The Jonah Keri Podcast, Episode 54
9 August 2011
Today’s guest is Ken Davidoff, national baseball writer for Newsday and acting President of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Follow him on Twitter @kendavidoff.
The topics we cover:
- 0:30-3:00: Ken’s prediction that MLB would not do anything about A-Rod’s poker games
- 3:01-5:06: Is gambling, even non-baseball gambling, a huge potential problem for MLB?
- 5:07-5:59: A-Rod Sexy Poker Spiderman…what’s wrong with that?
- 6:00-7:48: “I think you’re underestimating the stupidity of our species.”
- 7:49-9:13: Why is it so easy to pick on A-Rod?
- 9:14-11:31: A-Rod vs. Jeter
- 11:32-17:12: State of the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry
- 17:13-21:41: What will the Yankees’ playoff rotation look like?
- 21:42-23:56: Should all baseball writers learn to speak Spanish?
- 23:57-26:49: What should the Mets do with Jose Reyes?
- 26:50-30:15: Do the Mets have too much of an inferiority complex?
- 30:16-35:59: What’s the function of Twitter for a sportswriter?
- 36:00-46:34: Lots of Hall of Fame talk
- 46:35-end: Food Pick of the Week
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First podcast I’ve listened to.. Ken is completely right on the PED issue. None of those guys were breaking any rules before 2004… and as an aside we all loved the PED era when it was happening.
Ken was right on pretty much everything. He just might be the most rational baseball writer alive.