Episode 170 - All-Star Break Adjustments

Today's episode is the first time we've done the WSC podcast using BlogTalkRadio.  This was necessary as Mike and Tim are now two counties away from one another.

Mike's BTR account is listed under "skidawgspound."

Today is our All-Star Break review and adjustments.  Here they are:

Division	Mike's Original	Tim's Original	Mike's Adjustments	Tim's Adjustments	Actual (as of 7/13/15)
AL East	Baltimore	Boston	Tampa Bay	NY Yankees	NY Yankees
AL Central	Detroit	Kansas City	Kansas City	Kansas City	Kansas City
AL West	LA Angels	LA Angels	Houston	LA Angels	LA Angels
AL Wild Cards	Kansas City Toronto	Seattle Toronto	Minnesota LA Angels	Minnesota Houston	Minnesota Houston
NL East	Washington	Washington	Washington	Washington	Washington
NL Central	St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis
NL West	San Francisco	LA Dodgers	San Francisco	LA Dodgers	LA Dodgers
NL Wild Cards	Pittsburgh San Diego	Miami Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs	Pittsburgh NY Mets	Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs

Mike and Tim's original World Series prediction: Washington over LA Angels
Mike's adjusted World Series: Washington over Kansas City
Tim's adjusted World Series: Kansas City over Washington

Batsu teams are set: Royals for Tim, Nationals for both Mike and Tim (team batsu situation)

Also on today's podcast: Tim was recently in the Bay Area on vacation, where he took in an A's game.  Tim provided us with photographic proof:

This led to a discussion on how good public transit and pro sports mix well together.

We end with some brief discussion on the All-Star voting and Tim's prediction that Toronto's Josh Donaldson will win the Home Run Derby.



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MLB Projections at the All-Star Break

We have reached the All-Star Break.  So, how are the guys doing with their 2015 MLB picks?

Division	Mike's Picks	Tim's Picks	Actual
AL East	Baltimore	Boston	NY Yankees
AL Central	Detroit	Kansas City	Kansas City
AL West	LA Angels	LA Angels	LA Angels
AL Wild Cards	Kansas City Toronto	Seattle Toronto	Minnesota Houston
NL East	Washington	Washington	Washington
NL Central	St. Louis	St. Louis	St. Louis
NL West	San Francisco	LA Dodgers	LA Dodgers
NL Wild Cards	Pittsburgh San Diego	Miami Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Chicago Cubs

Mike: 5/10
Tim: 6/10

If the baseball season were to end right now, Mike would get the batsu game.

We will soon be making our All-Star Break adjustments.  Stay tuned for that.

2015 All-Star Starters Announced

We previously touched on MLB All-Star voting and the prospect of the AL fielding a lineup featuring Mike Trout and eight Kansas City Royals.

The All-Star lineups were announced today.  Here are the results:

American League:
C: Salvador Perez, Kansas City
1B: Miguel Cabrera, Detroit
2B: Jose Altuve, Houston
3B: Josh Donaldson, Toronto
SS: Alcides Escobar, Kansas City
OF: Mike Trout, LA Angels; Lorenzo Cain, Kansas City; Alex Gordon, Kansas City
DH: Nelson Cruz, Seattle

Cabrera is injured and will not be playing.

That's 4 Royals, 1 Tiger, 1 Astro, 1 Blue Jay and 1 Mariner.

National League:
C: Buster Posey, San Francisco
1B: Paul Goldschmidt, Arizona
2B: Dee Gordon, Miami
3B: Todd Frazier, Cincinnati
SS: Jhonny Peralta, St. Louis
OF: Bryce Harper, Washington; Matt Holliday, St. Louis; Giancarlo Stanton, Miami

Stanton is injured and will not be playing.  Holliday (who, for eight years and counting, STILL hasn't touched home plate) is injured and might not play.

That's 2 Cardinals, 2 Marlins, 1 Giant, 1 Diamondback, 1 Red and 1 National.

Episode 169 - Ryland's Memorial Episode

It took a few days to put this together.

This is our tribute to our former co-host Ryland Lundy, who passed away on Wednesday.  This takes the form of a best moments clip show and contains the following segments:

1. Ryland's picks for the 2014 NFL season (his first episode)
2. How Ryland essentially nicknamed English football club Preston North End "everyone's favorite high school team"
3. Mike and Ryland discuss scheduling in college football
4. Mike and Ryland make their 2014-15 FA Cup picks and the subsequent batsu game (Ryland's last episode - of course, that batsu game now only applies to Mike)
5. The List done in honor of Robin Williams

Fair use: Somnia Memorias - the de facto farewell song of this podcast - makes a comeback, as does the aforementioned Robin Williams in "The Survivors" and Jack Wilshere.

We'll miss you, Ryland.



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In Memoriam: Ryland Lundy

We have some sad news to report within the WSC family.

Ryland Lundy, the most recent addition to our family, has sadly passed away this morning.

A friend of Mike from the Kansas City Young Democrats, Ryland was brought onto the podcast in August 2014, in time for the 2014 NFL preview segment, as a way to try to keep busy as he searched for work.

Ryland was a passionate sports fan and counted among his favorite teams the Washington NFL team and the Duke Blue Devils.

In his memory, we will be putting together a very special episode documenting his brief time with us.  It will be released later today.

We also act - if you are able to - that you click here and make a small donation to the Ryland Lundy Memorial Fund.  Or, if you're not able to, please share this with your friends.

Thank you, Ryland, for your contribution to the Winning Side Coaches.  You will be missed.

The photo is of Ryland's one completed batsu game with us: as a result of losing his picks for the 2014 NFL season (he had picked San Francisco to win the Super Bowl), Ryland had to wear Mike's St. Louis Rams #28 Marshall Faulk jersey.

He was also due to do the team Kiki Beer batsu game with Mike, but obviously that is now a solo batsu game for Mike.

Ryland Lundy
1982-2015