LATB Radio

Breaking Down The Subway Series, Tomorrow Night at 10PM Eastern

2009-06-13T10:57:00.003-04:00

Tune in tomorrow night at 10PM Eastern as LATB Radio breaks down the 2009 Subway Series. Join Bernadette as she talks with Andrew Vazzano of The 'Ropolitans and Rob Abruzzese of Bronx Baseball Daily.

Also, the winners of The Great Subway Series Giveaway will be announced. Four people will each win an Essential Games DVD Set:

You'll have until 10:30PM to get your entry in. To find out how to enter, click here.

Good luck, and talk to you tomorrow night!

The Great Subway Series Giveaway!

2009-06-10T11:06:00.004-04:00

The Subway Series returns this Friday when the Yankees host the Mets at the new Yankee Stadium. It continues in two weeks at the new Mets ballpark, Citi Field. These two parks have yet to produce any real memorable moments that fans can turn back to again and again. For now, they will have to be content with the memories they have collected from the old ballparks. Here are two great ways to relive those memories: The New York Yankees Essential Games of Yankee Stadium and The New York Mets Essential Games of Shea Stadium:

This Sunday night, 4 lucky listeners will each win a copy of one of these DVD sets. How? By entering the The Great Subway Series Giveaway. Click the link below for instructions on how to enter:

The Great Subway Series Giveaway

Get your entry in right away and listen to LATB Radio this Sunday night at 10PM Eastern to find out who won The Great Subway Series Giveaway!

Chat Room Opening This Sunday

2009-06-09T10:36:00.006-04:00

Some listeners may know that, in the past, I co-hosted another show on BlogTalkRadio. While working on that show, I had some not-so-nice experiences with users in the chat room. As a result, I have been hesitant to open the chat room for LATB Radio. However, I have now decided to give it a try. The chat room will be open during this Sunday night's show. If you visit the chat room, please keep the following in mind.

Rules Of The Chat Room

The LATB Radio chat room is a place to discuss the show, baseball, other sports and anything else that happens to come up. It is NOT a place for the following:

* Publicizing your own show, blog or anything else you're involved in;

* Personal attacks on other chat room users, show guests, athletes/celebs/public figures or the host;

* Profanity, whether it is blatant or subtle, or any type of sexually explicit language; and,

* Discrimination of any kind, including racism, sexism, homophobic activity and ageism.

In short, treat others as you wish to be treated.

Anyone who violates any of these rules will be muted for the rest of the show. If they continue this behavior on subsequent shows, they will be permanently banned from the chat room.

If I find that I am having to ban too many people, I will just close the chat room.

If you have any questions or comments about this, email the show at latbradio@gmail.com. Thanks for reading and for understanding.

Next Show- Rays Ramble

2009-06-04T19:57:00.003-04:00

Tune in to LATB Radio this coming Sunday for Rays Ramble. The show will be devoted to the 2008 AL East Champion Tampa Bay Rays. Bernadette's special guests will be Pat & Christin Manfredo. the team's biggest and most famous fans.

The ladies are in the team's fan hall of fame and have been the subject of several newspaper articles and TV news reports, including their local FOX station. Click the link below to watch:

Rays Superfans Welcome New Season

Also scheduled to appear on the show is Asher B Chancey, Associate Editor and Co-Founder of BaseballEvolution.com.

Tune this Sunday night at 10PM Eastern.

National Pro Fastpitch & MLB.Com Partner

2009-06-03T19:35:00.005-04:00

This press release arrived in the LATB Radio Inbox today:

DENVER, CO and NEW YORK– The National Pro Fastpitch League (NPF) and MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, announced today a multi-year agreement in which they will partner to stream a schedule of 60 NPF games live online exclusively from the League’s official Web site at http://www.profastpitch.com/. This free offering, which begins today on Opening Day of the 2009 NPF season, will mark the first time regular season NPF games will be streamed live on the Internet. In August 2008, NPF and MLB.com teamed up to stream the championship game of the NPF Championship Series on ProFastPitch.com and MLB.com.

“We are proud of our long-standing relationship with Major League Baseball and this new opportunity to work with MLB.com is representative of our cooperative efforts,” said Cheri Kempf, NPF Commissioner. “Fastpitch softball is a natural attraction to fans that are already sold on baseball at its highest level and we are confident that delivering live streaming video is a significant step forward in broadening our audience and fan base.”

“This partnership with National Pro Fastpitch represents an extension of The Commissioner’s Initiative on Women and Baseball and leverages our streaming technology to put the league and its great players in front of a global audience,” said Leslie Gittess, vice president, business development, MLB.com.

