The Baseball Reporters: Blake Swihart Gets DFA'd, Sandy Leon Recalled, and Mookie Betts' Slow Start

Felger & Massarotti

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🗓️ 16 April 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Tony Massarotti kicked off the Baseball Reporters discussed the Red Sox decision to designate Blake Swihart for assignment. Sandy Leon was recalled from Pawtucket and will catch for Chris Sale tonight against the Yankees in New York. Finally, Mazz talked about the comments from Mookie Betts about his slow start.

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0:00.0	This is a simple game.
0:05.1	You throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the ball.
0:09.5	You got it.
0:10.4	Now, the show that Red Sox Nation turns to.
0:13.9	First, this is Boston's most listened to nightly baseball show.
0:17.8	The Baseball Reporters with Tony Mazz.
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0:48.0	All right, here we go.
0:49.3	Baseball reporters.
0:50.1	We get a full hour for you tonight.
0:51.5	Red Sox open up a two-game series in New York against the Yankees.
0:54.9	Chris Sale on the mound.
0:56.2	And guess who is behind the plate?
0:59.5	Guess who?
1:01.7	Sandy Leon has returned to the Red Sox roster and is behind the plate.
1:06.6	Sandy Leon, bitch blah.
1:08.5	Bitch blah.
1:09.6	There you go.
1:10.8	This Carmine offering his two cents on the Sandy Leon return to the big leagues. 617-779098-5 is your number. We'll take your calls on all things, Red Sox, until 7 o'clock. Jimmy Stewart, I producer, you can open up the phone lines if you would. Because I know people feel strongly about this topic. I was getting a million phone calls about Sandy Leon here in the early part of the year and that Blake Swirehart couldn't catch him. Why isn't Sandy Leon here? So here you go. Now you have it. Sandy Leon is here. Blake's Wyerhart has been designated for assignment. He's gone. That's it. Blake's White Hart's career with the Red Sox is over. And so I know a good many of
1:46.1	you out there are happy about this. And so a couple of things with regard to Sandy Leon being
1:51.6	behind the plate. Okay. Can a catcher make a difference with a pitcher? Sure. Of course.
1:59.8	We've seen it over the year.
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