30 With Murti

There are a lot of challenges to scouting and completing a draft after the high school and college baseball seasons were shut down almost three months ago.  To discuss the issues surrounding this year's draft, listen here to Sweeny Murti's conversation with the Yankees Vice President of Domestic Amateur Scouting, Damon Oppenheimer, on the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.

Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre, along with his wife Ali, formed the Safe at Home Foundation in 2002, aimed at stopping the cycle of domestic violence.

For almost three months now, stay at home restrictions have put countless children at risk due to violent situations in their own homes.

Joe Torre joins Sweeny Murti in this episode of the "30 With Murti" podcast to discuss what friends and family members can do to help those struggling at home during the pandemic.

Visit JoeTorre.org for more information or to make a donation.

Don Roy King calls Saturday Night Live "an adrenaline rush" similar to a being a quarterback. And he should know. He's the man calling all the plays, the director of SNL since 2006.

On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, King takes us through a career spanning seven decades, punctuated by becoming just the fourth director in the history of NBC's legendary SNL, a show that's earned him nine Emmy Awards.

With a career that began in the late 1960's, King has directed more live television than anyone In the history of television. He's rubbed elbows with Paul McCartney, traded jabs with Muhammad Ali, and got his first big break in the business because he knew how to drive a stick shift.  

For more tales from SNL and the striking similarities between live comedy and live sports, listen here to Sweeny Murti's conversation with Don Roy King.

Ricky Cobb is one of the most popular and entertaining sports follows on Twitter. You know him better as Super 70s Sports.

Meet the 48-year old man behind the hilarious handle--his story, his life, and his humor--on this episode of the "30 With Murti" podcast.

Going up against Michael Jordan on the basketball court was a challenge to say the least.  Staring at him in the batters box--in 1994 when Jordan stepped away from basketball to play baseball for the AA Birmingham Barons--presented a challenge of a different kind.  And it certainly wasn't easy.  

What's it like to brush back the great Michael Jordan one moment and ask for his autograph the next?  

For that story and more, listen here to to the latest "30 With Murti" podcast as Sweeny catches up with John Courtright, who in 1994 was a 23-year-old left-hander in the Cincinnati Reds organization and was the first pitcher to have to face Jordan in a minor league game.

While everyone looks back fondly at Michael Jordan's basketball career, this week on the "30 With Murti" podcast is a look at Jordan's baseball career with former Birmingham Barons teammate, Glenn DiSarcina. 

Listen here as Sweeny and Larry Bowa break down the 9180 World Sereies in the latest "30 With Murt" podcast. Hear Bowa talk about some of the key players and plays, many of which illustrate key differences between baseball then and now.

Now in his fourth decade as a New York sportswriter, Peter Botte combines his love of baseball and pop culture in the pages of the New York Post. Now he has written an entertaining history of the Yankees whittled down to "The Big 50:  The Men And Moments That Made The New York Yankees." It's available now from Triumph Books.

In the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Sweeny chats with Peter about the book, some reflections on the last Yankees dynasty, and more.  Botte also talks about his daily movie recommendations in The Post.  And finally, Sweeny and Peter share their thoughts on the loss of friend and colleague Anthony Causi, the Post sports photographer who passed away last weekend at 48.  

Twenty-four years ago he was 12-year old Jeffrey Maier, the kid who reached over the fence and turned Derek Jeter's fly ball into a home run that changed a playoff game and maybe the course of the 1996 Yankees.  

On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Sweeny chats with 36-year old Jeff Maier, a married father of three, who recounts his brush with fame and what's happened to him in the year since.

Maier takes us through the moment and the amazing aftermath.  He also shares where the baseball journey has taken him and how people react to him in New York and Baltimore all these years later.

This episode of “30 With Murti” could be subtitled “Sweeny on Sweeney."

Actor D.B. Sweeney has been in some memorable sports movies such as "Eight Men Out" -- in which he played Shoeless Joe Jackson -- and "The Cutting Edge," his most memorable role as hockey player-turned-figure skater Doug Dorsey.

Sweeney’s latest project is called “Two Dum Micks,” a short film co-starring Sean Astin (“Rudy”) about a couple of not-so-bright guys down on their luck. The five-minute short premieres Wednesday on Facebook at 7 p.m. Eastern.

D.B. Sweeney meets Sweeny Murti, and they talk about sports movies and more in the latest episode of “30 With Murti.”