Pitching Questions with Dan Shulman and Ricky Romero
6/24/202650 min
Jeff Blair is solo on the second hour, and he kicks it off with Sportsnet's voice of the Blue Jays, Dan Shulman (1:10). They discuss Trey Yesavage's rookie-season grind, Shane Bieber's shaky season debut, and whether the bullpen solution can be found internally. Then, Jeff listens in on John Schneider's pre-game availability ahead of the Jays' second game against the Astros. Later, former Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero (29:40) joins the show to chat about Yesavage ahead of his start against Houston, what he has to learn in his first full season, the importance of a starter's relationship with his catcher, and what went wrong for Bieber in his return.
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First 90 secondsJeff Blair· Host0:00
[upbeat music] All right, welcome back to Blair and Barker on the Sportsnet Radio Network and Sportsnet. Just me right now. Barker is, uh, in a car, in a private car being taken to the ballpark with a police escort for, uh, his duties today on, uh, Blue Jay Central. No expense spared to get our man to the Rogers Centre in time. 7:07 will be the first pitch. Tonight as Trey Savage takes the mound for the Jays against Mike Burroughs. The Jays, uh, looking to win the series after yesterday's 9-7 loss. The Jays down 4-0, staged a comeback, had the lead, lost the lead, had an opportunity to win the game in extra innings. A, a, a guilt edged opportunities with Nathan Lucas on third, one out, and, uh, took three pitches for George and Vlady to, uh, pretty much torch that particular opportunity. So let's see what the Jays have in store for us tonight. Uh, without further ado, let's bring in Dan Schulman, our Blue Jays voice on Sportsnet. There he is. How you doing, Danny?
Dan Shulman· Guest1:12
Hello, Mr. Blair. How are you?
Jeff Blair· Host1:14
I'm doing well. Hey, before we get to baseball, the NBA draft was last night. You obviously saw a lot of those, a lot of those players. Um, any surprises to your mind a- a- as to how- Uh ... the draft proceeded?
Dan Shulman· Guest1:28
Well,