Podcasts – Page 92 – Keefe To The City

Jan 17, 2014

Podcast: Erik Boland

Erik Boland of Newsday joins me to talk about the Masahiro Tanaka sweepstakes and what the future holds for Alex Rodriguez following his 162-game suspension.

We are a month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to Tampa and right now the Yankees don’t really know who exactly will be reporting. The starting rotation still has some holes to fill and hopefully one of those holes will be filled by Masahiro Tanaka who has narrowed his field down to three teams, which includes the Yankees.

And when it comes to spring training, the other big question is whether or not Alex Rodriguez will show up. After being suspended for all of 2014, A-Rod gave an unusual speech saying basically that Major League Baseball is doing him a favor by giving him a year to rest mentally and physically.

Erik Boland, the Yankees beat writer for Newsday, joined me to talk about the Tanaka sweepstakes and what the Yankees will do if they don’t land him, what A-Rod’s next move is and if A-Rod will ever play for the Yankees or in Major League Baseball ever again.

Podcasts • Yankees

Dec 20, 2013

Podcast: Chad Jennings

Chad Jennings of The Journal News joins me to talk about the Yankees’ wild offseason and what to make of the roster they are building in a complicated and transitional offseason.

What happens when you miss the playoffs for the second time since 1993, your attendance drops and your rival and biggest competition on and off the field wins the World Series? Financial budgets, goals and mandates get thrown out the window. That’s what happens.

It’s been a wild few weeks for the Yankees and this important offseason with Robinson Cano leaving for the Seattle Mariners and a 10-year, $240 million deal, Jacoby Ellsbury signing for seven years and $153 million, Carlos Beltran getting a three-year deal and Brian McCann getting five years to give the Yankees a real catcher once again.

Chad Jennings, the Yankees beat writer for The Journal News and the lead man for the LoHud Yankees Blog, joined me to talk about Cano’s insane contract and how the Yankees handle their own players during free agency, what the Yankees are going to do with their abundance of outfielders and who the fourth and fifth starters in the rotation might be.

Podcasts • Rangers

Dec 20, 2013

Podcast: Mike Carver

Mike Carver of The Butch Goring Show, the Red Line Hockey Show on Hockey This Week Radio Network and WFAN joins me to talk Rangers-Islanders with the two teams meeting on Friday night at the Garden.

The Rangers and Islanders have only met once so far this season in what was a 3-2 come-from-behind win for the Rangers back on Oct. 29 at Nassau Coliseum. On Friday night the two teams will meet at Madison Square Garden in what will be their first of four games against each other in the next six weeks.

Mike Carver of The Butch Goring Show, the Red Line Hockey Show on Hockey This Week Radio Network and WFAN joined me to talk about the ugly state of the Islanders and what’s gone wrong for them in the third period over the last nearly two months as well as the up-and-down .500 hockey the Rangers have been playing without consecutive wins for the last month.

Podcasts • Rangers

Dec 4, 2013

Podcast: Kevin DeLury

Kevin DeLury of The New York Rangers Blog joins me to talk about the decision to bench Henrik Lundqvist and whether or not the Rangers are destined to lose in the first or second round of the playoffs again.

The Rangers’ goalie controversy is over. After Alain Vigneault decided it would be a good idea to bench the face of the franchise and the sole reason for any Rangers success in the post-lockout era in favor of a rookie goaltender with seven career starts under his belt, everything is back to normal. And the only reason everything is back to normal is because that rookie goaltender allowed four goals in his temporary role as the No. 1 and the Rangers lost.

Kevin DeLury of The New York Rangers Blog joined me to talk about Vigneault’s decision to bench Henrik Lundqvist in favor of Cam Talbot along with the complicated contract negotiations for Lundqvist, the job Vigneault has done through the first two months as head coach and whether or not the Rangers are destined to lose in the first or second round of the playoffs again.

Podcasts • Rangers

Nov 19, 2013

Podcast: Danny Picard

Danny Picard of “I’m Just Sayin'” and WEEI joined me to talk about the changes the Bruins have made since the Rangers last saw them in the conference semifinals.

It’s been nearly six months since the Bruins ended the Rangers’ season in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals in what would thankfully be John Tortorella’s last game behind the bench for the Rangers. For the first time this season, the Rangers and Bruins meet at Madison Square Garden in one of only two meetings at MSG this season and one of only three meetings between the teams all season thanks to the brilliant realignment and scheduling changes.

Danny Picard, host of I’m Just Sayin‘ (which can be found on iTunes) and host of The Danny Picard Show on WEEI on the weekends, joined me to talk about the Bruins’ place in Boston among the four major sports teams after their second Cup run in three seasons, how Tim Thomas will remembered in Boston and what’s different about this Bruins team from the one we saw eliminate the Rangers last spring.