Red Ticket Blues

This week, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.  It's not a typo.  Brian talks World Series, Game 7-Winner Take All, There is no tomorrow, etc.  We go over the future of the Cubs, Indians, and baseball, touch on Anthony Weiner's sudden emergence into our area, former college basketball player and never student Ben Simmons lectures us the horror of the NCAA plus a little of this and a little of that.  If you're one of us, you'll have a listen.

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Bill Pennington of The New York Times joins the Red Ticket Blues podcast this week.  Bill discusses the New York football Giants's topsy turvy season thus far with Josh Brown and Odell Beckham.  We get into what managers are pulling the right strings in the MLB Playoffs and if Clayton Kershaw has flipped his postseason script.

Of course, Bill discusses his biography, Billy Martin: Baseball's Flawed Genius , and examine the many sides to the former player and manager and the wild times dealing with owner George Steinbrenner and managing the New York Yankees.

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Brian returns to the interwebs in an attempt to give you analysis on sports.  While there are some athletic takes, most of it involves the Scottish hating Trump, annoying tourists, and a constant stream of bitching and moaning.  But he does touch on Chapter 48573859 of his never ending dislike of David Ortiz, the never ending goodbye to Vin Scully, MLB playoffs, NFL Week 4, and a goodbye to Chris Bosh.

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This episode we welcome out old friend Jared, aka @wfantades, to the podcast.  Displaced Northeasters take you back to a time when Direct TV Sunday Ticket became a thing.  However, in reality its a NEW thing for us as we talk about the drama, excitement, and pure glee that NFL can give with the Sunday Ticket. Plus Rex Ryan's confusing lapband removal.

We also discuss the locals in the Giants and Jets and their Week 1 in the NFL. Jared describes the popularity of high school football and college football in Georgia as we make a sweet transition into Jim Harbaugh eating snots.

We end the podcast talking about the newest phenomenon to hit the public since slap bracelets, the immortal and always hungry, Mr. Good Eats.

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Bob Ryan , the legendary Boston Globe sports columnist and television guest on Pardon the Interruption, Around the Horn, and the Sports Reporters, joins the weekly Thursday Talk edition of the Red Ticket Blues.

Ryan discusses Phase 2 of his career, which includes a semi-retirement and what exactly Phase 2 is on a daily basis.

He explains why you can be a fan and be a good writer, even though so many try to separate the two.   Bob then explains how his legendary up close and personal beat of the Celtics in the 70's and 80' s began and how that access will never exist again.

Bob then goes into his relationship with Larry Bird and what it was like writing a book with an interesting and many times closed up individual.

We discuss his thoughts on The Players Tribune and athlete's attempts to forego traditional media, the trials and tribulations of the modern day beat writer, and social media changing the way sports is dispersed to the masses.

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Simon From Yonkers joins the podcast to discuss the myriad of moves the New Yankees pulled off before the MLB trade Deadline. Gone are Carlos Beltran, Andrew Miller, Aroldis Chapman....and ugh...Ivan Nova too. Here are a plethora of young minor leaguers that make the Bombers farm system a force.  Plus the Mets make some moves eventually....and Simon tells us why your favorite heartwarming childhood baseball classic The Sandlot actually sucks.

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Jay Jaffe, Sports Illustrated baseball writer  and founder of Futility Infielder, joins the Thursday Talk episode of the Red Ticket Blues podcast.  Jay talks the impending MLB Trade deadline and if the New York Yankees to finally come to their senses and be sellers, if the Cubs recent trade for Mark Montgomery effects future trades, and what are the Los Angeles Dodgers going to do with out Clayton Kershaw.

Jay discusses his journey to SI and his love statistical analysis, which inspired to create his own formula for judging Hall of Fame eligibility called JAWS, and his upcoming book, The Cooperstown Casebook.

We break down the pros and cons of Hall of Fame voting and what the sport needs to do improve the process.

Plus, we get into the beer selections at baseball stadiums and the availability of craft beer while watching a professional baseball game.

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Scott and I discuss how Bronx Pinstripes originated from him writing articles by himself to becoming a YES Network partnered site.  We get into this current New York Yankees team and if its time to take a stance on either being buyers or sellers.

He breaks down how the Bombers remain frustrating and floating atop mediocrity.  But, if they're sellers or goes and who stays?  Is it just Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran, or is everyone available?

We break down the woes like the performance of Mark Teixeira, Nathan Eovaldi, and a cast of thousands plus we have some glimmers of positivity.....some.

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Frank Deford, legendary sportswriter, chats with me on this week's Thursday Talk edition of the Red Ticket Blues podcast.  He  discusses his latest book, I'd Know That Voice Anywhere. My Favorite NPR Commentaries 

We discuss the recent NBA Finals and the transformation of LeBron James's popularity.

Frank  discusses the long term health of the NFL game, football in general, and if it is destined to go the way of boxing.

Deford talks the game of soccer in the United States as compared to globally and if it will ever be one of the big sports here.

Should steroid abusers be in the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown?  Frank weighs in.

Plus,he talks how Muhammad Ali went from villain to loved.

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Brian talks his weekend in Chicago with awful American Airlines employees and how they almost derailed the weekend of the century and how the NBA Finals just got interesting with LeBron James emerging. Plus, he answers the questions the masses are asking like Will the Yankees and Cubs pull off a blockbuster trade?, Is Led Zepplin's Stairway to Heaven just a ripoff and why did it end every dance? Are Ichiro's hits equal to Pete Rose's, and all sorts of other podcast goodness.

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