Here is the show from Friday, January 13th in four separate MP3 files. My guests on the show are Shooty Babitt, Glenn Dickey, Tyler Bleszinski from Athleticsnation.com, and new A’s play by play voice Vince Cotroneo. If this format works I’ll try to put next Thursday’s show on the site too. Please let me know what you think of the format (workable, easy to download, etc. in the comments section).

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BEN BRAUN always has to be in control, and that personality trait will prevent the Cal basketball team from reaching its full potential this season.

Braun can’t take even the slightest criticism. When I’ve written that he needs to get an assistant who could fix his offense, he always makes a comment about that the next time we meet.
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Inside Baseball, the winter version will air this Friday night beginning at 5:30 PM on 1550 AM KYCY.

I’ll be live from Crogan’s Montclair. Expected guests
include Tyler Blezynski from Athleticsnation.com, Shooty Babitt, Glenn Dickey, and a surprise or two, perhaps Ken Korach’s new A’s radio partner for 2006.

We’ll also have Carl Foster who will break down the Cal-Stanford basketball game that will follow the show.

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Tonight we will have Inside Baseball here in the Bay Area on 1550 AM beginning at 6 PM live from Crogan’s Montclair.

Shooty Babitt will join Carl Foster and Steve Kroner writer from the SF Chronicle on the show. We’ll talk some Cal hoops too.

How does Jeromy Burnitz fit into the picture in Pittsburgh? Can his signing impact the A’s?

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On March 3 the first WBC (World Baseball Classic)will begin in the Tokyo Dome in Japan.Since at the present time Major League Baseball still trying to get Visas for the Cubans of Cuba.
Here I give you the “Free Cuba” team, made
of Cuban players living here in the United States
or in other free nations.

By Amaury Pi-González

Click below for Amaury’s team plus his comments on why this team is the proper one to represent Cuba in the tournament.

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With the announcement scheduled for Tuesday January 10th of the class for Baseball’s Hall of Fame, check out my podcast of the history of the Hall of Fame selection process plus my choices for induction into the Hall in 2006.

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Marty,
I really think it’d be great if you could convince Bruce to give an interview.

Read this.
http://www.heraldnet.com/Stories/01/7/2/13927467.cfm

Sincerely,
Sam Kaufman (a fan) [Read more →]

When I compiled my list of the top stories of 2005 it hit me that I really hadn’t anticipated most of them.

Which leads me to the conclusion: baseball is the one sport where the unexpected happens no matter how carefully one prepares for the season.

Two reasons: one is the injury factor, you never know who is going to get hurt during the season. Two, the length of the baseball season, which in actuality begins in February, gives plenty of opportunity for things to happen correct themselves, then happen again.

My number one story for 2005 is the White Sox world championship. I said last winter that they had made the most definitive moves of the off season, but who saw the dominance from day one in April all the way through to the dismantling of the Astros in the world series in late October for their first crown since 1917.

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If you are in Northern California you will be able to tune into “Inside Baseball. The Winter Version”, tonight Thursday on 1550 AM beginning at 6 PM.

Shooty Babitt and I will talk about the stories of 2005 plus speculate on the other moves which are sure to happen next month.

Carl Foster joins us previewing the Pac 10 basketball game between Cal and USC.

We can take some calls tonight at 1 888 610 4627.

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Miguel Tejada, Manny Ramirez, and Troy Glaus all will have new homes in 2006.

Glaus is first to relocate.

Looks like Glaus will end up in Toronto for Orlando Hudson, one of the best fielding second basemen in the game plus the versatile Miguel Batista (to Arizona).

So with Glaus coming aboard, what do the Blue Jays do with Corey Koskie, Shea Hillebrand, and Eric Hinske, players who are all DH/1B/3B?

JP Ricciardi could look to his pal in Oakland and send Hillebrand this way giving Ken Macha that righthanded bat he still craves for his lineup.

Certainly would be less messy than staying in the Tejada hunt.

The Red Sox and Cubs have extra money to burn because of the near miss on Rafael Furcal by Chicago and the defection of Johnny Damon to NY, they will spend that money, you can count on it.

Kevin Millwood likely will cash in in Boston, while the Cubs are dead serious about going after Tejada.

Where does this leave Jeff Weaver, a very serviceable righthander?

Could be back in LA with the Dodgers or maybe with the Angels joining his brother Jared who is close to pitching in the big leagues.

The Weavers won’t make you think of Dizzy and Paul Dean or the Niekros, Phil and Joe, but in todays game they appear healthy enough to throw 200 innings which is worth 8 million per year.

Crazy but true.

Happy holidays,

Marty
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