Baseball Zealot Radio: Recent Episodes
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Hosts: Tom Summary: Erik Manning from FutureRedbirds.net is my guest. Erik talks about Future Redbirds and what his website is all about. He then gives his analysis of the Cardinals’ farm system. Finally, Erik does touch on the Cardinals’ big league team and talk about their chances in 2008. Time: 31:53 Date Recorded: 7:24/08 (Click Podcast icon to listen […]
Hosts: Tom and Todd Summary: On the night before the All-Star Game, Todd and Tom discuss the Brewers and Cubs trades for starting pitching then hit on the All-Star voting. We then do a quick wrap up of the MLB division by division. Time: 41:46 Date Recorded: 7:14/08 (Click Podcast icon to listen to the show) Listen […]
Hosts: Tom Summary: It’s been a while since we’ve put out a show but this is a good one. Teddy Ballgame and CLuke put me in touch with Erick Robertson who is a programmer who has created an online fantasy baseball “universe”. I took the time to create a login at Sim Yard and it […]
Hosts: Tom, Tedd, Chuck Summary: Our first roundtable of the year. Tom, Todd, and Chuck discuss the first week of Major League Baseball with special emphasis on the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs. We get a few words in about the University of Illinois baseball team, too. Time: 45:38 Date Recorded: 4/6/08 (Click Podcast […]
Hosts: Tom Summary: In a special show, I interview Shawn Roof. Roof is a former Illini who was drafted into the Detroit Tigers organization in 2007. He talks to us from the Tigers spring training camp in Lakeland, Florida. Roof talks about life in the minor leagues, his daily routine in spring training now and his […]
Hosts: Tom and Tedd Summary: Regular Tedd Mallasch, aka Teddy Ballgame, phones in an interview from Florida where he is enjoying some spring training games. He updates on what he has seen and who he has talked to. Check out Teddy’s daily reports from Florida on The Baseball Zealot. Time: 28:41 Date Recorded: 3/3/08 (Click Podcast icon to listen to […]
Hosts: Tom Summary: I interview Brian DeCaussin from Big Ten Hardball. Brian reviews the Big Ten baseball teams and we take a look at the first weekend of Big Ten baseball. Time: 26:10 Date Recorded: 2/26/08 (Click Podcast icon to listen to the show) Listen to the show via iTunes!
Hosts: Tom and Todd Summary: With Spring Training beginning this week, Todd and I chat about the latest in baseball news, We cover the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Roger Clemens ordeal, Alfonso Soriano, and a few of the trades and signings in the off-season. Time: 45:10 Date Recorded: 2/17/08 (Click Podcast icon to listen to the show) […]
Hosts: Tom: Summary: I interview Brian Foley from The College Baseball Blog. Brian chats a bit how The College Blog came about, sums up the 2007 college postseason and gives us a pre-season look at this year’s college baseball. Finally, we discuss where college baseball is headed as a college sport. Links: The College Baseball Blog Time: 28:39 […]
Hosts: Tom: Summary: In this week’s show, I interview author Dan Gordon who has just come out with his book, Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, Legends and Eerie Events with co-author Mickey Bradley. Dan talks about the impetus to write his book and relates some of the stories he heard when he and Mickey interviewed hundreds of […]