A's Podcast

Chris Townsend was live at Spring Training ahead of Cactus League play and sat down with Paul Blackburn (2:45), Alex Wood (15:40), Brent Rooker (24:15), Seth Brown (30:05), Lucas Erceg (40:00), Nick Allen (54:20), Kyle Muller (1:00:50), Joey Estes (1:14:50), Tyler Soderstrom (1:25:30), Joe Boyle (1:32:00), Mason Miller (1:40:15), Shea Langeliers (1:51:45), JJ Bleday (1:59:00), JP Sears (2:10:05), Lawrence Butler (2:18:00), Zach Jackson (2:26:30), Ryan Noda (2:43:10) and Zack Gelof (2:51:55). 

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Chris Townsend was joined by A's Writer for MLB.com, Martín Gallegos, to break down A's Spring Training (1:10), A's Reliever, Zach Jackson (24:15), A's Catcher, Tyler Soderstrom (41:00) and Bay Area Radio Hall of Famers, Ken Korach and Marty Lurie (47:20). 

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On the March 1 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed Ryan Noda and Zack Gelof's performances in Spring Training (11:30), Fangraphs projections for the A's players (18:35), baseball wanting to go from 13 to 12 pitchers on the roster (23:50) and how we define an "ace" in baseball (1:08:55). He was joined by Royals broadcaster, Jake Eisenberg (33:50) and A's Radio broadcaster, Johnny Doskow (1:29:30).

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On the February 29 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed MLB expansion (5:30) and why baseball needs to revamp the divisions (18:15). He was joined Martín Gallegos of MLB.com (32:10), Johnny Doskow and Shooty Babitt (1:00:30) and Padres Radio Voice, Jesse Agler (1:26:10). 

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On the February 28 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend discussed Mitch Spence's comment to him about making it tough on the front office to send him back (7:35), players seizing the moment (17:10) and attendance being up in baseball in 2023 (26:05). He was joined by A's Hall of Famer, Steve Vucinich (52:20), A's Radio Broadcaster, Johnny Doskow (1:03:10) and Bay Area Radio Hall of Famers Ken Korach and Marty Lurie (1:27:50). 

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On the February 27 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was live from A's Spring Training and discussed Stephen Vogt as the new Guardians Manager (11:00), looking back at the pitch timer one year later (24:15), the case for Jose Ramirez and the Hall of Fame (48:10) and the battle at third for the A’s (1:09:00). He was joined by Stephen Vogt from the Winter Meetings (29:50), A’s Catcher, Tyler Soderstrom (1:16:50), A’s First Round Pick in 2023, Jacob Wilson (1:34:40) and Johnny Doskow (1:40:40).

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On the February 26 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was live from A's Spring Training and discussed the A's closer role for 2024 (2:45), Cody Bellinger's contract with the Cubs (13:45), teams hoarding prospects (31:15) and the Dodgers trading Manuel Margot to the Twins (1:40:30). He was joined by A's reliever, Zach Jackson (43:00), A's broadcaster, Johnny Doskow (1:00:00) and the voice of the A's, Ken Korach (1:24:45)

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On the February 23 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was live from A's Spring Training and was joined by A's second baseman, Zack Gelof (20:00), Brent Rooker (31:45), Paul Blackburn (43:35), JP Sears (1:21:00), Joe Boyle (1:37:05), Seth Brown (1:46:00), A's Third Base Coach, Eric Martins (1:55:30) and A's Director of Spring Training Business Operations, Joe Pun (2:13:00).

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On the February 22 edition of A's Cast Live, our weekly all baseball talk show Monday through Friday, Chris Townsend was live from A's Spring Training and was joined by A's Manager Mark Kotsay (8:13), catcher Shea Langeliers (33:05), pitcher Alex Wood (45:04), booth analyst for NBC Sports California Dallas Braden (1:03:06), outfielder JJ Bleday (1:25:00), and A's pitching coach Scott Emerson (1:41:52)

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Chris Townsend and A's Manager Mark Kotsay discuss his Spring Training opening speech to the clubhouse, the new group of young players ready to take the next step, what he's learned from day one on the job to now, the veteran pitchers and how they can help the younger players, what excites him about the young offense, and Jim Leyland going into the Baseball Hall of Fame

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