“Wingspan Like a Condor”: Padres on 5-Game Heater; Francisco Lindor’s problems are getting weird; Bob Costas Stops By

Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

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🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The New York Yankees were thrown into chaos all weekend long because of the Rays’ Chandler Simpson and his speed. Eduardo Pérez and Buster discuss, plus, the San Diego Padres are hot, can the Sacramento Athletics’ pitching hold up at home, what’s up with the Mets’ Francisco Lindor, and who had the idea for every player to wear No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day. Later, NBC Sports’ Bob Costas stops by to talk about his role on Sunday Night Baseball, Buster’s first encounter with Bob, if managers will tighten up ABS challenges as the season continues, interactions with Jackie Robinson’s family, and the full story on the 1988 Dodger team chanting “Kill Costas!” before a World Series game. 0:00 Welcome 1:31 Eduardo Pérez joins the show 1:55 Rays Chandler Simpson terrorizes Yankees 7:32 Padres hot 9:08 Athletics: Real or not 10:05 Mets Francisco Lindor’s issues 12:34 Was Eduardo at Jackie Robinson’s last recorded speech? 16:58 All players wearing No. 42 was Ken Griffey Jr.’s idea 21:00 Bob Costas joins the show 25:30 Buster’s first encounter with Bob 26:46 Thought ABS would be used more judiciously 35:15 Interactions with Jackie Robinson’s family 39:10 “Kill Costas” 44:49 Bleacher Tweets CALL THE SHOW: 406-404-8460 EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS Follow The Baseball Tonight Podcast on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHeL6O-A-ASmSMwbSCFvPKEq1Cslo_lrw Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5FG6xCcd338SgZjZ9urHRI Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-tonight-with-buster-olney/id137699414 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.8	This is the baseball tonight podcast for Monday, April 13th,26, and today will be better than yesterday.
0:39.5	I'm Buster Only, about ready to leave for L.A.
0:41.6	We've got the Jackie Robinson Day game broadcast on Wednesday, Joe Buck, Ron Darling,
0:46.5	Oral Hersheiser, myself.
0:49.1	Taylor Swink, though, I know right now, you know, you're producing from back in Bristol,
0:53.9	a lot of concerns about the Orioles injuries. I mean, they're just getting, it just feels like every day there are two more injuries. Buster, really, man? We're going to talk about Jackie Robinson extensively and, you know, revel in, you know, empathizing with you. I'm feeling sorry for you. Yeah, yeah. I mean, and they won the series against the Giants, too. I mean, they've won two straight series, which is good. I've, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'll make my serious stance on, like, where this team is at, but, but as long as they're hovering around 500, it's all good, Buster.
1:28.0	They can do that with these injuries for now.
1:30.7	Okay.
1:31.1	That's the last.
1:32.1	We'll mention the Orioles, I think, on the podcast today. We're going to be talking with Bob Costas, who has great perspective on the ABS. and also he tells a great story about how it came to pass that he had a bunch of Dodger players,
1:45.5	led by timeless sort of chanting kill cops. And also he tells a great story about how it came to pass that he had a bunch of Dodger players,
1:45.4	led by timeless sort of chanting, kill Costas.
1:49.8	And we'll be talking to Wardo Perez.
1:52.0	I'll ask him, real or not, Chandler Simpson and the Rays, Francisco Lindor's struggles,
1:57.9	the A's who had a great week in New York.
2:00.1	So a lot of fun coming up.
2:03.6	Eduardo Perez is an analyst for ESPN, and Eduardo, first off, welcome. How are you?
2:09.7	Good, man. I cannot complain. Any day that I can start off my day by having a conversation
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