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1 Encore: Will Poulter, Dave Beran, and The Bear 52:22
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Season 3 of the smash hit FX/Hulu show “The Bear” roared to life just days ago, but Will Poulter (the actor who plays fan-favorite Luca) and 2014 F&W Best New Chef Dave Beran had been prepping for weeks. Poulter — like his co-star Jeremy Allen White — staged with Beran at his Santa Monica restaurant Pasjoli to learn how to accurately portray a professional chef onscreen. The lessons went so well, Beran says he’d hire Poulter as a cook — even despite a messy mishap with a pastry bag. The two dished all about getting kitchen culture right on and offscreen, what it takes to be at the top of your craft, and the pure magic of a great restaurant service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
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Are you binging Cobra Kai like we are? If so, you'll love the latest 30 With Murti, as original Karate Kid screenwriter John Kamen joins Sweeny to talk the current Netflix series, the original movies, and (gulp) Karate Kid The Musical!
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Are you binging Cobra Kai like we are? If so, you'll love the latest 30 With Murti, as original Karate Kid screenwriter John Kamen joins Sweeny to talk the current Netflix series, the original movies, and (gulp) Karate Kid The Musical!
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1 Yankees win series in L.A. | 'Al & Jerry's Postgame Podcast' 17:07
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1 30 With Murti Rewind: Don Mattingly's HR Streak 30:36
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Mike Trout has hit home runs in seven consecutive games, now just one short of the Major League record. Don Mattingly is one of three men who hold the record of eight consecutive games. In this encore presentation of a 2017 “30 With Murti” podcast, Mattingly and others who were there reflect on what was the 30th anniversary of the streak, one of the most memorable feats in the Yankees captain’s career.…
The Captain, a seven-part film on the life and career of Derek Jeter, premieres Monday on ESPN. On the latest 30 With Murti podcast, Sweeny chats with the film's director Randy Wilkins about making the film and telling Jeter's story.

1 30 With Murti: Howard Bryant on Rickey Henderson 51:00
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Rickey Henderson, one of the most impactful baseball players ever, spent parts of five amazing but controversial seasons with the Yankees in the 1980's. We look back at Rickey's "Yankees Years" with Howard Bryant, best-selling and award-winning author of the new biography, "Rickey: The Life and Legend of An American Original," from Mariner Books.…
Paul O'Neill is one of the most revered Yankees of the last 30 years, and he shares stories from his life in baseball in the new book "Swing And A Hit: Nine Innings of What Baseball Taught Me," co-written with Jack Curry and available everywhere May 24th from Grand Central Publishing. On the latest "30 With Murti," Sweeny talks with O'Neill about some of his favorite Yankees memories, his daily battle to convince himself he was a good hitter, and whether the 2022 Yankees remind him of the incredible 1998 team that won 114 games and a World Series Championship.…
Last week, MLB celebrated the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers - and on the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Sweeny chats with Kostya Kennedy, the author of the new biography "True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson," about Robinson's career and legacy.
Abdi Abdirahman is the kind of person they make inspirational movies about. After escaping war-torn Somalia as a teenager, Abdi has gone on to become one of the most accomplished American distance runners this century, representing the USA in five different Olympic Games. Hear his story on the latest 30 With Murti podcast.…

1 30 With Murti: Lee Mazzilli, almost Olympian? 1:03:16
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Before he embarked on a 14-year Major League Baseball career, Lee Mazzilli was a teenage speed skating champion with Olympic dreams - but the baseball path made him an All-Star in 1979 and a World Champion in 1986.

1 30 With Murti: Chris Dickerson on his grassroots efforts 47:19
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Former Major Leaguer Chris Dickerson is making a difference after baseball. The ex-Yankees outfielder leads "Players For The Planet" to promote conservation efforts and "More Than Baseball" to help struggling minor leaguers. He discusses those organizations, plus his history with MLB Players' Union in the last two CBA negotiations, on the latest 30 With Murti.…

1 30 With Murti: Rico Brogna on the MLB Lockout 51:20
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Former Mets and Phillies first baseman Rico Brogna was a union player representative during the last work stoppage in baseball - the disastrous players' strike of 1994-95. These days he's a minor league manager with his eyes on a big league job in the near future. Brogna joins Sweeny Murti on the latest 30 With Murti podcast for his thoughts on the labor wars, pitch clocks, Hall of Fame teammates, and more.…
A baseball movie starring John Belushi? That would have been insane...and it almost happened. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast we get that story plus tales of Blazing Saddles, Fletch, and other classic films from legendary screenwriter and filmmaker Andrew Bergman.
