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That’s Amaury’s Podcast, News and Commentary: Pitching will be a big concern for 2018 Athletics

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On That’s Amaury’s podcast:

As far as the starting rotation for the Oakland A’s is concerned, it’s going to be tough. There have been verbal and written reports about the A’s pitching staff and who will truly be effective for the 2018 season. Basically, it’s a young pitching staff that their going to depend on. Last week, the A’s lost starter Jharel Cotton to Tommy John surgery and this is one key pitcher that the A’s don’t have.

The A’s are looking at Sean Manaea, Daniel Mengden, Kendall Graveman, and questions arise if Paul Blackburn and/or Trevor Cahill will make the rotation. With Cotton out, the A’s are observing Ryan Dull, who is throwing off the mound but with a certain pitch count. He doesn’t quite have the velocity yet to make it to the Opening Day roster.

Amaury is the Oakland A’s Spanish play-by-play announcer, the vice president of the Major League Baseball Hispanic Heritage Museum, and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips: A’s in the City to close out spring schedule; Cueto has good outing against Oakland; plus more

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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

#1 Giants and A’s kicked off the 2018 Bay Bridge series at the Coliseum on Sunday, which could only mean the beginning of the regular season is just round the corner.

#2 It was an satisfying outing for Giants starter Johnny Cueto, who pitched the first Bay Bridge series game, going 5.1 innings, five hits, one run, one walk, six strikeouts in a 5-1 win over the A’s Sunday.

#3 Giants pitcher Ty Blach gets the start for opening day on Thursday in Los Angeles. In 2017, Blach had a 4.78 ERA and was 8-12.

#4 The Giants offense do present some pop in the line up for 2018 with hitters such as Buster Posey, Evan Longoria, and Andrew McCutchen.

#5 On an A’s note: The A’s played it safe and purchased land from the city of Oakland in order to secure the Oakland Coliseum area so no future developers might buy the land in the event the Howard Terminal idea falls through.

Morris Phillips is the San Francisco Giants beat writer at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro: Sharks take seven-game win streak into Chicago tonight; Dillon and his Gordie Howe hat trick; plus more

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Len Shapiro:

#1 The Sharks are on a seven-game win streak. They’re getting their last victory 5-1 and sweeping Calgary Flames in the season series 4-0.

#2 The Sharks got goals from Brendon Dillon, Janik Hansen, Evander Kane, and Justin Braun. A Gordy Howe hat trick for Dillon.

#3 Fr Sharks goaltender Marty Jones picks up his 37th save against NJ for the win.

#4 The Sharks are 10-2 since Kane’s arrival, and with seven games left, the Sharks are seven points behind Vegas.

#5 A look how the Sharks are doing on the on power kills, penalty plays and upcoming game for tonight in Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville, and Vegas.

Len Shapiro does the Sharks podcasts each Monday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

 

NHL podcast with Matt Harrington: Sharks get huge win to extend win streak to seven; Hall’s breakaway helps Devils get past Pens 4-3; Bruins’ Pastrnak starts three-goal comeback rally for 3-2 win

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On the NHL podcast with Matt:

#1 The Sharks won their seventh straight game win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon by a score of 5-1.  Matt talks a little about the successes of why they have such a long win streak going.

#2 New Jersey’s Taylor Hall got a break away goal that put the Devils over the top with just 27 seconds left in overtime to edge the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3.

#3 Another close one as the Boston Bruins got a 3-2 one goal win past the Dallas Stars on Friday night. David Pastrnak broke a 2-2 tie with 12 seconds left and the Bruins scored three unanswered goals in the third period for the one-goal comeback win.

#4 The St. Louis Blues faced off against the Vancouver Canucks and the Blues’ Patrik Berglund got two goals to help the offense as St. Louis got its fourth straight win. Blues goaltender Jake Allen stopped 19 shots in Allen’s eighth start for St. Louis.

#5 The Montreal Canadiens got a 3-0 shutout behind the netminding of Antti Niemi, who save 35 shots and picked up his first shutout in 27 months. The Habs picked up their first road win past the Buffalo Sabres in eight games.

Matt Harrington covers the San Jose Sharks for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: Samardzija on DL for right pectoral muscle; Giants go with four-man rotation

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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca:

#1 The big news is that Jeff Samardzija goes on the D.L. after giving up three home runs in back-to-back starts. Did that send up a red flag for you that something was wrong with Samardzija?

#2 Samardzija underwent an MRI and it revealed he had a strained right pectoral muscle in his chest.

#3 The MRI came after Samardzija gave up two home runs in an inning of a Triple-A game. He hit the next hitter and then he was removed.

#4 How will Samardzija’s absence impact the Giants’ rotation?

#5 Michael’s favorite spring training moments in Giants camp during the exhibition sesaon.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Dcua at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana Kieu: Quakes fall short to Sporting KC 3-2; sign a French defender; plus more news

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By: Ana Kieu

On the San Jose Earthquakes podcast with Ana Kieu:

1. The Quakes battled it out with Sporting KC at Children’s Mercy Park on Saturday, but fell short, 3-2. Give us a brief recap on that back-and-forth game.

2. Chris Wondolowski scored his first goal of the season for a classy finish in the Quakes’ game against Sporting KC. Tell us more about the star forward and give us your prediction for goals he’ll score this season.

