Ken Davidoff

Ken Davidoff Co-Hosts today's episode with Art, as they talk with ESPN Writer Jeff Passan to discuss the MLB Lockout.

In the second hour, Dan Bernstein and Leila Rahimi welcomed on Ken Davidoff of the New York Post to discuss the core economic issues that are stalling labor negotiations between the MLB owners and players. After that, Rahimi provided a seasonal food confession that included cannoli-flavored items. Later, they conducted the Midday Midway, taking a look at the wackiest headlines from around the world.

Guests: All-time great Blue Jays centrefielder Vernon Wells, New York Post Baseball Columnist Ken Davidoff This week in Deep Left Field, host Mike Wilner has a great, wide-ranging talk with Vernon Wells about his decade-plus with the Blue Jays, his teammates, his managers, his memories and the current MLB labour dispute, and chats with Ken Davidoff who is in Jupiter, Florida, where the owners and players are negotiating. 

Ben & Woods start the 6am hour with some updates on the MLB lockout after the players and owners met for a whopping 15 minutes yesterday. Then we get a Daily Ditty from Paul to wrap up our "Cheesy Love Songs" theme for the week before chatting with MLB columnist Ken Davidoff from the New York Post! Listen here!

Chris Shearn, Jeff Nelson and Jake Brown open the show talking about Gerrit Cole’s bad start Wednesday. They discuss Cole not pitching like an ace in a crucial game, his postgame reaction, what went wrong in Toronto, Nellie’s story on the Mariners’ playoff push in 1995 and frustrations with analytics. NY Post baseball columnist Ken Davidoff talks with the guys about Cole looking tired, the big Yankees-Rays series and the potential of a four-way tie in the wild-card standings. They then make their picks for which teams will get the two wild-card spots. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jake Brown and Nelson Figueroa open the show talking about Michael Conforto’s clutch home run for the Mets to avoid the sweep in Pittsburgh. They discuss the nightmare loss on Saturday, the brutal start to Sunday’s game, the Taijuan Walker play, Luis Rojas’ ejection, Seth Lugo and Edwin Diaz’s implosion, Jacob deGrom and Francisco Lindor going to the IL, the Mets needing to make moves, Space Jam 2 and responding to an email from a listener. NY Post baseball columnist Ken Davidoff drops by to talk Sunday’s pivotal win, what to do in Pittsburgh, whether the Mets should trade for Kris Bryant or someone else and whether they can hold on to win the NL East. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week in Deep Left Field, Mike Wilner talks to Riley Adams about the first couple of weeks of his major-league career, checks in with Chris Leroux about Canada just missing out on the Olympics and what's going on in the Blue Jays' bullpen and chats with Ken Davidoff about the "sticky stuff" controversy, as well as all the former Blue Jays playing for the Mets right now.

Chris Shearn, Jeff Nelson and Jake Brown open the show talking about Gerrit Cole shutting down the Twins. They discuss the Cole-Josh Donaldson matchup, Cole’s response on the Spider Tack question, how baseball will monitor substances, the Yankees' upcoming schedule, baseball’s constant changes and Nellie’s mound visit memories. NY Post baseball columnist Ken Davidoff then drops by. Davidoff gets into his Spider Tack question to Cole, Cole's bizarre response, foreign substances and Pete Alonso’s comments on baseballs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Shearn, Jeff Nelson and Jake Brown open the show talking about the Yankees winning the series in Baltimore. They discuss Jordan Montgomery’s rough outing, Aaron Judge’s hot streak, analytics, going to SNL and Shearn’s buzzer-beating Liberty call. NY Post baseball columnist Ken Davidoff drops by to talk about the Yankees’ catching situation, Clint Frazier’s future, Jameson Taillon’s inconsistencies, injuries, Judge’s resurgence and Ken’s tweets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jack McMullen's connection is brutal, which opens the door for Peter Appel to air out his frustrations and get his questions answered about his Yankees from the New York Post's Ken Davidoff. Topics include the catching dilemma, Jasson Dominguez, and a couple of guys returning from injury.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices