San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Rodriguez pitching like the real deal; very well could be in the running for NL Rookie of the Year

photo from mercurynews.com: San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Dereck Rodriguez delivers a pitch to San Diego Padres’ Austin Hedges during the first inning of a baseball game in San Diego, Tuesday, July 31, 2018

On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 San Francisco Giants starter Derek Rodriguez did it again with a 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres Tuesday night at Petco Park. Rodriguez went seven innings, three hits, one earned run, three walks, and seven strikeouts.

#2 Marko takes a look at Rodriguez’ command and mix of pitches.

#3 Also, will Rodriguez have a shot at being the NL Rookie of the Year currently pitching with a 2.59 ERA?

#4 The Giants have had success in extra innings. Marko talks about the walk-offs, the comebacks, the hits, and the homers that helped the Giants as of late.

#5 It’s off to Arizona and Madison Bumgarner (3-4) Thursday night he’ll face Zack Greinke (12-5) Marko sets up the series on the podcast for us.

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

Oakland A’s podcast with Charlie O: A’s make no moves at the deadline, could some Astros moves wind up hurting them?

@Athletics photo: Oakland A’s Khris Davis swings so hard. He’s just a blur. That’s the way things have been going for him at the plate as of late.

On the A’s podcast with Charlie O:

1) The Trade Deadline has come and gone and the A’s did not make any last minute roster moves. Did that surprise you?

2) Houston made several moves which we expected but you say one may help while another may wind up hurting the Astros.

3) Seattle made deals, but did any of those deals help them get better?

4) The Yankees may well be in the AL Wild Card game, which is where the A’s could be headed — how did they improve at the deadline?

5) What’s coming up for the A’s this week?

Charlie O does the A’s podcasts each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Giants to sell 125 lithos of Dwight Clark and Willie Mays holding their famous catch photos

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On the SF 49ers podcast with David:

The San Francisco Giants have announced that they will sell a limited amount of autographed lithographs of the late 49ers wide receiver Dwight Clark and former San Francisco Giant legend Willie Mays, who is holding up his photo of making his catch in the 1954 World Series. The lithos are $487 each and there are only 125 available.

The 49ers have three tight ends in camp: George Kittle, Garrett Celek, and Cole Hikutuni. With a limited amount of tight ends in camp, can the 49ers open the season with only three tight ends?

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

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: Will Giants deal before deadline? McCutchen, Panik, or Bumgarner are names dropped

mercurynews.com photo: Madison Bumgarner #40 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers in the top of the first inning at AT&T Park on July 27, 2018 in San Francisco, California

On Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Will the Giants make any deals? Names that have come up: Andrew McCutchen, Joe Panik and Madison Bumgarner. Will the Giants seek a deal to get some leverage in their chase for a shot at the postseason?

#2 Giants catcher Buster Posey says the Giants are a streaky team. Sometimes, they’ll win eight of 10 and then they’ll win seven of nine. They lost two out of three to the Brewers and they opened up a three-game series in San Diego Monday night.

#3 With a right hamstring injury, Giants pull third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who will be sitting out on the DL just as Evan Longoria comes back to assume his position at third.

#4 Chase d’Arnaud has taken over first base for San Francisco in place of injured Brandon Belt. This is Belt’s third time on the DL this season.

#5 Giants are looking to get some hitting in the San Diego series–something they lacked in the series in Colorado, where they got swept.

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

 

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Anti A’s ball park group trying to spread the news about traffic and congestion; flyers handed out in Oakland

ktvu.com photo: Artist rendition of a Jack London Square Oakland A’s stadium at Howard Terminal

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

They’re known as Protect Oakland’s Shoreline Economy who put out a flyer explaining why the Oakland A’s shouldn’t build at Jack London Square that it would impact traffic conditions, that hundreds of millions of tax dollars would be blown on a project that could be used for infrastructure for other city projects.

So who was behind such a flyer? According to the San Francisco Chronicle, there is a company that does scrap recycling next door to the proposed site and they deny having anything to do about the flyer but it was reported that former Senator Don Perata who had been advising the scrap plant about the stadium build.

The language in the flyer looked a lot similar to a prepared report for the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Authority board of directors. Oakland A’s team president David Kaval said he didn’t know who wrote the flyer and never heard any complaints from the company or neighbors from Jack London Square. Kaval said that on the contrary the neighbors are in favor of the new park and see it as a economic improvement to the neighborhood.

Amaury has much more on this story and the latest on the A’s at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips and Michael Duca: Giants get by Brewers Sunday, but team injuries plague club

photo from mercurynews.com: Johnny Cueto #47 of the San Francisco Giants pitches against the Milwaukee Brewers in the top of the first inning at AT&T Park on July 28, 2018 in San Francisco, California.

On the SF Giants podcast with Michael and Morris:

San Francisco Giants pitcher Ty Blach got brought up then he was sent down, Giants first baseman Brandon Belt got hurt with bruised knee, Evan Longoria came back to play at third base, pitcher Johnny Cueto came back, but says everytime he throws he’s in a lot of pain and yet it’s still kind of business as usual hovering around .500 relentless mediocrity.

