Starting the week of March 29th, Starkville is moving. Jayson and Doug will bring you the same great baseball talk, guests, and trivia that you've come to expect as part of The Athletic Baseball Show. Head on over and subscribe now. In addition to Starkville, the Baseball Show will feature Ken Rosenthal, Hunter Pence, Keith Law, Grant Brisbee and Derek VanRiper. Navigate to the links below...

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Baseball's virtual Winter Meetings are here and so is college basketball season so who better to talk Rays baseball and hoops than the one and only Dick Vitale! Dickie V laments the Rays pulling Blake Snell from Game 6 but confirms hit commitment to Tampa Bay baseball. He explains what he misses most while calling college games from home and he shares some life lessons that have helped him along the way.

In honor of Dick, Jayson and Doug attempt to tackle some basketball trivia and discuss baseball's Winter Meetings which have gone virtual this year.

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Things are heating up in Starkville for the Hot Stove season and Ken Rosenthal visits to get us ready for all the major storylines.

-Predicting this week's BBWAA Awards

-Will free agency be a "blood bath" for middle class?

-How will Steve Cohen factor into the market for Springer, Bauer and Realuto?

-Will the Indians finally trade Francisco Lindor?

-Could the Rockies move Nolan Arenado?

-Will the Cubs breakup their championship core?

-Plus... Hot Stove over/under

Jayson and Doug couldn't play listener trivia without paying tribute to the great Alex Trebek. Three-time Jeopardy champion and Giants reporter at The Athletic, Andrew Baggarly joins the show to share his memories.

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Orel Hershiser guided the 1988 Dodgers to a World Series title and watched as a club broadcaster as they did it again 32 years later. Who better to visit Starkville this week:

6:45 - Orel remembers 1988 and one of the greatest seasons a pitcher has ever had

18:40 - Why the Rays should have ignored the analytics with Blake Snell

31:10 - Justin Turner's decision to leave quarantine to celebrate on the field after testing positive for COVID-19

33:03 - What does this mean for Clayton Kershaw's legacy

37:45 - What Mookie Betts meant to this team

42:00 - Sport and baseball as a conduit for change in America

50:30 - The future of the Dodgers

53:00 - 1988 Dodgers trivia

After the interview, Jayson and Doug take a shot at listener trivia and look back at the World Series' Strange but True moments.

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David Price was drafted by Rays and helped get Tampa Bay to the World Series in 2008. Twelve years later, Price finds himself with the Dodgers as they take on the Rays in the World Series. What a perfect guest to get us ready for the Fall Classic.

6:15 - His decision to opt out of the 2020 season

11:00 - Mookie Betts the player, the teammate, the person

14:10 - The trade that sent Price and Betts to Los Angeles

18:00 - Dodgers president of baseball ops Andrew Friedman's impact on the Rays organization

20:25 - The changing role of starting pitchers

29:20 - Know your Dodgers/Rays trivia

After the interview, Jayson and Doug take a shot at listener trivia with John Fisher, make their World Series picks and look back at last week's Strange but True moments.

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Brian Kenny is loving the expanded MLB Postseason and he's visiting Starkville with ideas to make the future of baseball just as much fun. After his successful campaign to #killthewin, Brian is now lobbying to #killtheerror. BK, Jayson and Doug also remember the great career and life of Hall of Famer Bob Gibson.

After the interview, Jayson and Doug take a shot at listener trivia, make their Division Series picks and look back at some playoff Strange by True moments.

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While getting ready to call every single postseason game, Tim Kurkjian still found time to visit Starkville. The guys start with some October travel nightmares before previewing some of the best 2020 Wild Card matchups. Tim explains his love of tracking the 25 lifetime home run leaders for every letter of the alphabet (it's a thing). Jayson, Doug and Tim go on to share Joe West stories and decide what rules should stick in 2021. Finally Doug blows Tim's mind with the unlikely tale of Michael Jordan losing a pickup game to a bunch of baseball players. As always the guys finish with listener trivia and Strange but True.

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Bob Costas makes a return visit to Starkville before the MLB postseason starts. Jayson and Doug get his take on the 2020 season and what expanded playoffs should look like moving forward. Bob also explains why fans think broadcasters hate their teams before putting the current state of the game into historic perspective.

Also in this episode, a Ron Gardenhire inspired trivia question and our weekly Strange But True segment featuring a Yankees big inning and an unlikely intentional walk.

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The best team in the American League is currently the Tampa Bay Rays and centerfielder Kevin Kiermaier visits Jayson and Doug in Starkville this week.  Kevin gets into the long running rivalry between the Rays and Yankees and looks ahead to a potential playoff meeting.  He also compares the 2020 Rays to some of the other great teams the organization has put together.  Cardboard cutouts may look great on TV, but Kevin explains that they've made life tough on Major League defenses.  

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