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March 27, 2025

Tampa Bay Rays @ George Steinbrenner - Yankees, O's, Jays & MLB DEI

Tampa Jay experience at George Steinbrenner Field & $16 beer - https://bit.ly/3FJ2Zud Dodgers Mookie Betts extreme weight loss Joe Maddon & Rick Vaughn Event at Tampa Baseball Museum - https://bit.ly/4iUXeYK Could Players fro...

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March 24, 2025

Womens Baseball Heritage Trail with Ryan Woodward of IWBC

Ryan Woodward - Project Coordinator with The International Women's Baseball Center (IWBC) IWBC sharing worldwide history of women in baseball Past Events include Baseball For All Nationals tournament, SABR, USA Women’s Nation...

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March 20, 2025

Jackie Robinson - Spring Training - AL East predictions & Tampa Bay R…

2 beautiful countries USA & Canada Jackie Robinson & DEI Jeff Passan and the DoD Will Jackie Robinson Day be cancelled Will Jackie’s #42 be retired to accommodate DEI Will Babe Ruth DoD response to ESPN MLB Tokyo Series Beer ...

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March 13, 2025

Rays Stadium Frustration, New Owners? + Outlook & Injuries - RaysUP

Tampa Smokers night at the Tampa Baseball Museum in Ybor with Joe Maddon & Larry Rothschild https://www.tampabaseballmuseum.org/ Rays Fans Stadium Fatigue Rays owner, Stu Sternberg's, past challenges with minority owners of R...

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March 6, 2025

Neighbours, Friendship, and Baseball over a Cup of Coffee

Baseball Author, Craig Calcaterra of Cup of Coffee visits the show Past interview on CBA & Ohtani Pete Rose to be pardoned Jackie Robinson – What is the way forward MLB, does what power wants Example of Rob Manfred & decisio...

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March 3, 2025

Boston Red Sox Spring Training wi/ Nat Gordo from Play Tessie

Boston Red Sox - A New Energy in 2024 The dramatic shift in attitude and confidence Alex Cora's perspective: last year, they had to talk up their chances; this year, the roster speaks for itself. Questions around third base a...

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Feb. 28, 2025

Blue Jays - Brent Cardy looks to the future of Vladdy Jr, Bo Bichette…

Toronto Blue Jays Spring Training & AL East Outlook Toronto Blue Jays Front Office Do You Miss Alex Anthopoulos? - "Every freaking day." Anthopoulos and Beeston were more transparent & connected with fans Atkins is more of a ...

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Feb. 23, 2025

Tampa Spring Training stories - Rick Vaughn

Rick Vaughn’s book "Tampa Spring Training Tales," brings the past to life & opens up a wealth of enjoyable stories including the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Smokers, Reds, White Sox & Red Sox @ historic Plant & Al Lopez Fields Ted W...

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Feb. 23, 2025

IWBC - Mission for Women in Baseball with Kat Williams & Leslie Heaph…

rebroadcast from Sept 2024 Guests: Leslie Heaphy & Kat Williams from the International Women’s Baseball Center share their stories and the mission of the IWBC MLB Develops - Trailblazer Series event at the Jackie Robinson Tr...

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Feb. 13, 2025

Spring Training, MLB Free Agents & Mookie gives advice

Super Bowl & Baseball Season Kickoff: Mark is happy to see football season ending & baseball season beginning Mat shares his excitement for baseball despite the cold in Canada. Spring Training & Player Movements: Discussion o...

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Feb. 6, 2025

Joy, Bad Choices, Alonso, Bregman, Kiermaier & Science Fiction baseba…

Pitcher and Catcher Report HAIL TO THE CHIEF Mark’s bad date, No Uber, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Eva, Friends sacrificed an evening with Grand Funk Regrets for making the wrong decision and it’s impact on other Voices skewe...

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Jan. 30, 2025

Lou Schiff - Attorneys in the Hall of Fame, Tony La Russa, fans in Ja…

Author & Judge Lou Schiff joins Mat & Mark 28 years on the bench Mitchell Hamline School of Law Upcoming book: Attorneys in the Baseball Hall of Fame Plans for Marlins games in LA and Milwaukee Visits to Japan and LA World Ba...