Any good baseball team needs to have someone to have a career year–somebody whose at the forefront of what’s making that baseball team win. For a stretch here, we thought that Belt was that guy, maybe Brandon Crawford was that guy. We haven’t seen any consistency in either one of their seasons to carry it.

You’re trying to establish a credible playoff contending baseball team and you don’t have that one guy whose driving that one thing and that’s the whole disjointed nature of the Giants in 2018. A guy gets hot and now he’s on the DL. A player can do something like a concussion and we haven’t seen outfielder Mac Williamson in since.

Morris and Michael get more into the latest discussion on the Giants listen for more at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show with Daniel Dullum: Trade deadline is here, they’ll be some surprises; A’s still hottest team in MLB, despite losing series in Colorado; plus more

@Jed_Lowrie photo: Oakland A’s infielder Jed Lowrie takes a leap while playing the hot corner would be a valuable asset to any Major League club for his ability to play many positions on the infield diamond so much so that many clubs have inquired about Lowrie. Will the A’s deal him or hold onto him and contend? Only team vice president Billy Beane and manager Bob Melvin knows.

On the MLB The Show podcast with Daniel Dullum:

1 Wheeling and dealing as non-waiver trade deadline approaches on Tuesday.

2 A’s still baseball’s hottest team, hanging tough in AL Wild Card race. They lost outfielder Chad Pinder on the 10-day DL when he got stitches in his arm after getting into a car accident in downtown Denver on Saturday before the game with the Rockies.

3 Matt Cain, Ryan Vogelsong, and Brian Wilson newest additions to Giants’ Wall of Fame.

4 Andre Ethier retires; Matt Holliday returns to Rox with minor league deal.

5 RIP Tony Cloninger – good hitting pitcher for Braves, Reds, and Cardinals.

Daniel does the MLB The Show podcast each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

MLB The Show podcast with Matt Harrington: Would Giants really deal Bumgarner?; Will A’s start to cool off after loss in Colorado?; plus more news

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On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

#1 The San Francisco Giants have dropped three straight games. There’s been talk about dealing their ace pitcher Madison Bumgarne. Would any kind of move of Bumgarner be surprising?

#2 It was going to happen sooner or later. The Oakland A’s, who had won 27 out 34 games prior to Friday night, snapped their six-game winning streak. Could they start to cool off?

#3 The Los Angeles Dodgers continued to roll on Friday. Starter Clayton Kershaw allowed one run and struckout eight in seven-plus innings, Kershaw also helped his own cause with a single and an RBI.

#4 The St. Louis Cardinals handed the Chicago Cubs a 5-2 loss at Busch Memorial Stadium on Friday. The Cards’ Paul DeJong had three hits and three RBIs.

#5 The Cleveland Indians continues to roll with a 8-3 win over the Detroit Tigers. Cleveland’s Francisco Lindor hit two home runs out of the four homers Cleveland would get on Friday night.

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

 

Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman: A’s head to pitcher’s park Coors Field with six-game win streak; Can Rockies cool down the red-hot A’s?

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On the Oakland A’s podcast with Joey:

The Oakland A’s are rip roaring with 27 wins out of their last 34, a four-game sweep, four triples in a four-game series with the Rangers. The A’s led the way with the four triples and the A’s outfielder Steven Piscotty said there’s a new hero everyday in this ball club.

The A’s leadoff hitter Nick Martini in two at bats on Thursday connected for two hits and scored two runs himself while picking up an RBI. All the runs counted in this one as the A’s got by the Rangers by a run, 7-6.

The A’s open a three-game series in Denver starting tonight at Coors Field. It’s not a hitter’s park. The Rockies have a shot at being that one club that could cool down the red-hot A’s. They’re at home at Coors. They’re third in the NL West, just two games out of first behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers and they have the talent to make a run at the postseason. Come to think of it, so do the A’s.

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

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Giants are concerned about team DL; Should Giants fans have booed Hader for racist tweets?

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On the SF Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

The San Francisco Giants will be glad when July is over. They dropped two series with the Oakland A’s, and to close out the month, they opened up a series with the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday–only to lose 7-5. With the loss to the Brewers, the Giants drop their season record to .500. The Giants’ starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner (3-3) tonight at AT&T Park for game two of the series. The Brewers are having a very good season just 2 1/2 games back in the NL Central behind the first-place Chicago Cubs.

Brewers pitcher Josh Hader, who made racist, homophobic, and misogynistic tweets, received boos Thursday night when he was announced to the crowd. Was Hader’s treatment by the San Francisco crowd deserving or should the fans just move on? Michael talks about the Hader question on this segment.

It’s been a rough month for San Francisco now at .500 and the Giants are concerned for pitchers Johnny Cueto (3-1), who has thrown well, but is he fully healthy? Jeff Samardjiza is trying to get back–how far off is he? And Brandon Belt is expected to miss about a week with a bruised bone.

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