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On the MLB Podcast with Daniel Dullum:
1 San Francisco Giants Joe Panik’s history-making start sparks 2-0 start for Giants.
2 Disabled lists already well-occupied throughout MLB.
3 Oakland A’s pick up pitcher Josh Lucas from the St. Louis Cardinals.
4 New York Yankee outfielder Giancarlo Stanton linked with Roger Maris–again.
Daniel Dullum does the MLB podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the NHL podcast with Matt:
#1 Who do you like as the NHL MVP? Nikita Kucherov of Tampa Bay, Connor McDavid of Edmonton, Taylor Hall New Jersey, Nathan MacKinnon of Colorado, Evgeni Malkin of Pittsburgh, Blake Wheeler of Winnipeg, Pekka Rinne of Nashville, Boston’s Patrice Bergeron of Boston, Anze Kopitar of L.A. or the Claude Giroux of Philadelphia.
#2 The Sharks, after dropping their last two games, are trying to avoid losing a third they’ll be put to the test tonight as they face off with the Vegas Golden Knights, one of the Western Division’s toughest teams at the T-Mobile Center.
#3 NHL player of the week no doubt goes to the Chicago Blackhawks emergency goalie Scott Foster, who played 14 minutes after the starter and the backup went out with injuries. Foster ended up stopping seven shots.
#4 The Anaheim Ducks got a big win past the LA Kings when Rickard Rakell scored in OT at 4:41 for the Ducks 2-1 win.
#5 The Tampa Bay Lighting continue to win this time with a 7-3 victory past the New York Rangers. Brayden Point and Cedric Paquette got two goals apiece for the win.
Matt Harrington does the NHL podcast each Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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By Amaury Pi Gonzalez
OAKLAND — Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Angels infielder and pitcher, is baseball’s center of the universe at the Oakland Coliseum with at least 100 Japanese journalists out here to cover the first ever position and pitcher player since Babe Ruth did it for the Boston Red Sox in the early 20th century.
Ohtani, who had not made himself available to the Japanese and English media, is a very low-key player much in the way that former Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki was when he was in his hey days. Ohtani is schedule to pitch on Sunday against the Oakland A’s that will draw not only thousands in the stands, but millions watching from Japan and about 100 Japanese reporters are expected to cover his first big league pitching performance on Sunday.
A’s opening day transformation: The A’s team president David Kaval, who did away with the opening night game concept, gets a lot of credit for his scheduling of the A’s first day game since the day game opener since 1994. Amaury remembers covering the Giants opening day and the Giants played a lot of day games.
Day games are special, and in Anaheim, the Angels play a lot of Saturday night games. It’s an entertainment area as you get Disneyland which is for families who take their families to the park, and at night, they go to the games. The games for the A’s every game is a day on a Saturday.
Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Oakland A’s Spanish radio play-by-play and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca:
#1 The opening day performance by San Francisco Giants starter Ty Blach, who went five innings with three hits and three strikeouts. Blach put out a strong performance.
#2 A look at what pitches that were working for Blach.
#3 It took four relievers to come in to shut the door on the Los Angeles Dodgers. There were doubts about the Giants bullpen, but they really impressed on Opening Day.
#4 Dodgers starter Clayton Kernshaw pitched well enough to win, but he didn’t get any offensive support, throwing for one run, eight hits, walked two, struck out seven well enough to complete the game.
#5 Joe Panik, who got the game’s only run on a solo home run in the fifth, that turned out to be the difference maker.
Michael Duca does the Giants podcast Fridays and Morris Phillips on Mondays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the NHL podcast with Joe Lami:
#1 What could you say about emergency goalie Scott Foster, a 36 year old accountant by day, back up goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks by night? Foster, who stopped seven shots after the Hawks’ first two goalies were hurt, helped in defeating the Winnipeg Jets 6-2. Foster set the NHL record for length of time played by an emergency goalie. The previous record was under 60 seconds. Foster was put into a situation where he was greatly needed as opposed to previous emergency goalies who played for just a few seconds and got the job done.
#2 The Vancouver Canucks got by the Edmonton Oilers 2-1. The Canucks’ goals from Sam Gagner and Derrick Pousiot were all that was needed. The Canucks were down 1-0, but came back with goals in the second and third periods.
#3 The Minnesota Wild made no doubts about who was going to dominate this game as they got three goals in the second period. The Wild got two goals from Zach Parise.
#4 The San Jose Sharks dropped their second straight game. This time to the Nashville Predators 5-3. Coming out of a 2-2 tie after the first period. the Preds got to work with a goal in second period and scored twice in the third period.
#5 It was all Blue Jackets in a 5-1 win past the Calgary Flames. Columbus’ Pierre Luc DuBois got a hat trick in the contest.
