The Beat of Sports

Blowouts have become the new normal in Major League Baseball, so much so that there have been a record number of position players that have come into games to pitch to finish them off. New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone weighed in that the sport might benefit from looking into adding a mercy rule. Mike Tuck explains that this is a ludicrous idea and is part of the problem of saying that baseball needs to be fixed when nothing is broken.

If someone asked you how many left-handed quarterbacks there are in the NFL you might sit and think for a while, lets save you some time. The answer is zero. That's right there are currently no left-handed quarterbacks in the NFL, so how did the happen? Sam Fortier from the Washington Post joins the show to talk about this interesting situation and if Tua might be the anomaly when he eventually joins the NFL.

This week is a milestone for the ACC as they get ready to launch the ACC Network. Andrea Adelson joins the show to talk about what the television network means for the conference and what fans can expect. She and Marc also discuss how the teams not named Clemson will fare including North Carolina with Mack Brown having returned to the sidelines.

This weekend the Florida Gators open the college football season against Miami Hurricanes and they will look to continue the momentum for year 2 of the Dan Mullen era. Chris Harry joins the show to talk about what the strengths of the team will be and if Feleipe Franks can take the next step.

When the ACC Network launches tomorrow night the first programming piece will be about the first few years for Coach K at Duke. UCF Men's Basketball Coach Johnny Dawkins was part of the recruiting class that many believe helped solidify the job security for Coach K. Johnny joins the show to talk about what those first few years were like at Duke. Then he and Marc discuss what this summer has been like for UCF including a trip for the team to Spain.

Baker Mayfield is a very outspoken athlete. This week he has entered the crosshairs of debate shows after his comments in a GQ article were misconstrued as to him ripping Daniel Jones, but as Marc points out IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE then you understand the full context of what Mayfield said.

At the annual Rookie Photo Shoot NBA.com surveyed this rookie class. In addition to the questions about their fellow rookies, they answered a few about the current player they most admire and what they're expecting as they make the jump to the NBA. Marc and Scott run through the results and give their best guesses as to what they mean, plus Marc brings up that this group of rookies doesn't think very highly of Steph Curry.

After a disappointing first year in Tallahassee for Willie Taggart the Seminoles come in to the 2019 looking to bounce back. They've hired Kendall Briles to head up the offense to hopefully boost some new energy into the team, so what might they do in a competitive ACC.

The past 24 hours of sports television has been spent on Antonio Brown and his helmet but as Marc brings up there is a story that every should know because good guy stories don't get enough attention. Yesterday Yasiel Puig spent the day at Camp Simcha - a camp for children with chronic illnesses and disabilities. These are the stories that people should know about, not the stuff about a football players helmet.

This year we've got a new crop of quarterbacks with big expectations: Kyler Murray, Dwayne Haskins, and Daniel Jones. So how will they fare this season and are some in better situations than others? Quarterback coach Darin Slack joins the show to talk about that plus he and Marc discuss the transfer portal in college football.