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Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Owners could take months to vote on A’s relocation; Owners waiting on relocation app

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The Unite the Bay crewneck sweatshirt will most likely be sold by outside vendors at Oracle Park in San Francisco when Oakland A’s fans invite San Francisco Giants fans to join in the reverse boycott on Tue Jul 26, 2023 (photo by lavashirt and special kotton)

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 Jerry, I know you’ve said it time and time again that you won’t believe the A’s are gone until you see the shovels in the ground at the Tropicana.

#2 The A’s are in a similar situation that the San Francisco Giants were in in 1992 when they were about to move to Tampa Bay but in that case the league did tell the Giants to find someone to buy the team and keep them in San Francisco. In this situation it’s all dependent on the owners voting for the relocation. Do you see any chance that the owners will vote no. David Samson the former Miami Marlins president believes the A’s will end up staying in Oakland.

#3 The MLB owners may not vote for another few more months, why the delay on voting, is it because their haggling over the team relocation fee being waved, is it because relocating to the smallest MLB market does sit well with the owners, or playing in what will be the smallest MLB park?

#4 Some of the writers that cover the A’s have said that the owners are one group and they will vote to relocate the A’s. Politically if someone wanted something in the future after the vote each owner would have to cooperate or it could be the owners to vote down the relocation that would keep the A’s in Oakland.

#5 Bally’s which is under the umbrella of Diamond Sports Group which operates MLB’s broadcast streaming services has filed bankruptcy and forced the San Diego Padres to get help from MLB to broadcast their games is this the same Bally’s group managing that manages the Tropicana and Hotel resort.

Join Jerry Feitelberg for the Oakland A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Memories of Oakland  (No.8 in Series)   Charlie O and MC Hammer

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Former Oakland A’s owner Charlie O Finley rides A’s mascot Charlie O the Mule a popular mascot with fans and kids of the A’s (Fountain City Frequency photo)

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

OAKLAND–During the 1970s, two special Oakland A’s stories developed under owner Charlie O Finley.

1-The famous team mascot Charlie O, is named after the stubborn owner. When the team moved to Oakland, Mr.Finley brought the mule from Kansas City; it was originally a gift he received in 1963. The mule was the state animal, and it was a gift from the Governor of the state of Missouri.

All kinds of animals were behind the old Kansas City Municipal Stadium outfield fence. At that time, the A’s shared the stadium with the NFL KC Chiefs, who also had an animal mascot, a horse called Warpaint, who would go on the field after every time the Chiefs scored.

Charlie O the Mule died in 1976 at the age of 20. Mr.Finley would travel the mule during the World Series years, especially to teams’ hotels on the road, getting a lot of publicity from the media. During the 1972-74 three A’s World Series dynasty years, Charlie O. would be present for parties after the World Series games at the former Hyatt House on Hegenberger Road, Oakland.

In 1976 The year the mule died, the A’s ended in second place in the West with a 87-74 record, two and a half games out of first place. Charlie O the Mule was so popular that a song was written and recorded about the mule. (Scroll down to listen to recording from You Tube)

2-MC Hammer, the famous rapper (his real name Stanley Kirk Burrell) was a young kid that owner Finley discovered playing music on his boom box at the Coliseum parking lot and as he met him, the colorful owner made him a bat-boy and later, his right hand.

As a young kid, I remember he would be in the Oakland A’s Press Box at the Coliseum bringing broadcasters coffee or anything we needed. My then broadcast partner Julio González, (no relation), we would get a kick out of Stanley, which is what we called him as a kid.

He would also pick up the phone with frequency during games at Oakland to let owner Finley in Chicago know how the A’s were doing during the game. Stanley would do the play-by-play of the game directly and exclusively on the telephone to Mr.Finley.

He did this for years as a young teen and then until he was 18. Years ago, when Stanley was mostly known as M.C. Hammer, and had recorded his big hit “You Can’t Touch This”, he made an appearance at the Coliseum. I remember he stepping out of a long white limousine; I called his name, and we spoke for a couple of minutes; he asked me if I was still doing Spanish for the A’s.

