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Get an up close look at the remarkable journey of Miguel Rojas, one of fewer than 500 players born in Venezuela since 1939. In this compelling episode of "Keep Swinging with Matt Stucko," Rojas shares his inspirational story, diving into the challenges he overcame to reach the pinnacle of the sport while defying the odds to secure a spot in the big leagues. "Air Rojas" also uncovers the layers of his unique personality as he talks about his role in growing the game beyond the diamond seen in his flair with custom cleats and fits that are as cool as his playing style. Join us for an engaging episode that goes beyond the stats and reveals what makes Rojas one of a kind.

Playing basketball vs Donny baseball.

Prepare for a nostalgic journey back to the Burbank sports scene with our esteemed guest, Mike Graceffo. This episode presents a vibrant tapestry of his coaching voyage that started in high school and has spanned several generations of athletes. Together, we reflect on Mike's affection for baseball that started in his Burbank childhood, the nail-biting rivalries, and the sweet taste of almost reaching a championship game in Hawaii.

As we journey further, we explore the evolution of players and parents in the sports scene over the past four decades. Mike offers insightful perspectives on the changing dynamics of youth sports and the unique challenges that the so-called 'trophy generation' faces. We delve into the impact of the COVID pandemic on the sports world, the intricacies of recruitment, and the changing dynamics of coaching. 

Finally, we take you through some remarkable stories of chance encounters with famous personalities and how they've influenced our lives. For instance, hear the riveting story of how Mike met Dr. J and Ricky Henderson, Don Mattingly, and Mike Tyson. We wrap up with a heartfelt discussion about coaching, its profound impact, and the necessity of giving back to the community. So, tune in and join us on this incredible journey of sports, coaching, and community.

EPISODE 113: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Now that George Santos has been tied financially to the cousin of a sanctioned Russian Oil Oligarch, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy has confirmed he won't move to oust him, the Democrats have to run with the gift the Republicans have given them. Whatever the issue, whatever the question, whatever the talking points, every Democrat, every time, must answer: "George Santos." GOP tries to blame Biden for the looming debt ceiling crisis? "You sound like George Santos!" McCarthy asks about the documents? "Why isn't the Speaker as angry at George Santos?" CNN writes another Bothsidesist article about documents? "Why isn't CNN probing George Santos and the Russian Oligarch?" Everybody insists nobody needs to investigates his ex-girlfriend's allegations of violence against Rep. James Comer? "Speaker McCarthy? In Comer, are you worried you've got another George Santos on your hands?"

B-Block (16:33) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Waffles (17:31) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: If she's secretly governor why would she run for Governor? And what do the Biden documents make Ronny Jackson think of? Drugs and hookers! Of course EVERYTHING makes Ronny think of drugs and hookers. (19:36) IN SPORTS: The LIV Golf tournament, formally tied to Prince MBS and Trump; why would baseball expand, especially to Nashville? And 1962 Met Frank Thomas dies, and leaves a troubling legacy on race and teammates and Dick Allen. (26:32) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Jordan Peterson runs a climate change denial chart that ends in 1885; Germany needs a new Defense Minister (to say nothing of 5000 new helmets), and Tucker Carlson needs you to explain candy to him.

C-Block (31:02) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: CNN's Chris Licht reportedly wants to hire a comedian to do a nightly newscast you can laugh at (intentionally, this time). He and others at Clicks Not News think this is a great, brand new idea. In fact, it's a lousy old one. It was first proposed at CNN...in 2001! I know: I was in the room. And it was THE SAME COMEDIAN!

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Alex and Jesse offer their musings on the sports world with a teaspoon of nonsense as they discuss Cal Peterson's demotion to the AHL (0:50), and how the New Jersey Devils are actually good again (4:43). They applaud Mitch Marner's record breaking point streak (10:44), and Jason Robertson's epic rise to stardom (12:45). The guys also talk Don Mattingly becoming the Blue Jays' new skipper (16:18), and Jacob deGrom's new contract with Texas (20:34). They finish with their Qualin and Schooler Awards (24:48), and play Start-Bench-Cut focused on pre-game meals (30:11).

