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MLB podcast with Bruce Macgowan: Manfred says torpedo bat good for baseball; Dodgers Snell on 15 day IL shoulder inflammation; plus more MLB news

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Dodgers starting pitcher Blake Snell, who struggled at times against the Atlanta Braves on April 2 at Dodger Stadium, has been placed on the injured list. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)

MLB podcast with Bruce Macgowan:

#1 Major League Commissioner Rob Manfred said that the torpedo bat is “absolutely good for baseball.” After all the attention that the torpedo bat has created Manfred addressed it’s legitmacy saying, “I believe that issues like the torpedo bat and the debate around it demonstrate the fact that baseball still occupies a unique place in our culture,”

#2 Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell has been placed on the 15 day IL suffering from left shoulder inflammation. Snell now 1-0 ERA 2.00 in two starts this season. Snell signed with the Dodgers for five years for $182 million.

#3 Due to weather issues the times have changed for the New York Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers times have been moved up. Wind chills have been forecasted for Monday and Tuesday to be in the 20s. The game that was scheduled from Monday has been moved up from 6:40pm to 3:10 and for Tuesday and Wednesday now at 1:10pm.

#4 Milwaukee Brewers left hand pitcher Nestor Cortes has been placed on the 15 day IL with a flexor strain in his left elbow. The Brewers pitching staff is depleted of their starting pitcher. With Cortes on the shelf the Brewers have Freddy Peralta as their only healthy starting pitcher in the starting rotation.

#5  Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani threw a 26 pitch session on Saturday before the Dodgers played the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. Ohtani making a step closer to returning as a starter for the Dodgers. Ohtani has been out of the pitching rotation since Sep 19, 2023 this was his second bullpen session.

Bruce Magowan is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan: Phillies Sanchez to replace Braves Sale on All Star roster; Judge holds Yanks record for most homers before All Star break; plus more news

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Philadelphia Phillies Christopher Sanchez seen here pitching against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wed Jul 10, 2024 at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia has been selected to the National League All Star team replacing Atlanta Braves Chris Sale. (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan:

#1 Philadelphia Phillies LHP Christopher Sanchez (7-4, ERA 2.96) will be replacing Atlanta Braves pitcher Chris Sale on the National League All Star roster. Sale is scheduled to pitch today and won’t pitch in the All Star Game in Arlington on Tuesday. With the addition of Sanchez that gives the Phillies eight all stars five of them pitchers a All Star record for most pitchers from one club.

#2 Not even Babe Ruth did it New York Yankees Aaron Judge belted his 34th home run the most home runs by a Yankees player before the All Star Break. Roger Maris who held the record for the most home runs in a season until being eclipsed by the St Louis Cardinals Mark McGwire hit 33 home run before the All Star break in 1961. So big achievement for Judge.

#3 The Detroit Tigers Gio Urshela hit a two run home run in the bottom of the tenth inning to help the Tigers make a comeback on the Los Angeles Dodgers at Comerica Park. The Tigers were down 9-4 in the ninth and tied it up 9-9 to force extra innings. With Urshela’s home run the Tigers came away with a 11-9 win.

#4 It was reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Skenes is disrupting the sportsbook with his success. One sportsbook had stopped betting on the possible National League Rookie of the Year. Skenes has been on a roll. Skenes was a 200-1 odds on long shot to win the Cy Young Award. Skenes is now in third place at a shot at winning the Cy Young behind the Phillies Zack Wheeler and the Braves Chris Sale. Skenes has also been named to the NL All Star team.

#5 Oakland A’s Spanish broadcaster Amaury Pi Gonzalez wrote that the A’s last home game ever in Oakland before moving to Sacramento next season could very well be a sell out. Amaury said that final home game on Thu Sep 26th at the Oakland Coliseum could see a capacity of 42,000 the fans last chance to say goodbye to the A’s as an Oakland team.