He was a full-grown man, very well sharply dressed and very personable, and still enjoying recognition from his fame as a pop music recording star. He had a great music career, unfortunately later filed for bankruptcy. He rebounded and now is an investor and consultant for various companies.

These memories of the Oakland As will forever be engraved in my memory. Nobody can take that away from me, even if they move to Las Vegas or anyplace else. There is little doubt these two stories, 1-Charlie O and 2-MC Hammer, are part of the story of the Athletics. The Athletics were Chartered members of the American League in the year 1901 as the Philadelphia As, later Kansas City As, and today the Oakland As.

Quote: “If a manager of mine ever said someone was indispensable, I’d fire him. Charlie Finley.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice for the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Takes Two From Reds 4-2 and 11-10 in Marathon Night Cap

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Camilo Doval (left) shares congratulations with first baseman Wilmer Flores after their victory over the Cincinnati Reds in a make up suspended game (first game) at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Cincinnati on Tue Jul 18, 2023 (AP News photo)

San Francisco Takes Two From Reds 4-2 and 11-10 in Marathon Night Cap

By Barbara Mason

Monday night the San Francisco Giants (54-41) were tied with the Cincinnati Reds (50-46) 2-2 going into the eighth inning at Citizen’s Bank Ballpark. They had two runners on second and third with one out. The Giants have been having some amazing late inning success and this eighth inning had all the makings of yet another one. Mother Nature had other plans. The skies opened up complete with lightning and thunder and after nearly a two-hour delay, the game was suspended.

Front game: Tuesday afternoon both teams took the field to complete this game picking up where they left off with the score tied 2-2. San Francisco was unable to bring the two runners on base home and this game went into extra innings.

The Giants went to work in the tenth inning scoring twice. Joc Pederson doubled bringing Brett Wisely home and taking the lead 3-2. Next up Michael Conforto grounded into a field’s choice and Pederson scored for a 4-2 lead which would be the final and San Francisco had won game one of this series.

The two teams would take a breather before they headed back on the field for game two. Anthony DeSclafani was on the mound for the Giants. Luke Weaver got the nod for the Reds.

Night cap: In the first inning of game two Wilmer Flores got the Giants on the board with a home run taking the early 1-0 lead.

The Reds took the lead in the bottom of the first inning 2-1. Jake Fraley homered with Matt McLain on base. The Reds extended their lead in the second inning with another long ball from Will Benson with Spencer Steer on base and Cincinnati had a 4-1 lead.

San Francisco tied up the game in the third inning. Wilmer Flores hit his second home run of the game, a three-run shot and the Giants were right back in this game tied 4-4.

This game would see-saw all night with the two teams trading the lead. Going into the ninth inning San Francisco was clinging to an 11-10 lead. Six home runs left the park between the two teams in this slug fest.

The Giants were unable to put any runs on the board in the ninth and the Reds had the bottom of the ninth to tie up this game or pull off a win. The Giants defense held on and despite the Reds having two runners on base, San Francisco had won game two of this series 11-10 for their seventh win in a row.

The third game of four games of this series will be played on Wednesday with first pitch at 4:10 PM. Ross Stripling (0-2 ERA 6.11) will take the mound for the Giants. Cincinnati will be going with Graham Ashcraft (4-7 ERA 5.95) on the hill.

A’s three runs in second enough in 3-0 shutout over Red Sox; Oakland’s eight game losing streak comes to an end

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Oakland A’s Almedmys Diaz (left) and JJ Bleday (right) celebrate after Bleday’s second inning home run against the Boston Red Sox at the Oakland Coliseum on Tue Jul 18, 2023 (AP News photo)

Boston (51-45). 000 000 000. – 0 5. 3

Oakland (26-71) 030 000. 000 – 3 7. 0

Time: 2:15

Attendance: 10,115

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–I’ve started to think that “bullpen game” is a misnomer. Last night’s knockout performance against the A’s by Boston’s Nick Pivetta featured a reliever, a starter and second relief pitcher, who served as mop up man. Only the order of their appearance was changed; the pitcher on the roster as a starter replaced the opener, a reliever, in the third. It wasn’t the bullpen that defeated the A’s; it was a member of the rotation, coming out of the bullpen.

