- 2 Wild Card Teams, Rangers & Diamondbacks, in World Series
- Recalling childhood of sneaking in a transistor radio into the classroom to listen to the game
- Robin throws his hat into the ring for RedSox GM
- Teams that will not build their payroll including Miami – Kim Ng & Derek Jeter departures
- Could Kim Ng displace Brian Cashman at the Yankees
- Baseball grind taking its toll on Max Scherzer
- Do Bye teams lose some momentum?
- Young guys that figure it out are coming up in the World Series, Brandon Pfaadt
- Diamondbacks & Rangers pitchers
- When and who you put on the mound
- Analytics can only carry a team so far
- Kirby ready to come out after 6 innings
- Robin Fuson's Spitball
- Learning how to let hitters get themselves out
- Movement, Location & Variety – each pitch should have 2 different things
- Greg Maddux – the template for pitching
- Throwing hard & avoiding snap back to avoid injuries
- Rays a farm team for the rest of the league
- The eyes of Nate Eovaldi & Pete Fairbanks
- Rehabbing Matt Young, Jim Corsi, Guillermo Willie Hernandez in Oakland
- Getting a pitcher’s mindset ready and facing the fear of injury
- Joe McIlvaine, Scout & later GM, gave Robin an objective view on his pitching with tape on his sleeve
- Watching Tanyon Sturtze develop with a “I will fight you every step of the way attitude”
- World Series projections from beginning of regular season
- National Media did not see the Diamondbacks coming. – just ask Torey Lovullo
- Motivation between Rangers & Astros after Hit By Pitch with Anoldis Garcia
- Was the hit intentional – What would Dusty say – with “money on the table”
- Pitcher sometimes have to brush back and/or hit a player to send a message
- Robin hits Brooks Jacoby and gets $200 league fine as benches empty
- Chattanooga fans passed the hat & pay for Robin’s fine
- Anoldis Garcia - would never see Nolan Ryan or Tom Seaver flip a bat
- Should we let baseball players have a scrum like hockey players
- Mexican League, Dominican Republic, Venezuelan & Caracas Winter League
- Caribbean World Series – MLB players were there for their countryman, Dave Concepcion, Tony Pena, Howard Johnson
- World Baseball Classic – Juan Soto, Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout
- Pitch Clock – baseball was not meant to be a game to be rushed. The joy of taking a moment to relish each play.
- Double plays – Ground balls & Charlie Morton
- Off-speed sliders are a wonderful thing
- Manager moves – Dusty Baker, Bob Melvin & more. Will we see Joe Maddon or Buck Showalter pop up
- MLB Winter Meetings – informal conversations & making deals. Meeting friends like Tommy Lasorda, Chito Rodriguez
- Decision time - work for free as an intern or become a judge
- United Baseball draft – Another league like LIV is for golf – “Money Talks”
- Tommy Lasorda story
- Lovin the 7 game ALCS & NLCS Series
- More tales from Robin on Twitter @slider_sinker
All-American Women’s Baseball Tournament link
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