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NBA Playoffs/Golden State Warriors podcast David Zizmor: Curry missing and it shows Golden State missing one piece in line up suffering

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Minnesota Timberwolves Anthony Edwards (5) drives to the basket between Golden State Warriors Gary Payton II (0) and Draymond Green (23) in the Western Conference semifinals in the NBA Finals at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sat May 10, 2025 (AP News photo)

On the Golden State Warriors podcast David Zizmor:

#1 David, despite the Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry out with a hamstring and Draymond Green getting into foul trouble the Warriors were still in front of the Minnesota Timberwolves by five points in the fourth quarter in game three and it looked like they had a shot at putting this game away.

#2 The Timberwolves Anthony Edwards and Julius Randle got hot with 1:19 remaining. Edwards hit a baseline three point shot and scored 36 points and Randle scored 24 points with 12 assists and ten rebounds and erased the Warriors lead and won by five 102-97 on Saturday night at Chase Center.

#3 For game four the Warriors need to tie this one up or got back to Minnesota down 3-1. Warriors have the home floor at Chase Center how do you see game 4 for Monday night.

David Zizmor is an NBA Playoff analyst for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants Get Swept By Minnesota in Tenth Inning 7-6

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San Francisco Giants Heliot Ramos praises the good Lord for his home run in the top of the fourth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis on Sun May 11, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (24-17) got swept by the Minnesota Twins (21-20) losing game three in ten innings 7-6. San Francisco had their bats working today and led for the first five innings of this game. The Giants had 9 hits in the game but the Twins were on task with 13 hits. Trailing going into the bottom of the tenth inning, the Twins had to come from behind for the walk-off.

Game recap: The Giants got game three off with a bang taking a 1-0 lead much the same as Saturday but Sunday there was something different; the San Francisco bats were connecting. They started the first inning going in the right direction.

Heliot Ramos hit a sacrifice and Mike Yastrzemski scored from third for the early lead. The Giants would add to their lead in the fourth inning when again Ramos connected, this time a two run home run taking a 3-0 lead.

Just when it was looking great for the Giants, the Twins checked in with a two run home run off the bat of Brooks Lee in the fourth inning driving in Trevor Larnach with San Francisco still leading 3-2.

The Giants got an insurance run in the fifth inning when the other Lee, Jung Hoo, hit a sacrifice fly and Yastrzemski scored from third base after advancing on a balk. Through five innings the Giants were really hitting.

Lee who had been quiet the past few games already had two hits and Matt Chapman was also having a good game. Ramos was having a killer game offensively hitting the home run in the fourth inning while also making some amazing diving catches robbing the Twins of hits.

After five innings the Giants struck again in the fifth inning when Lee sacrificed and Yastrzemski scored for a 4-2 tally. The Twins answered in the bottom of the fifth when another sacrifice drove a base runner over home plate. Byron Buxton hit the sacrifice and Kody Clemens scored. Going into the sixth inning the score was 4-3 in favor of the Giants.

The Giants starting pitcher Landon Roupp was relieved in the sixth inning by Erik Miller. Roupp had pitched five innings allowing six hits, three runs, no walks and three strikeouts. Roupp had three really good innings to start the game and gave up the three runs in the fourth and fifth innings.

Miller struggled from the start of the sixth inning. With no outs, the Twins had loaded the bases getting hits from Brooks Lee and Will Castro with Ryan Jeffers walking. Royce Lewis came to the plate and singled, Lee scored and this game was tied 4-4 still with no outs.

The Twins already had nine hits in this game. This was it for Miller and he was relieved by Camilo Doval. Doval’s first pitch resulted in San Francisco’s first out of the inning at home plate saving the go-ahead run.

The Giants got their second out at second base but Castro scored from third base taking their first lead of the game 5-4. With the bases still loaded San Francisco’s Doval got out of the inning, striking out Buxton and coming away with minimal damage.

The Giants had some coming back to do going into the seventh inning. San Francisco was facing a very solid pitcher in the Twins Louis Varland. Varland had a great inning retiring the Giants in order in this very close game. The Twins would face a new relief pitcher for the Giants Hayden Birdsong who has a nice mix of balls. Birdsong gave up a double to start the inning but got a strikeout for the third out getting out of the inning.