EPISODE 86: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (1:44) SPECIAL COMMENT: Three weeks ago - so quietly it has barely been noticed - the government declassified the 31-page "memorandum for the record" of the 9/11 Commission's 2004 interview with President George W. Bush (2:20) In it, Bush's words are beyond damning - they are confessional. They confirm his dereliction of duty, his culpability, his malfeasance, in the months before 9/11. Bush lied (5:38) about the August 6 President's Daily Briefing (6:58) Bush lied about the only threats being "overseas" (7:53) Bush lied about Al-Qaeda cells in the U.S. (8:23) Bush lied about aircraft as missiles (8:57) Bush lied about being warned about domestic threats (9:30) Bush lied about George Tenet never warning him (10:00) Bush lied about never being told how Al-Qaeda would attack (14:28) Sadly the 9/11 Commissioners never asked Bush about the allegation that he rushed through the August 6 2001 PDB because he wanted to go fishing and told the briefer "All right, you've covered your ass now." That's unfortunate because ALL Bush did in his interview with the Commissioners was try to cover HIS ass. For more than 20 years he's succeeded, but after the declassification of this memorandum, history will conclude two things: Osama Bin Laden attacked America - no one else. And George W. Bush made sure that America was unprepared - no one else.

B-Block (19:29) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Lucky in California (20:21) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: McCarthy promises a committee to investigate the 1/6 Committee - IF he can get elected; and after promising no layoffs, CNN's Chris Licht lays off hundreds (22:26) IN SPORTS: How IS Pele? And Don Mattingly's new job and why whenever he sees me he says "That's Mel on the right!" (25:25) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: The man who ignored the warning 'never drink while playing Monopoly' and the gullible website Semafor compete with Elon "I Lied About Apple" Musk for the honors.

C-Block (29:31) 37 years ago this month I was new in L.A. and on my way to a great interview with baseball immortal Mickey Mantle. That's when I ran into the most elegantly dressed couple I have ever seen in my life. They were fans of my new local sportscast, and they introduced themselves as Joseph and Patricia Carlton. But who WERE they and why he look SO familiar? An amazing explanation in "Things I Promised Not To Tell."

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The Doggie talked about the MLB HOF Contemporary Era Ballot and the players on it.  He talked about Albert Belle and absolutely thinks he belongs in the HOF.

Travis Hafner is today’s guest on the Post Game podcast. Travis played twelve years in the Major Leagues with the Texas Rangers (2002), New York Yankees (2013) and most notably, the Cleveland Indians (2003-2012). The former first baseman and designated hitter describes growing up in rural North Dakota and making it to the Majors despite not playing organized baseball until college. He discusses his MLB-record for six grand slams in a season and the origin of his nickname, Pronk. In addition to sharing memories of his time in Cleveland, Travis details his time with the Yankees--most importantly, finding Jesus Christ in the Bronx. Travis describes the significant role Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera played in his spiritual growth. You will be encouraged as he talks about his faith, family, and post-career activities. Be sure to like and subscribe to the Post Game with Paul Golden podcast wherever you listen to podcasts.

For more information and to financially support the podcast, go to www.PaulGolden.org

For more information and to financially support the podcast, go to www.PaulGolden.org

EPISODE 72: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (1:45) OH GOD I so wanted Trump to declare his candidacy last night. He was THISCLOSE to doing it at his fascist rally in Ohio and thus snatching defeat for the Republicans from the jaws of victory, like he did in Georgia. But somebody got to him! (3:46) Whatever happens today, the media is doing everything it can to stick to the "Red Wave" narrative: Their polls all indicate Democratic leads in the Generic Congressional Ballot so what did Politico, Yahoo, and Reuters do? THEY DISMISSED THEIR OWN POLLS AS OUTLIERS. It all underscores the real media narrative: The media corporations are sucking up to the fascists (8:30) Last night, the Republicans gave away the next narrative: any election undecided by Wednesday morning has been fixed by the Democrats (10:48) Oh by the way, a key member of Russia's 2016 Conspiracy with Trump confessed to interfering in the election (11:45) And Elon Musk tweeted more Nazi names and six months after saying "for Twitter to deserve public trust it must be politically neutral" he told his 115,000,000 followers they should vote Republican. Oh and he's also talking about putting all of Twitter behind a paywall. 