Dennis Quaid has been in some of the most memorable sports movies ever made, including The Rookie and Any Given Sunday, and plays Rams coach Dick Vermeil in an upcoming film about Super Bowl champion Kurt Warner. He's also an accomplished musician and will be performing in the New York area Nov 1-3. Quaid talks music, sports, and movies in the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.…
In her family, Amber Sabathia is now the one busy making a name for herself in baseball. The wife of former Yankees great CC Sabathia is now a certified agent at CAA and busy trying to make the dreams of other young players come true. In the latest episode of "30 With Murti," Amber chats with Sweeny Murti about this new chapter in her life and how all the lessons learned across CC's 19-year major league career have shaped it. Amber also sits on the board of the New York Road Runners and will take part in the New Balance Bronx 10 Mile this Sunday, one of the events leading up to the annual New York City Marathon.…

1 30 With Murti: 1961 Yankees Revisited 1:21:06
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In January 1991 WFAN aired a 30th anniversary special on the 1961 Yankees hosted by Howie Rose. Now 60 years since the '61 Yankees made history, this special episode of 30 With Murti features parts of that show from recently unearthed tapes. There is also a new interview with Howie Rose on his early baseball idols Mantle & Maris, and the true highlight of the show: 30 year old interviews with Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle and Mel Allen.…

1 30 With Murti: Phil Robinson on Field of Dreams 38:09
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The Yankees and White Sox play at the Field of Dreams in Iowa on Thursday, and on the latest episode of 30 With Murti is a discussion with Phil Robinson, the director of the iconic film and a native Long Islander, about the making of the film and its lasting impact.
Thirty years ago this summer, HBO premiered the wonderful baseball documentary "When It Was A Game," made entirely from full color home movies of baseball immortals from the 1930's, '40's and '50's. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, George Roy, the executive producer, talks about the treasure chest of footage that made this film and its impact 30 years later.…
Rohan Handa is one of many college and high school baseball players eager for the upcoming MLB draft. What makes Handa, a 21-year old left-handed pitcher from Yale, unique is his background as an Indian-American and his development in the last year despite losing two college seasons to COVID. Here is an interesting look at a potential future major leaguer from Sweeny Murti on the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.…
Critics of baseball have pointed to launch angle and other developments in the last decade that have eroded the major league product. But have those elements also trickled down to the high school and college levels of the sport? We tackle that and more with Princeton Head Baseball Coach and former major league catcher Scott Bradley (@ScottBradley9) on the latest 30 With Murti podcast.…
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Chris Chambliss helped the Yankees win 3 pennants and 2 World Series as a clutch-hitting first baseman in the 1970's. He later became hitting coach for the next Yankees dynasty that won 4 World Series titles from 1996-2000. With Hitting Coaches and their roles under increased scrutiny lately, Chambliss joins Sweeny Murti on the latest "30 With Murti" podcast to discuss the ins and outs of one of the most criticized and least appreciated jobs in baseball.…
Neil Walker's 12-year MLB career included time with both the Yankees and the Mets. The now-retired Walker joins Sweeny on 30 With Murti to reflect on his career, give a unique perspective on how the game has changed from his debut in 2009 to now -- and tell the goosebump-inducing story of his family's emotional connection to Roberto Clemente.…
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Dave Parker was one of the most feared hitters of his generation, and on the latest 30 With Murti, Parker discusses his early years, racial tensions, and his time as one of the true superstars in the game...as well as his former battle with drugs and his current battle with Parkinson's Disease. The new book "Cobra: A Life of Baseball and Brotherhood," co-written with Dave Jordan (University of Nebraska Press), is available now anywhere books are sold.…
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1 30 With Murti: John Odell on Baseball Card Wars 41:21
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Forty years ago, Fleer and Donruss entered the sports cards market, breaking up the Topps monopoly and changing the industry forever. John Odell from the Baseball Hall of Fame joins Sweeny to discuss how the events of 1981 helped lead the hobby to where it is today.