Willy Adames got his first hit of the series , a single, to start the eighth inning. Matt Chapman had his second hit of the game and the Giants had runners at first and second with Ramos at the plate.

Ramos came through big time hitting the ball hard and Adames scored tying up the game 5-5. With only one out, San Francisco had runners at the corners. The Giants could not take advantage of the scoring possibility and it was on to the ninth inning after the Twins were unable to take the lead in the bottom of the eighth inning.

The Giants had led for most of the game and were now fighting for this game. San Francisco went quietly in the ninth inning. Tyler Rogers would take the mound looking to keep the Twins off the scoreboard. Rogers struck out the top of the Twins batting order, Buxton, Larnach and France as this game went into extra innings.

One of the best closers in the game today Jhoan Duran took the mound for the Twins facing Chapman, Ramos and David Villar. Chapman singled with Lee advancing to third. Villar who has not had a lot of at bats came through grounding out but allowing Lee to score giving San Francisco a 6-5 lead. Wilmer Flores struck out for the third out. The Twins had one last inning to at least tie up this game.

Ryan Walker came into the game to try and close out the game for the Giants. San Francisco got the first out of the inning at first base but France scored from third to tie up the game 6-6. Lightning struck when Dashawn Keirsey Jr. singled and Brooks Lee scored for the walk off 7-6.

Game notes: After losing the first two games of their series with the Twins, the Giants came into this game with one purpose in mind and that is to avoid the sweep. The Giants have not been swinging the bats very well. They had three hits in the first game and four in the second game and needed more to win the third game.

The Giants while they scored six runs and a two run 6-5 lead going to the bottom of the tenth inning couldn’t get closer Ryan Walker to close the door on the Twins. Walker allowed one earned run and two hits as the Twins scored twice in a walk off to sweep the Giants on Sunday.

This was a tough loss for San Francisco in game three compounded with getting swept in this series. The Giants will now head back to San Francisco and try to regroup and prepare to take on the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three-game series that will get underway Monday evening. Justin Verlander (0-2 ERA 4.50) will take the mound for San Francisco and the Diamondbacks will start Merrill Kelly (3-2 ERA 4.09). First pitch for the game is scheduled for 6:45 PM.

Headline Sports Charlie O Sun May 11, 2025: Warriors feeling the pinch from Timberwolves without their star Curry; Celtics close the series gap on Knicks now down 2-1; plus more news

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Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry can only encourage his teammates as Curry out with a hamstring injury in game 3 can only watch the Minnesota Timberwolves defeat the Warriors at the Chase Center in San Francisco on Sat May 10, 2025 (AP News photo)

Headline Sports podcast Charlie O Sun May 11, 2025:

#1 Charlie, the Golden State Warriors have gone down with a 102-97 loss in game 3 to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Warriors are like Popeye who lost their can of spinach playing without superstar Stephen Curry.

#2 Warrior top scorers from Saturday’s game 3 playoff game Jimmy Butler with 33 points and Jonathan Kuminga with 30 points as hard as they tried the Warriors fell five points short as time ran out and the Timberwolves move ahead in the series 2-1.

#3 In other NBA news the Boston Celtics cut the New York Knicks 2-0 lead in half with a win at Madison Square Garden in New York 115-93. The Celtics came into game 3 with backs to the wall but their talented corp of leading scorers with Payton Pritchard with 23 points and Jayson Tatum with 22 points righted the Celtics direction. The Celtics can tie up the series at 2-2 as they tip off against the Knicks on Monday night at MSG for game 4.

#4 Charlie turning to Major League Baseball the Sacramento A’s continue to surprise with a five run sixth inning against the visiting New York Yankees at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento and come up with a 11-7 win to tie the three game series on Saturday.

#5 The Colorado Rockies are now threatening the 2024 Chicago White Sox worst loss in baseball record Saturday they got completely trounced by the San Diego Padres by three touchdowns 21-0 if it were a football game. What’s worse the Rockies didn’t score a single run and the Rocks pitching staff got rocked all afternoon.

