Managaer Jim Tracy of the LA Dodgers has the club on the right track. Without reading too much into early season results, Tracy and GM Dan Evans have put together a club that will stay in the division race. [Read more →]

The A’s are in Texas to start a three game series. Join Marty and his guest, Ranger’s rookie righthander, Colby Lewis. The first year big leaguer with a 96 MPH heater may be seeing a lot of action in the Ranger rotation as the season unfolds. Heard on KFRC 610 AM as well as MLB game day audio at 3:52 PM Pacific. [Read more →]

The Cardinals took two of three from the Astros, but tough times may be ahead for their starting pitchers. [Read more →]

The aces redeemed themselves on Sunday. Roger Clemens got victory number 281 in his Hall of Fame career, Pedro Martinez threw six innings of three hit ball, Brad Radke went six at SkyDome without too much trouble, and Kevin Brown took LA deep into the game. [Read more →]

Today the aces of the pitching staff who got knocked around in their first appearances get to restart their seasons. [Read more →]

In a two part show join Marty and Brian Parrott, son of well known traveling secretary Harold Parrott of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers as he discusses his father’s recently rereleased book, “The Lords of Baseball”. Brian recalls famous names from the book including Leo Durocher, Walter O’Malley, and Branch Rickey. Saturday’s show begins at 4:52 PM and Sunday’s an hour earlier at 3:52 PM, heard on KFRC 610 AM. [Read more →]

First Saturday of the season provides good match ups.

Two things are very clear right now. Barry Bonds is on fire and has been for the last two seasons. The Mariners are a more complete team than the A’s due to injuries on the Athletics. [Read more →]

Alan Goldfarb writes: Ah, human nature.

From where I sit — from inside the press box — I can tell you that there’s a schism between the ballplayers and the media. The reasons are varied. Players look down at the press because of some of the negative things written and said about them. Players look askance at overweight and undersized members of the media; and because most of them never played the game. And perhaps the most poignant reason of all: Players make a truckload more money than do the writers and broadcasters. [Read more →]

The A’s and Rangers series brought some things home to me about the strengths and weaknesses of these two teams.
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Two things are abundantly clear in the American league. The White Sox are in dire need of help with their bull pen and the A’s and Mariners are going to have a classic battle all season long for supremacy in the AL West. [Read more →]