Erik Kratz finished his career with the Yankees, but he was a true baseball nomad. Kratz, with his own unique wit and charm, takes a look back at his career and what it all meant, including his relationship with Yankees phenom Deivi Garcia.
Jack Aker spent 11 years in MLB and he had some unique moments -- like pitching in the same game as 59-year-old Satchel Paige in 1965, or standing on the mound at Yankee Stadium while men landed on the moon in 1969. Aker, now 80, joins Sweeny Murti to discuss those moments and more.
Former Mets OF and Vikings RB Dozier discusses his two-sport career, his book "Decide to Dominate," and the principles that apply to both sports and business.
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1 Me & Eddie C: Kluber, Carrasco, Lindor & LeMahieu 32:33
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The title sounds like a law firm, but in reality, they are the two biggest names brought in (or back, in the latter case) by each NY baseball team this offseason. Sweeny Murti and Ed Coleman break it all down in the latest Me & Eddie C!
Are you binging Cobra Kai like we are? If so, you'll love the latest 30 With Murti, as original Karate Kid screenwriter John Kamen joins Sweeny to talk the current Netflix series, the original movies, and (gulp) Karate Kid The Musical!
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Former Mets starter Bill Pulsipher joins Sweeny Murti to look back at "Generation K," and how their heavy workloads early in their careers may have led to their own injury issues, and perhaps led baseball to the current era of pitch counts and innings limits.
Dec. 8 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon, so WFAN host and legendary rock DJ Richard Neer joins Sweeny to discuss Lennon's music and the night he was killed.
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On the latest 30 With Murti, former major league pitcher Todd Stottlemyre talks to Sweeny about his successful MLB career, personal life filled with grief, and his new book, "The Observer."
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On a pre-Thanksgiving Me and Eddie C, Sweeny and Ed discuss: Sandy Alderson atop the Mets power structure, Steve Cohen's tweets, Robinson Cano's legacy and his future, Mets & Yankees pitching pursuits, the DH rule, and defense as a Hall of Fame metric. Plus, a tribute to Terry Collins!
Tampa Bay Rays Owner Stu Sternberg talks about watching his team - and the fateful Blake Snell decision - in the 2020 World Series, as well as new Mets owner Steve Cohen and diversity in the game.
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Sweeny Murti and Ed Coleman discuss the Steve Cohen and Sandy Alderson press conferences, Marcus Stroman coming back to the Mets, Trevor Bauer, and more.
Peter King is the preeminent NFL writer of our time, but he actually began his career covering baseball for the Cincinnati Enquirer in the early 1980's. On this episode of "30 With Murti," Peter discusses his childhood days as a Red Sox fan in the 1960's, plus his early days in the business covering the last days of The Big Red Machine in Cincinnati...and covering Ken Griffey, Jr. in Little League!…
Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions joins Sweeny Murti to discuss defensive metrics on the eve of the Gold Glove announcements. Plus, are the 1970s Yankees underrepresented in Cooperstown?
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1 '30 With Murti' Flashback: Angelo Pizzo on Mickey Mantle 11:51
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In this clip from a previous '30 With Murti' episode, Angelo Pizzo talks to Sweeny Murti about the Mickey Mantle biopic he's been trying to get made.
