With "Spring Training" officially getting underway next week and the countdown to "Opening Day" for the 2023 MLB season continuing Thomas and Ali join me in the studio to preview the Toronto Blue Jays first game on Saturday, February, 25th, 2023 at 1:05pm against the Pittsburgh Pirates and we examine some of the latest news in the NHL and for the first time this season the baseball segment "Balls, Strikes and Outs how they work and what they mean" returns but before we talk Trade Deadline in the NHL Ali and I dive deeper into the new rule changes coming for the 2023 MLB season and due to some unfortunate news I bring back the "Prayer of the week" segment to acknowledge the passing of T.V. Broadcaster and World Series Champion Tim Mccarver who unfortunately passed away on Thursday. 

We here at Sports For Beginners, All Over The Map & On The Ice & Behind The Benches send our condolences to Tim's family, friends and those that learned the game from him. 

Later on in the show Ali, Thomas and I hear live media from Dunedin Florida as Blue Jays General Manager Ross Atkins speaks with the media (all credit for the outro music and the following Live media belongs to Sportsnet and is for entertainment purposes only)

check out the following article at the following links below at https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/blue-jays-to-be-more-aggressive-on-bases-with-rule-changes or https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/news/2023-mlb-rule-changes-inside-look

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The Pittsburgh Penguins get ready to try to bounce back from a 6-0 shutout loss to the Los Angeles Kings after an emotional win this past Tuesday night in overtime against Nathan Mackinnon and the Colorado Avalanche of 2-1 and a career night the night before this game in L.A with a 6-3 win on Friday in Anaheim and I'm back in the studio to break it all down with clips from the special night in L.A. for Kings legend Dustin Brown as his #23 jersey now hangs in the rafters of crypto.com arena and he also gets a statue (Due to audio whatever is heard on this show) maybe hard to hear but however you can always check out the full ceremony at the following link in the description of this episode.

We hear post game reactions from Penguins players Sidney Crosby, Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell and well as Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan and from the ceremony we hear from Dustin Brown, (Kings legend and forward) his family, teammates Rob Scuderi and Aze Koptair and lots more.

Check out the full ceremony at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBk0QPwc1Q&t=547s

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After a 122-116 loss to the Utah Jazz on Friday and a 131-128 loss on Wednesday, February, 1st, 2023 in Utah and Toronto with back-to-back victories against the Houston Rockets on Friday, February, 3rd 2023. (Raptors 117-111 Rockets) Sunday, February, 5th, 2023 against the Memphis Grizzlies (Raptors 106-103 Grizzlies) and Wednesday, February, 8th, 2023 (Raptors 112-98 Spurs) against the San Antonio Spurs. 

Thomas (co-host of Sports For Beginners) and (Host) of the neighbouring podcast (On The Ice & Behind The Benches) brings you the recap of the game ahead of the Raptors next two matchups against the Pistons and the Magic with post game reactions and lots more.

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The 2022 NFL season, has come to an end but who is the 2022 NFL season Super-Bowl 57 champions?? We find out today on the podcast and I am super excited to find out but first Ali Moosa joins me in studio to recap some hockey action between the Seattle Kraken and the Philadelphia Flyers as we recap Seattle's 4-3 win over the Flyers and we hear Flyers head coach John Tortorella and players, Scott Laughton, Tony DeAngelo and the former Maple Leaf James Van Riemsdyk.

Later after the hockey talk is all said and done Ali and I discuss our final thoughts on the matchup of the 2022 NFL season and give you our final predictions ahead of kickoff from Arizona.

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The road trip is off to a good start and today on the podcast I'm surprisingly back in the studio to recap the first of this back-to-back for the Pittsburgh Penguins as they defeat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 in Anaheim last night and I'll bring you the post recap with my thoughts on the game including every post game show segment that we do on the podcast we do a recap and we hear from Ducks Players Trevor Zegras, John Klingberg and head coach Dallas Eakins as well as Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan and Penguins players Pierre Olivier Joseph, Evgeni Malkin and Casey DeSmith. We also get you set up for Penguins and Kings tonight with a at the lineups and I hope you enjoyed if your a penguins fan your half off Jake shakes ahead of tonight's contest against the Kings.

Who knows maybe Jake will score again tonight in L.A. to give penguins fans another day of half off Jake shakes at the Milkshake factory in Pittsburgh ahead of the Super-Bowl and the Penguins matchup Tuesday night in San Jose.

Enjoy the Hockey Game everybody and congratulations once again to Evgeni Malkin on his career 1,200th NHL point Milestone last night in Anaheim.

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It's the "NBA TRADE DEADLINE Day" and Ali joins me in the studio today on the podcast for a special addition of the podcast filled with Post Game reaction from the Raptors 112-98 win over the Spurs and we talk about everything that's going on so far on this very busy day in the NBA.

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This podcast was pre-recorded on Thursday, February, 9th, 2023 at 3:08pm

After a 6-4 loss to the San Jose Sharks the Penguins will look for a better performance fresh off the bye week (All Star "break" weekend) as they welcome in Nathan Mackinnon and the Colorado Avalanche who come to Pittsburgh following the All Star break and a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues last Saturday.

With the All Star break in the rear view mirror and the trade deadline fast approaching these two teams know that it is time to turn up the heat if they want any chance of playing in the playoffs.

Today on the podcast I'm back with you in the studio to break down all the action that goes down tonight at PPG Paints Arena before the Penguins head out to Anaheim for another back to back of late games including a visit to Los Angeles to battle the Kings.

We will hear post game reactions from both Mike Sullivan (head coach of Penguins) and Jared Bednar (head coach of Avalanche) as well as penguins players Kris Letang and Bryan Rust

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The Penguins will look to bounce back after a shootout loss to the Capitals on Thursday night in DC where Bryan Rust scored his 300th NHL career point. The San Jose Sharks come to Pittsburgh also looking to rebound from a 5-4 loss last night against the Hurricanes and as both of these two teams meet for the first time this season in the first of two meetings between these two squads there's only one thing to do after the final buzzer. Today on the podcast following the final buzzer I'm back in the studio to bring the recap of round 1 between the San Jose Sharks and the Pittsburgh Penguins and send you into the All Star break before these two teams battle the Colorado Avalanche and Nathan Mackinnon on the Penguins side of things and Steven Stamkos and the Tampa Bay Lightning meanwhile for the Sharks side of things.

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Our coverage of the NFL playoffs and the NHL and NBA seasons continues as Ali and Thomas join me back in the studio for another addition of Thomas's fastest 3 minutes segment and we talk some Blue Jays news as they prepare for Spring Training we also are getting ready for the NBA and NHL All Star Break and the boys and give you. the listeners our final picks of this year NFL season as we inch closer to the Super Bowl by setting up the AFC and NFC Championship games ahead of this Sunday's Championship weekend.

We even dive into what is coming up on the podcasts including our podcast as well.

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