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14 Apr

Essey Tire Breakfast With Benz Podcast (4/15)–Pirates Manager Derek Shelton

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 – 9:53 pm

Pirates manager Derek Shelton joins me to talk about a potential return of baseball, managing pitchers during the pandemic, the potential impact on 2021.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

14 Apr

Essey Tire Breakfast With Benz Podcast (4/14)–Hockey podcast With Brian Metzer

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 – 1:47 am

This week’s Essey Tire hockey podcast with Brian Metzer looks at the NHL Network’s flashback to the 2017 Stanley Cup Final between the Penguins and Nashville Predators, options to restart the season, and Pearl Jam’s new album.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

12 Apr

Madden Monday (4/13)–Steelers Draft talk, NHL remote locations, Tom Brady and Howard Stern

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Sunday, April 12th, 2020 – 8:47 pm

In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden and Tim Benz look at the Steelers upcoming draft, the prospect of a remote location for the remaining NHL season, and the Tom Brady interview with Howard Stern.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

09 Apr

Fulfill your fantasy at Cheerleaders (4/9)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, April 9th, 2020 – 11:59 am

The fantasy of getting fantasy sports back continue. Jeff Erickson of RotoWire and I host our weekly fantasy sports podcast. Golf could lead the way back toward competition. But there is one big hitch. The draft is still on the table. And we talk about that Arizona bubble idea for Major League Baseball.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

08 Apr

Essey Tire Breakfast With Benz Podcast–Hockey podcast With Brian Metzer

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020 – 7:06 am

Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network joins me to look back at the AT&T Sports net replay of the 2009 Game 6 Stanley Cup Final vs. Detroit. We talk about Wednesday’s rebroadcast of Game 7. And we consider all these plans to have various sports in one specific location during the pandemic.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

07 Apr

Breakfast With Benz Podcast–Mike LaValliere vents on the 1992 NLCS GM 7 home plate UMP

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 – 1:23 am



The MLB Network recently replayed Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS between the Braves and Pirates. That reminded me of a great clip from Pirates catcher Mike LaValliere about the time he got to unload on home plate umpire Randy Marsh a decade after the game. I dug it out as part of Tuesday’s “Essey Tire & Wheel Center” podcast.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

06 Apr

Madden Monday (4/5)–Is there hope for a return of sports?

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, April 6th, 2020 – 1:06 am

In this week’s Madden Monday podcast, Mark Madden and Tim Benz try to figure out if sports has a future in the coronavirus era. They talk NFL Draft. Music. Movies. And cat problems.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

03 Apr

Fulfill your fantasy at Cheerleaders (4/3)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, April 3rd, 2020 – 9:00 am

Fulfill your fantasy at Cheerleaders! It’s our weekly fantasy sports podcast with Jeff Erickson of RotoWire. We talk about the idea of MLB going to seven inning doubleheaders, strat-o-matic baseball, other fantasy baseball alternatives during the shut in, and the NFL draft.

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