Why the Braves aren't getting too excited + Yankees rotation getting stronger, Favorite John Sterling memories

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Welcome back to the Baseball Tonight Podcast! Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos joins us to detail why he's not getting too excited yet about the Braves best start since 1998, how Matt Olson is getting even better, and his reaction to 62-year-old manager Walt Weiss' tackle during last month's brawl. Yankees fan Rich Eisen then stops by to talk about his favorite John Sterling memories, the time he creeped out Don Mattingly, and how scary the Yankees rotation can be with Carlos Rodon and Gerrit Cole on the way back. Plus Sarah Langs and Todd Radom! 0:00 Welcome 0:37 Cubs are on fire 2:06 Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos joins the show 2:36 Atlanta's best start since 1998 3:51 Matt Olson can do it all 6:33 Reaction to Walt Weiss' tackle in brawl 9:41 Braves depth in face of injuries 11:13 Reflecting on the iconic David Price 2015 trade 16:09 Sarah Langs plays the Numbers Game 17:04 Rich Eisen joins the show 17:19 Favorite John Sterling memories 21:23 Rich's Yankee fandom origin story 23:27 Favorite Yankee players growing up 24:20 Awkward Don Mattingly story 28:33 Rodon and Cole coming back 29:50 Why the Yankees are so good this year 35:40 Todd Radom joins the show 36:20 Best bobblehead giveaways this year 38:44 Quiz time! 39:56 Bleacher Tweets: Mike Trout to the east coast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Head to the coast in Abercrombie's latest summer drop.
0:05.0	It's short season, and their new C-Fade shorts add the perfect wash look to your fit.
0:10.2	They're so easy to throw on and pair with everything in your closet.
0:14.1	Complete the look with a new shirt and your set.
0:17.2	Prep for summer with Abercrombie in the app, online, and in stores.
0:29.2	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Friday, May, 2006, brought to by La Quinta by Wyndham.
0:38.0	Tonight, La Quinta, tomorrow you shine.
0:41.3	I'm Buster only working for my hotel in Boston, where on Thursday night we did the broadcast
0:46.2	between the Rays and the Red Sox.
0:48.9	Today, we'll be talking with Alex Anthopoulos, the head of baseball operations with the Braves.
0:53.8	Yankee superfan, Rich Eisen joins us with some John Sterling memories and his story about how
0:59.1	he creeped out a childhood hero. And we hear from Sarah Langs and Todd Radham. But first,
1:04.8	what's going on with the Chicago Cubs right now is absolutely insane. They were playing the Cincinnati
1:10.5	Reds in Wrigley Field on Wednesday
1:13.0	night, bottom in the ninth inning. There was one base runner on, one out, and Pete Crowe Armstrong
1:18.9	came to the plate. He pulled him on the pitch, swinging a drive, left center field, pretty deep
1:24.2	back toward the wall. That butt is gone. That butt is gone.
1:28.9	It's a tie game.
1:31.0	Can you believe it?
1:34.4	Pink, pro, Armstrong, an opposite alley home run.
1:39.6	This ballgame is back to even.
1:42.2	Tied at six.
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