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Lisa Fernandez is one of the most decorated softball players in history, and as a three-time Olympian, she has had some experience with the international tiebreaker that is being used this year by MLB in extra innings: the automatic runner at second base to start the inning. On this episode of the "30 With Murti" podcast, Fernandez discusses her heartbreaking history with this rule, which helped cost her a perfect game in the 1996 Olympics. And, the longtime assistant softball coach at UCLA also talks about the growing role of women in the coaching ranks of professional baseball.…
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WFAN went on the air 33 years ago next month, and the man who brought 24-hour Sports Talk Radio to life in 1987 is Jeff Smulyan, the Chairman of the Board of Emmis Broadcasting. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Sweeny Murti chats with Smulyan about the early days of WFAN, as well as his three year tenure as owner of The Seattle Mariners from 1989-92.…
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1 '30 With Murti': MiLB Executive Steve Gliner 40:19
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Minor league baseball's season has been turned upside down and it has nothing to do with the labor dispute on the major-league side. For a look at how the Coronavirus shutdown has affected one of the New York-area minor league teams, Sweeny Murti speaks with Steve Gliner, President of the Hudson Valley Renegades, on the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.…
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1 '30 With Murti': Yogi Berra Biographer Jon Pessah 42:21
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Yogi Berra was one of the greatest Yankees ever, one of the greatest baseball players ever, and lived a classic American success story. His life is the subject of the new biography "Yogi: A Life Behind The Mask," by Jon Pessah and published by Little Brown and Company. Pessah spent nearly four years writing the book and he discusses some of the more interesting parts of Yogi's life with Sweeny Murti in the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.…
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There are a lot of challenges to scouting and completing a draft after the high school and college baseball seasons were shut down almost three months ago. To discuss the issues surrounding this year's draft, listen here to Sweeny Murti's conversation with the Yankees Vice President of Domestic Amateur Scouting, Damon Oppenheimer, on the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.…
Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre, along with his wife Ali, formed the Safe at Home Foundation in 2002, aimed at stopping the cycle of domestic violence. For almost three months now, stay at home restrictions have put countless children at risk due to violent situations in their own homes. Joe Torre joins Sweeny Murti in this episode of the "30 With Murti" podcast to discuss what friends and family members can do to help those struggling at home during the pandemic. Visit JoeTorre.org for more information or to make a donation.…
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Don Roy King calls Saturday Night Live "an adrenaline rush" similar to a being a quarterback. And he should know. He's the man calling all the plays, the director of SNL since 2006. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, King takes us through a career spanning seven decades, punctuated by becoming just the fourth director in the history of NBC's legendary SNL, a show that's earned him nine Emmy Awards. With a career that began in the late 1960's, King has directed more live television than anyone In the history of television. He's rubbed elbows with Paul McCartney, traded jabs with Muhammad Ali, and got his first big break in the business because he knew how to drive a stick shift. For more tales from SNL and the striking similarities between live comedy and live sports, listen here to Sweeny Murti's conversation with Don Roy King.…
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Ricky Cobb is one of the most popular and entertaining sports follows on Twitter. You know him better as Super 70s Sports. Meet the 48-year old man behind the hilarious handle--his story, his life, and his humor--on this episode of the "30 With Murti" podcast.
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Going up against Michael Jordan on the basketball court was a challenge to say the least. Staring at him in the batters box--in 1994 when Jordan stepped away from basketball to play baseball for the AA Birmingham Barons--presented a challenge of a different kind. And it certainly wasn't easy. What's it like to brush back the great Michael Jordan one moment and ask for his autograph the next? For that story and more, listen here to to the latest "30 With Murti" podcast as Sweeny catches up with John Courtright, who in 1994 was a 23-year-old left-hander in the Cincinnati Reds organization and was the first pitcher to have to face Jordan in a minor league game.…
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While everyone looks back fondly at Michael Jordan's basketball career, this week on the "30 With Murti" podcast is a look at Jordan's baseball career with former Birmingham Barons teammate, Glenn DiSarcina.
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1 '30 with Murti': 1980 World Series with Larry Bowa 54:16
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Listen here as Sweeny and Larry Bowa break down the 9180 World Sereies in the latest "30 With Murt" podcast. Hear Bowa talk about some of the key players and plays, many of which illustrate key differences between baseball then and now.