Joe Lami does the NHL podcasts each Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana Kieu:
1. The Quakes welcome NYCFC to Avaya Stadium Saturday night. What are your three keys to the game?
2. The Quakes’ training field got a new fence wrap on Monday. What do you think of the mini makeover?
3. JT Marcinkowski earned a spot on the USL’s Team of the Week for his standout performance in the Reno 1868 FC vs. Las Vegas Lights FC match, which ended in a 1-1 draw Saturday night.
4. Ted Ramey, the voice of the Earthquakes, recently said that the player he’s expecting to have their breakout is Magnus Eriksson.
5. The Quakes recently tweeted a story titled “Defying All Odds: Cardinal Newman’s Inspiring Journey to Glory” that was published after Cardinal Newman was crowned the D3 NorCal Champions following the Tubbs fire.
Ana Kieu does the San Jose Earthquakes podcast each week at SportsRadioService.com.
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On the Sports Headlines podcast with Tony Renteria:
#1 The Black Lives Matter movement continues as the organization plans a march on downtown Sacramento tonight as well as protesting at the Indiana Pacers at Sacramento Kings game tonight at Golden 1 Center. Sacramento Police reportedly will be on had at the arena to prevent protesters from blocking protesters who succeeded in not allowing fans to enter games last Tuesday and Thursday.
#2 The lockdown of Golden 1 Center for last Thursday saw only small crowds estimated at 4,000 fans per game. Did the protesters make a point with their protests or has what they’be done so far been counter productive?
#3 Former Oakland quarterback David Humm who passed away on Wednesday at age 65 was in a wheelchair for the last few years and has had MS. Humm was a former Raiders broadcaster, and Tony takes a look at the life of Humm.
#4 Opening day for Major League Baseball as the San Francisco Giants are in Los Angeles to play the Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels are in Oakland for the A’s. First daytime opening day since 1994.
Tony Renteria does the Sports Headlines each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh:
#1 The loss by the San Jose Sharks to the St. Louis Blues to end their eight-game win streak didn’t go without a fight as the game was forced into overtime by the Sharks as they tried to keep their streak alive.
#2 St. Louis Blues’ Vladimir Tarasenko took a pass from Vladimir Sobotka from behind the net. Sobotka took the puck in front of the net and passed it to Tarasenko show put it past San Jose goalie Aaron Dell, who was expecting it long side; but Tarasenko got the goal short side at 2:33 in the overtime stanza to get the Blues past the Sharks.
#3 Dell was left off balance on Tarasenko’s shot thinking he was going to get to the puck, but the game-winner made it in.
#4 Tarasenko is the Blues’ leading scorer with 31 goals and has also shot for 30 or more in each of the last four years.
#5 The Sharks head into Nashville for Thursday night’s contest. The Predators snapped a three-game loss streak on Tuesday loss streak and are looking to start putting a win streak together with the Sharks coming to town. This should be one of the best games of the week head-to-head.
Mary Lisa does the Sharks podcast each Wednesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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On the San Jose Barracuda podcast with Marko Ukalovic:
#1 With 4:28 left in the San Jose Barracuda’s last game on Tuesday in the first period, the Cuda took a 2-0 lead with a Juilius Bergman goal that beat the Tucson Roadrunners goalie Adin Hill.
#2 The Roadrunners cut the Cuda lead at 16:50 in the second period when Lanson Carson scored his 10th goal of the season.
#3 Manuel Wiederer scored his seventh goal of the season. Cuda led by two, 3-1.
#4 The Cuda won Tuesday’s contest in Tucson 3-1. Both Roadrunners and Cuda had 16 shots on goal.
#5 The Barracuda open a two-game road trip starting this Friday night in Grand Rapids against the defending champion Griffiths and then fly onto Rochester to face off against the Americans. This is expected to be one of the toughest road trips for the Barracuda this season. Two excellent teams that their playing on back-to-back nights on the road.
Marko Ukalovic does the Barracuda podcasts each Wednesday night at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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By David Zizmor
The Warriors without their big four are still trying to get their bearing, they struggled against the Atlanta Hawks and Utah Jazz at home and likewise with the game tonight against the Indiana Pacers. When the Warriors played against Utah on Sunday, they were not an easy team to beat when Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. The Jazz for the last two or three seasons this year’s team is different because Gordon Hayward is now on the Boston Celtics. Utah is a really well coached team head coach Quin Synder is one of the top coaches in the NBA which answers the question why the Jazz are having such a good year.
In the fourth quarter in the final minutes of the game of the Pacers-Warriors match, the Pacers maintained the lead even as the Warriors tried to battle back in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t catch the Pacers as Indiana pretty much dominated the fourth quarter by a good 10 points over Golden State.
David Zizmor does the Warrior podcasts each Tuesdays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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