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MLB The Show podcast Charlie O: Dodgers Ohtani on a tear with 53rd home run; M’s Raleigh hits 57th HR passes Griffey for most homers by a Mariner in a season; plus more news

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Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodgers Stadium on Sat Sep 20, 2025 (AP News photo)

MLB The Show podcast Charlie O:

#1 Charlie the Los Angeles Dodgers Shohei Ohtani is swinging the bats he cracked his 53rd home run on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants. The home run was a 403 foot shot that he parked into the Dodgers grand stands in left field. Ohtani also scored his 140th run of the season a career high.

#2 Cal Raleigh slugged his 57th home run of the season that moved him past former Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey the most home runs by a Mariner in a season. Griffey in 1997 hit 56 home run that achievement got Griffey got him near unanimous induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016.

#3 Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout hit his 400th career home run on Saturday night against the Colorado Rockies. Trout who is an 11 time All Star hit the 485 shot in the eighth inning against the Colorado Rockies that was deposited into the left center field stands. The Angels got the win 3-0 which snapped a eight game skid for the Halos.

#4 New York Yankee Giancarlo Stanton says his 450th home run is a nice round number that he hit on Saturday night against the Baltimore Orioles on the way to a 6-1 win. Stanton now now has played in 1719 games joining Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez and Harmon Killebrew who got to 450 faster than Stanton.

#5 The Cleveland Guardians defeated the Minnesota Twins 8-0 for their tenth win in a row on Saturday and swept a doubleheader shutting out the Twins twice in front game and in the night cap. The Guardians have now won 15 of their last 16 games and are closing in on first place Detroit in the AL Central. How much of that speaks to the great job that Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt has done someone you spoke with often when he used to play in Oakland?

 Charlie O does the MLB The Show podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Chiefs Kelce fined for unsportsmanshiplike conduct; If Chiefs win no parade in downtown KC; plus more news

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(left) Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips (97) headbutts Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce (87) after Kelce got in the face of the Bills Damar Hamlin (right) (photo stills from You Tube)

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 Kansas City Chiefs Travis Kelce was fined $11,255 during the AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills for unsportsmanshiplike conduct in their win against the Buffalo Bills. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes who scored on a one yard touchdown in the second quarter. Kelce got in Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s grill after Hamlin tackled Mahomes in the end zone. Kelce was responding to Hamlin’s end zone tackle and Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips ended up head butting Kelce. Phillips was fined 6,722 for the headbutt.

#2 Kansas City has announced that if the Chiefs win the Super Bowl there will be no parade celebration. If the Chiefs win they will gather their players, family members, friends, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas. The parade will be televised along the parade route. The parade was called off due to a shooting at Union Station near a garage that injured 22 and killed Lisa Lopez Galvan.

#3 Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker is facing more allegations of sexually inappropriate behavior with three massage therapists who have accused him of misconduct. There a total of nine massage therapists that have accused Tucker of inappropriate behavior. The timeline of these accusations were from 2012-2016.

#4 Charlie, talk about Tom Brady’s role in the Las Vegas Raiders hiring of head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Spytek. Raiders owner Mark Davis depended on Brady’s knowledge and experience in making these choices.

#5 Luka Doncic traded to the Los Angeles Lakers from the Dallas Mavericks was this because of Doncic’s challenges with weight and were there internal problems in Dallas?

#5 On Saturday the Sacramento Athletics held a celebration of life for the late Rickey Henderson who died five days before his 66th birthday on Dec 20, 2024. The a star studded dais included former MLB stars, Shooty Babbitt, Dave Stewart, Dave Winfield, Bip Roberts, Frank Big Hurt Thomas, Dennis Eckersley, Ken Griffey Jr, Carney Lansford, Jose Canseco, Tony LaRussa, NBA star Gary Payton, (MC) Renel, best friend of Rickey Fred Atkins, former A’s exec Sandy Alderson, and MC Hammer.

Charlie O does Headline Sports podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com