Chalk Line Talk

We discuss the shutdown of minor league baseball and, accordingly, everything going on with the Coronavirus. We have our Start Bench Cut and Bad Contract$ segments. We interview White Sox Dave (Barstool Sports/Red Line Radio) and discuss all things White Sox, with a hint of some D3 baseball, the Sox being basically back, and Marty Mush's ridiculous comments. A surprise guest comes on the show, our resident Tampa Bay Rays fan Mr. Hot Takes, where he makes outrageous claims and gives us all some excitement for a certain Rays shortstop (And no, it's not Wander Franco).

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The Sunday Matinee has now become the Monday Matinee, and we kick off our new Monday show with some story time about Kenny's weekend meeting some of the Brewers! We also give some outlooks for the White Sox and Brewers and discuss some potential ideas for roster construction. We have on guest Ethan Moore, data scientist at Cal Poly baseball, to discuss some of the articles he has recently written (Pitch Prediction and Quantifying Pitch Value). We finish the show with another segment of WTHH and a surprise visit from a recurring guest!

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We discuss baseball being back (eventually) with a new deal in place, and some of the new rules to be enforced. We also double up on the FanGraphs chat with both Ben Clemens and Dan Szymborski, where we address baseball returning and some other fun tidbits as well. Another segment of MUP, while we add a new segment called "BAD CONTRACT$", where we find some less recognized poor contracts around the league. Also, can Dan guess Beau's WTHH player from Sunday? Hint: A good chance he can.

RIDIN SOLO! Beau takes this one by himself and addresses both the ongoing labor talk between the player and owners and the coronavirus outbreak at some spring training facilities. Also, a great interview with Herb Lawrence of 670 The Score talking White Sox, MLB The Show, and somehow... hair? Another segment of What The Hell Happened to This Guy, as a White Sox standout get brought into discussion about what happened to his career.

We discuss the results of the draft and who came out of the week feeling great, and who came out wishing they had done something different. We also discuss Rob Manfred and the labor negotiations in a pretty heated segment full of passion and anger. We also welcome guest Patrick Nelson, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of The Dugout, to talk the White Sox and Brewers drafts along with our resident Cubs fan Casey Sauter about the Cubs draft. We give our thoughts about the home run chase of '98 and the steroid use that still lingers in today's game, and we discuss our choices for this week's "What The Hell Happened to This Guy". 

We talk about our upcoming Wednesday podcast, along with some KBO fun and tidbits. We do a new segment called "What the Hell Happened to That Guy?", talking about players that seemingly fell off the map out of nowhere. We also talk some Cubs and trash them with our friend and resident Cub fan, Casey Sauter. Download, Rate, and Subscribe on Spotify, Anchor, Stitcher, or anywhere else you may listen to podcasts.

We dive into everything surrounding the game today, from labor negotiations to layoffs, to some fun segments about underrated players and a Start, Bench, Cut of some pretty notable stars. Also, an outlook on the most hated division in baseball... the AL East. We hope you enjoy, and any questions for next week can be tweeted at us @HardballSide using #ChalkLineTalk, or emailing us at [email protected].