Now in his fourth decade as a New York sportswriter, Peter Botte combines his love of baseball and pop culture in the pages of the New York Post. Now he has written an entertaining history of the Yankees whittled down to "The Big 50: The Men And Moments That Made The New York Yankees." It's available now from Triumph Books. In the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Sweeny chats with Peter about the book, some reflections on the last Yankees dynasty, and more. Botte also talks about his daily movie recommendations in The Post. And finally, Sweeny and Peter share their thoughts on the loss of friend and colleague Anthony Causi, the Post sports photographer who passed away last weekend at 48.…
Twenty-four years ago he was 12-year old Jeffrey Maier, the kid who reached over the fence and turned Derek Jeter's fly ball into a home run that changed a playoff game and maybe the course of the 1996 Yankees. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Sweeny chats with 36-year old Jeff Maier, a married father of three, who recounts his brush with fame and what's happened to him in the year since. Maier takes us through the moment and the amazing aftermath. He also shares where the baseball journey has taken him and how people react to him in New York and Baltimore all these years later.…
This episode of “30 With Murti” could be subtitled “Sweeny on Sweeney." Actor D.B. Sweeney has been in some memorable sports movies such as "Eight Men Out" -- in which he played Shoeless Joe Jackson -- and "The Cutting Edge," his most memorable role as hockey player-turned-figure skater Doug Dorsey. Sweeney’s latest project is called “Two Dum Micks,” a short film co-starring Sean Astin (“Rudy”) about a couple of not-so-bright guys down on their luck. The five-minute short premieres Wednesday on Facebook at 7 p.m. Eastern. D.B. Sweeney meets Sweeny Murti, and they talk about sports movies and more in the latest episode of “30 With Murti.”…
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What are some of your favorite sports movies? "Miracle"? "The Rookie"? "Invincible"? Did you know that the same man in Hollywood is responsible for making them all and several others? On this episode of “30 With Murti,” a conversation with Mark Ciardi, a former major league pitcher turned movie producer. And his specialty has been making some of the best and most inspirational sports movies of the past two decades. Ciardi shares his thoughts on the magic of sports movies, including the stories behind the ones he’s helped make. Ciardi also shares memories of his one month in the major leagues when he was part of the Milwaukee Brewers record-setting streak of 13 straight wins to start the 1987 season.…
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What’s your favorite sports movie of all-time? “Hoosiers" is near the top of the list, right? And isn’t March the perfect time to hear all about it since we don’t have real March Madness this year? In this episode of “30 With Murti,” host Sweeny Murti chats with Angelo Pizzo, the screenwriter of “Hoosiers.” You’ll hear tales of making the 1986 classic about a small-town Indiana high school basketball team and how it just might have been George Steinbrenner’s favorite movie ever. And Pizzo -- who also wrote “Rudy” -- tells us about his script for a Mickey Mantle biopic that he thinks is the best thing he’s ever written but somehow has never been turned into a movie yet. Listen now to the latest episode of “30 With Murti.” And don’t get caught watching the paint dry!…
Bobby Richardson was one of the pillars of the great Yankees teams of the late 1950’s and early ’60’s. A member of 8 All-Star teams and a 5-time Gold Glove Award Winner, Richardson helped the Yankees to World Series Championships in 1958, 1961, and 1962. On the latest "30 With Murti” podcast, Richardson looks back on the most famous moment of his career—catching the line drive off Willie McCovey’s bat for the final out of the 1962 World Series. The only World Series MVP from a losing team (1960, when the Yankees lost to the Pirates on Bill Mazeroski’s famous home run), Richardson also explains why he traded in his prize Corvette for a station wagon. At 84, Richardson still is a regular at Old-Timers Day and loves following the Yankees from his home in Sumter, South Carolina.…
Pushing through pain is something we all admire in athletes. Many times it's what gets them to the highest levels. But it can also be what keeps them from ever going back. That was the case with Christian Parker. This episode of “30 With Murti” features the cautionary tale of Parker, who in 2001 broke camp as the Yankees fifth starter. He made his major league debut the first week of the season, then never pitched in the majors again. It turns out Parker had pitched through shoulder pain in order to make the team, but one start later the 25-year old right-hander was headed for surgery from which he would never make it back. This is his story.…
