Pull Side Power

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Hembo and Buster discuss Mike Trout back to being Mike Trout, clear path for the Reds to make the playoffs, most unwatchable team, and the Mets’ need to rebuild their pitching pipeline. Then, the Brewers’ Christian Yelich stops by to talk about Hembo’s question on pull side hitting, how he became a power hitter, when he noticed Milwaukee’s offense coming together, and his pal Rowdy Tellez. Then, some of John Sterling’s best calls. Later, Jessica Mendoza on experiencing Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium, CJ Abrams and the Nationals having fun, and the early warts shown by the Dodgers. CALL THE BLEACHER TWEETS VOICEMAIL LINE: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: [email protected] REACH THE SHOW ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS 9:49 Hembo 25:24 Christian Yelich 37:15 The best John Sterling calls 43:35 Jessica Mendoza 55:11 Bleacher Tweets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Baseball Tonight tonight podcast for Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 and today will be better than yesterday.
0:20.0	Taylor Swink is working from the Shink Studios back in Connecticut.
0:23.4	I'm Buster only working from my home in Montana in the middle of the week and Taylor, man,
0:28.8	we got some huge news since our last podcast.
0:32.8	John Sterling 85 years old announced that he's retiring immediately
0:38.4	after calling 5,240 regular season games.
0:43.0	He had taken a reduced role in recent seasons
0:45.1	and traveled less often because of health concerns.
0:47.8	But you know, I checked around.
0:49.1	John's a friend, you know, the years I covered the Yankees, Taylor, I love talking with him, and he's going out on his own terms, which is pretty cool.
0:58.0	This is his decision. The Yankees wanted to work it out so he could continue to call more games, but John decided to step away.
1:05.2	You got to respect a guy who's like, I'm over it.
1:07.8	I'm done.
1:08.8	It's time to go home.
1:09.6	It's time to relax.
1:10.6	It's time to hang with my family.
1:12.7	You know, I universally loved, I mean,
1:14.6	that was the sentiment.
1:16.0	And Buster, we're gonna play some John Sterling calls later,
1:19.4	and I'll tell you, here's a secret about me.
1:21.5	A good call and a stadium going wild for whatever
1:24.3	reason this shows what a freak I am. It makes me emotional and I'm watching these
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