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

Oakland a's catcher stephen vogt playing in his last game before retirement. it was an afternoon he'll never forget. starting with his very first at-bat. >> our dad! number 21. stephen vogt! >> it's 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 did! are you kidding me? >> just look at his face. the look of joy just sums it up. vogt said th...

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 jackson's 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 indignities jackie robinson had to endure playing baseball, the first african american, the heinous things ...

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 didn't 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. >> there's a financial incentive also for players. time isn't your friend. if you lose another season at some point your shelf life begins to run out. so players have an incentive, shockingly enough to play. this is what they've prepared for. it is not quite now or never but somet...

Player moves and trades coming in the next days. they're still going to play all 162 games. we're 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 sport had they missed extended time. we avoided that, and i know our kids are so excited to have the ...