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Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony Renteria: Musberger huge figure in Vegas; Raiders look to feed off his talent; Raiders fans in Oakland shocked by the change with Papa and Flores out

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On the Oakland Raiders podcast with Tony:

Broadcast teams–they come together or they don’t come together. Play-by-play announcers like former Oakland Raiders announcer Greg Papa was and color announcer which Tom Flores was they added two different aspects, but they were able to blend together and work well together.

Brent Musberger is in replacing Papa and I’m sure there has to be some color analyst that Musberger thinks he could work well together with and that’s who’s going to be the color person for Musberger, former Raider Bill Romanowski, maybe?

This firing of Papa and Flores caught a lot of people by surprise. It didn’t look like the Raiders were going to fire Papa and Flores until maybe after the Raiders left Oakland. What you want to do is embrace your fans in Las Vegas and not alienate your fans in Oakland.

Greg Papa’s call of “Touchdown Rrrrrrrrrraiders” is iconic. I don’t know if the band-aid has been pulled off so much now or if season ticket holders in Oakland understand the business side and realize the Raiders are moving and these are business related moves.

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

San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana Kieu: Latest news on the Black and Blue

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On the SJ Earthquakes podcast with Ana:

1. The San Jose Earthquakes got shutout 2-0 by the Montreal Impact in Montreal this past Saturday. There were a lot of views ranging from fire coach Mikael Stahre to let captain Chris Wondolowski go. What’s your take on the hapless Quakes?

2. France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final of the FIFA World Cup 2018. Just how happy were the French men and women on this special day after Bastille Day in France?

3. In the past month, a whopping 40,000 people attended the World Cup viewing parties at Avaya Stadium. How does it feel to know that the South Bay has been coming together?

4. 16-year-old Homegrown players Gilbert Fuentes and Jacob Akanyirige made their professional debuts for Reno 1868 FC this past Saturday. Tell us more about these two guys.

5. Center-back Guram Kashia touched down in San Jose Sunday night in an attempt to help the Quakes. Do you think anything good is going to come out of this?

6. The Quakes host the Seattle Sounders Wed Jul 25th at 7:30 pm PDT. What are your three keys to the match?

7.  The Quakes continue their homestand this Sat Jul 28th at 7:30 pm PDT against Real Salt Lake. What does San Jose need to do to avoid another draw with RSL?

Catch Ana on the weekly SJ Earthquakes podcast at sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Marko Ukalovic: Crawford still thrilled to be at All-Star extravaganza; Giants could make a run at Dodgers, just 4 games out

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On the SF Giants podcast with Marko:

#1 San Francisco Giants’ All-Star representative Brandon Crawford, who has two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves, a Silver Slugger, and a Willie Mac Award, enjoyed basking at the All Star-game in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night.

#2 At 31 years old, Crawford is the oldest amongst the shortstops and this is the first time he got to start being the top vote-getter for NL shortstops.

#3 For the second half of the season for the Giants, we’ll be taking a look at the upcoming rotation–take one at a time–and tell us what’s their outlook on Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto, Andrew Suarez, Dereck Rodriguez Derek Holland.

#4 The Giants are four games back in the NL West behind the Rockies, Diamondbacks, and the Dodgers. Four games is not a lot of games, as the Giants can jell and make a run for first.

#5 They’re taking the tarps off Mount Davis and this is the first time the Oakland A’s will be doing that in 13 years on Saturday, as the Giants will be at the Oakland Coliseum for three games. The A’s expect a capacity crowd at the Coliseum of 56,782.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: 89th MLB All-Star Game 2018: American League dominance continues; Jr Circuit defeats Sr Circuit 8-6

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By: Amaury Pi-González

There should be little doubt by now on which league has been the best during the past 12 to 15 years–the Junior Circuit! The American League beat the National League 8-6 in 10 innings to win its sixth consecutive All Star Game and its 12 of the last 15. Also, a record for an All-Star Game of 10 home runs (five apiece).

Houston Astros’ third baseman Alex Bregman won the MVP in his first ever All-Star Game. Chevrolet gave him a choice of a brand-new Chevy truck or a sporty Camero, he chose the Camero and said, “I am giving it to my mother.”

For the second year in a row, Max Scherzer (Nationals) started for the NL and Chris Sale (Red Sox) for the AL. The DH was in play at Nationals Park, the home of the Washington Nationals. This All-Star Game reflects today’s baseball, which is heavy on home runs. After all, the MLB established a record in 2017 for total home runs in a single season, and right now, that record could be in jeopardy.

