That 90s Baseball Pod

Today, Chad Allen joins us to talk Byron Buxton, coaching individuals, and hitting the ball!

We also talk about Henry Bonilla and his family's current struggle, please visit this link to help fundraise for Henry and his family. 

In Today's Episode

• Leaving the Twins system, including Chad's gratitude to our hometown team [7:00]
• Torii Hunter and Byron Buxton [15:00]
• Analyzing coaching styles for different players [23:00]
• "You can't think and hit at the same time!" [28:00]  

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Zone Coverage Contributor Brandon Warne jumps in quick to talk with Tom Schreier about The Minnesota Twins hiring Rocco Baldelli as the Manager of the team!

This week our friend John Perrotto (@JPerrotto) joins us on Midwest Swing to discuss the World Series, new jobs, and new coaches!

In Today's Episode

• Pitching wins championships, but can anyone stop the Red Sox? [3:00]
• MLB vs Pirates, Rays, Athletics, Marlins [11:30]
• John's new job with DK Pittsburgh Sports [13:00]
• John's best news!!! [15:00]
• New coaching assignments around the league [24:00]  

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

This week our friend Kimball Crossley (@crossleykimball) is back on Midwest Swing! He joins us to discuss the ALCS, if the Twins will stay patient and keep Byron Buxton, and we take a look at a Rookie Pitcher!

In Today's Episode

• Crossley breaks down Verlander vs. Chris Sale [9:00]
• Batter-Pitcher matchup stats [18:00]
• Byron Buxton; expectations and performance [28:00]
• Analysis on Twins Rookie Stephen Gonsalves [41:00]  

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

This week former ESPN baseball writer Jerry Crasnick (@jcrasnick) joins us to discuss his World Series predictions, Brian Dozier's future, and Paul Molitor's future!

In Today's Episode

• Jerry's World Series prediction [6:00]
• Former Twins players that are still in the playoffs [10:00]
• Where does Brian Dozier end up? [12:00]
• Who is next as Twins' Head Coach? [20:00]
• Miguel Sano's recent incident is cleared up [30:00]  

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Twins Veteran Trevor Plouffe (@tplouffe) joins us for this episode! We talk Joe Mauer's possible retirement, Home Brewing beer with Glen Perkins, and Trevor's plans for the future.

In Today's Episode

• Joe Mauer caught one last pitch in a Twins jersey
• Joe's stoic personality, consistent composure
• Will Joe make it to the MLB Hall of Fame?
• Trevor shares some of his favorite craft beers in Minneapolis!
• Trevor tells us about building a home-brew at Target Field alongside Glen Perkins

Midwest Swing is a weekly podcast where Host Mike Berardino interviews experts, coaches, and players around the league on the state of the Minnesota Twins, The Major and Minor Leagues, and the latest MLB news.

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Mike Berardino (@MikeBerardino) is a Zone Coverage Minnesota Twins Contributing Writer. He has been covering the Twins since 2013 for The St. Paul Pioneer Press and Zone Coverage.

Tom Schreier (@tschreier3) is the proprietor of ZoneCoverage.com and previously wrote about Minnesota sports for Bleacher Report and Yahoo! Sports before joining 105 The Ticket in 2014.

Minnesota Twins third base coach Gene Glynn talks to Mike Berardino about growing up as a three-sport athlete in Waseca, his influences throughout his career and how to survive the minor leagues.

Mike Berardino is joined by longtime baseball scout Kimball Crossley, who spent the last 15 years with the Toronto Blue Jays. He talks about his desire to meld analytics with traditional scouting, how he got into the business as a journalism major who never played varsity baseball and how he's put his theatre background to use while working in professional baseball.

Mike Berardino is joined by Wayne "Big Fella" Hattaway, who has spent 66 years in baseball -- 55 of them with the Minnesota Twins organization. He talks about his love for Alabama football and the Cowboys, tells stories about past and present Twins players and explains how he got ejected from games at multiple levels of baseball.

Mike Berardino calls in from Houston to discuss the players that the Minnesota Twins called up, as well as those that got snubbed, this September before diving deep into the Byron Buxton situation.