Baseball Zealot Radio

Hosts: Tom

Summary: I interview Chris Robinson who is now down in Arizona for Spring Training with the Chicago Cubs. Robinson, a catcher and a University of Illinois product, talks about his 2006 season in the minors, getting traded to the Cubs, and what 2007 holds for him.

Time: 13:18

Date Recorded: 2/27/07

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Hosts: Tom and Tedd

Summary: Tedd is in Florida catching some Spring Training games this week. He calls in and reports on the games he's seen and the people he's met.

Stay tuned as Tedd plans to call in every couple days to report back.

Check out Tedd's articles about his trip to Spring Training on The Baseball Zealot blog.

Time: 22:19

Date Recorded: 3/2/07

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Hosts: Tom

Summary: My special guest is Nathan Baliva, broadcaster and media manager for the Peoria Chiefs. The Chiefs are a single-A affiliate for the Chicago Cubs.

Nathan tells us who to watch for in the Cubs' farm system and talks up the Peoria Chiefs upcoming season.

Oh yeah, we get around to talking about their rookie manager, Ryne Sandberg.

This one's definitely worth a listen.

Here is a link to the Peoria Chiefs web page.

Time: 23:22

Date Recorded: 2/27/07

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Hosts: Tom, Chuck and Tedd

Summary: Tedd reports back from Spring Training in Florida again after seeing a few more games. Chuck is on board with this discussion and as it is when we start talking baseball, we hit a lot of topics.

Stay tuned as Tedd plans to call in one more time from Florida to report from Spring Training.

Time: 50:21

Date Recorded: 3/4/7

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Hosts: Tom and Tedd

Summary: This is Tedd's third podcast from Spring Training in Florida. He calls in and reports to us what he's seen at Dunedin and Clearwater. A lot of Phillies and Blue Jays material including Gustavo Chacin, Ryan Howard, Shane Victorino and Chris Roberson not to mention a Dallas Green sighting.

This is our last report from the Grapefruit League but we will be switching gears soon and will be getting on-the-spot reports from Tedd and others from Arizona and the Cactus League! Stay tuned!

Time: 17:33

Date Recorded: 3/9/07

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Hosts: Tom

Summary: We get a chance to talk about the St Louis Cardinals as Larry Borowski from Viva El Birdos is our guest. Those of you Cardinal fans (or baseball fans in general) who haven't been to Viva El Birdos should check it out. They have just recently been picked as the #5 baseball blog according to Sports Media Challenge.

Larry talks about the Cardinals' World Series win in 2006 and gives his team analysis for 2007. We end with a brief NL Central division summary.

Much thanks to Larry for guesting on the show!

Time: 41:44

Date Recorded: 3/29/07

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