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DUBS OT: Season Preview From Media Day – Warriors Set To Defend Title Again

 

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Basketball Podcast

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Joe Castellano

Ray Woodson

Updated weekly on TheSportsVirus.com 

The Warriors have won 3 NBA championships in the last 4 years. Now they look for a 3-peat. Ray Woodson was out at media day in Oakland and helps us preview the 2018-19 season with comments from Steph, KD and Klay as well as newcomer DeMarcus Cousins. Plus, GM Bob Myers talks about a new approach for Golden State and Steve Kerr details his plan for the center position.

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When we’re not golfing at TPC Harding Park for a great prize, we’re podcasting about the Warriors each week throughout the entire season! Be sure to catch our season opening podcast on October 16 from Oracle Arena.

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49ERS EXTRA: Steve Bono On What CJ Beathard Needs To Do Replacing Jimmy G

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Every Tuesday during the NFL season we chat with former 49ers QB Steve Bono. Today we discuss the consequences of Jimmy Garoppolo’s season-ending torn ACL injury and what can be anticipated from new starter CJ Beathard.

Bono talked about Jimmy G’s interception that was called back due to a Lions holding penalty: … “The goal is to come in and play and have it be as seamless as possible. Yes it’s CJ Beathard and not Jimmy Garoppolo, but CJ’s mind set needs to be, yeah I’m not the same person, I don’t have the exact same style, but how we move the ball and how we execute is exactly the same.”

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49ers QB CJ Beathard will be back with us in a couple of weeks. He’s going to be joining us on a regular basis this season.

Last week, CJ talked about being ready as Jimmy G’s backup: “…you have to prepare as if you are the guy because you’re a play away from being in there and getting all of the game reps…More than anything it’s watching film and staying in the film room. The quarterback position is more mental than anything else. The more film you get and watch on the defense, seeing what they do, when you get on the field it feels a lot better and more comfortable like you’ve seen it before.”

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: Bobby Evans Steps Down As GM, Plus Stratton & Powell Join Us

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Giants RHP Chris Stratton and Hitting Coach Alonzo Powell joined us from AT&T Park on Monday afternoon.

Plus, with the announcement that Bobby Evans will not return as Giants General Manager, we hear from Chief Executive Officer Larry Baer and Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Brian Sabean.

Baer on what the Giants will be looking for from their new GM :

“Somebody who’s going to come in and 24/7 is going to immerse himself or herself in the baseball operation and is going to be fully accountable for the results and putting together the blueprint of the future, sort of the Next Gen for the Giants.”

Listen To Chris Stratton and Alonzo Powell

Join us again later this week for our final podcast of 2018 featuring Giants rookies Aramis  Garcia and Chris Shaw.

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: Larry Krueger Part 2, What MLB Should Change / Not Change

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Larry Krueger from KNBR joins us to talk about what changes should and should not occur in Major League Baseball in  part 2 of our conversation.

Krueger on the possibility of mechanical umpires :

“The game is played by people and it should be officiated by people and it’s watched by people. If you start doing it any other way it loses an awful lot of spontaneity maybe. To me, maybe I’m old school, but I think a sport that goes back to 1870 to make overwhelming, sweeping changes to a sport that’s that old is kind of disrespecting the sport…It was a great, great sport and it doesn’t need massive alterations.”

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Join us again Monday when we podcast from AT&T Park in San Francisco.

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49ERS EXTRA: CJ Beathard & Steve Bono On Week 2 Niners Win Over Lions

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49ers QB CJ Beathard is making his 49ers Extra debut today as we chat about the week two SF win over the Lions. He’ll join us on a regular basis this season.

CJ talked about being ready as Jimmy G’s backup: “…you have to prepare as if you are the guy because you’re a play away from being in there and getting all of the game reps…More than anything it’s watching film and staying in the film room. The quarterback position is more mental than anything else. The more film you get and watch on the defense, seeing what they do, when you get on the field it feels a lot better and more comfortable like you’ve seen it before.”

Every Tuesday during the NFL season we chat with former 49ers QB Steve Bono. Today we analyze the Lions win, which included some anxious moments in the 4th quarter when Detroit nearly came all the way back from a 17-point deficit.

Bono talked about Jimmy G’s interception that was called back due to a Lions holding penalty: …”Unfortunately, I’ve thrown that one too many times that go the other way. Everybody has. Jimmy G was going to throw it and he kind of gets bumped a little bit on his left side. Now, I’m not defending him throwing it because he shouldn’t have thrown it, but he doesn’t get a whole lot on it. He gets bumped a little bit on it and it looks like he can’t follow through on it.”

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: KNBR’s Larry Krueger ’19 Success “Predicated On Who Plays OF”

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Larry Krueger from KNBR joins us to talk about what the Giants should do this off season in part 1 of a 2-part conversation.

For Krueger, the solution is pretty simple:

“If they came back next year with the same rotation, the same bullpen and the same infield, I think most people would be pleased with that. Their success or failure in 2019 is going to be predicated on who comes back and plays that outfield…Can you count on (Steven) Duggar? He’s a very good defensive player, but I think if he’s in your lineup, you’re hitting him 8th. He’s not a foundation piece outfielder at this point until he proves he’s a Major League hitter.”

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Join us again Thursday for Part 2 of the conversation with Larry.

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: Bob Nightengale From USA Today Sizes Up Giants Future

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As the Major League Baseball regular season winds down, Joe Castellano gives his thoughts on some areas of concern in the current game. Mechanical umpires? More or less replay? Limit defensive shifts?

Then Bob Nightengale from USA Today joins us to take a peek into the Giants future. Will it include Madison Bumgarner?:

“I think he’s staying, I really do. Let’s be honest, he doesn’t have same the trade value as he once did. He’s not that same guy. He’s still a very good pitcher, but not a bona fide ace type guy that he was…I think they hang onto him, then see where they are next July at the trade deadline.”

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Join us again next week as the Giants hit the road to visit San Diego and St. Louis.

 

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: Red Sox Scout Gary Hughes Says Panda Is “Still A Talented Guy”

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After the Giants losing streak reached 11 games, Joe Castellano gave his thoughts on what the ball club should do to improve in 2019. Our special guest is Boston Red Sox scout Gary Hughes, who is a Bay Area native. Here’s what he told The Sports Virus on Inside China Basin about Pablo Sandoval:

“He’s still a talented guy and it didn’t work. To our credit we ate the whole (contract) and that was a big meal. That’s why we are where we are now. We didn’t sit and hold onto that contract and keep hoping something would happen. We just went out and made something else happen.

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Join us again Thursday when Bob Nightengale from USA Today is our guest.

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49ers Extra 2018 Debut: Steve Bono On Week 1 Loss In Minnesota, 1st L For Jimmy G

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Every Tuesday during the NFL season we chat with former 49ers QB Steve Bono. Today we talk to Steve about the 49ers season opening loss in Minnesota, the first loss of Jimmy Garoppolo’s career.

Bono spent 14 seasons in the NFL. He had a 5-1 record in his 6 Niners starts and finished his career 28-14 overall.

Bono talked about his expectations for this season: “I hope we’re 10-6, but if we’re 9-7 or 8-8 I think that’s pretty realistic…I believe we’ll be competitive in every game.”

Listen To Week 1 With Steve Bono

Niners QB CJ Beathard will also be our regular guest throughout the season and he is scheduled to join us on Tuesday after the week 2 game vs Detroit.  Thanks so much for listening!

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INSIDE CHINA BASIN: Ryan Vogelsong Reminisces, Brian Anderson Talks Brew Crew

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Former Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong’s journey to the AT&T Park Wall of Fame is a story of great perseverance and determination. Now, he is passing on his knowledge to SF pitchers as a roving instructor. Recently he helped turn around the fortunes of RHP Chris Stratton. Here’s what he told The Sports Virus on Inside China Basin on Thursday morning:

“He was getting a little rotational and coming off the ball a little bit and that does two things, it’ll make the ball flatten out, it’ll make it cut. The biggest thing for me when you do that is the hitter sees the ball early…I just talked to him about two little keys that helped me stay on line and hide the ball.

Vogey also reminisced about dreams coming true in a Giants uniform:

“There’s probably not a day that I wake up now and kinda look at myself in the mirror and I’ll see a picture on the wall and I kind of don’t believe that’s me in those pictures. I know it happened, but it doesn’t seem possible that it happened.”

Brewers and Turner Sports TV voice Brian Anderson is also our guest, setting us up for the Giants series in Milwaukee this weekend. Even though San Francisco has dropped out the pennant race, Anderson still has a lot of respect for the Giants organization:

“The Giants are one of the gold standard organizations in baseball and it’s been a few down years here, but I think it’s gotta be 5 or 6 down years for people around the game including me to look at the Giants in any other way than this is a first class organization that has not made great decisions on players here recently, but made so many great decisions that they’re still way ahead of the game in that regard. I don’t question anything the Giants do.

Listen To Vogey and Brian Anderson

Join us again Tuesday when we’ll be at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the Giants take on the NL East leading Atlanta Braves.

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