Tonight’s contest between the teams from the place that calls itself with false modesty The Town and the city that proudly bills itself as The Hub of the Universe, also was one of those that baseball’s new lexicon dubs as a bullpen game. In this case, Red Sox reliever Joe Jacques , a veteran of 10 big league games, none of which he had started, opened for them and gave up three runs, all of them earned in 2-2/3 innings.

Jacques was charged with the loss and now has a record of 1-1, 5.79. He was followed by another left handed reliever, Chris Murphy, who pitched 4-2/3 strong frames . Joely Rodríguez and Richard Bleier also performed well on the mound for Boston.

The Athletics went with Luis Medina, the only right handed starter besides last night’s losing pitcher, Paul Blackburn, on their active roster. The result was a surprise 3-0 win for the home team.

Medina lasted 5-2/3 impressive frames, holding the Bosox to scoreless, although he left with a runner on first. He allowed only three hits and a walk. His pitch count was 80, with 53 strikes. He also was called for a pitch clock violation in the first inning. Sam Long, Shintaro Fujinami, Sam Moll, and Trevor also pitched for the A’s. Medina earned the win, bettering his season’s totals to 3-7, 5.79.

The A’s started strong and fizzled out quickly. Tony Kemp led off the bottom of the first with what might have been the Curse of the leadoff doubles to end all curses of lead off doubles. His hit landed near the right field foul line and got away from Alex Verdugo. It originally was scored as a triple, but that ruling was revised to a double and an error. An inning later, the scoring was again revised. Kemp was credited once more with a triple.

Kemp wisely didn’t try to score on Zach Gelof’s fly to medium deep left but did try to advance when Jacques’ 2-0 pitch to Jordan Díaz got past catcher Jorge Alfaro, who raced back to home to tag Kemp out. Kemp jumped over Alfaro, but home plate umpire Adam Hamari called him out for running out of the base path and ejected manager Mark Kotsay for his vehement arguing of the call.

In spite of that inauspicious start, Oakland took the lead in the home half of the second. with a home run by Ryan Noda, the only Athletic to have gotten a hit in last night’s debacle. It was Noda’s 11th round tripper of the year and travelled 402 feet into right center field with an exit velocity of 105.3 mph. Aledmys Díaz followed with a single to short and went to second on Yu Chang’s errant throw.

The 90 feet Díaz advanced proved to be irrelevant because JJ Bleday parked a sinker 396 feet into left center. The pitch came in at 91.2 mph and left and at 105.1 mph. The A’s now led 3-0, and Chris Murphy relieved Jacques to walk Kemp and strike out Gelof and Jordan Díaz to put out the fire.

Sam Long relieved Medina after Justin Turner’s two out single brought up left handed hitting clean up hitter Yoshida Masataka. The A’s southpaw got him to ground out to third, preserving Oakland’s 3-0 lead.

Shintaro Fujinami pitched a scoreless top of the seventh, and Joey Rodríguez put the A’s down in order in the bottom half of the frame. Sam Moll, with the help of a nifty play by Gelof at second for the third out, hurled a perfect top of the eighth.

Richard Bleier, reinstated yesterday from Boston’s injured list, allowed a leadoff double to Jordan Díaz, but The Curse worked, and we went into the ninth inning with the A’s hanging on to their 3-0 lead.

Trevor May earned the save, his seventh by surrendering nothing more harmful than a walk in the Bosox’ last at bat.

Oakland now is 26-71, .268 IF OK L 25-72 .258. Kansas City’s 11-10 defeat of the Tigers left the Royals. at 28-68, .292

One July 18, 1899, the Cleveland Spiders, until this year the worst major league team ever, split a double header with the Senators in Washington, winning the first game 5-4 and being mauled in the second, finishing the day at 14-64, .179.