#6 Rockies manager Bud Black left starter Bradley Blalock out to on the mound to figure things out as Blalock got lit up for 13 hits and 12 runs in 3.2 innings of work before being relieved by Juan Mejia who got rocked but not as bad for six hits and four earned runs in 1.1 innings.

Join Charlie O for Headline Sports each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast Daniel Dullum: Severino’s remarks on A’s minor league park speaks volumes for players

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Sacramento A’s pitcher Luis Severino is fired up after striking out the Texas Rangers hitter Jake Burger with the bases loaded in the bottom third inning on Wed Apr 30, 2025 at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Severino said on Fri May 9, 2025 that the A’s interim home at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento is not a big league park. (AP file photo)

Sacramento A’s Relocation podcast Daniel Dullum:

#1 The New York Yankees network the YES Network in an interview on Friday with the former Yankee abd current Sacramento A’s pitcher Luis Severino asked his thoughts about playing in a minor league park and Severino said, “This is not a big league park.”

#2 Severino did not add anymore to the minor league ballpark statement but it did reverberate when the Yankees press who are covering the Yankees trip in Sacramento this weekend as to what a player’s thoughts are playing at the San Francisco Giants triple A affiliate Sacramento Rivercats minor league park.

#3 The Yankee broadcasters on the YES Network also added that “This is gonna be a summer this grass is never gonna forget.” inferring that the ballparks natural playing surface will be used over some 150 games just this season and the turf might show it’s age after so much use.

#4 Severino said the wind can take a baseball and do some damage to a pitcher if a hitter hits it in the direction of the wind and in a minor league park things could go bad fast.

#5 Severino said a few words regarding playing at a minor park is there any doubt that he’s sharing the feelings of the other players as well?

Join Daniel Dullum Sundays for the A’s Relocation podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Lack of Hitting Hurts Giants in Second Loss to Twins 2-1

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San Francisco Giants starter Logan Webb pitching in the bottom of the first inning against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis on Sat May 10, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants lost game two of their series with the Minnesota Twins 2-1 Sunday. Again there was not a lot of hitting going on, in fact only one hit more than Saturday’s game with four hits. Heliot Ramos did hit a solo home run but some stellar pitching from the Twins did not give up much else. Both starting pitchers had solid efforts, Logan Webb finishing seven innings.

Game recap: The Giants got on the scoreboard in the second inning taking a 1-0 lead. Heliot Ramos hit a home run to left centerfield, a solo shot.

The Twins not only tied up the game but took the lead in the bottom of the third inning. They answered with a long ball of their own off the bat of Trevor Larnach with Christian Vazquez on base taking a 2-1 lead.

Neither team would score through the next three innings with the Twins hanging onto the slim 2-1 lead. The Twins starting pitcher Joe Ryan finished six innings allowing only 2 hits and one run. He had seven strikeouts and 2 line-outs. Griffin Jax would relieve him in the seventh inning plowing through Jung Hoo Lee, Matt Chapman and Wilmer Flores, the upper echelon of the Giants starting lineup.

The Giants starter Logan Webb also had a nice outing pitching seven innings allowing four hits and two runs. He finished with eight strikeouts, ten ground outs and two flyouts. He got into a bit of trouble in the seventh giving up a single to Castro who was thrown out trying to reach second. Harrison Bader hit a double with two outs in the inning but Webb struck out the next at bat Christian Vasquez and getting out of the inning.

The Twins Cole Sands relieved Griffin Jax in the eighth immediately giving up a double to Heliot Ramos and the Giants had a bit of a rally that was soon to be extinguished. LaMonte Wade Jr. lined out and Ramos advanced to third and with one out the Giants had a great opportunity to tie up the game. Disaster hit when Ramos was picked off at third after taking a sizable lead. Patrick Bailey popped out for the third out and San Francisco was three outs away from losing game two.

San Francisco relief pitcher Randy Rodriquez relieved Webb in the bottom of the eighth dismissing the top of the Minnesota batting order Byron Buxton, Trevor Larnach and Ty France in that order. The Giants were down to their last three outs.

San Francisco got the ninth inning going with a Christian Koss bunt . The top of the Giant’s batting order Mike Yastrzemski hit into a double play and Willy Adames struck out for the third out and that was the ball game 2-1 in favor of Minnesota back to .500 with this win. The Twins Jhoan Duran closed the game beautifully for the Twins.

