Episode 8 - Is Andy McCullough The Greatest Baseball Beat Writer of the Royals/Dodgers Of All Time?
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Andy McCullough was The Kansas City Star beat writer for the Kansas City Royals during their two-year World Series run in 2014 & 2015. He's now covering the Dodgers' for...
show moreIf you're going to read one piece of his on the Royals, you should read his recap of their epic Wildcard game in 2014: The Night Kansas City Baseball Came Back to Life
0:00 - Intro
4:00 - Andy's discussion of the meaningless of spring training games
6:45 - Andy starting cover the Mets for the New Jersey Star-Ledger at the age of 22.
7:45 - Typical Day of a Sportswriter during the season
10:00 - Differences/Similarities between Dodgers and Royals Clubhouses
11:00 - Andy hates KC BBQ which makes him public enemy #1 in KC
15:45 - Andy's take on Royals' missing Jarrod Dyson who was traded to the Mariners
17:00 - The impact of Yordano Ventura's death. (Interview took place before Jason Hammel signing with Royals)
19:30 - Andy's relationship with Bob Dutton and Rustin Dodd (the two beat writers that preceded and followed him.)
20:45 - Andy's transition to L.A.
22:30 - Difference between Dodgers and KC fans during their recent playoff runs
24:25 - Andy on Vin Scully, who retired at the end of 2016
24:45 - Andy's GOATMission
26:47 - Andy's tempestuous relationship with Ned Yost
31:15 - Andy's take on the 2017 Dodgers
33:30 - Can Yasiel Puig rebound for the Dodgers this year?
36:00 - Corey Seager "The Dodgers' Corey Seager doesn't act like baseball's top prospect"
37:30 - Andy on Clayton Kershaw and his work ethic. Andy wrote this great profile on him in October before the 2016 Playoff Run: Modest but proud, "Clayton Kershaw gets another chance to polish his October legacy"
40:15 - Kershaw, Alex Gordon, and various players' work ethics.
42:00 - We talk about Andy's essay on his father who passed away when Andy was in high school It originally appeared in the Star-Ledger. You can read it here.
46:45 - Andy's thoughts about baseball writing and other projects he'd like to take on in the future
48:45 - Proust GOAT-Tionnaire
49:40 - Royals' Danny Duffy is Andy's favorite baseball interview "A Bear Suit, Joel"
52:40 ANDY MCCULLOUGH'S THE GREATEST BASEBALL BEAT WRITER OF THE ROYALS/DODGERS EVER! I forgot to tell him.
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