The New York Mets of 1962, up to now the model of baseball futility in the modern era, were idle on July 18, which enabled them to preserve their record of 24-64, .273.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, the Red Sox will send Brayan Bello (7-5, 3.14) to face the A’s and Ken Waldichuk (2-6, 6.66). First pitch 12:37 at the Oakland Coliseum.

Headline Sports podcast with Auggie Mussenburg: MLB owners A’s relocation vote delay; Golden Fields memories; plus more

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Golden Gate Fields is about to close permanently it opened in 1941 and is closing to merge their business model in the Southland leaving the Bay Area with no race tracks (San Francisco Chronicle file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Auggie:

#1 MLB owners have not taken a vote on relocating the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas do you think there is haggling going on behind the scenes and the owners don’t like the idea of moving a team in the fifth largest market to what would be the smallest market in MLB.

#2 If a move is made how much will MLB owner be concerned about losing the gate in the smallest MLB Park and smallest media MLB market.

#3 Golden Gate Fields Race Track will close permanently after the ’23 Meet in December 2023. The historic track is the last of what were two race tracks the other being Bay Meadows. The Stronach Group will double business at the Santa Anita Race Track and train at San Luis Rey Downs and at San Luis Rey Downs in the Southland.

#4 The Boston Red Sox shutout the A’s in a laugher Monday night. The Sox Connor Wong drove in three runs and pitcher Nick Pivetta matched a career high striking out 13 batters in the Sox 7-0 shoutout of the A’s at the Coliseum.

#5 Frustrations for the A’s Ryan Noda who was called out on strikes drew a line by the plate and was ejected by plate umpire Emil Jimenez. A’s manager Mark Kotsay came out to discuss and he and Noda went back towards the dugout.

Auggie is reporter KWAI 1080 Honolulu and podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice

MLB The Show podcast with Stephen Ruderman: Angels most likely won’t deal Ohtani to Dodgers; Padres and Giants could be in the running; more MLB news

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Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani might not be dealt to a California team but the San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants might be in the running during free agency (photo from yahoo.com sports)

MLB The Show podcast with Stephen Ruderman:

#1 Stephen, the Los Angeles Angels two way player Shohei Ohtani according to Angels owner Arturo Moreno will not be traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers before this month’s trade deadline. The Angels do not want to deal Ohtani to a California team.

#2 Ohtani could wind up as a rental in Baltimore. The Orioles are second in the AL East and could either get Ohtani as a rental or get him as a free agent. Either way an acquisition of Ohtani could spell big things for the Orioles who knocking at the East’s door.

#3 Stephen, the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants are strong candidates in the Ohtani free agency sweepstakes but the Padres have a pretty big payroll with Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr, and Juan Soto will they add another $700 million to their payroll and the Giants may not spend that type of money for Ohtani.

#4 Former Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench made an antisemetic joke on Sunday at a Reds press conference about former Cincinnati Reds general manager Gabe Paul who Pete Rose said paid him $400 per month when someone said “that’s cheap” and Bench interjected saying “He was Jewish” later Bench asked Paul’s daughter Jennie Paul if she was offended where Jennie replied she didn’t hear what Bench said. Bench apologized to Jennie and said that his remark took away from Paul’s achievement.

#5 The San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado joined the 300 home run club in the first game of a doubleheader in Philadelphia on Saturday with the score tied 3-3 and a 2-2 count and facing the Phils pitcher Matt Strahm, Machado hit a 94 MPH fastball 425 feet into the second deck at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia. The Padres didn’t win 6-4 but Machado got the milestone.

Join Stephen for the MLB podcasts Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Doubles and brilliant relief stymie A’s 7-0; Red Sox throw combined 1 hitter at Oakland

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Oakland Athletics Ryan Noda flips the ball back to pitcher Paul Blackburn against the Boston Red Sox at the Oakland Coliseum on Mon Jul 17, 2023 (AP News photo)

Boston (51-44). 110 004 001. – 7. 10. 0

Oakland (25-71) 000.000 000. – 0. 1. 0

Time: 2:37

Attendance: 9,987

Monday, July 17, 2023

By Lewis Rubman

OAKLAND–The Red Sox are having pitching trouble this season. Injuries have reduced their starting rotation to three, with two out of every five games featuring an opener. The team they fielded this evening had a respectable 50-44 won-lost record but nonetheless was in last place in the American League East, nine games behind the division leading Rays.

