Posts from — June 2020
Talkin’ Giants’ Baseball.. June 27th
SAT June 27th – KNBR 680 GIANTS Postgame w/ Marty Lurie
Show Open: Marty’s show open: Now that Baseball’s back.. Is it here to stay?
Ron Wotus — PART 1: Marty and Bill Laskey talks to the Giants Professor Ron Wotus about what Spring Training 2.0 will look like at Oracle Park next week
Ron Wotus — PART 2: More with Marty and Bill talking ball with Giants 3B coach Ron Wotus
Ron Wotus — PART 3: Marty, Bill and the Professor Ron Wotus look back to great players like Rich Aurilia and Sergio Romo
Greatest Game: Marty looks back to one of the greatest games in Giants History: On May 25th 2016, the Giants beat the Padres 4-3 in 10 innings on Crawford’s RBI walk-off single. It was the 13th win in 14 games for the Giants’
Bruce Jenkins: Marty and Bruce looking thru the Windows of Baseball: Could the rule changes MLB will test during the shortened 2020 season make it to 2021 and beyond
Kerry Crowley: Marty talks with Kerry Crowley about what the Spring Training safety protocols will look like next week at Oracle Park
Ken Korach: Marty talks to Oakland A’s broadcaster Ken Korach about the A’s might be attempting to add a Bay Area radio station back into their broadcast mix after planning to have a streaming option only for the 2020 Season
Mark Sanchez: Marty talking ball with KNBR’s Mark Sanchez on will we see Joey Bart in the 60-man roster in the shorten 2020 season and Who’s the starting Centerfielder on this team?
Hank Schulman: Marty chats with SF Chronicle’s Hank Schulman on will the Giants look at 2020 as a development season or will they push to make the playoffs
Jean Fruth + Jeff Idelson: Jeff Idelson talks about the successful debut in 2019 for Grassroots Baseball along historic Route 66 and photographer Jean Fruth talks about her newest book — Grassroots Baseball: Where Legends Begin
Mark Simon: Marty talks to Mark Simon from Sports Info Solutions
Show Close: Marty thanks the fans, guests and family
June 28, 2020 No Comments
Talkin’ Giants’ Baseball.. June 20th
SAT June 20th – KNBR 680 GIANTS Postgame w/ Marty Lurie
Adam Copeland: Marty chats with Adam Copeland about how MLB should be embracing the African-American Culture
Ron Wotus — PART 1: Marty talks with Bill Laskey and Giants 3B coach Ron Wotus on how much lead time does he needs to get ready for the season
Ron Wotus — Part 2: More with Marty and Bill talking ball with the Professor Ron Wotus
Ron Wotus — Part 3: Last Segment with Marty and Bill talking ball with Giants Professor Ron Wotus breaking down Pat the Bat when he joined the Giants 2010
Show open: Marty’s opening segment talking about MLB rejecting the players’ proposal on playing more than 60 games
Greatest Game: Marty looks back to one of the Greatest Game in Giants History — on Sept 4th 2010.. Giants wild 5-4 victory over the Dodgers on Juan Uribe’s 2-run homer in the Top of the 9th
Bruce Jenkins: Marty looking thru the Windows of Baseball with Bruce Jenkins: Are we ready to see the DH in the National League this year?
Jay Horwitz: Marty talks to author Jay Horwitz about his latest book — Mr. Met: How a Sports-Mad Kid from Jersey Became Like Family to Generations of Big Leaguers
Kerry Crowley: Marty talking ball with Kerry Crowley about the biggest hurdle for baseball in 2020: Can the season survive the 2nd Covid wave?
Katie Woo: Marty talking ball with Katie Woo from MinorLeagueBaseball.com about what would happened to next year’s MLB draft if there was no season this year
Rick Rizzs: Marty and Voice of Mariners, Rick Rizzs look back to when Ken Griffey Jr first came up to the majors
Al Casciato: Marty chats with Former SFPD Captain Al Casciato about the time he came up with the Uncle Abe Award honoring Marty’s Uncle Abe, who introduced Marty to the game of baseball
Thomas Harding: Marty talks to Thomas Harding about baseball needing to accept COVID-19 reality
Mark Simon: Marty talks to Mark Simon from Sport Info Solutions about how MLB is confronting the CoronaVirus concern
Andrew Baggarly: Marty talks to Andy Baggs about baseball facing the sober realities in negotiations and COVID-19
Gus Triandos: Marty talks to Gus Triandos about Jim Bunning throwing a Perfect Game on Father’s Day to beat the Mets
Show Close: Marty closing segment.. What will we find out this week?
June 21, 2020 No Comments
Marty Lurie talks about the Owners and the MLBPA failing to iron out an agreement on the Mark Willard Show
Marty joins the Mark Willard show to explain why the Owners and the MLBPA have failed in their efforts to iron out an agreement
June 17, 2020 No Comments
Talkin’ Giants’ Baseball.. June 13th
SAT June 13th – KNBR 680 GIANTS Postgame w/ Marty Lurie
David Lander: Marty talking ball with actor David Lander, best known for his role of Andrew “Squiggy” Squiggman, about the time pitcher Dock Ellis threw a No-Hitter high on LSD 50 years ago
Show Open: Marty’s Opening Segment on the Draft and Why is there no agreement between the players and owners yet?
