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San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Sharks checking out power play lines; preparing for Wednesday home opener with Anaheim

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On the Sharks podcast with Len:

#1 The San Jose Sharks lost their second straight preseason game in a home at home series with the Calgary Flames 4-3. They had lost in Calgary 7-5. Down 4-1, the Sharks made a comeback try, but fell short.

#2 Were these losses a matter of something to worry about or just some fine tuning for head coach Peter DeBoer to take notes from?

#3 What did you think of the following power play lines of Erik Karlsson, Joe Thornton, Logan Couture, Joe Pavelski, and Brent Burns?

#4 On the other power play line, what are your thoughts on Evander Kane, Marc Edouard-Vlasic, Kevin Labanc, Tomas Hertl, and Brent Burns?

#5 The Sharks close out the preseason Sunday night in Las Vegas. Len takes a look at what will be some of the things DeBoer will be looking for.

Len does the Sharks podcasts each Saturday and Mary Lisa Walsh on Thursdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: Will A’s use bullpenning for AL Wild Card Game?; Will the Giants shop MadBum?; Players prefer GMs in their 30s

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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

#1 The Oakland A’s who play in New York this Wednesday for the AL Wild Card game lost on Friday night to the Los Angeles Angels. How much of a concern will it be for Oakland since they’ve been bullpenning to use a starter from their rotation after bullpenning for the last few weeks?

#2 Will the San Francisco Giants shop pitcher Madison Bumgarner, and if so, will the Giants be looking for prospects?

#3 The new wave of general managers are in their 30s. 57 MLB scouts have been fired that were over the age of 52 as it’s been noted that the ball players don’t won’t to take orders from general managers who are in their 50s, but want to work with GMs who are in their 30s.

#4 The Baltimore Orioles have benched their first baseman Chris Davis for the rest of the season. Davis hitting .168–the lowest qualifier in MLB history.

#5 The Cubs got a win over the St. Louis Cardinals 8-4 and dimmed the Cards’ chances of having any chance at the NL Wild Card. The Cards are 7.5 games out in the NL Central and have lost four straight games.

Matt does the MLB podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland Raiders podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: Raiders and Carr battle to get first season win–this time, at home against the Browns

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On the Raiders podcast with Joe:

The Oakland Raiders are winless 0-3. They’re coming on to face the Cleveland Browns at the Coliseum. Can the Raiders win one at home this Sunday? For Browns head coach, Hue Jackson, it’s a return of glory of sorts to face his former team, the Raiders, and to coach against them in Oakland. The Raiders’ Jordy Nelson went for 173 yards and six catches great game last Sunday against a rugged Miami club.

For the Raiders, there’s a different receiving star each week Jared Cook with 180 yards vs. the Rams in Week 1, wide receiver Amari Cooper with 116 yards vs. Denver in Week 2. For the Raiders quarterback. Derek Carr with 345 yards, 27-39 with one touchdown. Can Carr lead this team to their first victory this Sunday?

Joe does the Raiders podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with Joe Lami: Beathard has the world on his shoulders, but he’s been here before

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On the 49ers podcast with Joe:

The out inbounds was the ACL tear heard round the world for 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo last Sunday in Kansas City. C.J. Beathard was last year’s starter until Garoppolo came along. Can the 49ers really count Beathard against the Chargers this Sunday?

Beathard completed 53% of his throws last season with six interception and four touchdowns. What will be Beathard’s biggest responsibility taking over at starter? The 49ers are looking for win number two. What’s their best plan against the Chargers–the passing or the ground game?

Joe Lami does the 49ers podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: What’s the top highlight of this season? Who will be returning next season from the bullpen?

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On the Giants podcast with Michael:

Our very own Morris Phillips says the top of the Giants offense on Wednesday was basically provided by catcher Aramis Garcia. Garcia hit one into the left field bleachers against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night. It was not much, but Garcia contributed and manager Bruce Bochy said, “We were on hit away we’ve done that a few times.”

The Giants avoided sweep in the this series getting a win on Tuesday night 5-4 using seven pitchers. Of those pitchers Bochy was showcasing were Steven Okert, Reyes Montana, and Tony Watson for next season. The quest for a new general manager will begin this off season. This is the last Giants podcast for us and Michael tells us what his top highlight of 2018 is.

Michael Duca does the Giants podcasts each Friday for SportsRadioService.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman: A’s finish up with Angels this weekend and get set for New York for the Wild Card

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On the A’s podcast with Joey:

The Oakland A’s are wrapping up the regular season soon enough. This weekend, the A’s are in Anaheim for three games. Joey talks about his top A’s highlight for this season. Also, a look at the starters for the rest of the regular season and postseason: Mike Fiers, Trevor Cahill, Daniel Mengden, Edwin Jackson, Chris Bassitt.

