Midwest Superstar: Final Trade Deadline Check-In with Jeff Passan; Bryce Harper & Rob Manfred Have It Out

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Jeff Passan and Buster discuss the Mariners on the verge of doing more, what makes the relief market so interesting, Shane Bieber’s availability, if the Dodgers should try acquire Steven Kwan, why Jeff thinks the Padres will do something big, and where they think Merrill Kelly will land. Then, Hembo on the passing of Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, Bryce Harper sparring with Rob Manfred in the Phillies clubhouse, Emmanuel Clase put on leave over a gambling probe, truth behind Anthony Volpe’s struggles, the stunning Blue Jay turnaround, and if the Rangers will make a big move in Bruce Bochy’s last season. CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 6:10 Jeff Passan 28:13 Hembo 56:23 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.
0:41.8	This is the Baseball Tonight podcast for Wednesday, July 30th,
0:46.4	2025, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:50.1	I'm Buster Only recording from my home in Montana.
0:52.6	Taylor Swink is working from the Sh Schwink Studios late on Tuesday night.
0:57.7	Taylor, it's a special edition of the podcast today.
1:00.5	We're going to be talking to late night, Tuesday night trades with Jeff Passon.
1:05.1	We got Jeff Passon, who is burning the candle at both ends.
1:08.3	He's going to come on late.
1:09.2	We were like, we need passing on one last time before the actual deadline, but we can't have the conversation
1:14.6	be spoiled by events that play out afterwards. So late night with Jeff, up early with the podcast
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