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Interview with Long-Toss Pioneer Alan Jaeger

Dec 11, 2015

Many of the best pitchers who have not gotten injured in their career partake in long-toss for a number of reasons, so hosts Jack McNeil and Jeff Snider discuss long-toss with a pioneer in that business, Alan J...

Report: Pitch Clocks Coming this season to Double and Triple-A

Jack McNeil

Jan 14, 2015

Headlines, Minor League Baseball

According to a report tonight by Robert Murray of MLB Daily Rumors, pitch clocks will be implemented as early as next season in Double and Triple-A stadiums across the country. In addition to this groundbreakin...

Rumors: John Axford market “heating up”, Blue Jays involved

Jack McNeil

Jan 9, 2015

American League East, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Rumors, Toronto Blue Jays

As we start the new year, it appears John Axford may be viewed as a new man. One who can compete for a closer's job again. Could he be returning home to Canada to play for the Blue Jays? things heating up for ...

Reports: Red Sox Sign Mitchell Boggs to Minor-League Deal

Jack McNeil

Jan 5, 2015

American League, American League East, Boston Red Sox, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Offseason

Mitchell Boggs' career has been on the declining part of a roller coaster for a few years now, after losing the closer's job in St. Louis in 2013. The once highly regarded prospect, and future closer for the Re...

WATCH: Sit Down with Cody Decker

Jack McNeil

Dec 28, 2014

Interviews, Media, Minor League Baseball, San Diego Padres, Video

"Not to knock my previous regime, but I have seemed to of mattered a little bit less with every new guy that comes in, and it's not anyone's fault or even mine" Padres organizational All-Star Cody Decker has b...

Reasons To Cry: Yoenis Cespedes Trade

Jack McNeil

Dec 13, 2014

Boston Red Sox, Media, Video

Life can be rough at times, especially as a little one, and no, I am not referring to height. For this kid, there's plenty of reasons to cry, ranging from losing his Batman toys, or losing all his money in inve...

Exclusive Interview with Top High School Prospect Demi Orimoloye

Jack McNeil

Dec 3, 2014

Draft, Interviews, Media, Offseason, Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-L4sb4ZX1w Canada: Home of Drake and Justin Bieber, and high school baseball standout Demi Orimoloye. Ok, maybe forget about the Justin Bieber comment, but Demi is a big Drak...

Sit-down interview with Jake Wesley, 14-year old reporter

Aaron Cornielle

Nov 30, 2014

Headlines, Interviews, Major League Baseball

The most recent teenage reporter, 14-year old phenomenon, Jake Wesley, joins our very own Jack McNeil in a sit-down interview in which he addresses controversies surrounding his reports on Twitter following a v...

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