The Sox went the bullpen route again today, choosing as their opener Brennan Bernardino, who had shut out the A’s over two innings in his opener role ten days ago in Fenway. The young southpaw was followed by Nick Pivettta after Bernardino had completed his fourth consecutive scoreless frame against Oakland.

Pivetta was the real story of the night. He pitched six innings of no hit relief, walking two, and striking out 13 of the 20 batters he faced. He threw 87 pitches, 58 for strikes. He got credit for the Red Sox’ 7-0 win, his sixth against five defeats, and lowered his ERA to 4.44.

The A’s also started the evening in last place in their division, but east is east, and west is west. The former is the Lake Woebegone Division, where all teams are above average. The AL West, like the AL Central, is the dwelling place for a team that threatens to end the season with the lowest winning percentage in major league history, and that team is your for the nonce Oakland Athletics. The A’s often play bullpen games, but they’re usually not planned as such; they just occur as the natural outgrowth of poor starts by the regular rotation..

Blackburn, who didn’t come off the injured list until May 28 was 1-1, 4,86 at game time. He struggled in his first time through the lineup but rallied to hold Boston hitless in the third, fourth, and fifth innings before his troubles began resumed in the sixth. He ended up throwing 5-2/3 innings and allowing six runs, all earned, on nine hits, and two walks. He struck out two batters. 64 of his 97 deliveries counted as strikes. He took the loss, and now has a record of 1-2, 5.48)

The Bosox defied The Curse of the Leadoff (Leg) Double when Jarren Duran advanced to third on Alex Verdgo executed a productive ground out and Justin Turner hit a sacrifice fly to Seth Brown in right to start the game.

They defied The Curse again in the second when Seth Brown couldn’t get to Adam Duvalls’ fly in left, perhaps because of the way the shadows were falling on the grass before the lights had taken any effect. Triston Casas drove him in with a clean single to left, and the bay starters had a 2-0 jump on their hosts.

Boston had to wait an out before hitting its third inning two bagger. Verdugo hit it and died on second. They got another to lead off the sixth. It came from Turner’s bat, and it overcame The Curse, putting Boston ahead and ending Blackburn’s work for the evening. Masataka Yoshida followed Turner’s blow with a single that moved him to third.

Adam Duvall’s sac fly to right brought him home. Triston Casas walked. Christian Arroyo walked, and Connor Wong singled, and Yu Cheng hit a run producing ground out to third. That’s when Sam Moll took over for Blackburn and got the final out with Duran’s fly to left..

Moll retired the side in order in the seventh and then yielded to Angel Felipe, who did the same in the eighth. Boston loaded the bases against him in the ninth on a single and two walks On one of them, the third ball hit home plate umpire Emil Jiménez, who earlier had ejected Noda. The injury caused a delay, but Jiménez stayed in the game, and Turner hit into a force out at third that upped the visitors’ advantage to 7-0.

Chris Martin closed the book on the A’s in the ninth, walking one and striking out three.

Kansas City lost to Detroit 3-2. The Royals now are 27-68, .284, still a few steps behind the A’s and their 23-71, .245 in the race to the historical bottom.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders split their July 17 double header at Baltimore before a gathering of 1,561 fans and finished the day at 13-63., 1.71.

The 1962 Mets were idle on the 17th and treaded water at 29-64, .312.

The A’s and Red Sox will have another go at each other tomorrow, Tuesday, evening at 6:40. Bryan Bello (7-5, 3.14) will face Oakland’s Ken Waldichuk (2-6, 6.66).

Rain suspends Giants-Reds opener in Cincinnati to be continued Tuesday

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The field was covered after an 1 hr 55 min rain delay and suspended on Mon Jul 17, 2023 between the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds. The contest will continue Tue Jul 18, 2023 at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

Monday night the San Francisco Giants (52-41) traveled to Cincinnati to take on the Reds (50-44) on Monday night as hard as both teams tried the game ended up suspended due to rain at Great American Ballpark with the score tied in the eighth inning at 2-2. The Giants are coming off a sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park in Pittsburgh this past weekend.

