Inside Baseball with Marty Lurie – Oakland A’s in 2007: Strong Bullpen, Sammy Sosa: Good pick up for Texas?, Barry Bonds & the Giants: Is the deal off the table?

Segment one : Marty & Ken Korach
Segment two : Marty & Mike Dennis (from the Warehouse)
Segment three : Marty & Susan Slusser
Segment four : Marty &, New A’s Manager, Bob Geren [Read more →]

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame will exhibit again at ATT Park during ther KNBR/Giants Winterfest and also at the McAfee Coliseum in Oakland during A’S Fanfest 2007.
The KNBR/Giants Winterfest will be on Saturday January 20 and the Oakland Athletics 2007 Fanfest will be on Saturday January 27.
Many players from both Bay Area teams will be present,sign autographs and mingle with local baseball fans.

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This week (1/18) Inside Baseball will originate live from the Warehouse at 4th and Webster in Oakland beginning at 6 PM airing on 1550 am KYCY in the Bay Area. Ken Korach, A’s manager Bob Geren, and Susan Slusser will join me via telephone. The Rangers hope Sammy Sosa will be their 2007 version of Frank Thomas. How do you like Carlos Zambrano asking for 15.5 million in salary arbitration? Guess we know what sort of money he will be looking for next winter. [Read more →]

Inside Baseball with Marty Lurie – Hall of fame: Will McGwire ever make it to the Hall?, Bonds: Testing Positive? Piazza: Will he have the impact Frank Thomas had?

Segment one : Marty & Ken Korach
Segment two : Marty & New York Vinnie (Seattle)
Segment three : Marty & Vince Cotroneo
Segment four : Marty & Callers: Curt from Fairfield [Read more →]

This week Inside Baseball the winter version will originate from Crogans Montclair beginning at 6 PM Pacific Thursday heard on 1550 AM in the Bay Area. We will also post the show on the site following the broadcast. Guests include A’s broadcasters Ken Korach and Vince Cotroneo, New York Vinnie, a very entertaining talk show host from Seattle, and the Chronicle’s Susan Slusser. We will talk about the Hall of Fame balloting, Barry Zito, and possible off season moves still on the horizon. See you there, Marty. [Read more →]

As we look at the NBA and the NFL we can clearly see the growing percentage of minority coaches and people in decision making jobs. However,at the start of 2007 the same cannot be said about Major League Baseball. [Read more →]

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I don’t know anybody that can predict the future, although once Giants manager Roger Craig said prior to the 1988 Playoffs; "don’t ever bet against the Dodgers pitching and Kirk Gibson" later I witnessed in Dodger Stadium the home run by Kirk Gibson that beat the Oakland Athletics in the first game of that World Series and also Orel Hershiser win the MVP of that classic. Roger:Humm Baby" Craig was 100X100 correct. If we could all predict the future in this business like Craig did prior to the 1988 playoffs we will all be wise men. [Read more →]

Inside Baseball with Marty Lurie – Key player Loses: Will the A’s miss Thomas, Zito, How good will Piazza be?, Barry Zito: Good pick up for the Giants? , Joe Blanton: Trade bait?

Segment one : Marty & Ken Korach
Segment two : Marty & Ken Korach
Segment three : Marty & Tyler Bleszinski
Segment four : Marty & Glen Dickey [Read more →]

Click here to listen to Marty’s New Year Greeting, plus a preview of the Winter edition shows of Inside Baseball coming up on 1550AM KYCY/KYOU. [Read more →]