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Jan. 27, 2025

When Baseball Was Still Topps - Phil Coffin

Baseball history through the lens of the 1959 Topps Baseball Card collection. Phil Coffin, looks back at 1959 through the history of the complete 1959 baseball card collection. He revisits baseball players, managers & stories...

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Jan. 23, 2025

MLB beyond the Dodgers + Bring Pete Alonso back to Tampa Bay

Executive Order – One Baseball – All-Americans Can the Rays bring Pete Alonso home Alonso would be a strong leader on the team & marketing asset for the Rays Past considerations with Freddie Freeman & Nelson Cruz The Return ...

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Jan. 21, 2025

Bob Hope, Colorado Silver Bullets Women's Baseball, Journeys with Han…

“Baseball can’t truly be America’s pastime if women are prohibited from playing.” – Bob Hope Bob Hope’s Baseball Career Journey: College student to Atlanta Braves employee Starting as an office assistant to Assistant PR Direc...

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Jan. 16, 2025

Mat Germain's Top 50 Tampa Bay Rays Prospects - RaysUp

Mat Germain's extensive research into the Tampa Bay Rays has given him the insight to discover & assess the Top 50 Prospects in their farm system. He shares with us the gems of the Rays and the keys to their future in this ep...

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Jan. 9, 2025

RaysUp - 2025 Drew Rasmussen, Carson Williams, Xavier Isaac plus Tito…

Gratitude - Thank you to Canadians, including Mat Germain, for their contributions during hurricanes and wildfires in Florida and California. Excitement for upcoming 2025 Baseball Season Spring Training dates: Pitchers and Ca...

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Jan. 3, 2025

5th Annual Goofy Gobbler Baseball Awards - Cold Leftovers with Brando…

Mark Corbett introduces Brandon Noe who has been organizing the Goofy Gobbler Awards for the past five years. Brandon reflects on how the awards started as a joke but have now grown into a prestigious tradition. The Goofy Gob...

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Dec. 24, 2024

Janet Marie Smith, Dodgers, Senior Vice President of Planning and Dev…

Early days studying architecture and design in Mississippi & New York Janet Marie Smith’s work with Fenway, Dodgers Stadium, Camden Yards, Ed Smith ballpark Janet Marie has been recognized by Cooperstown Hall of Fame in the D...

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Dec. 19, 2024

Manfred / Oz visits Tampa Bay, Free Agents & A Curt Flood Christmas S…

Caleb Durbin – more like Dustin Pedroia or Jon Berti style of player? Durbin is Electric What can we expect from the Blue Jays in the AL East Blue Jays pitching is getting older but not as dominant in past years What do they ...

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Dec. 12, 2024

MLB Winter Meetings - Rule 5 - Juan Soto Effect

The Scott Boras Effect & Player Disadvantages Juan Soto's Big Contract and the Gambling Industry Influence on Salaries Why Soto Chose the Mets Steve Cohen's Impact on the Mets and MLB Mark shares a conversation with Lou Schif...

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Dec. 5, 2024

Golden Bats, Women in Baseball, Winter Meetings, MLB Stadiums & Juan …

Rays Stadium - John Fisher money & motivation in Vegas with the A's satire Tradition vs. Modernization in Baseball Golden Bat rule challenges the traditions of baseball. MLB becomes the Savannah Bananas Field Dimensions and F...

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Nov. 28, 2024

RaysUp Stadium Fiasco, White Sox future & Rays Prospects Tre' Morgan …

Happy Thanksgiving from BaseballBiz On Deck All primed up for the Rays Prospects List Mat's conversation with Baseball America, J.J. Cooper Blake Snell - $185 million 5-year contract with the Dodgers MLB - 10 teams that can a...

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Nov. 22, 2024

Beth Greenwood, a USAWNT trek, a Catcher's life in Women's Baseball,

USAWNT Baseball Player – Beth Greenwood - Women in Baseball Player Development Coach Won the Championship with the Comets at the AmericanGirlsBaseball.org Path to the USAWNT Baseball team Making the 40 player team with Ila Bo...

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