We start off the episode by discussing the career of Willy Mays, who past away on June 18, 2024. We then feature an interview done by Jack Horner, a Twin Cities broadcaster, while Mays played for the Minneapolis Millers. Then, we discussed the performance of Royce Lewis since he returned from the strained quad he suffered at the beginning of the season. Other topics on the episode include the performances of some of the other players on the Twins roster, updates to injuries and the Twins schedule. Some notable performances discussed included the play of Willy Castro, the hitting of Jose Miranda and the pitching performance of Simeon Woods Richardson the recent outstanding pitching outings of Baily Ober and Pablo Lopez were also discussed. Willy Mays interview is courtesy of the Pavek Museum website. You can find the audio at https://pavekmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/jack-horner/.
Don Wardlow, baseball's first blind broadcaster and host of The Baseball Lifer podcast is back to discuss several baseball topics. We get a preview of the College World Series. We also discuss the Mets Phillies series in London as well as the Yankees Dodgers series that both took place last weekend. We take a look at the standings and the suspension of five baseball players for gambling. To check out Don's podcast, you can find it on most podcast apps or at https://the-baseball-lifer.pinecast.co
We start the episode on discussing some late breaking news regarding Royce Lewis, who had suffered a quad strain at the beginning of the season. We then get into the episode that was recorded earlier where we discussed meeting an interesting person at the ballpark. We then discussed the play of the Twins over the past three weeks. Willy Castro made some boneheaded plays against the New York Yankees. Jhoan Duran made some comments regarding pitch selection that make us ask if Manager Rocco Baldelli has lost control of the team. We touched on some of the other Twins injuries. We also take a look at the standings as well as discussing some other baseball topics including the possibility of having a hundred stolen bases by a player this season and robo umps not coming to the Major Leagues next season.
The Twins are winners of ten in a row. My Dad and I start the episode off by discussing the recent play of the Twins. We discuss the latest injury to Byron Buxton and the return of some of the injured players such as Carlos Correa. Also, the Twins TV situation takes a turn, possibly for the worse the rest of the season as Bally Sports channels are currently not available to Comcast subscribers. Later on, Bob Branco, a Boston Red Sox fan and the host of a show called Sports Round Table joins the show to break down the Red Sox.
If you would like to check out episodes of Sports Round Table, go to this link.
https://www.brancoevents.com/category/sports-round-table-podcasts/
The Minnesota Twins are 6-11 to start the season. On this episode, we break down the slow start. We discuss the dismal hitting and inconsistent pitching. We also give updates on some of the injuries including Royce Lewis, Carlos Correa and Max Kepler. Towards the end of the show, we tried to figure out why there are so many Tommy John injuries to pitchers.