8	this is the baseball tonight
0:43.5	podcast for Monday September 22nd
0:46.2	2025 and today will be better than yesterday
0:50.1	Taylor Schwink is working from the Schwink Studios back in Connecticut
0:53.1	I'm Buster only working from my hotel room down at Houston after our Sunday night game between the Mariners and the Astros.
1:00.8	The Mariners sweep Houston.
1:03.1	And Taylor, you know, a few weeks ago, we got a bleacher tweet where someone was wondering, hey, how come we didn't do dead or alive?
1:09.1	And we didn't really have an answer for it.
1:11.5	Like there wasn't necessarily a strategy.
1:13.9	I couldn't say this was a decision that was made.
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