BaseballHQ Radio 2025-Jul-18: Friday Full Edition w Sara Sanchez
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Show No. 27 is a Friday Full Edition featuring a guest expert interview, our weekly player news update, and HQ commentaries... First, PD talks with Sara Sanchez, of BaseballHQ and the Bleed Cubbie Blue blog (3:25 ), discussing the kid who went over the fence to rob Junior Caminero of a tater in the home run derby, the derby itself and the all-star game, including the ABS challenge system... plus there's a discussion of Sara's coverage of the NL Central in PTTomorrow... Then, Ray Murphy has our weekly player news review... In AL News (31:10 ), Ray looks at players including BOS SS Trevor Story and TAM RHSP Shane Baz... And in NL News (1:00:22 ), Ray looks at CHC OF/DH Seiya Suzuki and CHC LHSP Matt Boyd and others... In Part 2 of our expert interview (1:16:25 ), PD and Sara Sanchez talk about MLB omitting a key part of Vin Scully's famous call of Henry Aaron's 715th and about Pete Crow-Armstrong's historical defensive prowess, and Sara has a quick Cubs trivia game and her Boons and Banes for the RoS... Then we have our BaseballHQ commentaries... In the Minor League Minute (1:54:10 ), BaseballHQ minor-leagues analyst Rob Gordon looks at likely fast movers from the 2025 draft, including SEA LHP Kade Anderson and MIA SS/3B Aiva Arquette... and in the Frequent Flyer (2:00:35 ), BaseballHQ analyst Alex Beckey looks at NYM RHSP Brandon Sproat... Runs 2:06:55
I loved the discussion on the Vin Scully edits. It was unfortunate that MLB thought they had to self-censor. Ms. Sanchez certainly is a homer for anything related to the Cubs, be a fan sure, but a little too much fan-girl excitement for Pete Crow Armstrong.