Sorry folks and I’ve got friends at most of these TV stations, but why can’t Channel 9 have the basketball game on Channel 29. Everything weather wise is east of Kansas City right now and I’m more than fine with weather being a priority. BUT, why isn’t the hoop game Ch. 29???

The part that remains lost in all of this is that Sorsby gambled on a team in which he attended meetings, knew game plans, injuries, had insider info to every aspect of Indiana football? How many gamblers would like that kind of intel? It’s as egregious as egregious gets.

(2) I also remember a very emotional Chris James in the room, who was an outfielder with the Phillies at the time and worshiped Schmidt. Just four days later we acquired James from the Phillies in exchange for infielder Randy Ready and John Kruk (an awful trade by the way).

Mike Schmidt's tearful retirement announcement, May 29, 1989. It shocked the baseball world precisely because it came out of nowhere in the middle of the season. The decision boiled down to a mix of steep physical decline, immense frustration with his own play, and an unyielding commitment to the legendary standards he had set for himself. At 39 years old, Schmidt was battling the lingering effects of a rotator cuff injury from 1988 and aging knees. He felt his core baseball instincts and physical tools slipping away, rendering him unable to play the style of game that defined his career. During his tearful press conference in San Diego, he put it plainly: Over the years of my career, I've set a high standard for myself as a player. My skills – to do the little things on the field, to make the adjustments needed to hit, to make the routine play on defense and run the bases aggressively – have deteriorated. The final tipping point came the day before his announcement, on May 28, against the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park. Schmidt was in a 2-for-37 slump, dragging his season average down to .203. In the bottom of the eighth inning, he booted a routine ground ball at third base for his eighth error of the young season. Right after the error, Will Clark launched a grand slam off Phillies pitcher Ken Howell, turning a tight game into an 8-5 loss for Philadelphia. The Phillies were in last place, and Schmidt felt his presence on the field was actively hurting the team rather than helping. On the plane ride to San Diego that night, he informed manager Nick Leyva that he was done. Schmidt admitted he watched younger National League stars like Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell and realized he felt like a shadow of the player he used to be. While he acknowledged he could have easily asked the Phillies management to transition him into a part-time player or a bench bat just to collect a paycheck and pad his career statistics, his pride wouldn't let him. What are your thoughts and memories of Mike Schmidt?

Hanging out in Fayetteville this weekend assisting ESPN’s Super Regional softball coverage. They just took tarp off the field, again. Had over 4-hour rain delay yesterday and in a non-rain delay right now. Hasn’t rained except for sprinkles, but game delayed for an hour.

I have to admit, there were times in that 111-loss season I wanted to change that header to “Diamond-Fiction.” Hope you’re well. Miss seeing you along the old route.

So cool seeing those notes. That was the one night that salvaged a disastrous season, our 15th of just 51 wins that year. One of the greatest single night’s of my career and RJ was a true pro after and then next night taped a David Letterman Top 10 list during BP. Miss ya pal!

Hey @anne__rogers and @LWorthySports, no Wacha didn’t.

I personally know the individual who typed every word of those notes. Most of the copies in the press box didn’t have a coffee stain on them though. Oh, and the same guy did the media guides too.

Starling was on my 2017 WBC team from the Dominican Republic. He was such a pleasure to work with for those 10 days. I was thrilled when the Royals signed him this spring. He’s a glue guy.

Happy big league Anniversary, Hoz. I vividly remember that Friday night against Oakland. The park was juiced.

One of the absolute worst scoring calls initially that I’ve seen in a long time, and that’s saying something. Sure is easy to official score when you look at it in slow motion replay.

Just ordered mine today. Can’t wait to wear it to the gym.

One of the many great traits of Hammy is while he’s Cleveland’s HOF play-by-play guy, he’s also a tremendous baseball fan. Sounds crazy to say, because all should be, but he truly appreciates great baseball. I’ve heard him on many occasions verbally applaud an opponents play.

Duper is the absolute best in the business and it’s not even close. Has been since replay started in earnest in 2014. He takes an immense amount of pride in doing his job.

(Part two) Once in the spring I introduced one of the younger pitchers to a retired pitcher and said, “he had 21 complete games.” The young pitcher looked at me and said, “WOW, that’s unbelievable. How many years did he pitch?” I said, “no, in one season.” He didn’t believe me.

I was asked for literally 100’s of live postgame on-field interviews and the toughest gets were the closers. They are the most wired once that final out is recorded and oftentimes they’d respectfully ask to not talk yet. Erceg showed why last night. Adrenaline is a real thing.

I was asked for literally 100’s of live postgame on-field interviews and the toughest get were the closers. They are the most wired once that final out is recorded and oftentimes they’d respectfully ask to not talk yet. Erceg showed why last night. Adrenaline is real.

Par 67, huh? Look, I’m the last guy to give golf advice, but watching him trying to get out of the traps with that oversized sand wedge was both laughable and sad. Augusta is a different animal than those LIV courses.

This was the second time in my PR career when my manager was kicked out of a game before a pitch was ever thrown. During my time in San Diego in 1986, manager Steve Boros was tossed for taking a video tape to home plate for the lineup exchange. The umpire, also Charlie Williams.