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Mary Kitt’s Softball Player & Enthusiast on the NCAA D1 Super Regionals

NCAA Division 1 Softball Super Regionals have begun

• Florida State (FSU) worked hard and finished regular season with only 5 losses
• Mississippi State eliminates FSU to enter Super Regionals
• Central Florida (UCF) defeats Michigan in an 11 innings game pitched by RHP Kama Woodall
• UCF now enters into its first Super Regional & now faces #1 Oklahoma (OU) at Oklahoma
•  OU is always prepared and recently defeated Texas A&M 20 to 0
• Jocelyn Alo continues to hit Home Runs for OU
• Finals are always played in Oklahoma 
• Florida (UF) also advanced to Super Regionals and now must face #3 Virginia Tech
• Alabama shockingly lost to unseeded team Stanford            
• Alana Vawter pitching shut out Alabama twice
  
  
• Great pitchers to watch in Super Regionals
  • Valerie Cagle from Clemson
  • Keely Rochard from Virginia Tech
  • Jordan Ball from OU (may be out for Super Regionals)
• FSU looking to the future. 
  • Michaela Edenfield & Kathryn Sandercock – 2 of the top 25 players in the country story by gwynrhodes @okaygwyn
  • Players leaving Danielle Watson & Mack Leonard
  • Returning FSU players include strong batters Kalei Harding & Kaley Mudge
  • FSU will miss Sydney Sherrill
• Who will be the major contenders in the remaining 16 teams?
  • UCLA #5
  •   Arkansas #4 – first ever Super Regionals
  • Virginia Tech – Strong Pitching Staff 
  • Stanford & Mississippi State may surprise everyone
• It all began on Thursday, May 26
• Get ready for some face-paced 7 inning games for these 
• NCAA D1 Softball World Series – June 2nd through 9th
• ESPN2 will be carrying most of the games

Thanks to Mary Kitts for sharing her expertise & enthusiasm on NCAA Division 1 Softball.

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Judgement Day is arriving in MLB 
Brandon projects his inner Thanos  and is snapping judgement on these divisions & teams

AL East

• Yankees have a healthy lead but fans & players still complain
• Kevin Kiermaier leads off with an in park home run
• Orioles take series against Tampa Bay Rays
• Adley Rutschmqn prospect debuts
• Rougned Odor making his presence known
• Toronto Blue Jays, Ryu & Berrios are still struggling

AL Central

• Twins still leading
• Red Sox & White Sox battle
• Trevor Story altitude not making a difference
• Mark fails Brandon’s test

AL West

• Astros continue to lead
•  Angels top players continue to make a difference
• We expected more from the Rangers
•  Seattle is suffering even with Robbie Ray
• Julio Rodriguez is beginning to shine for Mariners
•  Bleacher Report gives a good breakdown

NL West

• Joc Pederson gets his mind freed by Barry Bonds
• 3 Home Runs & 8 RBIs in one Game
• Barry Bonds gave Joc words of encouragement & frees his mind.
• San Francisco Giants delivers Old School game
• Dodgers – Mookie works on night off and delivers 2 Home Runs against

NL Central

• Brewers still leading division amidst injuries with Willy Adames, Hunter Renfro & Freddy Peralta
• Bleed Cubbie Blue asks is it Outrage or Apathy with Sara Sanchez

NL East 

• Cohen’s Mets winning
• Atlanta Braves & Phillies fighting for 2nd in division
• World Series Atlanta Braves struggles
•  Mark is disinterested in Phillies
• Nationals were cold against the Dodgers

Mark’s experience at Nationals Field

• Bronze statues of Josh Gibson, Frank Howard, Walter Johnson greet you at Home Plate Entrance
• Multi-levels for fan seating – attendance around 20,000
• Park opens 90 minutes before the game
• Food Fare - Shredded Chicken & Beef Arepa’s tasty, sloppy & greasy
• Brandon likes Citi Field & Oracle Park
• What are you favorite fields let Brandon & Mark know
•  5 inning perfect game

No Mercy Rule here  -  Yadier Molina, Albert Pujols & Brett Phillips as Position Players on the mound. Should Adam Wainwright catch & Miguel Cabrera switch places

