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Episode 175: “Gee, Bill. How Come YOUR WS Ring Looks Different?”

My finger is still green!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- MLB’s version of Dickie V — WITHOUT the mic? THAT’S the equally “enthusiastic” BILL SCHERRER of the ’84 Tigers, our guest on the show!
- Scherrer’s Chisox have destroyed any post-season hopes Detroit had. To make it worse, Denny continues to rip virtually everything about the Tigers!
- By the way, Monday is the anniversary of Denny’s 30th victory of the 1968 season. Mr. McLain remembers — as WE remember too.
- And that’s the only good news we have about the Detroit Tigers, tho one FAN thinks some COULD be on the way soon!
- Is it September? Check. NFL season underway. Check. Is it Monday? Check. Then it must be time for the LATEST “Bob Page’s Lions Lament!”
- Brady bombs. Belichick blazes on — NOW with Cam Newton — in the same amazing way as ever: with OR without ANY player he’s had.
- A bigger story: Are all the BLM demonstrations and comments going to ruin PRO FOOTBALL as SOME feel they’ve ruined the NBA?
- Bob is not the only one now DEMANDING to know why the wusses at The Big (14) Ten won’t allow football when almost everyone else IS!
- How can this be? One “U.S. Open” ends. The other “U.S. Open” now BEGINS?! Just part of our Wacky World.
- Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment — and we’ve got much more right here!
Episode 174: Doug English: a True LION on the Field

One of the league’s true warriors.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- He didn’t win a Super Bowl. No Detroit Lion ever has (or will?), but guest DOUG ENGLISH remains one of the most popular players in team history.
- It’s opening week in the NFL. Coaches upset over no fans at their home games, the threat of BLM and National Anthem protests. What a kerfuffle already!
- Oh, and Bob wonders what the league will do if/WHEN a player tests positive for COVID-19. Would they panic and cancel a game on a Sunday morning?!
- Few teams have the long tradition of the Detroit Tigers. So when they set a new low for futility at Milwaukee THAT was really saying something!
- Now what to do with struggling Matthew Boyd? Denny: TRADE HIM. But why wouldn’t the Tigers call Denny — or Lolich or Tanana — to at least pick their brains?
- Eli says the quality of the NBA Playoffs has been stellar, but Bob is among the pissed-off millions who haven’t watched a single game yet.
- As if the NBA needed MORE controversy, the Stephen A. Smiths of the world cry (surprise!) “WHITE PRIVILEGE” over Steve Nash’s hiring.
- The NHL Playoffs have been excellent too — for those few outside Dallas and Las Vegas who find the Stars vs the Knights in summertime compelling.
- Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment — and much more right here!
Episode 173: Detroit’s own Ernie Whitt: CANADIAN Sports God!

I tricked them for a lot of years!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- “I might be the best manager who was never hired.” Yet ERNIE WHITT had one helluva playing career with the Blue Jays. The Detroit native joins us!
- One of the toughest opponents Denny’s Detroit Tigers ever faced has left us. Our thoughts on the passing of Lou Brock.
- The Tigers lost their critical series at Minnesota, but the boys are still impressed by what they’ve seen from many of the youngsters.
- College football is BACK! Well, ya know, KIND OF “back.” Is it getting too late for the Big Ten(14!) to try to play?
- The NFL WILL play starting Thursday night! Bob wonders how much of a BLM demonstration there might be, on and off the field.
- The Lions signed one of the most famous names in football: running back Adrian Peterson. But will it really help this sad-sack franchise?
- Eli LOVES his playing but is underwhelmed by his apparent I.Q.! Dustin Johnson vying for (gulp!) $15 million at the PGA Tour Championship.
- Part of a wild Labor Day sports weekend: Novak Djokovic DQs himself from the US Open? Kirk Herbstreit weeping on TV?
- Those stories, Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!
Episode 172: Shep: LIVIN’ THE DREAM!

It’s a blast…every single day.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- So how do you get to be an MLB play-by-play announcer? Guest MATT SHEPARD had a VERY unusual path to the Tigers!
- The sports world mourns the death of one of the greatest pitchers ever. The boys reminisce on Tom Terrific.
- The Tigers’ win streak ended at six. With five games against the Twins now on tap, is this the season’s telling point?
- Looks like Eli’s suddenly started to watch the NBA playoffs. He did NOT like what he saw from one game in particular.
- Bob on the NHL Playoffs: Is the great Zdeno Chara finally finished at 43 — or just finished in Boston?
- Get ready, gamblers! Denny has his pick on Saturday’s Kentucky Derby for you — NOT!
- Legal sports gambling rages on. Denny updates us on what the Cubs are doing — and WHAT’S that about MJ?!
- Big Ten(14!) football after all? President Trump will want to take credit IF that occurs — but would he deserve to?
- MSU’s Kirk Cousins raked over the coals by the media for his ideas about COVID-19! Denny and Eli to the rescue.
- How much would YOU pay for a presence at FL’s games? “ZERO?” Producer Brandon McAfee sez $100 but he does have limits.
- Eli with “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here!
Episode 171: “I BLEED Green and White!”