3. Vako has had a great first two games so far this season with two goals and two assists. What else can you say about him?

4. The Quakes signed defender Paul Marie, the club’s first-round selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. Tell us more about this new signee in San Jose.

5. The Quakes will return home to host NYCFC on March 31st at 5:00 pm PST. I know you’ll be covering that match for us, but give us your three keys to the game.

Sacramento Kings podcast with Jeremiah Salmonson: Golden One Center remained locked down throughout Kings and Hawks game due to Black Lives Matter protest

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@SeanCunningham photo: Sacramento Kings attendee Sean Cunningham took this photo of the fans who were able to get into the building before Golden One Center was locked down due to safety concerns on Thursday night. Cunningham tweeted that the upper deck of the arena was empty

By Jeremiah Salmonson

SACRAMENTO–The NBA Commissioner’s office decided with Sacramento Police to keep the doors at Golden One Center on lockdown meaning that anyone who needed to go to work would be excused for the night and anyone trying to leave the arena would not be permitted to leave the building because of strict security regarding the Black Lives Matter protest over the shooting of Stephen Clark, who was shot at least 20 times, after neighbors reported that he had been breaking windows into cars in the 29th Street neighborhood in Sacramento.

Protesters who arrived between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm in the thousands with Kings fans waiting to get into the building were outside of the building as late as 8:30 pm on Thursday night. After the release of the video of Clark’s shooting by police that aired on Sacramento TV station KCRA TV 3 Black Lives Matters put their plans of a protest into action outside the most visible and high profile spot in Sacramento the Golden One Center one hour before a game between the Atlanta Hawks and the Kings.

Rather than cancel the game the NBA decided to play the game while the doors of the arena remained on lockdown. SWAT officers were on the Golden One Concourse as protesters and police exchanged words outside. The game is expected to end at 10 pm when fans who got there early before the lockdown will try to leave.

Jeremiah Salmonson is a Sacramento Kings reporter for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Sports Headlines podcast with Tony Renteria: How Tony did with his March Madness brackets; With four big injuries, how that worked for Warriors; Giants’ Samardzija struggling this spring and more

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On the Sports Headlines podcast with Tony:

#1 Are all of Tony’s brackets broken? Tony talks about his prediction in the Sweet 16 and who’ll be the last team standing.

#2 What benefits do you see to having injuries to Golden State Warriors? Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green. Green and Curry are expected to come back on Friday against the Atlanta Hawks.

#3 Pitcher Jeff Samardzija has given up three homers in one inning twice in two games and is struggling to have a decent spring outing. He’ll be in the rotation for the regular season, but what is happening with Samardzija and giving up the long ball?

#4 A’s pitcher AJ Puk has gone down with biceps soreness and has no major structural damage. He’s listed as day-to-day.

#5 The Giants certainly have the offense coming into the season with big boppers like Evan Longoria, Andrew McCutchen, Joe Panik, Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford, Buster Posey, and Pablo Sandoval, just to name a few. But the Giants’ pitching staff is still a concern coming into the season.

Tony Renteria does the Sports Headlines podcast each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: Pagan will be an effective reliever; Mengden will be in A’s rotation; plus more A’s news

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On the A’s podcast with Jerry:

#1 Emillio Pagan, who came to the A’s in the Ryon Healy deal from the Seattle Mariners, has been effective in the Cactus League and A’s pitching coach Scott Emerson said that Pagan has the passion. Emerson also likes his work ethic and says Pagan is not afraid to try new things and it’s proving to work out.

#2 Pagan’s numbers were impressive with 50 strikeouts in 56 1/3 innings last season. He’s the A’s best kept secret and they gave up a lot, trading Healy to Seattle to get Pagan.

#3 Daniel Mengden passed the audition during spring training, allowing five hits, a walk, two runs in 6 1/3 innings of work and struck out three. Also, Mengden threw 85 pitches this spring.

#4 Section 332 will be the A’s charity section every Wednesday starting April 4th, where fans can pay from $1 and up. All proceeds go to an A’s charity.

#5 The A’s signed right-handed pitcher Trevor Cahill. Brett Anderson is signed to a minor league deal. Anderson formerly pitched for the A’s.

Jerry Feitelberg does the A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa Walsh: Be very careful, Vegas is coming to SAP Center with the conference’s best record

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On the San Jose Sharks podcast with Mary Lisa:

The New Jersey Devils who paid the San Jose Sharks a visit on Tuesday night were caught off guard, getting crushed 6-2. You can’t take the Sharks for granted against the Sharks you have to play steady and play a good defensive game that what the Sharks really need. If they get into one of these 11-goal games, it’s going to be a fun game to watch, but that’s a little too risky. Defense is the Sharks’ key to success. Last night’s game was a good model, but we don’t know if the Devils were all they can be.

As a model, the Sharks have to play a good defensive game and shooting every time they stand in range of the net is a good idea. The Vegas Golden Knights, who lead the Western Conference, are eight points ahead of the Sharks, who are in second place, and it’s a question of whether or not the Sharks can catch them. It’s certainly worth trying. It’s better than losing points. The only goal in front of the Sharks right now is catch Vegas.

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