Ron Wotus — PART 1: Marty and Bill talking ball with the Giants Professor Ron Wotus about latest 30 for 30 documentary focusing on that summer and the McGwire-Sosa showdown in 1998
Ron Wotus — PART 2: More with Marty and Bill with Giants 3B coach Ron Wotus
Ron Wotus — PART 3: Last Segment Marty and Bill talking ball with the Professor Ron Wotus
Nick Piecoro: Marty talks to Nick Piecoro about MLBPA rejecting the latest proposal, tells MLB to schedule the season and ‘tell us when and where’: What happens if there’s no agreement?
Kerry Crowley: Marty talks to Kerry about MLB owners made a proposal Friday to the players for a 72-game season with 70 percent of the prorated salaries going to the players
Greatest Game: Marty remembers one of the Greatest Games in Giants History: On August 24, 2010, Freddy Sanchez starts to heat up with back-to-back four hit games in victories over the Reds
Bruce Jenkins: Marty and Bruce looking thru the Windows of Baseball: Did the Giants pick safe players in the 2020 draft? Why did they pick another catcher?
Thomas Wolf: Marty talks to author Thomas Wolf about his latest book — The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, and the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932
Alex Pavlovic: Marty talking ball with Alex Pavlovic about why the Giants picked another catcher when they just pick Joey Bart last draft?
Melissa Lockard: Marty talking ball with Melissa Lockard from the Athletic about the first picks from the Giants and A’s
JP Hoornstra: Marty chats with MLB reporter for the Southern California News Group JP Hoornstra on what’s the mood of the fans with MLBPA Rejecting Final Proposal
Craig Elsten: Marty talks with Craig Elsten Host of #CrossingStreams TV podcast + the #MTPGA Padres podcast about how Padres could breakout this year if there’s ever a season in 2020
Mark A. Simon: Marty talking ball with Mark Sanchez from Sports Info Solutions
Tom Giorgi: Marty talks with Tom Giorgi talks about What’s new at Giorgi Brothers Furniture during the phase 3 of the Stay-at-Home Order
Show Close: Marty’s Closing Segment thanking the guests, sponsors and the fam
June 14, 2020 No Comments
Marty Lurie talking ball on the Scott Reiss Show: Will we see Baseball in 2020?
Scott Reiss talking ball with KNBR’s Pregame Host Marty Lurie about how many MLB games we’ll see in 2020 if there is a baseball season
June 11, 2020 No Comments
Talkin’ Giants’ Baseball.. June 6th
SAT June 6th – KNBR 680 GIANTS Postgame w/ Marty Lurie
Art Howe: Marty chats with Former A’s manager Art Howe about his recovery after a nearly week-long stay in the ICU at a Houston hospital with coronavirus
Marty’s Show Open: Marty opens the show talking about MLB making a statement more than a week after George Floyd’s killing at the hands of Minneapolis police officers
Greatest Game: Marty remembers one of the Greatest Game in SF Giants History. On Sept 17th, 2019.. Mike Yastrzemski, grandson of Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski, hit a home run in his first game at Fenway Park
Ron Wotus — PART 1: Marty and Bill Laskey chatting with the Professor Ron Wotus about mound conversations and pulling pitchers from the games
Ron Wotus — PART 2: Part 2 of Marty and Bill talking ball with the Giants 3B coach
Ron Wotus — PART3: More with Marty and Bill with the Giants Professor Ron Wotus
Bruce Jenkins: Marty and Bruce talking ball: Both MLBPA and the Owners have ‘greater pessimism’ than ever about having season after league rejects union’s proposal and threatens implementing 50-game season
Kerry Crowley: Marty talking ball with Kerry Crowley about this week in the baseball negotiations and about the protesters fighting for change in this country
Keith Law: Marty talking minor league ball with Keith Law about the upcoming baseball draft coming up on Wednesday
Brad Mangin: Marty talking ball with Sports Photographer Brad Mangin about the pictures of Willie Mays that Brad put together to illustrate Willie’s life in John Shea‘s best-seller “24”
Joan Ryan: Marty talks to award-winning sportswriter and author Joan Ryan about her new book — Intangibles: Unlocking the Science and Soul of Team Chemistry
Barry Tompkins: Marty talking ball with Boxing play by play commentator for @SHOsports, Barry Tompkins. He talks about 35 years of play by play commentating of many different sports he has broadcasted
Mark Simon: Marty talks with Mark Simon from Sports Info Solutions as he breaks down Russ Ortiz, Marquis Grissom and more
Barry Bloom: Marty talks to Barry Bloom from Sportico about the chances we see baseball in 2020
June 7, 2020 No Comments