Dan Shaughnessy: Red Sox don’t deserve to reach the postseason

Boston Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy joined the show to talk about the Red Sox’s swoon and their chances of advancing. Shaughnessy said — possibly kiddingly — that MLB should kick the Red Sox out of the playoffs just because they’ve been so bad, even if they do get in. Shaughnessy said that Peter Gammons’ comments…

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Bernie Miklasz: Albert Pujols likely to return to Cardinals

St. Louis Dispatch columnist Bernie Miklasz joined the show to talk about the Cardinals’ chances of advancing to the MLB playoffs. Miklasz said that some people — “the Baseball Amish” — don’t like the wild card, but this race is pretty special. Miklasz said that Cardinals manager Tony La Russa had a lot of doubts…

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Actor Josh Charles goes mano-a-mano with Bob Costas

Actor Josh Charles came to the ManCave to talk sports and his show The Good Wife and read a letter he sent to Bob Costas a few years ago. Charles wrote an inspired piece to Costas about how he dismissed the Ravens in the playoffs. He was very critical of Costas for not giving his…

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Alex Gibney explains why Bartman isn’t in Bartman documentary

Alex Gibney, the director of the Steve Bartman documentary “Catching Hell,” joined the show to recount the incredible story of the Cubs’ villain. Gibney said they actually had to dress Bartman as a security guard to sneak him out of Wrigley. But fans recognized. So a guard took him home to her apartment to keep…

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Jason Whitlock says Vick is right, Romo is now a Super Bowl-caliber QB

FOXSports.com’s Jason Whitlock joined the show to talk about Michael Vick’s complaints about big hits after the Eagles-Giants game. “I agree with Michael Vick to some degree,” Whitlock said. “Referees have troubles with athletic quarterbacks. A lot of his hist are ignored. But I think Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers and Donovan McNabb in his his…

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Tony Siragusa: Michael Vick needs to get rid of ball sooner

FOX NFL analyst Tony Siragusa joined the show after broadcasting the Eagles-Giants game yesterday. Siragusa says part of the big hits on Michael Vick was the quarterback’s fault.”I think Mike needs to make quicker decisions of where to go with the ball,” Siragusa said. “It looks like he was second-guessing a lot of the throws…

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