Game notes: After a less than memorable offensive effort in Saturday’s game one, the Giants were looking for a whole lot more wood on the ball in game two of their series with the Minnesota Twins. They managed only 3 hits in game one and that will not win very many ball games.

San Francisco starter Logan Webb pitched seven innings allowing five hits and two runs, one walk and nine strikeouts but didn’t get the run support. The Twins starter Joe Ryan threw for six innings giving up two hits, one run, and struck out seven batters.

The Giants will be back at it Sunday in game three trying to avoid a sweep. Landen Roupp will take the mound for San Francisco with a 2-3 win/loss record with 4.93 ERA. The Giants have to start generating a lot more offense falling pretty flat so far in this series. The Twins will start Pablo Lopez (3-2 ERA 2.18) looking for a sweep with first pitch scheduled for 11:10 AM PDT .

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Mary Lisa: Panthers cut Leafs series lead 2-1; Florida’s Marchand gets OT goal winner

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Florida Panthers center Carter Verhaeghe (23) celebrates teammate Brand Marchand (63) overtime game winning goal to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise on Fri May 9, 2025 (AP News photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Mary Lisa:

#1 The Florida Panthers got the game winning goal in overtime from Brad Marchand who scored on a deflected shot at 15:27 as the Panthers picked up their first win in the Eastern Conference semifinals 5-4 to cut the Toronto Maple Leafs lead 2-1.

#2 The shot by Marchand hit the Leafs Morgan Rielly and ended up going over Toronto goaltender Joseph Woll for the goal. It was one four goals that ended up being a ricochet going off an opposing player two for each team.

#3 For Florida Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, Carter Verhaeghe, and Jonah Gadjovich all scored. The Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky saved 27 shots and Evan Rodrigues got two assists. The Panthers who lost the first two games of this series have gone 13-2 in their last 15 playoff games in overtime.

#4 The Leafs John Tavares scored twice and Matthew Knies and Reilly also had a goal apiece. Leafs goaltender Woll stopped 32 Florida shots.

#5 Game 4 is Sunday at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise. The Leafs have a chance to go up two games 3-1 but the Panthers who have home ice can tie the series up 2-2 and take the series tie for game 5 back to Toronto.

Join Mary Lisa for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants Lose First Game of Series To Twins 3-1

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Jordan Hicks pitches against the Minnesota Twins in the bottom of the first inning at Target Field in Minneapolis on Fri May 9, 2025 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (24-15) lost the first game of their series with the Minnesota Twins (19-20) 3-1. It was a disappointing game for the Giants having only three hits in the entire game. Matt Chapman hit a solo home run but that would be the only run of the game for San Francisco. The Giant’s bats were just not connecting at all in Friday’s game in a lackluster effort from San Francisco.

Game recap: The Twins scored the first run of the game in the first inning taking a 1-0 lead. Trevor Larnach singled lead-off hitter Byron Buxton home and the Twins would continue to add to their lead in the fourth inning. Carlos Correa singled Ty France home but was thrown out at second base stretching. After four innings the Twins had a 2-0 lead.

Minnesota tacked on one more run onto to their tally scoring another run in the fifth inning. Buxton singled ( his second hit of the game) and Harrison Bader was able to reach home plate on a Heliot Ramos fielding error taking a 3-0 lead.

Minnesota’s Chris Paddack was having a solid game while the Giant’s Jordan Hicks had already allowed seven hits. Going into the top of the seventh inning San Francisco had some work to do. Hicks was relieved in the bottom of the seventh inning after having pitched six innings. He was relieved by Kyle Harrison.

The Giant’s were able to get up on the scoreboard in the seventh inning when Matt Chapman hit a solo home run to left center. San Francisco had pulled to within two runs, 3-1. This season San Francisco had been having some success coming from behind but they were running out of time having only two more innings to do so in this game.

The Twins threatened in the bottom of the seventh inning. Harrison Bader stole second base and with two outs and the top of the Minnesota batting order was on deck and coming to the plate. Byron Buxton was intentionally walked and another score rested on Trevor Larnach. San Francisco relief pitcher Kyle Harrison struck him out and it was on to the eighth inning.

