Pitch Talks

Arden Zwelling and Ben Nicholson-Smith from Sportsnet Magazine and At The Letters Podcast hit the stage at This Ain't Hollywood in Hamilton on June 23rd!

Ross Atkins joins Pitch Talks for the first time, live with Stephen Brunt & Jeff Blair from Sportsnet. Ross gets candid in this uncensored and unscripted conversation and Q&A from those live in the Toronto audience. Check out homestandsports.com for more events and content.

Live from Pitch Talks in Toronto, June 2nd, hear Mike Wilner talk with former Blue Jays Pitcher and Cy Young Winner, Pat Hentgen! This is a gem of a conversation with a gem of a man.

Live footage from our Pitch Talks in Toronto on April 7th. Stories you won't hear anywhere else...unless you join us again at one of our upcoming shows in Toronto, Boston, Tavistock, San Francisco, Chicago, and NYC.

Stories from Shapiro on Saunders, "that's the short version but it's more than we've every heard before", bunting, Jays pitching, and oh so much more!

This time on the Pitch Talks Podcast we talk to a power trio of rockers that each have a connection to baseball. Members of The Sheepdogs, The Arkells and Zeus talk being a fan, hitting up games while on tour and even throwing out the first pitch! Learn a bit about the connection of music and baseball today on Pitch Talks.

This week on the Pitch Talks Podcast we take a closer look at some of our favourite books on baseball. Featuring Jonah Keri (The Jonah Keri Podcast, his book ‘Up Up And Away’), Jesse Goldberg-Strassler (The Baseball Thesaurus) and John Cairney (Immaculate: The History Of Perfect Innings In Baseball) this trio were all recorded live at the Pitch Talks speakers series. Get out your reading glasses, pop in your earbuds and enjoy!

MUSIC CREDITS:

“Mining By Midnight”, “The Show Must Be Go”, “Carefree”

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“You Gotta Teller” by Zeus, courtesy Arts & Crafts Inc.

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The Baseball Thesaurus by Jesse Goldberg-Strassler

http://www.amazon.ca/Baseball-Thesaurus-Jesse-Goldberg-Strassler-ebook/dp/B00JDII8EU/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1457120184&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Baseball+Thesaurus+by+Jesse+Goldberg-Strassler

Immaculate: The History Of Perfect Innings In Baseball by John Cairney

http://www.amazon.ca/Immaculate-History-Perfect-Innings-Baseball-ebook/dp/B0100S6KK0/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1457120026&sr=8-1&keywords=Immaculate%3A+The+History+Of+Perfect+Innings+In+Baseball

Up, Up, and Away: The Kid, the Hawk, Rock, Vladi, Pedro, le Grand Orange, Youppi!, the Crazy Business of Baseball, and the Ill-fated but Unforgettable Montreal Expos by Jonah Keri

http://www.amazon.ca/Up-Away-Business-Ill-fated-Unforgettable/dp/0307361357/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1457120265&sr=8-1&keywords=Jonah+Keri

Big Data Baseball By Travis Sawchik

http://www.amazon.ca/Big-Data-Baseball-Miracles-20-Year/dp/1250063507/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1457120383&sr=8-1&keywords=big+Data+Baseball

The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach

http://www.amazon.ca/Art-Fielding-Novel-Chad-Harbach/dp/0316126675/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1457120479&sr=8-1&keywords=the+art+of+fielding

Field Of Schemes by Neil deMause & Joanna Cagan

http://www.amazon.ca/Field-Schemes-Stadium-Swindle-Expanded/dp/0803260164/ref=sr1sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457120597&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=filed+of+schemes

Munenori Kawasaki stakes out an interesting corner in Blue Jays history. Not the greatest hitter or fielder, he boogied his way into fans' hearts in 2013 with his hustle, enthusiasm and plain old quirkiness. As RA Dickie once said: “he’s gotten the most out of his abilities, more than anyone else in the clubhouse"; the best back-handed compliment I’ve ever heard! Sadly he was not re-signed by the Jays in 2016 but he won’t be soon forgotten.

The dancing, the interviews, the BUSH PARTIES!

Kawasaki Fever! This time on the Pitch Talks Podcast.

Arash/Kawasaki Full Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ZQIdZtVAQ

This week on Pitch Talks we’re talking béisbol!

With recordings from our live Pitch Talks in Toronto, The Toronto Star’s Morgan Campbell and ESPN Deportes’ Arturo Marcano give us a quick history lesson on the game in Latin America, educate us on exactly how kids there as young as 11 years old are recruited AND discuss stereotyping of Latin players in the media.

Bautista article: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/jose-bautista-dominican-baseball-prospects-mlb/

Arturo Marcano’s book: http://www.amazon.ca/Stealing-Lives-Globalization-Baseball-Tragic/dp/0253341914/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1455650744&sr=8-1&keywords=Arturo+Marcano%E2%80%99s+book

Morgan Campbell’s columns on Latino baseball: http://bymorgancampbell.com/category/sports/beisbol/

Ad Music by Zeus, courtesy of Arts & Crafts

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Once you’ve had poutine there’s no looking back*. It’s the same with the Montreal Expos - people from all over want them and want them now! But will they make it back to the major leagues? This week we talk to Jonah Keri (The Jonah Keri Podcast, SI) former Expos pitcher Dave Palmer, ESPNs Dan Shulman and many of our Pitch Talks panelists about get getting baseball back in Quebec.

Montreal Baseball Project: http://montrealbaseballproject.com/en/

Jonah Keri’s “Up, Up, & Away”: http://www.amazon.ca/Up-Away-Business-Ill-fated-Unforgettable/dp/0307361357

David Palmer stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmeda01.shtml

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This time on the Pitch Talks Podcast, our first "Story Time Series" episode where we gather some of our favourite stories recorded live. You'll hear Dan Shulman (ESPN), Jonah Keri (from among many things, the new Jonah Keri Podcast on Nerdist) and former Our Lady Peace drummer Jeremy Taggart. Please take a sec to rate/subscribe to Pitch Talks on iTunes - that would be swell and keep this party boat afloat. Enjoy!

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