Ghost Busters, MLB & DirectTV

Mid-Summer Classic & All-Star Game coming soon

Other Sports – SportsBlitzPod

• NCAA Softball D1 post-season
•  Blood on the Ice - NHL Lightning continues to win Panthers losing
•  Battle of Alberta
• Andrei Vasilevskiy definitely the best
• Sunday Best Day in Car Racing -  F1 Monaco Gran Prix, Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte

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Discuss recent show Randy Sullivan Florida Baseball ARMory on BaseballBiz 

MLB Weekly Rundown

AL East – Orioles what’s next & almost win against the Yankees. Tampa Bay Rays, Wander Franco & Ji-Mon Choi broke out of 0 in 18 hitting slumps.
Yankees at .750 leading all 30 teams – could they win 120 games this season
Tyler Skaggs death

Matt Harvey verdict suspended 60 games 

AL Central – 8:00

Royals took 2 out of 3 from the Rockies in Colorado

AL West – 9:13

A’s hit an Umpire, Max Foster, twice in one game

3-man umpire crew had to move quickly

Astros break records with 5 home runs in one inning

Reid Detmers – Player of the Week

NL West – 13:10

Mark likes Miami – Joey Wendle, Avi Garcia, Jorge Soler, and Jazz Chisolm

Phillies, Bryce Harper, Player of the Week DH’s is way through injury

Nationals are still suffering but they have a nice stadium

NL Central – 16:13

Reds have broken the 500 mark for the last 10 games

Reds & Pirates have had difficulty fielding a strong team. Will owners ever spend the money?

Castellini – “Where you gonna go”

Reds break record by throwing  no-hitter and still lose – 18:23
 Brandon gives us a history lesson on losing no-hitters 

1964 – Colt 45’s lost to Cincinnati Reds 1 to 0 with a no-hitter

NL West – 20:25

Dodgers continue lead with San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants closing in 

Past week across baseball unremarkable. Average close to .500 across all 30 teams

ClosecallSports.com & YouTube channel & Ejection Fantasy League
 Brandon’s top 5 stadiums –  23:43

San Diego Padres @ Petco Park,  A day at the beach, dinner and a game

Kaufmann stadium with the fountains and they may be moving to downtown

Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis with the Cardinals with one of the best fan bases in MLB

PNC Park in Pittsburgh

Brandon’s number 1 park is the Giants Oracle Park

San Francisco Giants fans kayak in the bay to catch while cooking on a hibachi

Oracle Park the first privately only financed ballpark since 1962

Tropicana and Angels ballparks trailed at the bottom best stadiums in most reviews

A’s attendance falls so they raise ticket prices – what is the team not doing to “get butts in the seats”

David Kaval, another MLB team executive who doesn’t get it

A’s failing eye test as possums chewing through the roof. More cats than fans in the stands

Elon Musk holding out for the elimination of bots before buying Twitter.

Could he buy Tampa Bay Rays and create a new stadium SpaceX stadium in Ybor City with a giant rocket.

