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Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

Wet Pile of Leaves

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.74.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

David Schoenfield and Buster discuss Cody Bellinger coming up big in the postseason, whether Bellinger is in position to make these big hits if Max Muncy doesn’t get hurt, if the Braves will fold, the Astros’ bullpen salvaging the game, Boston failing to knockout Houston, José Altuve and Carlos Correa showing their toughness, Laz Diaz and the would-be strike three call, and the top-five free agent shortstops according to 11 baseball evaluators. Later, Todd Radom has the final Forgotten Franchise for the season and the weekly quiz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is baseball tonight, the podcast.

0:11.8

This is the baseball tonight podcast for Wednesday, October 20, 2021, and today will be better

0:17.7

than yesterday.

0:19.1

Producing from his home studio in the foothills of Connecticut is the red Taylor Schlink.

0:23.6

I'm Buster only working from my home studio in New York.

0:28.0

Now, just before the show yesterday, there was breaking news.

0:30.8

The Yankees agreed to a new three-year deal with Aaron Boone.

0:34.3

Aaron Boone held a Zoom call later in the day talking about returning to the Yankees.

0:39.3

I mean, I think I've had some conversations along the way with Cash and certainly at the

0:44.4

end of the year, you know, we spoke a little bit and he, you know, definitely voiced his

0:52.5

support and desire to have me back and made me feel like that was the case.

0:58.6

I had a good conversation with how beginning of last week just about stuff and certainly

1:08.6

for my end was satisfied and heard what I felt like I wanted to hear and certainly understand

1:15.1

the challenges and the tasks moving forward.

1:18.1

Yeah, I think conversations with them put me in a space that if everything lined up,

1:24.7

you know, otherwise I felt like this is where I wanted to be.

1:29.9

Yankees General Manager Brian Cash from Spoky reporters and acknowledge they need to find

1:34.1

a shortstop.

1:35.1

We're going to have more on that later in the podcast after I pulled 11 evaluators

1:40.0

ranking the elite class of free agent short stops.

1:44.0

First game played yesterday Dodgers and Braves, there was a miss call in this game on a ball

1:48.6

strike choice.

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