#6 Before we let you go we have to ask you about the announced retirement of A’s broadcaster Vince Cotroneo who has called A’s games since 2006 and will not work A’s games next season as the club plays it’s 2025 season in Sacramento.

Join Bruce Magowan for Headline Sports podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan : Is Tiger pretty much at the end of the line?; Rays demonstrate what it is to be best in baseball; plus more

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Tiger Woods hits from the fairway on the 15th hole during the weather delayed third round of the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Saturday, April 8, 2023, in Augusta, Ga. Tiger left with a foot injury at the Masters on Sat Apr 8, 2023 (AP News file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce:

#1 Bruce, how surprised are you regarding Tiger Woods withdrawing from the Masters on Saturday due to a foot injury. How concerning are some the injuries, aches and pains over time for Tiger’s future.

#2 Bruce, the Tampa Bay Rays rolling to their eighth consecutive win over the Oakland A’s Saturday with a convincing 11-0 win. The Rays are getting lots of offense from their line up from Isaac Paredes and Brandon Low who had three RBIs each on Saturday.

#3 What’s impressive about what the Rays are doing their first team since the 1939 New York Yankees to win eight straight games to start a season.

#4 Bruce, talk about your former radio station KGO Newstalk 810 where you anchored sports. The flagship station of the Cal Bears. The station got away from talk and is now primarily doing a lot of national syndicated programming and left local talk in the dust how do you see what was once one of the great stations on the dial a shell of it’s former self?

Bruce joins http://www.sportsradioservice.com during the 2023 San Francisco Giants home games to talk Headline Sports

Headline Sports podcast with Bruce MacGowan: Wild card hopes for Giants lots of work in store; A’s get demolished in Houston and an NFL update

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The San Francisco Giants LeMonte Wade (right) Jr heads home from third base after being congratulated by third base coach Mark Hallberg (91) after hitting a home run in the bottom of the third inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco on Sat Aug 13, 2022 (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports with Bruce MacGowan:

#1 Bruce, the San Francisco Giants got some daylight after getting swept by the Dodgers in four games, then dropping two out of three to the San Diego Padres, then came back to San Francisco and won two out of three to the Pirates what are their odds to get in the wild card?

#2 The Oakland A’s were swept in three games in Houston by the Astros and they have fallen more so since their ace Frankie Montas left for New York.

#3 Turning to the NFL, the San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance according to head coach Kyle Shanahan was impressive in his breif start Friday night against the Green Bay Packers. Shanahan says Lance has provided lots of hope and expectations for the future.

#4 If the Cleveland Browns quarterback DeShaun Watson who was suspended for six games might face more time off as the NFL is pushing to suspend Watson for the entire season or for what the NFL is calling a season ban on Watson.

#5 If Watson does get suspended for the rest of the season do you see a chance for 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo going to Cleveland at quarterback?

Bruce MacGowan contributes to the Headline Sports podcasts on http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Bruce MacGowan: Inductees of Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Museum and MLB trade deadline predictions

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Bruce MacGowan, Sam Skinner, Brian Murphy, and Tom Tolbert will be inducted into this years Bay Area Hall of Fame Museum (image from the Bay Area Hall of Fame Museum)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce:

Bruce talks about getting to be inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame from his radio broadcast days from being a freelancer with Mutual Broadcasting, AP, and UPI. Bruce had worked in San Francisco and other major markets since 1975. Bruce’s last three radio stations KNBR, KGO and retired at KCBS working as a talk show host and sports anchor.

Joining Bruce at the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Sam Skinner former KDIA 1310 sports director and host of Black Renaissance on KBHK TV 44, talk show host and former Golden State Warrior Tom Tolbert, morning talk show host Brian Murphy, and Golden State Warriors play by play announcer and former KFBK 1530 sports director Tim Roye.

It’s important to note that our very own broadcaster from Amaury’s News and Commentary Amaury Pi Gonzalez is also a member of the BARHOF.

Bruce is a Headline Sports contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com