Everything’s clicking for Green and Gold
Susan Slusser, The Chronicle’s A’s beat writer, and Sports Editor Glenn Schwarz podcast on how the Oakland A’s have built one of the best records in the majors during the first month of the season....
View ArticleHitters hope to regain form; Chavez close to return
The Oakland A’s started strong, but cooled off during a 2-7 road trip. Yet those are the kinds of ups and downs fans should expect from a young team, beat writer Susan Slusser reports in this podcast ....
View ArticleOmar and the Hall; growing pains with young pitchers
Omar Vizquel is about to break the all-time record for games at shortstop, but does he deserve to be a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee? Beat writer Henry Schulman examines the pros and cons of that...
View ArticleAre the Giants exceeding or missing expectations?
Tim Lincecum and maybe Bengie Molina and Aaron Rowand have played like All Stars, but Matt Cain is looking for more consistency and Barry Zito might not avoid losing 15 games before the All Star break....
View ArticleWill the A’s be buyers or sellers later this season?
The hot Oakland A’s are baseball’s biggest surprise this season, led by a pitching staff that tops the majors in team ERA. But as the A’s continue to contend for a playoff spot, will GM Billy Beane be...
View ArticleDeath March With Cocktails – Spike Lee
Tim Goodman is posting periodic podcasts from the annual Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour in Los Angeles, or what he calls Death March With Cocktails. In this episode, director Spike...
View ArticleWho stays, who goes as Giants build for 2009
Beat writer Henry Schulman and Sports Editor Glenn Schwarz report on how San Francisco Giants GM Brian Sabean will revamp the roster with trades and other moves as the team continues to build toward...
View ArticleStreet may hit the road; Ziegler’s fast start
A woeful offense has brought the Oakland A’s back down to earth and made them the “kings of the one-run loss,” sports editor Glenn Schwarz and beat writer Susan Slusser report in this podcast. So what...
View ArticleTim Lincecum wins the Cy Young Award
Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle Tim Lincecum At a press conference at AT&T Park, Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants talks about being named the top pitcher in the...
View ArticlePodcast playback: Interview with Lester Rodney
Hear audio excerpts from Chronicle editor Jack Epstein’s interview with Walnut Creek resident Lester Rodney, who as a journalist is credited with helping break baseball’s color barrier, paving the way...
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