Tell Me If I’m Weird: Best WBC Moments So Far; Tim Kurkjian’s Spring Training Observations

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What was your favorite moment from the first weekend of World Baseball Classic action? Buster and Eric Hosmer discuss. Plus, Manny Machado mentoring breakout start Junior Caminero on the Dominican Republic, and should Tarik Skubal pitch another game for the U.S.? Then, Tim Kurkjian talks about what gets him fired up about the WBC, Kyle Schwarber’s home run against Great Britain, a high schooler forcing Aaron Judge into a double play, and his thoughts on the Tigers, Red Sox and Yankees after visiting Spring Training. Plus, Buster previews the Atlanta Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals. Later, Buster answers your WBC questions during Bleacher Tweets. 0:00 Eric Hosmer 18:38 Atlanta Braves Preview 19:53 Tim Kurkjian 38:39 St. Louis Cardinals Preview 39:45 Bleacher Tweets CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From 30 for 30 Podcasts.
0:04.0	Are you in a lot?
0:06.0	He's going to fly on me.
0:07.0	Did you say someone got to stop?
0:09.0	Brian Patta, senior defensive lineman from Miami.
0:12.0	Gunned down.
0:14.0	The key to this case, it's Brian.
0:17.0	Boy, he's grabbed that.
0:18.0	An hour before he died, he was on the phone. This might be a hit.
0:22.8	You want the truth.
0:23.8	The biggest one of conviction being placed him to arrest.
0:26.4	We had a killer amongst us.
0:28.2	Murder at the U.
0:29.0	Listen now.
0:32.3	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Monday, March 9, 200626, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:39.3	I'm Buster Only working from my hotel room down in Florida.
0:42.3	Taylor Schwink is working from the mothership back in Bristol, Connecticut.
0:47.3	All right, so there's no question what we're going to talk about first today,
0:50.3	leading off the WBC.
0:52.3	And joining us is Eric Hosmer, the longtime first basement for the Kansas City
0:55.6	Royals and Haas, the newest member of the Royals broadcast team.
1:00.7	That was really cool when I saw that the other day.
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