San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: After losing Posey, team rallies around to battle D-Backs; McCutchen looks to stay in S.F.

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On the Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 Buster Posey is done for the rest of 2018 due to hip surgery. Was his demise the key turning point where oddsmakers said the Giants’ season is pretty much done?

#2 Jeff Samardjiza looks like he could have surgery. He tried to rehab and tried throwing off flat ground, but he is being checked by an orthopedic surgeon. This is the second surgeon as he’s seeking a second opinion.

#3 The Giants in the Diamondbacks series starting Monday night have been getting some good pitching with Chris Stratton, who started, and the game ended up in a 2-0 shutout. Tuesday’s game was a 0-0 pitchers duel for most of the way between the Diamondbacks Andrew Chafin and the Giants Sam Dyson which San Francisco won 1-0.

#4 During their skid, the Giants seriously considered dealing outfielder Andrew McCutchen in their last trip to Cincinnati once that got out–the New York Yankees, Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals were said to take an interest. The waiver talk has simmered down and the Giants have looked good during the current series in Arizona.

#5 Talk a little bit about Aramis Garcia and his role backing up catcher Nick Hundley. Giants’ catching instructor Bill Hayes has some high hopes for Garcia when he gets in the lineup.

Marko Ukalovic does the Giants podcasts each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Astros’ rally boots A’s out of the park 11-4; Pale Hose gets season-high fourth consecutive win over Yanks; plus more

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On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 The Houston Astros got seven hits and three consecutive doubles off A’s starter Brett Anderson. A’s relievers Lou Trivino and Emilio Pagan gave up three home runs in the 11-4 win. Are the Astros back?

#2 The White Sox are red-hot. Well, at least for now. They just matched their season-high for consecutive wins with four straight and got pitching help from Carlos Rodon, who had 18 pitches and five for strikes. The Yankees have been struggling at the plate as they lost to the Sox.

#3 Anthony Rizzo had a night for the Cubs with a home run and hitting his 1,000th career double. The Cubs’ Ben Zobrist got a go-ahead double as the Cubs defeated the New York Mets 7-4 at Wrigley Field.

#4 Turning to football since it’s the last week of preseason football. The NFL has a strict rule they already enforced several times during this preseason about lowering the helmet. The lowering of the helmet is considered a weapon in the NFL and players who lower their helmets will get hit with a 15-yard penalty and up to a suspension and fines.

#5 Jemele Hill, a former ESPN host from the talk show His and Hers, was fired and got a buyout from reports up to $6 million and is not allowed to talk about the buyout. Hill had talked about President Trump, racism, and political issues on her Twitter account and was told by ESPN not speak about politics. Hill was suspended once and then a second time after talking politics again. ESPN said that on-air talent will stick to talking sports and leave politics out of it.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Last preseason game Thursday–what will the 49ers be looking for?; plus Kaepernick’s copyright phrase “I’m with Kap”

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On the 49ers podcast with David:

Here it is the final and last week of camp and the 49ers host the LA Chargers Thursday night at Levi’s Stadium. What are the expectations of this final preseason game?

Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has copyrighted the trademark phrase, “I’m with Kap.” The phrase has appeared on T-shirts and clothing items. With the copyright, Kaepernick could make a hefty income. Kaepernick had already donated $1 million to nonprofits and charities.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips and Michael Duca: Giants get third consecutive win, beat first place D-Backs to start the home cooking 2-0

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On the Giants podcast with Michael and Morris:

On the homestand, the San Francisco Giants took two out of three from the Texas Rangers and entertained the Arizona Diamondbacks, who are in first place as they come into town a game ahead of Colorado and 2 1/2 ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The one thing the Diamondbacks didn’t expect was to get shutout by Giants starter Chris Stratton Monday night.

The Giants rested a few regulars Monday night in anticipation of facing the Dodgers this weekend, but Stratton was in control. He pitched great going eight innings, five hits, no runs, no walks and six strikeouts. Three straight wins for the Giants having been more than four games under.

Catch Michael and Morris on the Giants podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Lots of catching up to do if SF plans to get back into the playoff hunt

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On the Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 The Giants, who are eight games behind Arizona, seven back of Colorado, and five and half back of Los Angeles in the NL West. They are eight games out for second in the NL Wild Card race.

#2 The Giants got a 3-1 win behind the pitching of Derek Holland (7-8), who went six plus, one run, three hits, three walks, and four strikeouts against the Texas Rangers on Sunday at AT&T Park.

#3 The Giants’ Aramis Garcia will be catcher Nick Hundley’s backup. Garcia came up from the minors Sunday and is working with catching instructor Bill Hayes whose getting him prepared when he gets in his first game.

#4 Giants’ pitcher Jeff Samardzija couldn’t make the come back as he’s been plagued by shoulder pain and is scheduled to meet with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Tim McAdams. No confirmation if Samardzija will have surgery.

#5 The Giants will open a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at AT&T Park. The Giants will need to start winning series or sweeping series in order to make up lost ground and to get back into the postseason hunt.

Morris Phillips does the Giants podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Daniel Dullum: Will there be more rental players?; Postseason trade deadline nearing; Wild card races on; plus more

Photo credit @Dbacks: The Arizona Diamondbacks pay tribute to the late Sen John McCain offering him a number 18 jersey that hangs in their dugout at Chase Field. Daniel reports on the tribute.