Lorenzo White…the former Spartan great.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- Bo Jackson stole HIS Heisman! And so did Tim Brown! Ex-MSU superstar running back LORENZO WHITE is our guest!
- Eli starts the show by admitting he’s depressed these days with the world SO messed up. Bob: Join the club.
- The Tigers have found life again! They’re challenging for the playoffs. Denny is NOT impressed. Ditto with Casey Mize.
- Is there life still left in the old man? Miggy smacks his 2,000th career hit as a Tiger and is having FUN again!
- COVID-19 on the wane? The NBA now says it’s going to open its bubble to friends and family of the players.
- Dustin Johnson really impresses Denny and Eli despite falling in a playoff Sunday to a miraculous putt.
- One of the legends of college basketball has died. Bob’s not the only guy who had issues with John Thompson.
- Excuse me, WHAT was that amazing pitching line on Denny McLain again?! Even HE can’t believe it.
- Eli has “This Day in Sports History,” Bob’s got YOUR mailbag segment — and much more right here!
Episode 164: The Amazing Baseball Odyssey of Jim Essian

Crisscrossing America for 17 years!
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- Just say “no” — to BO?! To ARA? To DUFFY?! How one of Detroit’s greatest all-around athletes, JIM ESSIAN, did it!
- The PGA Championship is underway! With NO fans — AND with Eli asking a good question about two top stars.
- While MLB is a mess, the NHL and NBA “bubbles” seem to be working. But hockey and basketball in AUGUST?
- And Bob sez, “C’mon, how much does ‘Black Lives Matter’ REALLY mean in the NHL?”
- Imagine! College football players to coaches: “Here’s a list of demands or we’re not playin’!” THIS is happening NOW.
- Why this CRAZY Big Ten schedule!? M v OSU in OCTOBER? Producers Brandon McAfee and Marc Fellhauer think THEY know.
- Kelly Stafford is furious at the NFL for Matt’s false-positive COVID test. Have OTHER testing mistakes been made?
- Is our P.C. society SO nuts that a coach can’t even QUOTE someone dropping an “N-Bomb?” Black players USE it!
- We MUST support local journalism in our free country. But Bob wonders how much we’re willing to PAY to do so.
- Those stories, “This Day in Sports,” a tribute to Denny in YOUR Mailbag — and much more right here!
Episode 147: He’s Multitalented and Multifaceted! He’s John Smoltz!

Maybe I would have been the next Lawrence Welk. Who knows?
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain, and Bob Page!
- Ah, what might have been for JOHN SMOLTZ and the Tigers! The MLB Hall of Famer from Lansing is our guest!
- Smoltzie just wants to be doing TV baseball again, but politics and demonstrations have taken over the sports world instead.
- Will the NFL now let its players stage protests during the national anthem?! Bob wonders where THAT might lead.
- For all you Caucasians, are YOU now “embarrassed to be a white person?” Don’t laugh! An NBA coaching star says HE is!
- During a demonstration, what would happen if you caught a punk destroying your car? Well, YOU might be arrested!
- Producer Brandon McAfee and the boys take a vote: would they watch a big game with no fans to cheer?
- Ultimate Fighting Champ Conor McGregor retires — again. Eli and Denny yawn: “he’ll be back.”
- Golf IS back and now you can even use a special cart with a partner (GASP!) — if you’re really THAT worried about COVID-19.
- Wimbledon? Canceled! The U.S. Open? Probably not, but would it be worth watching without “The Big Three?”
- Those stories, a listener wants to ask Denny’s questions FOR him on YOUR mailbag segment and much more — right here!
Episode 122: “Panic at the DISCO?” Panic EVERYWHERE!!!

It’s not panic. It’s called precaution.
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- The most famous AND controversial ump in MLB, COWBOY JOE WEST, joins us today with LOTSA great stories!
- Stand by, ladies and gents, cuz ELI ZARET has a special announcement to make! Whether you’ll believe him is …
- Help! Help! We’re ALL gonna DIE of Coronavirus! At least Eli and Denny seem to think so. BOB calls “bulls—!”
- Sports betting is now legal and open for business in Michigan! Only problem is, there may not be any sports to bet on.
- First tennis, then college basketball tournaments, then the NBA and MORE! OMG, what will we DO without SPORTS?!
- Um, spend more time with our loved ones and friends? (Gasp!) read BOOKS? Get off the couch and go work out?
- The TPC is still on — as of THIS writing. Can slumping Brooks Koepka win? HE sez he’s gotten some VERY special help.
- Tom Brady is launching a production company. Make Eli LAUGH! HE knows what a daunting thing that is to do.
- Ex-MSU football assistant Curtis Blackwell is back with ANOTHER lawsuit, now alleging Mark Dantonio is a RACIST! Yeah, right.
- Gronk to become WHAT? A pro wrestler for the WWE? Our resident expert, producer Brandon McAfee, is all over it!
- Those stories, YOUR mailbag segment and much more right here.
Episode 109: Chris Spielman: A Football Life

In A Violent Game, Spielman Stood Out as One of the Fiercest
It’s the latest No Filter Sports Podcast with Eli Zaret, Denny McLain and Bob Page!
- With The Super Bowl almost here, ex-Ohio State and Lions star Chris Spielman is our guest on the show!
- BOB, at least, remains in shock following the death of Kobe Bryant. Eli and Denny? Slightly different story.
- A longtime private pilot, Denny takes us through what may have happened with the doomed helicopter.
- Did you know Kobe was almost a Piston? We explain — while Eli says the current Pistons need to start tanking NOW!
- MSU basketball stock? UP, despite a tough loss at Indiana. Michigan’s? DOWN. Eli’s pessimistic. Bob is NOT.
- Castellanos signs a big free-agent deal with Cincy. And YOU thought the Tigers smart enough to bring Nick back?!
- Yes, the SB is indeed finally upon us. Excited? Or have you had WAY too much football at this point?
- HUH? ANOTHER SB was played this past weekend? We explain why it was kinda like the blind leading the blind!
- Zion Williamson getting unusual medical treatment from the Pelicans. Eli has those details.
- Simona WHO? Is she one of those “big girls” who DO cry? Meanwhile, Tiger is back. What does it mean for golf?
- And 2019 MIGHT not have been the worst year for Detroit sports after all. THAT’S in YOUR mailbag plus more right here.