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ALCS & NLCS – Championship series games 4 &3 

• Fenway Effect and the Monster in Boston
• Aaron Boone signs up with Brian Cashman and the Yankees for another 3 years are the fans happy
• St. Louis Cardinals – Mike Shildt fired for “philosophical differences”  Hmmmm……
• Jayce Tingler spot still open at Padres – Contenders 
• What help will MLB be giving to Minor League Baseball player for housing
• Streaming of games – MLB, BallySports and Sinclair may be at cross purposes on streaming baseball
• Ron Washington
• NLCS – Braves and Dodgers play game 3 in LA 
• Dodgers score early and late. Fair weather fans leave during 7th inning stretch.
• Charlie Morton faces Walker Buehler
• Kenley Jansen closes out the 9th
• We love Phil Bickford
• ALCS – Red Sox and Astros at Fenway
• Pivetta v Greinke
• Eovaldi faces a Houston explosion in the 9th inning

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• MLB PostSeason games
• 3 teams left the postseason in defeat on game 4 .
• Tampa Bay Rays, Chicago White Sox & Milwaukee Brewers
• Who is left - (Dodgers, Giants - pick 1) Braves, Red Sox, Astros
• Dusty Baker has pulled the Astros from the muck and mire of cheating
• Eric Clapton - Take a look at yourself
• Game 5 - NL West fight for the  final spot - Top Heavy teams
• Brandon and Mark who were their early picks  Astros, Padres, White Sox, Toronto
• Reflect on the 100 games won by the Rays this season
• Kevin Cash challenge of Game 4 but proud of his Rays clawing back
• Weak Pitching - We needed Charlie Morton, Blake Snell and Glasnow
• Popcorn in the dugout and ordering champagne - Bad Karma?
• Who are these postseason Rays
• Media's criticism on Kevin Cash's decision & postseason Analytics
• Wander Franco & Randy Arozarena - a bright future with the Rays
• Keep Cash and don't rely completely on Analytics
• Arizona Fall League
• ALCS Champion? - Alex Cora's thumbprint
• Our Final Favorites for the World Series

Special Thanks to Kevin Cash, Kiermaier, Lowe, Mike Zunino, Wander Franco, Randy, Margot, Meadows, Brett Phillips, Arozarena, Mejia, McHugh, McClanahan, Baz, Archer, Glasnow, Kittredge, Fairbanks, Mazza, Wacha, Yandy Diaz, Yarbrough, Luis Patiño, Ji-man Choi, Joey Wendle, Brujan and every other player who took the field at the Trop.
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• Kiermaier politely laments
• Rays & Red Sox rock it for 13 innings looking for the advantage to win best 4 of 5
• How deep is your pitching staff
• Did the last inning Ground Rule Double steal the Rays steam
• Mark and Brandon discuss @Mat_Germain_  Rays expert 6 postgame insights and questions to last nights game.
• Drew Rasmussen - what happened?
• How would you build a solid 5 man rotation amongst the 13 pitchers on the Rays postseason roster.
• After bringing 9 pitchers to the mound how do you plan for Game 4 pitching?
• Brandon Lowe - Where are you and why did you bunt?
• Mike Zunino is suffering - should Mejia been brought in to face Pivetta
• Ground Rule Double - should it be modified, should Umps on the field make final call
• Schwarber in runner's lane. Intentional or just dumb at first base? Umps should have called it.
• Accolades to those Rays that brought it to ALDS game 3, Robertson, Arozarena, Kiermaier, Franco & Robertson
• Time to pull our big boy pants up and RaysUp tonight for ALDS Game 4 in Fenway

• Gerrit Cole & Nate Eovaldi – match up – what were the stats
• Cole pitches for only 2 innings 
• Breakdown of the game
• Hot at the bat – Schwarber Home Runs &  Verdugo knocks in RBI’s
• Eovaldi is on fire with 8 strikeouts
• Stanton fights the Green Monster
• Questionable broadcast programming – ratings, MLB scheduling bumping up against NFL
• Umpires – the retiring Country Joe West behind Home Plate for NL Wild Card
• San Diego had a chance
• Veteran Pitchers – Scherzer - Wainwright
• Dodgers & Cardinals Wild Card

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• BaseballBiz has a few last minute thoughts on the Wild Cards and today's close of the 2021 MLB regular season  
• Will there be a game 163
• Who has to win and who can or cannot afford to lose
• Press conference notes from post game 
  • Alex Cora - Boston Red Sox
  • Aaron Boone - Yankees 
  • Mitch Haniger - Mariners
• ESPN breakdown of what may happen next
• Basic lip service on the Dodgers and Giants. I mean really, both of them are postseason
• Enjoy this crazy day of potential chaos as several teams try to upset the proverbial apple cart
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• you can reach us on Twitter @TheBaseballBiz

Mat visits BaseballBiz and shares his insights about the Tampa Bay Rays and the American League postseason

AL Division champs all clinched – Chicago White Sox, Tampa Bay Rays and now the Astros

Don’t rest on your laurels with the Orioles

Astros win series over the Rays. - How did Fleming and Chargois perform

Matt Wisler is in the wings

How does Kevin Cash and the Rays make decisions in planning for postseason and rotation

Dusty Baker plans Astros postseason

Shane Baz will be emerging in the postseason & Drew Rasmussen shines 

Rays farm system builds strong prospects 

Durham Bulls rebuilds players talent for the Rays

Rays postseason tickets are now on sale

Phenom Wander Franco will be fun to watch postseason

Our choices on who will the Rays face in the postseason

What happened to Blue Jays, Robbie Ray?

Did the Jays move too late before getting Berrios?

