@KOANewsChad Photo: The Stanley Cup awaits the NHL team that wins the finals as the puck drops for the playoffs on Thursday night

On That’s Amaury’s podcast:

#1 The Stanley Cup Playoffs start on Thursday night. Amaury takes a look if the Sharks can make this a memorable postseason.

#2 The big moment for Amaury was covering the NHL Stanley Cup Finals when the Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks faced off in San Jose’s first final. Amaury covered the event for Telemundo TV. You just might see him back on Telemundo covering the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs again.

#3 Turning towards baseball a big week for the Los Angeles Angels. Shohei Ohtani who was named this week’s AL Player of the Week. Ohtani hit a home run in each of three games last week and Ohtani pitched into the seventh inning against the Oakland A’s on Sunday with a perfect game going. The A’s Mark Semien broke it up with a hit in the seventh.

#4 The Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher James Tallon was named the NL Player of the Week. Tallon threw a first career shutout, with 110 pitches, striking out seven, for a one hitter.

#5 The price of lumber went up to it’s all-time high at $516 and its stock is at $6.69, meaning the price to manufacture baseball bats are going up. Baseball will be spending a few more bucks to make the lumber bats. Also, minor league teams will be feeling the hit of paying for the more expensive lumber.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the vice president of the MLB Hispanic Heritage Museum, the Spanish radio voice of the Oakland A’s and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com