Before being called, this was a wild game laced with homers. The Reds took the lead in the first inning Matt McLain homered to right center for the early 1-0 lead.

The Giants tied up the game in the third inning. Austin Slater hit a long ball to center, an absolute blast of 442 ft.

In the sixth inning San Francisco took the lead with yet another home run off the bat of Wilmer Flores. This was a solo 387 ft shot. The Giants now had a 2-1 lead.

In the seventh inning the Reds came back to tie the game 2-2 when Jonathan India knocked the ball out of the part. There had been four home runs between the two teams in this game, all of them solo.

The Giants had it all going in the eighth inning. They had two runners on base. Joc Pederson walked and Wilmer Flores doubled. With one out, J.D. Davis came to the plate and San Francisco was threatening to break the tie. It was then that the skies opened up and thunder and lightning put a stop to the eighth inning.

The game was halted and after one hour and fifty-five minutes the game was officially suspended. The Giants were primed and ready to score some runs and it was a shame that the weather put a glitch in the inning.

This game will be continued at 2:40 PT followed by the regularly scheduled game two. San Francisco will have the two runners on second and third with one out. The Giants will try to break the tie and take this game one before going into game two at 4:10 PM.

 

              

That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast: Owners not too excited on playing A’s in minor league parks

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Las Vegas Ballpark in Las Vegas home of the Las Vegas Aviators triple A minor league team of the Oakland A’s is considered as one of the possible interim homes for the A’s after 2024 while their Tropicana ballpark is under construction (photo by the Las Vegas Review Journal)

On That’s Amaury News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, the players are concerned about having to play in the interim in minor league parks whether it be in Reno, Sacramento or Las Vegas.

#2 Another issue about using a minor league park is locker room size, the amenities, the size and atmosphere does not fit Major League standards.

#3 another issue some of the Major League owners don’t want to use a Minor League facility because the gate will be much smaller than a big league park.

#4 The idea has surfaced about using Oracle Park in San Francisco that could go two ways #1 the Giants would say absolutely not they want to the A’s to figure out their own park issues or #2 they could extend a kind gesture since the A’s are leaving are leaving the market anyway and the Giants could get a cut of that gate as well.

#5 What would be strange about a A’s using Oracle Park circumstance and allowed by the Giants. The Giants will not relinquish their territory rights in the South Bay, why would they allow the A’s to their share their park at Oracle.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network on 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburgh and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: 2nd place Giants making a move for first; SF battles Cincinnati at Great American tonight

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San Francisco Giants Michael Conforto slides in ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Jason Delay’s tag for the second run in the top of the tenth inning at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Sun Jul 16, 2023 (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 The San Francisco Giants (52-41) wrapped up their series with the Pittsburgh Pirates (41-52) winning their fifth straight game in row at PNC Park in Pittsburgh with the win the Giants in second place in the NL West.

#2 Giants manager Gabe Kapler has this team turned around since rookies Casey Schmitt, Patrick Bailey, and Luis Matos have arrived on the scene they’ve seemed to have inspired the club to go on this run and their charging for first place since sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates over the weekend.

#3 In Sunday’s contest Michael Conforto and Patrick Bailey were part of the Giants hit parade clouting doubles in the tenth inning to help the Giants take the eventual four run win 8-4.

#4 Giants closer in the tenth was Scott Alexander who shut the door on the Pirates going an inning with one hit and one walk. Alexander has done the job in relief for San Francisco so far this year.

#5 The NL West second place Giants head to Cincinnati to face the second place NL Central Reds at Great American Ballpark on Monday at 4:00pm for San Francisco Logan Webb (8-7 ERA 3.14) for Cincinnati Brandon Williamson (1-2 ERA 5.21). Marko talk about the match up between the Giants and the Big Red Machine.

Join Marko Ukalovic for the San Francisco Giants podcasts Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com