About this episode

Buster Olney and Paul Hembekides discuss various baseball topics including Shohei Ohtani's struggles, the sale of the Angels, and the Hall of Fame case for Paul Goldschmidt.

Paul “Hembo” Hembekides and Buster Olney discuss Shohei Ohtani looking physically uncomfortable swinging the bat and why he should stop pitching this season, Arte Moreno selling the Los Angeles Angels to Stan Kroenke and how the team is already in better hands, why they were right about Bryce Harper all along, the Hall of Fame case for Paul Goldschmidt, the scourge of position players pitching, and a warning: spin the Cubs at your own peril. Then, Todd Radom stops by to talk about why we see so many home run robberies, and administer the weekly quiz. Plus, Sarah Langs plays The Numbers Game. Finally, Buster answers your questions during Bleacher Tweets. 0:00 Welcome 3:14 Hembo joins 5:29 Shohei Ohtani isn’t right 7:50 Angels sold to Stan Kroenke 12:30 Hembo was right about Bryce Harper  14:53 Position players pitching is a scourge 18:24 Cubs mashing breaking balls 22:14 HOF case for Paul Goldschmidt 25:16 Todd Radom joins 26:38 Why so many HR robberies? 30:29 The Quiz 31:56 Sarah Langs plays The Numbers Game 32:04 Bleacher Tweets EMAIL THE SHOW: BleacherTweets@gmail.com REACH OUT ON X: #BLEACHERTWEETS Follow The Baseball Tonight Podcast on… YouTube…

People in this episode

Host: Buster Olney

Guests: Paul “Hembo” Hembekides, Todd Radom, Sarah Langs

Topics covered

• Shohei Ohtani's performance
• Angels ownership change
• Bryce Harper analysis
• Hall of Fame discussion
• Home run robberies
• Position players pitching
• Cubs performance

Keywords

• Shohei Ohtani
• Angels
• Bryce Harper
• Paul Goldschmidt
• home run robberies
• position players pitching
• Cubs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Angeles Angels, Cubs

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