Dusty Baker
Episode 184: A Boyhood Baseball Card Come to LIFE!

He led the league in triples his rookie year!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- A trash-talking softball player — in his 80’S?! THAT is ex-Tiger JAKE WOOD who still thanks baseball every day for his life
- YOU’VE got nothing to do — right? So you’re obviously watching EIGHT HOURS of baseball every day — right?!
- All those impressive young pitchers in the MLB Playoffs? Fred’s upset! He says the Tigers’ kids are NOT in the same league.
- Meanwhile, still another new name’s in the hat to become Detroit’s latest manager. But how attractive really is the job?
- Bob finally gets some company on the show: Fred joins him in walking sports’ COVID-19 tightrope!
- Nick Saban is the latest big-name to fall victim — but HE’S ready to coach Bama versus Georgia Saturday night.
- Ex-MSU All-American Le’Veon Bell already banished by the Jets. Fred knows him well. What IS this guy’s problem?
- The Big (14) hasn’t even started its delayed football season, yet here come Tom Izzo, Juwan Howard and basketball!
- It’s The Clash of the Titans Sunday in Jacksonville and Denny has some surprising news about the FL’s.
- Yet it won’t be nearly as surprising as when he tells you the identity of his TRUE baseball idol.
- Those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!
Episode 183: What a Magical Time it Was!

You never wanted to miss a game!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- The Bird chirping for the Tigers and BRUCE KIMM behind the plate. Mark Fidrych’s personal catcher joins us!
- Kaline, Brock, Seaver, Gibson — and now two MORE baseball immortals are gone: Whitey Ford and Joe Morgan.
- LeBron says a championship is a championship — is still a championship. The boys say, “Not so fast!”
- Bob cites abysmal TV ratings for the NBA Finals and wonders if the league will ever be the same.
- Are you ready for some football — on TUESDAY nights too? Get used to it as COVID-19 postpones more games.
- Ya say if the Lions lose to a miserable Jaguars team Sunday you wanna fire Matt Patricia? Who’s taking his place?
- Stevie Y with another flurry of signings and the future looks bright! So Wings fans CLAIM, but will the honeymoon last?
- And Eli’s apoplectic over the LATEST cavalry charge by the mindless P.C. Posse.
- “I traded a WHITE CAPTAIN for you!” highlights “This Day in Sports,” plus YOUR mailbag and much more — right here.
- Eli has ‘”This Day in Sports,” Bob has YOUR mailbag and much more right here!
Episode 144: From the Ol’ Farm — to Scoring a Super Bowl TD!

The only Lion of that era to win a Super Bowl!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- Our guest is the bruising fullback, TOM NOWATZKE, on his 1960’s Lions, Colts teammate Johnny U and MUCH MORE!
- While pro sports leagues FIGHT during negotiations on when and how to start playing again, Eli and Bob repeat: go away til 2021.
- No sports? No games to gamble on, no casinos to gamble IN! One way or another the city of Detroit may pay an awful price.
- No football? Not only does Dolphins owner Stephen Ross say we WILL have an NFL season but he has unusual plans for his stadium.
- Bob asks why Jim Harbaugh seemed so thrilled to recruit only a good, not great, player this week. Is it THAT bad in Ann Arbor now?
- VERY different opinions among the boys over golf and last Sunday’s “The Match.” If you watched it, you were NOT alone.
- The Michigan House has passed a bill allowing college athletes to make extra money on the side — and Eli’s apoplectic!
- From Denny: the legendary overseas boxing match he actually went to! And does his ex-catcher Jim Price really HATE him?!
- The latter question comes from YOUR mailbag segment. We’ll have that and many other top stories right here!
Episode 143: Drew Stanton’s LONG & WINDING Road