Curt Flood was a seven-time Gold Glove Award winner, a three-time All-Star, and a two-time World Series champion in additon to being a trailblazer for free agency in modern sports. Is all of that enough to make him a Hall of Famer? His family thinks so. In this episode of "30 With Murti," Curt Flood, Jr. tells us about his family's campaign to have his father elected to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. And while free agency helps players earn hundreds of millions of dollars these days, Curt Jr. tells us in detail about what the fight for free agency did to his father and his family. "This thing broke my dad," Flood Jr. says. "It eviscerated him." For more on the Flood family's fight to honor the longtime St. Louis Cardinal, listen here to the latest "30 With Murti" podcast.…
Lindsay Berra has been a journalist for the last two decades. Baseball is among the things she has covered, and why not? As you may have already guessed by seeing the last name, baseball is in her blood -- Lindsay is the granddaughter of Yankees legend Yogi Berra. In this episode of "30 With Murti," Lindsay discusses some of the interesting hires made by the Yankees this winter, in particular two people who she has known and written about for many years: Eric Cressey, the recently named director of player health and performance; and Rachel Balkovec, the first female hitting coach in the organization, who will be working out of the Tampa, Florida, complex. Lindsay also discusses some great stories about her famous grandpa and the happenings at the Yogi Berra Museum at Montclair State University, including the Discover Greatness exhibit, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues.…
Phil Hughes has gone from Yankees phenom to YouTube card breaker. The heard-but-not-seen star of "Phil's Pulls"-- which at the moment has about 14,000 subscribers -- is the former Yankees right-hander, who helped the Yankees to a World Series title in 2009 and became an American League All-Star in 2010. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, host Sweeny Murti talks to Hughes about his career and how he feels he never was the same pitcher after a hamstring injury in his second major league start in 2007. Hughes reminisces about his early days in Yankees camp, the 2009 World Series champions and his Hall of Fame teammates.…
The Baseball Winter Meetings have been full of activity so far. In this episode of the “30 With Murti” podcast, we break down the big stories with a roundtable discussion with the experts. First, Jack Curry and John Flaherty of the YES Network join Sweeny with their reactions to the Gerrit Cole signing. Then it’s a national perspective from ESPN’s Jeff Passan and MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand on Cole, Stephen Strasburg and the explosion of the pitching market this winter.…
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Kevin Long of the Washington Nationals just won his second World Series championship as a hitting coach. He was previously hitting coach for the 2009 world champion Yankees as well as for the 2015 National League champion Mets. On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Long joins Sweeny Murti to discuss the Nationals' run to the title. He also talks about the evolution of hitting in the "Launch Angle Era" and where it might be headed next. Also, you'll hear Long's insights into Nationals stars Juan Soto and Howie Kendrick, plus his thoughts on new Mets manager Carlos Beltran, a player Long has known since Beltran was a teenaged prospect in the Royals farm system.…
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The 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame election is upon us. The ballot was officially released this week to voting members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Results will be announced in January, but the arguments have just begun. Can anyone justify not making Derek Jeter unanimous? Is it time to stop penalizing Larry Walker for playing in Colorado? Can we appreciated a career like Alfonso Soriano's without electing him to the Hall? And what does last year’s election of Harold Baines mean moving forward? All of these questions and more are answered on the latest episode of the “30 With Murti” podcast featuring guest Tyler Kepner, The New York Times baseball columnist and best-selling author of the book “K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches.”…
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Starting pitching made a comeback in the World Series. Did it ever really go away? Not really. But there has certainly been an evolution of pitching and the use of technology and data to maximize performance. You could say it started as part of "Moneyball," but now it's a lot more than that. Rick Peterson, longtime major league pitching coach with the Oakland A's "Moneyball" teams of the early 2000s and later with the New York Mets, is as educated on this side of pitching as anyone who has been in baseball this century. Now retired from coaching, Peterson co-authored the book "Crunch Time: How To Be Your Best When It Matters Most." On the latest "30 With Murti" podcast, Peterson gives some of his thoughts on the state of pitching in 2019 along with the data, technology, and philosophies that are instrumental in developing major league pitchers.…
