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Jason Thompson batting

Episode 114: Jason “Rooftop” Thompson: My Life in Baseball

February 13, 2020 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 1:25:29
Jason Thompson batting

The old guys call me Rooftop, the younger kids have no idea who I am!

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!

  • JASON THOMPSON joins the boys who ask why Sparky got rid of him, what it was like to be part of “Birdmania” and much more!
  • Mel Tucker is the new MSU football coach. You say Michigan media people were SOFT on this story? WE will NOT be!
  • Ah, those “student-athletes.” Two football players banished from Ohio State over rape allegations!
  • Is MLB going to update its playoff format to 14 teams — and pick your OWN opponent?! Denny has an alternative.
  • The Astros’ sign-stealing is still making folks angry — and Denny’s even angrier about Pete Rose asking back in. 
  • Are the FL’s really going to trade Matthew Stafford? How much could they get for him at this point?
  • Eli says the Pistons are worth a BILLION dollars more than Tom Gores paid for them! Bob explains why he REALLY wanted the team.
  • “Screaming” Tom Izzo MAY have righted his sinking ship with a big win at Illinois.
  • But don’t blame Northwestern for losing to Michigan’s basketball team. The Mildcats do things the right way.
  • Those stories, Denny McLain, golf hustler as part of YOUR mailbag segment plus MORE right here.
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Tom Paciorek (Hawk and Wimpy)

Episode 95: DIRECT from Hamtramck AND MLB — It’s “WIMPY!”

December 9, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:40:47
Tom Paciorek (Hawk and Wimpy)

You never lose a nickname! 

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page.

  • FUNNY guy, GREAT personality! Tom Paciorek shoulda been a media star after his MLB career! Wait. He WAS! And he’s our GUEST!
  • A special thanks from Denny to YOU and to so many others for the condolences pouring in over Sharon’s passing.
  • Sweet Lou failed again with HOF Vets Committee voters. An injustice? Did his personality cost him? 
  • Ted Simmons and Marvin Miller DID get in but Bob attacks Miller for MLB’s money INSANITY. Eli and Denny attack Bob BACK!
  • And those two big bullies ALSO air it out with poor Bob on Ken Harrelson, who MAY be about to go in!
  • The boys are NOT getting along! Eli gets BIG pushback from Bob: won’t he PLEASE stop talking so much about the FL’s?!
  • And Mr. Z recaps, uh, some kind of heavyweight title fight this weekend. Quick now! Name ANY current champ you can!
  • It’s U-M (gulp!) vs Alabama in ONE bowl game and MSU (gulp!) vs Wake Forest and its hi-powered offense in another.
  • Eli takes us on a (comical) tour of some of the VERY BIG bowl games on the slate for lucky US.
  • PLUS, a WOMAN head coach in the NBA(?!), M and MSU basketball, YOUR comments in the mailbag and more right here!
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Alan Trammell at bat

Episode 87: A Stroll Down Memory Lane with Alan Trammell!

November 7, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:40:06
Alan Trammell at bat

Father time is undefeated.

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page.

  • New HOF member Alan Trammell does a GREAT job with the boys! His life in baseball, the ’84 Tigers, Magnum P.I.: It’s all here, folks.
  • The latest HOF candidates and state of the HOF? A wild melee suddenly breaks out with Eli and Denny dumping on Bob — who dumps right back!
  • Computer umpiring in MLB was also part of that. Denny sticks to his guns — just as he surely would have about horseless carriages in 1906.
  • Is there ANYTHING interesting about the FL’s vs da Bears? YES! For whom will Denny root Sunday? “We” or his own hometown team?
  • Michigan’s off Saturday but the focus does NOT turn to Michigan State. Even Spartan fans may bail on MSU-Illinois. Alabama v LSU is at the same time!
  • Bob strolls over to Madison Square Garden two nights in a row and isn’t happy with what he sees: MSU goes down and the Wings ARE down — horribly.
  • U-M basketball? ANOTHER near nightmare in Ann Arbor against those big meanies from Appalachian State! Juwan’s got a lot to learn.
  • You’ll hear about Denny’s fascinating old side gig on our mailbag segment AND about an UNUSUAL biz plan he and Jim Northrup once concocted!
  • Eli answers Bob’s bemused question: “What the HELL does a chicken sandwich have to do with SPORTS?!” 
    Those stories and much more right here!
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Photograph of CC Sabathia in New York Yankees uniform pitching a ball.

Episode 47: “ET TU, BRUTE?” Er, C.C? More Hall of Fame Silliness from MLB.

June 20, 2019 Bob Page, Denny McLain, Eli Zaret, Sports 01:02:14
Photograph of CC Sabathia in New York Yankees uniform pitching a ball.

Is he a lock for the Hall Of Fame? 

It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page.

  • The NBA Draft is upon us and Bob claims Zion is the biggest “sure thing” since Shaq! What can the Pistons expect at #15? 
  • Meanwhile, the NHL Draft is Friday. Rest assured that Stevie Y WILL get a terrific player — or three.
  • Turns out Big Papi was shot due to “mistaken identity.” Denny calls “BS” and sez he’s stickin’ to HIS story!
  • Zimmermann gives up three runs in four innings in his first start since April. DR. McLain’s solution remains — BOWL!
  • Still another Baseball HOF controversy is now brewing. If JACK MORRIS is in, then why not others too?
  • Megan Rapinoe refuses to participate in the national anthem at the World Cup. Eli and Denny respond.
  • And black kids soon playing baseball in droves again? If so, Michigan coach Erik Bakich may have something to do with that!
  • Those stories and much more right here!

 

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