For relief, the A’s have Jeurys Famila, Yusmerio Petit, Fernando Rodney, Lou Trivino, Ryan Butcher, and Shawn Kelly. The A’s have introduced the “bullpenning” concept–will they use it in the postseason? Also, Khris Davis has had a smashing year with .249, 47 home runs, and 121 RBIs.

Joey does the A’s podcast each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Are the Sharks ready for opening night when the puck drops Wednesday night?

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On the Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

#1 The San Jose Sharks have been playing some competitive hockey in preseason. Although they lost in Calgary 7-5 on Saturday.

#2 The Sharks helped keep the Flames in check for two periods, but faltered in the third period. It’s just preseason, but will Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer have to worry about the Sharks late in the game?

#3 Let’s talk about Kevin LaBanc. LaBanc was playing some precise hockey for San Jose last season and was able to find the back end of the net in exhibition play thus far.

#4 What do you see in the Sharks in improvements from last season and also would you consider Erik Karlsson a huge piece of the Sharks’ puzzle?

#5 Preseason concludes Sunday going into the Sharks season, which starts Wednesday with Anaheim. How ready does team look going into opening night?

Mary Lisa Walsh does the San Jose Sharks podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose sports podcast with Ana Kieu: New Earthquakes coach, same old results; San Jose State has yet to defeat Hawaii in Nick Rolovich era

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On the San Jose sports podcast with Ana:

1. The San Jose Earthquakes fired head coach Mikael Stahre and assistant Alex de Crook last week. Assistant coach Steve Ralston has been serving as interim head coach since then, but was unable to win in his first match, as the Quakes lost 4-3 to Atlanta United at Avaya Stadium last Wednesday.

2. On a positive note, San Jose made Destinee Coronado, a young ovarian cancer patient, their honorary captain for the night versus Atlanta last Wednesday.

3. The Quakes were in L.A. to take on LAFC in MLS’ newest rivalry last Saturday. LAFC shutout San Jose 2-0. What went wrong?

4. The Quakes remain on the road. They’ll take on the Houston Dynamo this Saturday. Houston is an on-and-off team, so what should San Jose do in order to defeat them?

5. In Mountain West football, San Jose State has yet to defeat Hawaii in the Nick Rolovich era. The Spartans’ last win against Hawaii came in 2015 by a final score of 42-23.

6. The Spartan coaching staff was on the road last weekend to find new Spartans throughout California. Currently, there are 95 Spartans from California. How important is it to have hometown guys on this team?

Ana does the San Jose sports podcasts each week for SportsRadioService.com!

Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Will Carr need to adjust anything on offense in preparation for Sunday’s game?

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On the Raiders podcast with Tony:

#1 The Raiders must like the first half of football games because they always take the lead and lose them in the second half.

#2 Things were so bad for the Raiders in their 28-20 loss in Miami that Dolphins wide receiver Albert Wilson threw a 52-yard touchdown and also caught a 74-yard touchdown to come back from being down 17-7.

#3 The Miami Dolphins’ Xavien Howard played some good defense stopping quarterback Derek Carr’s throws. Howard also stuck the Raiders from scoring a goal line touchdown in the second quarter.

#4 Carr had a 27-39 day for 345 yards and got picked off twice. What does Carr needs to improve for this Sunday after the Raiders have now gone to 0-3?

#5 The Raiders’ Jordy Nelson was the Raiders’ top receiver with six passes for 173 yards and a touchdown.

Tony does the Raiders podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with London Marq: Who will win the AL MVP?; Ex-Raider Ball suffering aneurysm; Vikings’ Griffen asked to take mental evaluation

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On the Headline Sports podcast with London:

#1 In the American League MVP selection, it comes down to the Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout with .314, 38 HRs and 77 RBIs, and for the Boston Red Sox’s Mookie Betts .343, 32 HRs and 80 RBIs.

#2 Former Oakland Raiders linebacker Neiron Ball, who played for the team for only six games in 2015 and was also a former Florida Gator. Due to a knee injury, Ball left the Raiders in his brief NFL career suffered a brain aneurysm that ruptured on September 16th. Could head trauma play a role in brain aneurysms and other head injuries after a player has retired?

#3 Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen was ordered by the Vikings to take a mental health evaluation after having an outburst at the team’s Minneapolis hotel last Saturday. He was heard screaming and yelling that he was going to shoot someone if they didn’t open the door to his room. Police were called and found that he had no weapon.

#4 Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said that the comparison of the 1998 Chicago Bulls to the 2018 Golden State Warriors is a huge difference. The ’98 Bulls had free agents that were going to leave the team and the 2018 Warriors have players that plan to stay and the top brass is going to work to keep the free agents.

#5 The New York Yankees look like they have a great shot at getting the AL Wild Card title. The Yankees lead the Oakland A’s by two full games and neither team have given up. Both A’s and Yankees still continue to win.

London does the Headline Sports each week and will host the next remote podcast at Il Fornaio in downtown Sacramento Mon Nov 5th at http://www.sportsradioservice.com