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Sports and politics collide sometimes, but hardly ever in Washington, D.C. And then the Washington Nationals won the World Series. Chelsea Janes spent four years covering the Washington Nationals for the Washington Post sports pages before switching to the paper’s coverage of the 2020 Presidential campaign. In October, she jumped back into the sports world for a short time, helping the Post’s coverage of the World Series. In this latest episode of “30 With Murti,” Chelsea Janes gives her unique perspective on the Nationals run to the World Series championship and how her years on the baseball beat have helped her political coverage.…
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1 Suzyn Waldman On 30th Anniversary Of World Series Earthquake 27:53
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Thirty years ago today — Oct. 17, 1989 — the World Series was interrupted by an earthquake. It measured 6.8 on the Richter scale and rocked the Bay Area just as the Oakland A’s and San Francisco Giants were minutes away from starting Game 3 of the Fall Classic at Candlestick Park. The quake shook the stadium, but did far more damage in the surrounding areas. Thousands were injured, and 63 people died. The World Series didn’t resume until 10 days later. WFAN’s Suzyn Waldman was there reporting on the scene, in an instant going from sports reporter to news reporter. On this episode of “30 With Murti,” Sweeny and Suzyn talk about her memories of the earthquake and its aftermath 30 years later.…
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1 Kent Tekulve, Closer On 1979 Pirates Championship Team 47:51
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There is probably no popular song more widely associated with one team in baseball history than “We Are Family” and the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. This marks the 40th anniversary of the last World Series championship celebrated in Pittsburgh. On this episode of “30 With Murti," WFAN's Sweeny Murti talks to the rubber-armed closer of that Pirates team, Kent Tekulve. He tells us about the leadership of Willie Stargell, the man known as “Pops,” and how he brought the team together. Tekulve also tells us how and why a team of such diverse people found a theme of “Family,” identified itself with the working class population of the 1970s steel city of Pittsburgh and took it all the way to a World Series championship when they beat the Orioles in a seven-game series for the second time in the decade. Also listen for the moving story of how the Pirates rallied from a 3-1 series deficit behind their manager, Chuck Tanner, who led his team hours after the passing of his mother. “We Are Family” and the Pittsburgh Pirates are tied together forever. This is their story.…
The 1969 Mets still maintain a special place in New York sports history. The Miracle Mets are one of the best stories in baseball history, too. This month marks the 50th anniversary of their stunning turnaround from laughing stock to World Series champions. In the latest episode of the “30 With Murti” podcast, outfielder Ron Swoboda recounts the Mets' rise to the top, including his highlight reel catch in the World Series against Baltimore, still one of the most iconic moments in Mets history. Swoboda also talks about playing with the Yankees in the early 1970s alongside a young Thurman Munson, as well as his thoughts on the latest Mets phenom, Pete Alonso.…
Tim McCarver has seen just about everything in his 60-plus years in baseball. It’s impossible to fit all of that into one 30-minute conversation, but we did our best to hit some highlights. McCarver is our guest on the latest “30 With Murti” podcast. McCarver, a two-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion as a player, went on to become a Hall of Fame broadcaster. He was the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award presented at Hall of Fame Weekend in 2012. McCarver’s major league playing career began 60 years ago this month at the age of 17. And this week he will be honored with the Vin Scully Award for Sports Broadcasting Excellence from Fordham University radio station WFUV. For stories about everyone from Bob Gibson to Aaron Boone, Joe Buck to John Madden, take a listen to this conversation with the great Tim McCarver.…
You know actor Timothy Busfield from the baseball movies "Field of Dreams" and "Little Big League." And you know him from so many other roles in "Thirtysomething," "The West Wing," "Revenge of The Nerds" and more. Now Busfield is a director for such shows as "This is Us" and "Law & Order: SVU." And he is also a huge baseball fan, which is why he is Sweeny’s guest on a brand new "30 With Murti." Busfield talks about growing up a Tigers fan and attempting to play college baseball before going the theatre route. He also shares stories about some of his famous roles, including facing Randy Johnson for the climactic final scene in "Little Big League," playing White House reporter Danny Concannon on "The West Wing," and appearing in his first-ever screen role as the soldier who blew up Sgt. Hulka in "Stripes." His latest on-screen turn is in the Fox drama "Almost Family," which premieres this fall.…