B-Block (16:40) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Ace has been reserved! Today it's Angie, in Brooklyn (17:33) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Bannon incarceration delayed, Ted Cruz hit by a White Claw and Texas police actually just don't stand there (19:24) IN SPORTS: Check with me Monday after new Coach Saturday makes his debut Sunday; It's the strangest NFL coaching move since Rock Island fired its coach mid-game in 1921. Baseball free agent news and the new Veterans' Hall of Fame Ballot is out: McGriff, Murphy, Mattingly, four roiders, one jackass - where's Keith Hernandez? (23:27) Brit "Trash OnThe Street" Hume and CNN's New Morning Show, called "Fascists? Please Let Us Live!" are no match for the all-time champion of Conventional Political Lack of Wisdom and Groupthink: Chris Cillizza with an all-time great column, telling History Teacher Jim Clyburn he doesn't understand history.

C-Block (34:00) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: The day in 1981 the disc jockey on the top New York radio station tried to kill me and then get me fired for daring to criticize "his" New York Giants on his show. The saga of Ted Brown and "he won't remember that either" (49:55) Plus, because it was handy, a complete sportscast from December 30, 1981, and 22-year old me doing an entire sportscast on WNEW Radio in New York, complete with the latest Wayne Gretzky news (and Ted Brown).

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In this week's episode the boys have to bring up Aaron Judge's homer slump. He's still destroying the ball and providing for his team, but the elusive number 61 is still out of reach. When will he get it? Albert Pujols has joined the 700 club. The boys discuss how special that is and how special he is. The old man, Tony LaRussa, is out for the season, but it's likely he's done in Chicago for good, while Mr. Unlucky, Don Mattingly, has stepped down as manager of the Marlins. The boys breakdown each move and talk the highs and lows of their current situations. Afterwards, they break into postseason talk by picking two sleepers for each postseason team. Who will be the next Randy Arozarena, Carlos Beltran or Pablo Sandoval this year? The boys then round out the show with Collection Corner and the last Fantasy Factory for the year.

In this week's episode the boys have to bring up Aaron Judge's homer slump. He's still destroying the ball and providing for his team, but the elusive number 61 is still out of reach. When will he get it? Albert Pujols has joined the 700 club. The boys discuss how special that is and how special he is. The old man, Tony LaRussa, is out for the season, but it's likely he's done in Chicago for good, while Mr. Unlucky, Don Mattingly, has stepped down as manager of the Marlins. The boys breakdown each move and talk the highs and lows of their current situations. Afterwards, they break into postseason talk by picking two sleepers for each postseason team. Who will be the next Randy Arozarena, Carlos Beltran or Pablo Sandoval this year? The boys then round out the show with Collection Corner and the last Fantasy Factory for the year.

TRUMP BACKING AWAY FROM "Q" OVER ROYALTIES?

A-Block (1:47) SPECIAL COMMENT: At his latest rally Trump had security stop his cultists from doing the Q-Anon Sieg Heil and seemed to be backing away from the conspiracy theory. Or is it just that he found out he'll have to pay money for the damned "Q Song"? (5:15) Shocking developments as two excerpts from Maggie Haberman's book are actually relevant and revelatory as Trump confesses his true motivation for everything: the fear that people won't know who he is (9:07) And the Italian elections may seem remote and irrelevant, except that the apparent winner, the anti-LGBTQ anti-migrant fascist, is another Steve Bannon protege.

B-Block (14:25) EVERY DOG HAS ITS DAY: Jelly Belly and Cooper in California (15:56) POSTSCRIPTS TO THE NEWS: Kevin McCarthy thinks he's quoting Lincoln when he's actually quoting a bank ad; JR Majewski says it's classified; Everybody hates Kyrsten, and NASA says 'Kiss your asteroid goodbye." (20:26) IN SPORTS: NFLPA has a headache over Too, and Judge stuck on 60. Plus the argument that the most homers is automatically the RECORD for homers is nonsense. The most strikeouts in a season isn't the RECORD for strikeouts, nor is the most steals. (27:52) THE WORST PERSONS IN THE WORLD: Somebody doesn't like my criticisms of CNN henchman Chris Licht, the Congressman who says women shouldn't vote, and what do you mean 'The Soviets irradiated Richard Nixon?'