AL home runs: Aaron Judge (Yankees), Mike Trout (Angels), Jean Segura (Mariners), Alex Bregman and George Springer (Astros).

NL home runs: Willson Contreras (Cubs), Trevor Story (Rockies), Christian Yelich (Brewers), Scooter Gennet and Joe Votto (Reds).

The previous record for home runs in an ASG had last been reached in 1971 by Johnny Bench, Hank Aaron, Reggie Jackson, Frank Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, and Roberto Clemente–all Hall of Fame legends!

FOX’s production was a good one, as it showcased some of the game personalities, wired with microphones while playing on the field. For example, Angels star Mike Trout, who is an amateur weatherman in the off-season in Vineland, New Jersey, on a local television station, Cleveland Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor, and Colorado Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon.

Most of the players were busy with their phone cameras, filming from the very beginning when they were introduced and throughout the game from their respective dugouts, and sometimes spilling into the field after a home run was hit.

Kudos to the MLB, who honored two dozen U.S. Armed Forces Veterans–all of whom were Medal of Honor winners. What better city than Washington, D.C. for this very nice ceremony? We should always honor the men and women who served, are currently serving, and who help to preserve the freedom we enjoy.

The 2019 All-Star Game will take place at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish play-by-play talent and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland A’s podcast with Charlie O: All-Star break gives needed rest to pitching staff’s arms; What representing the A’s at the All-Star Game means for Lowrie and Treinen

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On the A’s podcast with Charlie O:

#1 How important was the break for everyone, considering all the arm and pitching injuries the club had endured in the first half?

#2 A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie and pitcher Blake Treinen both represented the A’s Tuesday night at the All-Star game. No doubt, that had to be a very special honor for both players.

#3 The A’s finished the first half the hottest team in baseball. They struggled in April and part of May, but really turned it on in June with the lineup they have. Can you see them keeping it going?

#4 There’s been talk that if this keeps up, A’s manager Bob Melvin could be voted the A.L. Manager of the Year.

#5 The A’s open the second half of the season this Friday against the San Francisco Giants after what happened in the City, the Giants are going to look to at least win the series in Oakland.

Charlie O has the A’s podcast each Tuesday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: 2018 MLB All-Star Game in Washington DC–Crawford, Lowrie, Treinen worked hard to get to this point

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On That’s Amaury’s podcast:

#1 Amaury, let’s talk about the Oakland A’s reliever Blake Treinen, who made 24 saves for the first half of the season, which helped the A’s be the winningest team in baseball. Also, it helped Treinen get selected for the All-Star Game.

#2 How important is it for Treinen to have had the first half that he had? Does that give confidence to the ball club going into the second half?

#3 The A’s Jed Lowrie hit .285 with 103 hits, 16 HRs, and 62 RBIs. He had a great first half. Amaury talks about how important his role was to the club.

#4 Three San Francisco Giants had three players in the running for the All-Star game, including a last minute push to stuff the ballot box for Giants first baseman Brandon Belt, who fell short in the voting; Buster Posey, who was elected chose to sit out the All-Star game get a cortisone shot for his hip and rest during the break, and Brandon Crawford, who will be in the National League lineup tonight at second base.

#5 Tonight’s the big night American League All-Stars versus National League All-Stars. Who do you like in this game?

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish play-by-play talent, the vice president of the MLB Hispanic Heritage Museum Hall of Fame and  does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

MLB 2018 All-Star Game podcast with Morris Phillips: Crawford to represent Giants; Lowrie and Treinen to represent A’s

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On the 2018 MLB All-Star Game podcast with Morris:

The San Francisco Giants had three players who were favorites to make this year’s MLB All-Star game: Brandon Crawford, Buster Posey, and Brandon Belt. Posey and Belt didn’t make it this year, Belt lacked the votes, Posey is resting a sore hip and got a cortisone shot on Sunday. Crawford will be the lone Giants representative.

Crawford has 94 hits, 39 RBIs, 10 home runs, .289 and a Gold Glove kind of first half. Crawford is looking forward to an exciting second half, but first, Morris talks about what kind of an All-Star game Crawford will be looking forward to having.

For the Oakland A’s, they’ll be represented by second baseman Jed Lowrie, who has 103 hits, 62 RBIs, 16 home runs, and a .263 average for the first half. For reliever and closer Blake Treinen, 5-2, 0.96 ERA, and 24 saves.

Morris has covered his fair share of MLB All-Star games and will take a look where this year’s mid summer classic in Washington D.C. rates with the ones in the past.

