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In order to appreciate the life of a backup catcher, you probably have to understand Erik Kratz.

Oakland as catcher stephen vogt playing in his last game before retirement. it was an afternoon hell never forget. starting with his very first at-bat. >> our dad! number 21. stephen vogt! >> its awesome. those were his children announcing him as he stepped up to the plate. that alone would have been a great way to end his career. any career, quite honestly. to have my kids announce my walk-on. but then this happened in the seventh inning at his last time at bat. >> right field. did he do it? he...

Campaign, campaign swing. she looks at him and says, give me some dap. sophia, one of the things i found annoying probably because of what charles was just discussing, is all the comments about judge jacksons grace and her dignity under such, you know, the torrent of harsh questioning that she, that she received. am i wrong in feeling aggrieved that she is being looked at as graceful because of what charles just said, his explanation? >> no. go back to jackie robinson and think of the indignit...

An insider told me -- mike barnicle -- that actually boris and his -- his players that were actually on -- scott and the players that were on the board actually didnt like this deal and the rest of the players ran over em, sensing, you know what, we got to get back out there. we got to start playing baseball again. >> theres a financial incentive also for players. time isnt your friend. if you lose another season at some point your shelf life begins to run out. so players have an incentive, shoc...

Player moves and trades coming in the next days. theyre still going to play all 162 games. were going to get a full season. nothing was cut. they will make it up with double headers and so on. we go back to full nine-inning headers, we get rid of the ghost runner on second base. the national league going to have a designated hitter. no more pitchers hitting in either leagues. willie, most importantly, simply baseball is back. we will have a few season. it would have been catastrophic for the spo...

It moved quickly. remember, a week ago as jon said they werent talking, it failed talks. then you have guys reporting today and mandatory by sunday. spring training games start next week and as john said all they did was slide opening day back a week. you are getting the full schedule, 162 games so baseball is back. i think we all grew up watching baseball in the same era. we will miss watching a pitcher get hit, go to first base and put on the warm-up jacket as he ran the bases. we will miss th...

You are actually a reporter, so why dont i restate that. >> yeah, right. >> ill get your thoughts on baseball in a second. but tell me about your reporting about the white house. what is going on inside the white house? what sort of reaction do you expect from the republicans who are holding press conferences, people like mitt romney who are saying just give them the jets already. >> we heard from mitt romney and lindsey graham on that topic yesterday saying they should send them the jets. the w...

Following -- a sharp turn here. you have been following the negotiations between the owners and the players. it looks like baseball is back. what happened? how did this break so quickly? >> there is joy in loveville, joe. we do have baseball back. it was a sharp turn from a couple of days ago, major league baseball saying were cancelling another week of game, you are going to lose out on the first two weeks of the season, but they were closer there than i think the public perception realized. i ...

Being attacked, our nation was being attacked and everything kind of changed. there was a little bit of a blur. i knew that we werent going to be playing baseball. i know major league baseball was wrestling when we should come back and appropriate time to start again and then the decision was made for us as yankees to get to chicago to play the white sox. i know the mets, i believe the braves came into new york. a lot of players were still on edge. i alluded to earlier on a clip, mike piazza hit...

It was the second by the sunday service choir which has performed with the singer across the nation. >> jesus is our savior. >> hopefully the audio is better for people who buy the cd. >> west fully embracing his faith hosting a service with pastor joel are seen, the two are set to begin at yankee stadium in may, not just going to a game. >> dont think they will be playing baseball but you never know. >> donald trump slamming nancy pelosi on the unfair impeachment process. our next guest says th...