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The Yankees have battled injuries throughout 2019 seemingly like they have at no other time before. Some of these injuries have had fans question players' training methods. On this new episode of “30 With Murti,” Sweeny talks about the injury crisis with Dana Cavalea, who spent 8 years as the Yankees Strength and Conditioning Coach from 2006-2013. Cavalea, who has been featured on Good Morning America for his book “Habits Of A Champion,” offers his unique insight into how baseball players train, what some of the causes for various injuries might be, and what players can do to stay on the field more often.…
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1 Mike Buddie, former Yankee and current Army AD 41:14
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Two of the finest sports institutions in New York that boast a great deal of history and tradition are the Yankees and the United States Military Academy at West Point, known in the world of college athletics simply as Army. Last May, Army hired Mike Buddie as its new athletic director. If that name sounds slightly familiar to Yankees fans, it’s because Buddie was a pitcher in the Yankees organization for eight years in the 1990s and made his major league debut in 1998. He went on to pitch in 24 games that season for the most dominant team of the late-'90s Yankees dynasty that won 114 regular season games and the first of three consecutive World Series titles. In this episode of “30 With Murti,” Buddie reminisces about his days as a Yankees pitcher coming up the ranks with Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. He also discusses his new role and the challenges of being the athletic director at West Point.…
One of the great rivalries in baseball history is renewed this weekend when the Yankees meet the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Going back to the days when the Dodgers played in Brooklyn, these two franchises met in 11 Fall Classics from 1941 and 1981. The Yankees won eight of the 11 matchups. Former Dodgers first baseman Steve Garvey -- a 10-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove Winner and 1974 National League MVP -- played in the last three of those World Series, losing to Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson and company in 1977 and ’78 before Garvey’s Dodgers won the crown in ’81. On this new “30 With Murti,” Garvey shares his memories of those great chapters in baseball history and his thoughts on the current Dodgers team which could be headed to its third straight World Series.…
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1 Phil Plantier, Yankees Triple-A Hitting Coach 25:55
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The successes of Gio Urshela and Mike Tauchman -- essentially as replacements for Miguel Andujar and Giancarlo Stanton -- are not ones the Yankees could have predicted. But as an organization, they are very confident in the process that brings players like that to the big-league level, from scouting them to coaching them and making them viable options to contribute to a team with high expectations. One of the coaches who has had an impact on both those players and more is Scranton/Wilkes-Barre hitting coach Phil Plantier. A veteran of eight major league seasons, Plantier is in his second year with the Yankees' Triple-A team. This week on a new “30 With Murti” podcast, Plantier talks about hitting approach and the things that have made Urshela and Tauchman successful, as well as the things that he’s seen from Clint Frazier since he’s been back at Triple-A.…
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Forty years ago today -- Aug. 2, 1979 -- Yankees captain Thurman Munson was killed in a plane crash at age 32. He has long since remained an integral part of the Yankees culture and history. On the anniversary of his passing, this episode of "30 With Murti" presents a conversation with Munson’s teammate and friend Ron Guidry.…
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1 Jeff Idelson, Outgoing Baseball Hall Of Fame President 27:47
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To put a cap on last weekend's glorious Hall of Fame festivities, we talk to the outgoing Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson on a new "30 With Murti" podcast. Idelson has spent the last 25 years in service at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, finishing with a 12-year run as the Hall's president. He is one of the most visible people behind the museum and its connection to the game's part in celebrating its past. He leaves Cooperstown to start his new venture at the other end of the spectrum. It's called Grassroots Baseball, and its focus is on youth baseball and growing the next generation of Hall of Famers. For stories about life in Cooperstown and Hall of Fame moments as well as tales from the early '90s Yankees -- where Jeff worked for five years under George Steinbrenner -- listen to this latest episode of "30 With Murti."…
It was another magical weekend in Cooperstown. The 2019 Hall of Fame class has officially been inducted, including former Yankees Mariano Rivera and Mike Mussina. Listen to a recap from the weekend in Cooperstown in this episode of "30 With Murti."
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