Things fell into place.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
A GREAT career as an NFL quarterback wasted as a back-up? Don’t tell that to MSU’s DREW STANTON, our guest!- Today we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for OUR freedoms as we observe Memorial Day.
- It’s a special day for another reason: Eli remembers the Ali/Sonny Liston rematch on its 55th anniversary!
- Bob reminds SOME people (not naming any names from THIS show!) who Brad Keselowski IS and why he matters.
- Did you like the Tiger/Phil/Brady/Peyton golf outing? Didn’t even bother to watch? No worries. Eli and Denny DID.
- Philip Rivers has a new job waiting for him: HIGH SCHOOL head coach in Alabama. He should NOT ask Mike Singletary for advice!
- Prez Mark Schlissel’s not worried about no fans at U-M games. He won’t ALLOW football if no students are on campus!
- As the NBA plots restarting in Orlando, we pay tribute to the great Jerry Sloan who died this weekend, as did Eddie Sutton.
- How bad is it for the Wings? They’re officially among the “Stigmatized Seven,” awful clubs that won’t be part of summer playoffs.
- Racism in hockey? It’s been an issue for a long time and now another black ex-player has come forward with HIS tales of abuse.
- Those stories, Eli bitching all through our Mailbag segment while YOU enjoy it — and much more right here!
Episode 142: BROOKIE’S Got a LOT to Say!

One of the great guys in baseball.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- Small-town boy goes to Chicago — and steps right into Disco Demolition Night! Welcome to MLB, guest TOM BROOKENS!
- Eli jumps all over ESPN for televising Korean baseball and — huh? A CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT?!
- “Now tell me to what room I go to get my reputation back!” The lawsuit against MSU’s Mark Dantonio & others DISMISSED!
- There’s news out this week on college football recruiting. Michigan fans won’t like it either.
- Mike Trout’s rookie card just sold for $900,000! Denny says baseball cards are BACK — they MUST be!
- Eli and Denny tell stories of Mantle and Pepitone and why it’s JOE’S pic hanging in The Denny Den, NOT Mickey’s.
- IF the NFL plays this season, one equipment manufacturer thinks it has a great idea for player safety.
- Meanwhile, an NFL player is suing over sexual assault. What could a WOMAN have DONE to the macho man?
- Sad news for we of the Baby Boom Generation? Eli: YES! Bob: NO! EDDIE HASKELL was a two-faced jerk!
- •Those stories, Eli and Denny KILL the weekend Tiger/Phil foursome, YOUR mailbag and much more right here!
Episode 115: Denny Deals — to KALINE and FREEHAN!

I had a lot a fun pitching against those guys.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- More on MSU’s Mel Mess! DENVER POST COLUMNIST SEAN KEELER joins the boys to discuss some hard feelings out west.
- Two other top stories rage on as well: the Astros’ sign-stealing and Kobe’s tragic death.
- MSU basketball’s problems continue and now Eli wonders how a certain Spartan star makes money for his young family.
- He’s RICH, one HELLUVA college basketball coach and a really good guy. So why are many feeling sorry for John Beilein?
- Michigan roundball’s going well again — but how ’bout them Wolverines on the DIAMOND!
- Baseball’s Tony Fernandez is dead at 57. What a career he had, as older Tigers fans certainly remember.
- Denny’s memory is indeed clear! Bob confirms his tales of trouble with Boog Powell. Whom did Denny OWN?
- Minor League baseball players got a raise. Eli and Denny debate whether the bump is enough.
- Bob calls out Jeff Blashill and the Wings — AGAIN. Simply put: no guts, no glory.
- In YOUR Mailbag, producer Brandon McAfee is a HERO. He MUST be for putting up with US! Those stories and more right here
Episode 110: He Played in SIX Super Bowls?!

If it has to do with X’s and O’s, I know it all!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- It’s Super Bowl time, gang. Detroiter Mike Lodish played in SIX of them! He joins the boys to discuss his life in football.
- Richard Sherman wanted nothing to do with the FL’S and their money. Now the 49ers star is IN the Super Bowl.
- Predictions? Denny and Eli disagree. Our Brandon McAfee even picks the SB score! Bob either has no guts or is just SMART.
- The Kobe Bryant death has exploded almost beyond belief, surprising Eli and Denny. Bob tells WHY the story’s so big.
- Neon Deion has some harsh words for the MLB and NFL Halls of Fame — and he’s RIGHT.
- Spencer Dinwiddie? Just another guy dealt away for nothing who returns to haunt the Pathetic Pistons.
- HOW much jewelry did Airhead Allen have in the hotel room where it was stolen? WHAT?! Eli on crazy times with A.I.
- Denny continues to dump on Michigan basketball! Bob wonders if Denny really knows what’s going on.
- ANOTHER bonehead decision by the Empty Suits who run TV sports!
- And ANOTHER “Thank you, Marvin Miller” story, plus YOUR mailbag as well as much more right here