35:18  BaseballBiz Twitter mailbag on Reid Detmers

Dear Elon,  please don’t block us

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• Shohei Ohtani celebrated by the Angels
• MLB Standings Rundown
• AL East
  • Yankees beat down Blue Jays with Ejection Fest – 3 Jays kicked out
  • Espinal Homer denied, Kikichu working on a no-hitter
  • Yimi Garcia hits Josh Donaldson & is ejected without warning - Umpires overreact
  • Aaron Judge Walk-Off Home Run
    Manuel Margot, Tampa Bay Rays – Player of the Week injured
  • Orioles rise and Red Sox fall to bottom of rankings                                                                       
• AL Central
  • Twins leading division
  • White Sox climbing back
  • Royals & Tigers suffering – both on a losing streak
  • Carlos Correa back from IL
• AL West
  •  Angels leading with Astros on their tails
  • Athletics taking last spot
  • Ohtani awards – AL MVP, Silver Slugger, Commissioner Historic Achievement award, ESPY, Players Choice award
  •  Angels Rookie, Reid Detmers performs no-hitter against the Rays, 2020 10th pick in first round draft
  •  Brett Phillips takes the mound again – it should have been Brandon in the bullpen
  • Justin Verlander worked on a no-hitter through 7 innings
  • Mariners, Logan Gilbert Pitcher of the Month
• NL West
  • Dodgers leading the pack
  •  Strongest division 
  •  Don Bellino, Arizona Diamondbacks & Madison Bumgarner hand massages
• NL Central
  •  Brewers leading the pack
  •  Reds starting to hit a hot streak but still trailing both leagues from the basement
  • Brewer, Rowdy Tellez, Player of the week with 8 RBIs
  • Pirates lose both catchers in 1 game, Andrew Knapp ejected & Roberto Perez is injured. Position player picks up the Catcher’s mitt
• NL East
  •  Steve Cohen’s Mets lead the pack
  • Marlins stuck in the middle of a nasty sandwich between Diamondbacks & Padres 
  • We Love Jorge Soler 2x World Series winner on Cubs & Braves
  • We expected more from Atlanta
  • Cubs are basement dwellers
  • Dayn Perry from CBS Sports.com reports on juiced balls
  • Eric Chavez, hitting coach for NY Mets, notices baseballs may be more juiced with nationally broadcasted games
• MLB Umpires losing memorials to FTX advertising – SportsLogos.net 
•  Sponsors keep the lights on in NASCAR, Kentucky Derby Jockeys & Progressive insurance
• Fluffy, Gabriel Iglesias, fills Dodger Stadium – We need more comedians in the ball park during 7th inning stretch

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No Judgement Before Memorial Day from BaseballBiz

• Tommy & Jimmy fightin for the clickah
• Merry Month of May Defrosted with Stanley Cup, Kentucky Derby & Baseball
• Dusty Baker wins his 200th game as an MLB manager–
• How many TVs do you need for a Sports Bar (80)
• Urinal TV & Replays
• Roster Reductions & Pitcher Count
• Tampa Bay Rays Tyler Glasnow warming up
• MLB Standings, AL, NL
• Yankees & Blue Jays farce
• Alejandro Kirk doubles & then Espinal hits an RBI for Kirk to slide home
• Vlad Jr gets robbed of a Hot Box out – no challenges left
• AL Central, Twins are owning it
• Detroit Tiger Lttle League mistakes
• AL West – Where are the Rangers? Angels may reach their potential
• Brandon gives us “No Judgement Before Memorial Day”
• National League –AL East - Max Scherzer leading Mets, Miami Marlins are looking good.
• Atlanta Braves have Acuna back but are still suffering from a Freddie Freeman World Series Hangover?
• NL Central – Are the Reds a Major League team? What do you want us to do. Fans waiting for the Bengals to take the field
• Milwaukee Brewers, AL Player of the Week, Willy Adames
• NL West – wishing for a 3 way team race before post-season
• Dodgers – LA “City of Champions” in 16 mos.  Tampa Bay won 3 in 10 months
• Dead or Juiced balls? It feels like 2021 all over again. 
• MLBPA said What!
• Worst batting average & runs since last century
• Bleacher Report - avg barrel distances fall from 386 ft to 378 ft
• Max Scherzer expects bats will wake up
• Dave Roberts is not a conspiracy theorist . . . but
• Some baseballs with raised seams and some without
• Trevor Bauer suspended
• Who would pick Trevor Bauer up after suspension?
• NFL suspends players for “conduct detrimental to the league”
• MLBPA has to give Trevor Bauer representation in his appeal to MLB
• Sam Dyson, Starlin Castro, Ozuna others suspended & fined for domestic abuse
• Where does the fine money go
• Baseball Assistance Team helping others
• Rays Green Ribbon, NAMI, National Mental Health Awareness month, 
• Joe West @JoeWest5460 podcast – guest suggestions Madison Bumgarner, Angel Hernandez, CC Sabathia & Jomboy. Ejections & Bobby Valentine 
• People we would like to see with their own podcast  - Ken Griffey Junior, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, Johnny Gomes 