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

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: World Cup 2018: Viva La France! Fox and Telemundo lost

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World Cup 2018: Viva LA France! Fox and Telemundo lost

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By: Amaury Pi-González

France beat a very good and inspired Croatia team who played with a lot of heart, 4-2, to win the 2018 World Cup. This is the second time that France has won a World Cup since 1998 when they shutout Brazil 3-0. France also made it to the finals in 2006, but lost to Italy. France team manager Didier Deschamps was the captain in 1998 when his team shocked Brazil in Paris, and on Sunday he became the third to ever win the World Cup as a player and coach.

The great city of Paris celebrates as French flags and chants of Champions du monde, Champions du monde, World Champs World Champs! are heard in Paris and all over the country. France has changed throughout the years, but the French people have been as nationalistic as anybody on the face of this planet for hundreds of years.

Croatia was trying for the biggest upset in World Cup Soccer history. Croatia is a Eastern European country with a population of around four million people. Croatia, trailing every knockout stage match this Cup, had to do something to try and comeback but it could not, and so went the hopes of the small nation with almost 100% of their four million people glued to their televisions.

This past week, the Wall Street Journal, Joe Flint and Suzanne Vranica authored a concise written summary of how Fox and Telemundo have lost ratings and money on the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

For example, they indicate that traditional TV ratings are down 7-10% compared to the 2014 event in Brazil, and as of July 7th, Fox’s World Cup TV ad revenue was roughly $107 million and Telemundo’s about $127 million, based on in-game ads.

Comparatively, the ad revenue from the 2014 tournament was roughly $336 million for Univisión and $187 million for Disney. Oh well, like the French would say, “C’est la vie.” In English, “That is life.” In Spanish, “Asi es la vida.”

Amaury Pi-Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the Oakland A’s and does News and Commentary each week at SportsRadioService.com.

MLB The Show with Matt Harrington: Is A’s Lowrie injury enough to keep him out of All-Star game?; Red Sox win streak ends at 10; plus more MLB news

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sfgate.com photo: Oakland A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie (8) collides with rightfielder Stephen Piscotty (25) which resulted in Lowrie getting a leg contusion. Lowrie is questionable for the All Star game this Tuesday it would have been his first All Star game of his career.

On the MLB The Show podcast with Matt:

The Oakland A’s announced that second baseman Jed Lowrie has a leg contusion after colliding with the rightfielder Stephen Piscotty, Matt talks about Lowrie and if he can make it to the All Star game on Tuesday in Washington.

The Boston Red Sox 10-game win streak ended on Friday night after the Toronto Blue Jays’ Kevin Pillar got four hits and Justin Smoak three hits, which included two homers.

With the A’s loss on Friday, they couldn’t gain any ground on the Seattle Mariners, who also lost to the Colorado Rockies 10-7. The A’s remain nine games out of first place and five games behind second place Seattle.

The A’s will be hosting the Giants next Friday at the Oakland Coliseum next weekend for the Bay Bridge Series. Will the A’s security do what they did the last time the Giants played in Oakland during the preseason Bay Bridge Series last March and charge Giants fans $50 to park and reduce it to $30 if the Giants fans say “Go A’s” or throw their Giants cap in a garbage can?

Cleveland continues to roll picking up a win over the New York Yankees 6-5. Cleveland got great pitching from Shane Beiber for eight innings. The Yankees scored a run in the top of the eighth and ninth, but couldn’t close the gap as Cleveland came away with a one-run win.

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

Oakland A’s podcast with Joey Friedman: A’s are coming off a near sweep of Astros, can they win series against Giants?

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mercurynews.com file photo: Oakland A’s Jed Lowrie takes congratulations in the A’s dugout which he has more than several times this season as he makes his first All Star appearance of his career

On the Oakland A’s podcast with Joey:

The A’s scored six unanswered runs on Thursday to come back from a 4-0 deficit to win 6-4 and get a near sweep in Houston, taking three out of four games. The A’s got key hitting in the contest with Matt Chapman, who hit a game-tying double and Mark Canha with a two-run single for extra runs.

The A’s Khris Davis has a 14-game hitting streak going into the series with the San Francisco Giants. Davis got another hit on Thursday against Astros pitcher Chris Devenski to keep it going.

The A’s second baseman Jed Lowrie will be replacing Gleyber Torres the Yankees rookie it’s Lowrie’s first All-Star appearance in his career. Lowrie has 103 hits, 62 RBIs, 16 home runs, while hitting .290.

The A’s, the hottest team in baseball, have won 19 of their last 24 games and are coming of that three out four game series win in Houston. Joey takes a look how these two teams match up for the Bay Bridge series.

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