• Beyond the Scrum: The Baseball Stories We Didn't Write

  • By: The Athletic
  • Podcast

Beyond the Scrum: The Baseball Stories We Didn't Write

By: The Athletic
  • Summary

  • The Athletic's Andy McCullough and Marc Carig cut through the nonsense and tell you exactly what's going on around Major League Baseball
    2020 - The Athletic
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Episodes
  • To vote or not to vote for the Hall of Fame with C. Trent Rosecrans
    Jan 20 2021
    Marc and Andy are joined by the new president of the Baseball Writers Association of America, The Athletic's Reds reporter C. Trent Rosecrans. They debate some of the big topics facing the Hall of Fame and its voters including whether or not writers should be voting at all. Marc and Andy also react to the Mets firing new general manager Jared Porter after he acknowledged sending explicit text messages to a female reporter in 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    51 mins
  • The Virtual Winter Meetings special with Mike Ferrin
    Dec 10 2020
    Mike Ferrin joins Andy and Marc for a celebration of the virtual Winter Meetings. They cover everything they would have in the lobby at the real Winter Meetings right here on the podcast. -Surprisingly active free agency -Updating the arbitration system -The state of tanking -The Phillies are a mess -Checking in on Mike's D-backs -When would today's worst GM have been baseball's best GM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Bill Plaschke talks Dodgers and 25 years of columns, Carig is loving the Cohen era of Mets baseball
    Nov 11 2020
    Marc and Andy weigh in on the early days of Steve Cohen's ownership of the Mets and how unrecognizable it is from the Wilpon era. Then L.A. Times columnist and Around the Horn regular Bill Plaschke joins the show to tell tales of 25 years as a sports columnist in Los Angeles. How does he continue to succeed in a sports journalism landscape dominated by Twitter. How 18 years on ESPN's Around the Horn has helped him in clubhouses and locker rooms. Bill and Andy share their story ledes if the Dodgers hadn't won the World Series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins

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