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• Bobby V tell  us his stories from his book, Valentine’s Way
• Transition from Player to Manager
• Roving instructor in Minor Leagues to coaching 3rd base on NY Mets
• Texas Rangers bringing in Analytics
• Bringing in Tom Howe as Strength & Conditioning coach for Rangers
• Introducing Pitch Count as a tool to Extend Nolan Ryan’s career 
• Goose Gossage from Plant City
• Working with Steve Buechelle & Tom Grieve
• Bobby V works to build a new stadium for Texas
• Teams needing a new stadium used Tampa as a tease to where they may move
• 1st non-Japanese person to manage a team in Japan w/ Chiba Lotte Marines
• Managed the New York Mets for 7 years
• Now advising the GM for the LA Angels seeing Mike Trout & Shohei Ohtani everyday
• Left Japan for Mets offer. The offer was not as initially advertised
• Bobby’s journeys with Mentor & Friend, Tommy Lasorda with travels from Ogden Utah, Spokane, Dominican Republic, Santa Domingo, Venezuela & Caracas
• Tommy Lasorda joins Bobby V at the All-Star game & avoids collision with the bat of Vladimir Guerrero Sr. 
• Giants Defensive End & Hall of Famer, Andrew Robustelli introduces Bobby to Tom Landry
• “Make sure your coaches speak your language” - advice from Tom Landry to keep your lines of communication open with your coaching staff. 
• Japan ritual after winning - hoist manager into the air 3x as symbol of trust and being together.
• 100 Fenway - Boston brought in to weed out the weak, clean up the mess, chicken & beer & dissension. 
• Director of Athletics at Sacred Heart University
• Now active with the Los Angeles Angels
• Passion is what you want to follow - What you are good as it what you should pursue.

Baseball sports book,  Valentine’s Way by Bobby Valentine is available in hardback & Kindle formats
https://www.amazon.com/Valentines-Way-Adventurous-Life-Times/dp/1637580940/ref=monarch_sidesheet 

