We sat down with former Brewers play-by-play announcer ('14-'21), longtime voice of Wisconsin Badgers’ men's basketball and football, and 11-time Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year, Matt Lepay. We discussed highlights from his time with the Crew, his background in baseball, plus some bonus Badgers talk at the end. Following the interview, we broke down the 3-2 week of interleague play against the Twins and Mariners highlighted by the offense. To finish up, we hit on the MLB and AAA injury report, the ongoing Fanatics debacle, and the outlook on the pitching staff with reinforcements on their way.

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1:05 Interview with Matt Lepay
2:03 Background & early baseball love
3:10 “Fan of whoever is playing the Cubs”
4:30 BA & Lepay stealing each other’s thunder
5:30 Getting back into baseball fresh off of Badgers’ March Madness
6:50 Wild first weekend covering the Crew
7:48 Matt shouts out the organization
8:25 Working with Rock
10:12 Transition from Radio to TV
12:40 Spending time with Ueck
17:04 Ueck calling Chourio’s first bomb
17:30 Ueck’s cough button…
18:13 Highlights of time with crew - Braun, Yelich, Cain, Hader, Jeffress, Vogt
20:30 Yeli’s 2019 start, “he keeps receipts”
21:30 Keston walk off on Kimbrel vs Cubs
22:55 Manny Pina Mothers day
23:54 RyanBraun4Ever (AKA Kian) says hi
25:23 Advice for getting into Sports Media? “Just do it”
27:40 Favorite moment covering Badgers
28:05 2000 Run very memorable
28:26 1994 Team finally made the NCAA tourney
28:32 Beating Kentucky in 2015
28:43 “Maybe the Best is yet to come”
29:30 How special the 2015 team was
30:49 Bo Ryan Hall of Fame!
31:10 Sam Dekker, Brewers Superfan
33:09 Bucky Football hype
33:25 Big 10 expansion

36:47 Home Opener recap - Tues
37:18 Game 2 vs Twins - Wed
37:45 Game 1 Vs Mariners - Fri
38:25 Game 2 vs Mariners - Sat
39:30 Game 3 vs Mariners - Sun
40:12 Week summary
40:40 Statcast insights
40:41 Contreras hammered the ball on Sunday
40:56 Colin Rea eating innings regardless of his stomach bug
42:08 DL Hall much improved in start two
43:58 Freddy’s duel vs Gilbert
44:27 Hudson’s complimentary piggybacking off of Freddy
45:10 Did Contreras actually check that swing?
46:05 Free Parking Promo on Opening Day! (Kind of)
46:22 Junis sweeping, regardless of his shoulder
49:19 Yeli elevating the ball
47:34 Ross gets first MLB time since 2021
49:55 Junis IL, Ashby in rotation
50:33 Miley back this week likely
51:47 Megill Concussion/Food Poisoning
52:50 Quero’s shoulder
54:40 Overall discussion of the squad right now
56:04 MVDunn
57:14 Shout out Chourio
57:36 Turang’s bat might earn him GG
1:00:34 Waiver claims
1:01:10 Wiemer’s dong
1:02:15 Biloxi walk off
1:02:50 No City Connect unis? Fanatics back at it again!
1:04:11 Spiderz Batting Gloves “TheScoop15”
1:05:10 John Fisher’s Sacramento A’s
1:06:12 MLB elbow issues
1:10:10 Quick preview of week ahead

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