The Giants desperately needed some hits with only two more innings left to make any sort of impact. With only three hits in the game, the San Francisco offense was really struggling. Besides the Chapman home run, only Heliot Ramos and Christian Koss had hits both of them singles. Minnesota starting pitcher Chris Paddack had a great 7.1 innings with Louis Varland finishing off the eighth inning. Paddack went three and out in the first five innings of the game.

San Francisco relief pitcher Harrison had a great couple of innings dismissing the Twins in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Giants were three outs away from losing the first game of this series.

The Twins Danny Coulombe would try and close the game for Minnesota. He has not allowed a run this season. Mike Yastrzemski and Willy Adames both struck out and Jung Hoo Lee flied out and that was the ball game with Minnesota winning the first game of the series 3-1. Twins pitcher Chris Paddack had finally won his first game of the season.

Game notes: After winning their last series beating the Cubs the Giants traveled to Minnesota to take on the Twins. The Giants couldn’t get enough offense to take this first game of the series and lost by a two run margin. The Twins had a great series to start the week sweeping the Baltimore Orioles, coming into this game with a lot of confidence. That confidence carried over as the Twins starter Paddock had a three hitter going into the eighth inning on Friday night.

Saturday’s game will feature San Francisco’s Logan Webb on the mound. He has a 4-2 win/loss record and a 2.61 ERA. The Twins will be looking to win another game in this series starting Joe Ryan. He has a 2-2 win/loss record and a 2.93. Two very good pitchers should make this game a good one. San Francisco will be looking to get their offense going and tie up this series. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 4:15 PM.

MLB podcast Michael Duca Fri May 9, 2025: Bucs fire manager had enough of Shelton replaced by Kelly; Ohtani didn’t want to sign a 15 yr deal with Dodgers; plus more news

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Former Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton talks with umpire Mike Estabrook between innings in a game against the San Diego Padres at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Sat May 3, 2025. Shelton was fired by the Pirates on Thu May 8, 2025. (AP News photo)

MLB podcast Michael Duca Fri May 9, 2025

On the MLB podcast Michael Duca:

#1 Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton was fired Thursday after Shelton had a tough April and the Bucs couldn’t get on track falling to last place in the NL Central. Pirates general manager Ben Cherrington replaced Shelton with bench coach Don Kelly. Shelton becomes the first big league manager to get fired this season. The Pirates on a seven game losing streak and have a losing record of 12-26. Shelton had managed the Pirates since 2019.

#2 Los Angles Dodgers two way superstar Shohei Ohtani could have signed a 15 year deal with the Dodgers and retired at the age of 44. Ohtani didn’t want to take any risks by signing a lengthy deal and face declining skills according to Ohtani agent Naz Balelo. Ohtani has a 10 year $700 million deal the largest in pro sports.

#3 Michael, very sad news on the passing of former 1984 Detroit Tigers star Chet Lemon who died on Thursday at his home in Florida. Lemon a three time All Star outfielder and went to the 1984 World Series with the Tigers was 70 years old. Lemon’s wife Gigi said he was sleeping on the sofa and not responsive. Lemon suffered from a rare blood disease for the last 30 years and had a number of strokes that left him unable to walk or speak. Lemon was also a former Chicago White Sox.

#4 Michael, after watching to uncut video of 20 year old fan who fell from the top of the 21 foot wall at PNC Park in Pittsburgh and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition remain in pain and said that he broke everything. Kavan Markwood gave his first interview to TribLive news on Wednesday and said he still hasn’t seen the video yet.

#5 Michael kind of a fun question that viewers wanted to asked you, new Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Robert Provest the Pope’s former name was born in the Bronzeville neighborhood in the South Side of Chicago. He grew up in the South suburbs in a town called Dolton. He maintained his ties to the city. Question 2 What Chicago baseball team would Pope Leo XIV pray for to win and do you see him returning to Chicago to meet his fellow Chicagoians?

