Cutting 2 the Chase

Josh Rawitch, President of the Baseball Hall of Fame, chats about his background in baseball, the challenges of running the Hall, and more.

Shea Norling of ESPN 1000 chats about life in sports talk radio, sports

gambling, Snorling U, college football, and the NFL.

Tyler Aki from ESPN 1000 previews the upcoming college basketball season, including the major conferences, players, and teams to watch out for, and who will be cutting the nets down in the Final Four and National Championship Game.

Tyler Aki from ESPN 1000 previews the upcoming college basketball season,

including the major conferences, players and teams to watch out for, and

who will be cutting the nets down in the Final Four and National

Championship Game.

In between Week 4 and 5 in the NFL, Carmen DeFalco from ESPN 1000’s Carmen

& Jurko chats about the Bears’ start to the season, Justin Fields and the

struggling offense, and the White Sox putting their way through a mediocre

season. Also Aaron Judge’s historic season.

In 2016 I spoke with then-ESPN MLB journalist Jerry Crasnick. Now in 2022,

we catch up to learn about what he’s up to now as the Senior Advisor for

Player, Agent and Media Relations for the MLB Players Association. I get

Jerry’s thoughts on Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani’s respective historic

seasons as both are up for league MVP, a Vic Scully memento, and going to

Cooperstown, as well as the state of the game.

Bally Sports Columbus’ Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre joins me to talk about the

Columbus Blue Jackets. We get into Cole Sillinger’s emergence in year one,

is Kent Johnson a winger or center and what to expect from him in a full

season, what the signing of Johnny Gaudreau means for Columbus, Elvis

Merzlikins looks to take next step, burning questions on the Blue Jackets

this season, and more.

ESPN 1000’s Jeff Meller on the current state of the NFL as the season gets

underway soon, recapping the wild off-season, and the vibe of the Chicago

Bears.

Mike Colón from Mic'd In New Haven Podcast is back with me to discuss the

state of New York sports, as the Rangers look to replicate last spring's

playoff run, and the Yankees and Mets are in the hunt for October glory. We

also discussed podcast success as he recently recorded his 200th episode.

Noah Simmons and I have an indirect connection going back to 2015. This episode talks about his journey into sports, working as a clubhouse assistant for the Atlanta Braves. This episode gets into Noah’s journey into sports, starting with the University of Oregon and stops along the way. He talks about his day-to-day with the Braves, the stresses of working the Covid-shortened 2020 season, and being a part of the 2021 World Series Champions.