Welcome to The Roundtable! The Athletic's Cardinals writer Katie Woo is in this week. They talk about the resurgent St Louis Cardinals, if the MLB All-Star game still fun, what happened to the Braves offense and what to make of the AL West.

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Starkville | The Orioles are off to an amazing start to the season. O's broadcast Melanie Newman talks about how the young Orioles have taken the next step this season, how Brandon Hyde has become a great players manager and much much more.

Strange But True: The Tour de Lankford happened on Sunday. Rangers rookie Wyatt Lankford hit for the cycle during the game becoming the first player to do it this season, Doug talks about the amazing season and story Lankford has.

Trivia returns next week

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Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re digging through the mailbag and answering listener submitted questions.

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Welcome to The Roundtable! Athletic's Dodgers writer Fabian Ardaya is in this week. They talk about the great 5 part series by The Athletic on Missing Bats, how great a story Steven Kwan is, is it time to sell in Toronto and why the D-backs are Grant's most disappointing team.

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Starkville | The great Willie Mays passed away last week. John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle joins the guys to talk about the life of Willie Mays, his thoughts on the current game of baseball, Willie's only regret in his life and much more. John co-authored "24: Life Stories and Lessons from the Say Hey Kid" with Willie Mays back in 2020.

Strange But True: We have a first in MLB and in Starkville! There was a walk off pitch clock violation or a "clock off" to end the Rockies-Nationals game on Saturday night.

Trivia from Brian St John- Who are the only two players to ever lead the League in Home Runs and Triples in the same season? 

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Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re remembering Willie Mays and discussing the game at Rickwood Field. Then, we’re sifting through the contender tiers to figure out who we believe in most. 

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Willie Mays died on Tuesday, June 19. Considered one of the greatest to ever play the game if not the greatest, the Hall of Famer was 93 years old.

Grant Brisbee has written about the Giants since 2003 and has covered the club for The Athletic since 2019. He grew up in the Bay Area, going to games at Candlestick and even becoming a vendor there. He published this story after Mays' passing.

Written version of Grant's story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5574529/2024/06/19/willie-mays-wikipedia-death/

Credits:

-Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) by the Treniers (1954)

-La Vie En Rose performed by Louis Armstrong (1950)

-Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1964)

-Skating by Vince Guaraldi Trio (1964)

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Welcome to The Roundtable! Each week, we will yammer about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. Athletic Marc is back this week to talk some ball with Andy and Grant. They talk about the if the Dodgers and Yankees are concerned about all their injuries, do they even care about the regular season and they talk about the team's that are already toast this season and have no light at the end of the tunnel.

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Starkville | The Royals are off to a pretty hot start to the season. Royals GM J.J. Picollo takes a trip to Starkville and talks about their busy offseason, finding their identity, the new extension for Bobby Witt Jr and much more.

Strange But True: The Red Sox ran wild on the Yankees on Sunday night. Boston set a franchise record of 9 stolen bases in a game vs NY on Sunday Night Baseball.

Trivia from Andrew Althaus: Between 1930 and 1990 only 1 player had a season with 130+ rbis and another season with 50+ steals. Can you name him?

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Welcome to The Show to Be Named Later with Stephen Nesbitt and Chad Jennings. This week, we’re previewing trade season! Who are the buyers? Who are the sellers? Do the Dodgers need a shortstop? 

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Welcome to The Roundtable! Each week, we will yammer about the biggest topics/stories in MLB. Athletic MLB Writer Rustin Dodd is in this week for Marc.. They talk about the influx of gambling in baseball is happening and they break down the Athletic's new MLB Players Poll 2024.

Here is the link to the Players Poll 2024 story: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5529966/2024/06/10/mlb-player-poll-overrated-underrated-worst-organization/

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