Swing Off Decides the All Star Game // Are the Robo Umps Good for Baseball? // Red Sox Trade Deadline Thoughts - 7/16 (Hour 1)

Felger & Massarotti

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4 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

(0:00) Felger and Mazz are joined by Joe Murray as they kick off the show reacting to the Swing Off tiebreaker used in last night’s MLB All Star Game.
(14:18) Conversation about the automatic balls and strikes system and whether robo umps are a good addition to baseball.
(24:56) Continued discussion on the Swing Off and caller reactions on the new All Star Game additions.
(33:29) Thoughts on the Red Sox potentially acquiring Charlie Morton and the necessity to acquire Joe Ryan ahead of the trade deadline.

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0:00.0	B-Pod Studios
0:03.0	These guys
0:08.4	And you can pretty much do it
0:10.8	Impur-pubituity
0:12.7	Yep
0:13.0	A home run swing off to decide the all-star game
0:17.5	Three batters per team
0:19.4	Three swings apiece The teams are going to alternate and it's
0:23.3	pretty simple. Whoever hits the most home runs wins the 95th All-Star game. The managers know
0:30.7	the three guys they're going to use. They're going to let us know in a minute. They're getting
0:34.6	the rules too. This is a first, folks. You're watching an all-star game history here.
0:39.3	If he stopped playing, he'll be a softball superstar.
0:43.2	Pretty darn good baseball superstar.
0:48.9	Al rallied in the game, NL has rallied in the swing.
0:51.9	Oh, Patrick. Look out, rallied in the swing. I think of it.
1:08.6	Hi, everybody. Welcome to the program.
1:09.6	Feldron Maserati on a Wednesday, July 16th.
1:12.3	That's how the All-Star game was decided last night with a swing off.
1:17.2	I didn't even know they were doing that.
1:20.4	But boy, have I been talking about that for years?
1:22.6	That exact same thing.
1:24.4	Tied after nine, roll out the nets, let's go.
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