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Chaos comes to BaseballBiz

• Nate Andrews Host of the “Full Count Chaos” podcast visits BaseballBiz
• Nate unveils the 2022 world of the Baltimore Orioles 
• 2022 with a Season of Hope for the Baltimore Orioles
•  Orioles fans are passionate with a strong team
• Nate walks us through the Depth of the Orioles Roster
• Who is coming up from the farm - Adley Rutschman #1 Prospect
• Powerful New Guys on the scene
  •  Austin Hays – flashy & fast
  • Jorge Mateo – Speedy, one of the fastest in the league
  • Felix Bautista – Machine throwing up to 100
  •  Grayson Rodriguez
  • Kyle Bradish
• Ryan Mountcastle – 2022 Rookie of the Year nominee - great things to come 
• Rebuild & Patience are curse words on “Full Count Chaos”
• John Means goes down will Kyle Bradish come up – all eyes now on GM Mike Elias
• Bruce Zimmerman & Spenser Watkins steps up 
• What is happening in Cincinnati?
• Camden Yards as a blueprint for other ballparks
• Home Run Friendly park 
• Pushing the left field wall back in Camden Yards
• Calm Down folks this is a positive move for the team
• Mike Elias makes the park more pitcher friendly
• Nate asks about Tampa Bay Rays Trop
• What is the best ballpark food at Camden  -  Crab Cakes, Crag Pretzel & the Boog Powell BBQ Pit
• Light at the end of the tunnel, new prospects
• Orioles’ Bruce Zimmerman takes down Shohei Ohtani
• Trey Mancini Out at First? Intent to Advance?
• Angel Hernandez
• When  does poor performance move an umpire down to the Minor for instruction
• Brewers & Phillies game – Kyle Schwarber spoke out
• Retired Ump Joe West offers his insights on Angel
• Joe West, Multiverse of Madness, Stranger Things all premiering in May 2022
• Humidors are not just for cigars anymore
• Dry out & deaden your balls – every team’s stadium must now have a humidor for their balls
• What will be the result of the humidors? Chris Towers of CBS Sports Fantasy provides the numbers to date
• Yankees Right field gives home run love
• NY Yankee fans Bad Behavior continues as Guardian player is injured in the outfield
• Hooligans throwing stuff on the field at Yankee Stadium – Kick them out of the Stadiums
• Good Things – Baltimore Orioles GM, Mike Elias making some positive moves – recent good games with Yankees & Angels
• Our Guilty Pleasures summary in other sports, Tampa Bay Lighting, NHL, NBA Playoffs, NASCAR, Kevin Kiermaier 
• Special Thanks to Nate Andrews for sharing knowledge on The Baltimore Orioles
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• Reds, Tommy Pham breaks dry spell of 0 hits with 15 ABs as he faces Padres
• Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers advances to 3,000 hits milestone  
• Shorter Games for the fans
• The Passan of Time --  Pitch Clock study info from Jeff Passan
• Minor League teams w/ pitch clock see reduction of 20 minutes per game
• Out West Officials - Kenley Jansen had  limited warm up pitches on the mound
• Balks - Blue Jays game  - Finger Lickin good - Angel Hernandez
• Dodgers Welcome Home Kenley Jansen scoreboard tribute
• Freddie Freeman gets Silver Slugger from old coach Snitker
• Dodgers Budget SNAFU with Kenley Jansen
• Jake Arrieta
• NCAA D1 Softball - Oklahoma has 1st loss after 40 games
• Bristol Dirt Race 
• Next Week - Season of Hope  with Baltimore 0rioles,  Full Count Chaos
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• Yankees run into the Toronto Blue Jay with Vlad Jr buzzsaw
• NL West – The Rockies will they rule over the Dodgers & Padres
• Texas Rangers is the big salary going to be worth it?
• Giants, Mike Shildt apologizes to Padres, Antoan Richardson
• Alyssa Nakken 1st woman base coach position in MLB
• Aaron Judge salary negotiations – Keep the energy on the field
• Reds, President Castellini apologizes for remarks on WLW
• Bobby Valentine account on threatening to move to Texas Rangers to Tampa mausoleum 
• Craig Calcaterra “Rethinking Fandom” – Teams that moved Dodgers & Giants
• Dodgers & Cubs owners looking to buy Chelsea team from Russian oligarch
• Red Sox, Fenway Group investing in NASCAR & NHL Pittsburgh Penguins
• Cleveland Guardians, Steven Kwan rises with 0 strike outs in 76 plate appearances
• Great performances from Cubs, Seiya Suzuki – Killer OPS, Mets - Pete Alonso, Rays - Ji-Man Choi & Freddie Who
• Brett Phillips hi-jinks as Outfielder turn Pitcher
• Chloe Grimes “Warrior Princess” – great spirit
• Sports beyond baseball – F1 in Australia, NBA Playoffs, Stanley Cup playoffs, NASCAR Dirt races, NCAA Softball

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RaysUp BaseballBiz Opening Day & Pitching woes

• Tampa Bay Rays Sold Out on Opening Day
• Shane McClanahan – Opening Day Pitcher
• First pitch HBP & Shane’s apology 
• Kyle Snyder brings peace and calm to the mound
• Bright lights & Rays we love - Wander Franco, Randy Arozarena, Ji-Man Choi
• Lowe & Behold
• Kevin speaks to McClanahan
• Oakland A’s  – Patino – only lasted 13 pages  - oblique injury  - could be out 2 months
• Kevin Cash remarks about Patino
• Rays Pitcher Injury List grows
• Nick Anderson , Pete Fairbanks, Yonny Chirinos, Tyler Glasnow, Brendan McKay 
• Shane Baz, Ryan Yarbrough, Luis Patino (pending) 
• Brett Phillips – Keeps Baseball Fun on the mound against the Oakland A’s
• Ex-Rays – Opening Week across the Leagues
  •  Marlins – Joey Wendle, Avisail Garcia, Jesus Aguilar
  • Atlanta  - Charlie Morton, Travis d’Arnaud
  • Detroit Tigers – Austin Meadows
  • Angels –   Matt Duffy 2B, Aaron Loup pitched 1 inning after Ohtani 
  • Astros -  Jake Odorizzi (Friday) pitched 4 innings – Astros won 13 to 6
  • Milwaukee Brewers -  Willy Adames, Mike Brosseau, Hunter Renfroe & Coach Ozzie Timmons
• AL East – one of the toughest divisions
• Watch Chicago White Sox in the American League
• Where will the Rays land at the end of the 2022 season
• Brandon reminds us of the Golden Rule – Don’t Worry Until Memorial Day

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