On the MLB The Show podcast with Daniel:

1 Postseason trade deadline is picking up steam.

2 Wild NL West race getting wilder–on Saturday, Rockies win, while D-Backs and Dodgers lose.

3 Injury updates on Buster Posey, Stephen Strasburg, Astros and Yankees in general.

4 D-Backs, sports world honor the late Senator, John McCain, who died Saturday afternoon at the age of 81.

Daniel Dullum does the MLB The Show podcasts at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: Cubs maintain 3-game lead in NL Central with win; Yanks have life in wild card hopes–beat O’s 7-5; plus more

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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matty:

#1 The Chicago Cubs won a crucial game, a one-run win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday 3-2. The Cubs had home run help from Daniel Murphy (7) and David Bote (5).

#2 The New York Yankees got a 7-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday over pitcher Chad Green, who got his seventh win, and got home run help from Luke Voit, who hit two homers numbers two and three for the season. The Yanks’ Neil Walker hit his eighth home run.

#3 The Toronto Blue Jays got a well-pitched game from starter Ryan Borucki. The Jays also got home run help from Kendrys Morales (19) and Bill McKinny (2). The Jays got the win over the Philadelphia Phillies, who remain just two games back in the NL East.

#4 The Miami Marlins got a pitching performance out of starter Daniel Straily, who threw a three-hit shutout against the Atlanta Braves 1-0. The first-place Braves were caught off-balance by the last place Marlins and Straily, who they just couldn’t figure out all game long.

#5 The Oakland A’s evened up the series in Minnesota at Target Field on Friday night with the help of Matt Chapman’s three run homer–his 18th of the season. The A’s also got home run help from Stephen Piscotty (17) and Ramon Laureano (3) as the A’s crushed the Twins 7-1.

Matt does the MLB The Show podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman: A’s drop their second straight–have only lost back-to-back twice this season

sfgate.com photo: Oakland Athletics’ Matt Chapman sits on second base after doubling off Minnesota Twins pitcher Kohl Stewart in the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, in Minneapolis.

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman:

#1 The Oakland A’s have only lost back-to-back twice this season. The first time was last month when they lost to the Colorado Rockies and the second was when they lost to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday and to the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Thursday night.

#2 The loss didn’t stop A’s slugger Khris Davis, who continues to go deep, hitting his 39th home run and his fourth dinger in five games.

#3 The Twins, who had lost some players, are still coming to play and brought it on Thursday as they knocked around A’s starter Trevor Cahill for five runs and Cahill continues to struggle on the road.

#4 A’s catcher Jonathan Lucroy said following the game that they’ll be back out to try and turn things around and get the Twins in game two of the four-game series on Friday night.

#5 The A’s will need a little of everything some solid starting pitching and some key hitting to get back in the win column in a crucial road trip to try to stay neck-and-neck with the first-place Houston Astros.

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

 

Oakland Raiders podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: Mack still holding out, looking for more; Will the Raiders and Mack sit down soon?

photo from sfgate.com: Khalil Mack remains a hold out with the Oakland Raiders and head coach Jon Gruden hopes Mack can be back in uniform with the team by the Raiders first game

On the Raiders podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon:

#1 The Raiders’ defensive end Khalil Mack is still a no show in the Raiders camp. He hasn’t reported since camp opened July 26th.

#2 Head coach Jon Gruden said he hopes to see Mack before the start of the regular season in the lineup.

#3 Mack is the 2014 overall fifth pick and the Raiders’ defensive player of the year.

#4 Mack is the best player on the Raiders. Mack is looking for Von Miller type of money $114 million for six years. Mack is making $13.85 million this season.

#5 The Raiders host the Green Bay Packers tonight at the Coliseum in week three of the preseason. What are some of the things to look for? Joe answers those questions and more in the podcast.

J Hawkes does the Raiders each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Was Holland’s racial jokes about Japanese on MLB’s “Intentional Talk” at Giants’ massage therapist intentional?

photo from sfgate.com: San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Derek Holland (45) sits in the dugout during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Sunday, June 10, 2018, in Washington. Holland apologized Thursday over racially insensitive jokes he made in an interview alongside the team’s massage therapist, who is Japanese. 

On the Giants podcast with Miguel:

#1 San Francisco Giants pitcher Derek Holland and Giants massage therapist Haro Ogawa both appeared on MLB Network’s Intentional Talk. On the show, Holland was doing Japanese bows and yelling in pigeon Japanese-mocked accents. Holland later apologized to Ogawa, who is a native from Japan, as well as Giants’ bullpen catcher Taira Uematsu.

#2 The team issued a rather terse and deservedly so statement, “The Giants were disappointed to learn of the Derek Holland’s behavior on Intentional Talk. We do not condone that type of behavior nor does it reflect our organizational values. Derek has taken full responsibility for his actions and has made a public apology.”

#3 We asked Michael what this will do for Holland’s future on the team as the Giants returned home after concluding a four-game series against the Mets in New York on Thursday.

#4 Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is still perfect in New York at 6-0. He picked up a Thursday matinee victory over the New York Mets 3-1. Bumgarner passed former Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum on the Giants wins list with 109.

#5 The Giants open a series tonight against the Texas Rangers at AT&T Park. The Rangers are also coming off a win over the red-hot A’s 4-2 on Wednesday.

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