National League 

We have seen enough of the Dodgers

Rays footprints throughout MLB teams with Erik Neander’s finger prints

Veteran players “smooth the valleys” Charlie Morton, Rich Hill and Nelson Cruz

Erik Neander building a dynasty in Tampa Bay

2018 Draft Rays picked 4 top of the 100 Prospects

You can find Mat on Twitter @Mat_Germain_ 

Mark is on @TheBaseballBiz

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#RaysUp

White Sox first to win their division - AL Central
Tony La Russa words on winning again
Giants and Dodgers fight for NL West
San Diego Padres fell short 
both hit 100 plus wins - San Francisco has record 104 wins
Buster Posey enjoys the moment 
Brewers win NL Central Championship
Cardinals with 17 game streak  and take one of the 2 NL Wild Card breaks
Tampa Bay Rays - American League East Champs - finish season at Yankee Stadium
AL West still in question - most likely the Astros
Mariners a Wild Card possibility as they finish off season with the Angels
AL Wild Card potential - Yankees, Red Sox,  Seattle Mariners & Toronto Blue Jays
MVP candidates?
NL Wild Card - definitely the Cardinals
Astros final homestand with Oakland
Special Thanks to Good Guys Talk Back - Pat & Nick
Thanks for being part of BaseballBiz 100th episode
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Author, John Vampatella shares the story of the pivotal Game 5 ALCS  Yankees & Red Sox
 John delivers excitement, entertainment and tension as he walks us through this story

• UPDATE - The Forgotten Game is  NOW more relevant than ever as Yankees and Redsox will fight in the 2021 American League Wild Card game.
  
  
• The beginning of a baseball Red Sox fan entering the cathedral of Fenway
•  2004 ALCS - Yankees have won the first 3 games & Red Sox chances look bleak
• Grueling long playoff games that go long into the night 
•  Jorge Posada & Jason Varitek, great athletes. catchers with stamina lasting 14 innings
•  2003, Red Sox, Grady Little's decisions and a declining Pedro Martinez 
•  2004, Terry Francona holds with Pedro Martinez in 2004 ALCS game 5
•  Analytics vs. Gut - When do you pull a pitcher and bring in the bullpen
•  Tampa Bay, Blake Snell, Kevin Cash, Analytics and a World Series
•  13th inning Tim Wakefield delivers the high powered no spin knuckleball to his catcher  
•  Francona decides do I bring in Mirabelli or keep in Varitek
•  Hall of Famers players from that game, Derek Jeter, Pedro Martinez, Mariano Rivera, Mike Mussina.
•  Other elite talent  in that game, A-Rod, Gary Sheffield, Manny Ramirez, Curt Schilling
•  Today's top talent: Chris Sale, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Bobby Dalbec

BaseballBiz heartily recommends reading "The Forgotten Game". It is an exciting and informative view of that very special game. which can be found at the author's website,  www.johnvampatella.com and on Amazon.
Thanks to John and Hannah for making this interview possible. 
 
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A BaseballBiz On Deck production

• Coach Cobb shares his insights into his KY Bourbons team
• Drafted by Minnesota Twins
• Have to get an edge -special strategy with  5 man infield
• APSPL a new slowpitch league
• Where do you find players for a new team
• Ky Bourbons on the road - private flight with McDonald's 
• What it took to get to and win the World Series
• Bill Gatti - All American Football - UL - WFL - Best Power Hitter
• Whitlock Brothers Dave and Greg, 
• Bourbons played at Bishop David Field - attendance 4,500  
• Billy "White Shoes" Johnson - "you got to get on base before you can steal"
• Fans shared bus with the team on the road
• Johnny McGrath is a Warrior
• Rough night in Milwaukee turns to fisticuffs - Rick Wilson warns Coach Cobb
• Butler High School great atheltic school including Braves, Adam Duvall, Jodie Mudd, Eddie Mudd & Mike Campbell
• Fall Cities Golf Tournament Champions including Chris Corbett
• Ohtani & Mike Trout

Sorry for the rough recording Coach Cobb
Coach Cobb is on the "Jerry Eaves Sports Radio Show" on iheartradio
Special Thanks to XTakeRux for the music Rocking Forward

Let's Celebrate Roberto Clemente Day!

• Tipping well with Robbie Ray of the Blue Jays
• Did Orioles take advantage and shout their message from the dugout
• Orioles manager, Brandon Hyde shouts unkind words to the mound
• Hyde gives an authentic apology to all including opponent Charlie Montoyo
• No Place like home, Rogers Centre, for the Blue Jays team
• Newer guys - Marcus Semien, Jose Berrios and more make a difference
• Jays swept the Yankees in 4 games 
• Yankees lose Subway series to Mets
• Yankees last 10 game record 2 wins and 8 losses
• Whistle Gate  - did whistles from Yankees dugout signal batters what pitch was to come.
• During his Home Run jog Francisco Lindor sends message 
• Giancarlo Stanton replies with his statement during his HR
• Lindor knows how to answer media hot questions
• Vlad Guerrero Jr hits his 45th Home Run for the year - Ohtani will still be chasing him
• Alek Manoah gives a hard 8 innings of pitching leaving the Tampa Bay Rays without a hit
• Yarbrough does not bring it to the field. Plays for only 2.1 innings and hands over 10 hits and 7 earned runs.
• The Jays Home Run jacket is donned by many
• Can Jays take the American League East Division
• White Sox and Cleveland (soon to be Guardians)
• No-hitters for 2021 and the Cleveland Indians
• Roberto Clemente Day #21. He Inspired and Served others
• Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican active MLB player quote

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