Michael Duca does the MLB podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Len Shapiro: Caps tie series with Canes 1-1; Draisaitl scores OT gamer Oilers top Knights 5-4

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Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl (29) puts the biscuit in the basket against Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Adam Hill (33) in overtime in game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs second round on Thu May 8, 2025 (AP News photo)

NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast Len Shapiro:

#1 Tom Wilson scored a goal and picked up an assist. The Capitals also got scoring help from Connor McMichael and John Carlson. The Capitals are the number one seed in the Metropolitan Division and Eastern Conference and with the win they have tied up the series 1-1.

#2 The Washington Capitals goaltender Logan Thompson stopped 27 shots and another 16 in the third period as the Capitals defeated the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 in Game 2 of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Eastern Conference Second Round at Capital One Arena Thursday night.

#3 Leon Draisaitl scored the game winning goal at 15:20 in the overtime stanza to help the Edmonton Oilers defeat the Vegas Golden Knights at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to take a 2-0 lead in the second round of the Western Conference Stanley Cup Playoffs.

#4 In order for the Knights to get back into this series they virtually will need to win two games in Edmonton and the way the Oilers have been going at it that’s a long odds shot. The Oilers can finish this up even with a split in Edmonton going back to Vegas for a game 5?

#5 In the Eastern Conference you have Toronto and Florida with the Leafs in front 2-0. How do you see the rest of this series playing out.

Join Len Shapiro for the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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That’s Amaury News and Commentary: Latino Major League Players’ Diet

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Former New York Mets pitcher Livan Hernandez (61) seen here pitching in 2009 (San Diego Union file photo)

Latino Major League Players’ Diet

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi Gonzalez

Although things have changed in the major leagues regarding nutrition for the long baseball season, Latino Players also get used to that same special diet for the long season. It takes them time to adjust to life in the United States because moving from a Latin American country to the US is usually a significant cultural change.

Lifestyles are different, especially in the major leagues, the top professional baseball league in the world. And let’s face it, we all have to eat. Liván Hernandez comes to mind when he arrived from Miami after he pitched for his first three seasons.

He came and pitched for the San Francisco Giants. I first met him, he was always asking me about restaurants and especially Cuban food, which is easy to find today in some big cities like New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and other places like the San Francisco-San José-Oakland Bay Area.

Still, in some trips to Kansas City, Cincinnati, and many other places, you do not see much variety of ethic foods. Liván always laughs when I told him that Armando, my grandfather in Cuba, used to say to me, when I was a kid, “Uno come para vivir, no vive para comer” Translation: “We eat to live, not live to eat”.

Liván is retired, and he loved, I mean loved to eat. Liván played in the major leagues for 17 seasons; his last season was 2012. He pitched for 10 different teams, and he once confessed to me that he had a weight problem, which is not unusual for Latino players.

Fernando Valenzuela was another player who had a long fight with his weight; however, because it is a long season, he needs to be there for the whole enchilada. Born in México, Fernando told me he did not mind his weight. However, I usually converse well with Liván, who comes from Cuba.

He always told me that the first thing that impressed him (aside from the salaries and nice and big stadiums) in the major leagues and in the United States was that he could eat anything he wanted at any given time.

Luis Tiant, also Cuban, told me he didn’t mind to be a little overweight because it is a long season, and he needed the strength to go the distance. Major League Baseball players nowadays require a diet of carbohydrates, protein, and healthy fats to fuel their very long, demanding season.

Drink lots of liquid during hot summer days. They also need to prioritize hydration and electrolyte balance. A typical baseball player’s diet includes whole grains, fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and fish., however, rice and beans and other Latin food is also popular during the season for Latino players.

The three players were pitchers in the major leagues, but I have also spoken with other Latino players throughout the years, not pitchers, and they always love to talk about food. Some even like to cook at home or at least be their wives ‘sous chef “.

Luis Tiant and Ferrnando Valenzuela passed in 2024. Liván Hernández is retired from pitching, but runs a Baseball Academy in Miami(Hialeah), Florida.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez – Cuban-born Pi-González is one of the pioneers of Spanish-language baseball play-by-play in America. Began as Oakland A’s Spanish-language voice in 1977 ending in 2024 (interrupted by stops with the Giants, Mariners and Angels). Voice of the Golden State Warriors from 1992 through 1998. 2010 inducted in the Bay Area Radio Hall of fame.

While in the Bay Area, great food and great prices. 998cuba.com