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At What Price Victory, MLB?
What does it cost a Major League team in dollars and cents to send one of its hitters on the roster to simply stride to the plate, no matter what the outcome may be? What are Major League teams paying its hitters to complete the singular most important objective in baseball — score runs? Obviously,…
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Enhancing the Little League Baseball In-Game Experience
Consider these minor reforms in this podcast that could make the Little League Baseball more compelling, competitive, and compressed. The one that some may consider most radical is the one that I consider most essential. Email: bcpodcastbaseball@gmail.com Comments: byroncopley.com Music: “FIeld Grass” Sergei Pavkin https://media.blubrry.com/3739195/content.blubrry.com/3739195/LLBB_Experience.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Looking Back, Looking Ahead
In the initial podcast of 2025, I turn the corner to begin my second year of sharing my passion for the game of baseball with a like-minded audience. This podcast re-establishes the reasons why I initiated it, reviews selected topics, previews future episodes, and offers gratitude to you listeners and to the people who were…
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Al Kaline’s Rude Introduction to the Detroit Tigers
Al Kaline, first-ballot Hall of Fame right fielder for the Detroit Tigers, whose career spanned 22 seasons from 1953 to 1974, was rejected, ostracized, and ridiculed by many teammates during his rookie season — primarily because the core of veteran outfielders perhaps knew that their days as Detroit Tigers were dwindling, and this rookie phenom…
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Rob Manfred’s Gone Batty
A listener sent me a link to a story that revealed the latest in a long line of “reforms” that Rob Manfred, MLB Commissioner, has proposed to “enhance” the game of baseball and “engage” the fans more thoroughly. Having already ushered in pitcher’s and hitter’s clocks, limits in pickoff moves, a placing a runner on…
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When Baseball Became Work
The transition from Little League baseball to playing for my Junior High was abrupt, blunt, and unapologetic. Here’s just a sample of the experience, that occurred in the spring of 1970. My no-nonsense, demanding, but fair-minded coach set expectations for our conduct on and off the field that forever changed my perception of the purpose…
What is All About Baseball?
All About Baseball is the podcast whose name fulfills its purpose: Sometimes baseball is the main character, sometimes it plays a supporting role, and sometimes it’s a silent partner. I started this podcast so I could share my passion for the game and the sport with a like-minded audience. The topics are varied and vibrant to maintain a fresh, vivid vibe to the podcast.
Byron Copley
Writer & Podcaster