C-Block (33:13) THINGS I PROMISED NOT TO TELL: For 46 years, I have told the saga of my ill-fated hero Fred Merkle and how they changed the rules on him in the middle of the game in September, 1908. But this'll be the first time I've told the extraordinary story of what his great-grandson did as a toddler, as his parents and I watched in astonishment, that left us wondering about reincarnation!

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In this week's episode, the boys discuss the long awaited Al Avila and Chris Woodward firings. What does the future look like for both the Tigers and Rangers now? Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for PEDs this past week, and got his spanking from the league. An 80-game suspension. The boys explain the young star's immaturity and what could happen to him if this current Padres squad proves to be successful without him. Aaron Judge sits at 46 homer runs on the year. If he knocks 62, will he be the real HR king? The game surely needs him to be. The boys give their thoughts. Following this, Michael breaks down episode 5 of Derek Jeter's doc 'The Captain'.  And afterwards, the boys make their picks on who they feel are the top team duos this season. They round out the show with Fantasy Factory and Collection Corner.

In this week's episode, the boys discuss the long awaited Al Avila and Chris Woodward firings. What does the future look like for both the Tigers and Rangers now? Fernando Tatis Jr. tested positive for PEDs this past week, and got his spanking from the league. An 80-game suspension. The boys explain the young star's immaturity and what could happen to him if this current Padres squad proves to be successful without him. Aaron Judge sits at 46 homer runs on the year. If he knocks 62, will he be the real HR king? The game surely needs him to be. The boys give their thoughts. Following this, Michael breaks down episode 5 of Derek Jeter's doc 'The Captain'. And afterwards, the boys make their picks on who they feel are the top team duos this season. They round out the show with Fantasy Factory and Collection Corner.

The boys start this week's show talking about the death of everyone's favorite TV dad Bob Saget, and the impact he had on their generation and also how bad of a National Anthem singer he was. After, they discuss the need for urgency in this slow-moving MLB Lockout and what needs to be done, and done quickly, before pitchers and catchers report. Is this the year Curt Schilling finally gets in? Does Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa make it on their last try? Does A-Rod get in on his first try? The boys break down the BBWAA ballot and who is likely to get in and who isn't and who are the sleepers of this year's class. They round out the show with Collection Corner.

The boys start this week's show talking about the death of everyone's favorite TV dad Bob Saget, and the impact he had on their generation and also how bad of a National Anthem singer he was. After, they discuss the need for urgency in this slow-moving MLB Lockout and what needs to be done, and done quickly, before pitchers and catchers report.  Is this the year Curt Schilling finally gets in? Does Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa make it on their last try? Does A-Rod get in on his first try? The boys break down the BBWAA ballot and who is likely to get in and who isn't and who are the sleepers of this year's class. They round out the show with Collection Corner. 

Happy New Year everyone, the boys are back! They begin the show talking about what they did during the holidays. After, they discuss the surprise retirement trend that's been going on now that Kyle Seager and Cameron Maybin have joined Buster Posey in retirement. Ken Rosenthal's contract was not renewed due to his comments on the commish and the boys debate his future. Good news hits the start of 2022, as news broke that Fanatics have acquired Topps. Will this move mean the Topps name/brand still intact? This marks episode 41 by the boys, and they look back on the best moments of baseball in 2021. They round out the show with some eye-popping Collection Corner trends and then Michael sounds off on Don Mattingly not being in the Hall of Fame.

Happy New Year everyone, the boys are back! They begin the show talking about what they did during the holidays. After, they discuss the surprise retirement trend that's been going on now that Kyle Seager and Cameron Maybin have joined Buster Posey in retirement. Ken Rosenthal's contract was not renewed due to his comments on the commish and the boys debate his future. Good news hits the start of 2022, as news broke that Fanatics have acquired Topps. Will this move mean the Topps name/brand still intact? This marks episode 41 by the boys, and they look back on the best moments of baseball in 2021. They round out the show with some eye-popping Collection Corner trends and then Michael sounds off on Don Mattingly not being in the Hall of Fame.

As we inch closer to Christmas, the boys don't let the the Lockout get them down. They dive right into the recently released Top 100 prospect lists. They discuss who is on the rise, who is falling, and who will be making their MLB debuts in 2022. After, the boys put one special need on every team's Christmas wish list for the upcoming 2022 season. They round out the show with Collection Corner.