The live streaming schedule for NPF games on ProFastPitch.com and MLB.com begins tonight as the defending NPF Champion Chicago Bandits host the Philadelphia Force at 8:05 p.m. (EDT) and includes 24 additional games during the season’s first month. The complete schedule is available at MLB.com.

Every NPF game streamed on ProFastPitch.com and MLB.com will be available on-demand for the duration of the 2009 calendar year. The 2010 schedule of live streaming games will be announced prior to the beginning of that season.

Major League Baseball is the Official Development Partner of National Pro Fastpitch in the category of women’s professional fastpitch softball. The partnership, which began the fall of 2002, is part of The Commissioner’s Initiative on Women and Baseball, a league-wide effort to help Major League Baseball and the 30 Major League Clubs build stronger relationships with female audiences.

National Pro Fastpitch is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The League, created to give elite female fastpitch players the opportunity to pursue a professional career in their chosen sport, has operated since 1997 under the names of Women’s Pro Fastpitch (WPF) and Women’s Pro Softball League (WPSL).

You can learn more about NPF by listening to the recent Mother's Day Edition of LATB Radio.

Switch Pitcher Pat Venditte, Sunday Night at 10PM Eastern

2009-05-27T22:01:00.003-04:00

Tune in to LATB Radio this Sunday night to hear special guest Pat Venditte, the switch-pitching closer for the Charleston Riverdogs, a Class A affiliate of the New York Yankees. Pat will talk about his development as an ambidextrous pitcher and about his young career.

Also appearing on the show will be Gabriel Schechter, author of This BAD Day In Yankees History: A Calendar of Calamities, and Mike Passeri of the blog New York Yankees Update.

Tune in Sunday at 10PM Eastern.

Philadelphia Force To Play NCAA Division 1 All-Stars

2009-05-19T13:27:00.006-04:00

On May 29th, the NPF's Philadelphia Force will play a team of All-Stars from five of Philadelphia's NCAA Division 1 schools. The game will take place at Drexel Field, one of six NCAA Division 1 softball schools in Philadelphia. A softball skills clinic for players aged 6-18 will take place after the game.

Force Assistant GM Erin Statmore was part of LATB Radio's Mother's Day Show and she represented both her team and NPF really well. Click here to learn about the Force and the NPF.

If you're in the Philadelphia area and would like ticket information and directions to Drexel Field, visit Drexeldragons.com.

The End Of Baseball's Golden Age

2009-05-17T08:13:00.004-04:00

Tonight on LATB Radio, hear about The End (and Aftermath) Of Baseball's Golden Age, which took place at the end of the 1950s. Guests to appear:

Michael Shapiro and his new book, Bottom Of The Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel and The Daring Scheme To Save Baseball From Itself.

Mike Silva of nybaseballdigest.com with former Yankee Roy White, on his career, his new book "Then Roy Said To Mickey," and his Roy White Foundation.

Tune in tonight at 11PM Eastern.

Sunday On LATB Radio: Michael Shapiro's Bottom Of The Ninth

2009-05-15T20:29:00.006-04:00

Tune in this Sunday, May 17th at 11PM Eastern as LATB Radio welcomes Michael Shapiro, author of the new book Bottom Of The Ninth: Branch Rickey, Casey Stengel, and the Daring Scheme To Save Baseball From Itself. Watch this video for a preview of the book and tune in Sunday to learn more!

The Top 10 Women in Baseball & Softball History

2009-05-10T15:26:00.006-04:00

Here are the women chosen by LATB Radio as the Top 10 Women in Baseball & Softball History:

10) Connie Morgan: One of three women to play Negro League Baseball (2B for Indianapolis Clowns); hit .300 in platoon at 2B with Ray Neil; batted 3rd in the lineup.

9) Mamie “Peanut” Johnson: One of three women to play Negro League Baseball (RHP, Indianapolis Clowns); 33-8 lifetime record (3 seasons); 5’3”, 120 11bs; Threw between 80 and 85 mph. Hit between .252 & .284.

8) Marcenia Lyle “Toni” Stone: One of three women to play Negro League Baseball (2B for the Indianapolis Clowns, 1953); hit .243 and played in 50 games. Sold to Kansas City Monarchs where she played for Buck O’Neil.

7) Kim Ng: assistant GM of the Los Angeles Dodgers; first woman and youngest person ever to present a salary arbitration case in MLB when she worked the White Sox (player was Alex Fernandez); believed to be the first woman to ever interview for a GM job when she interviewed for the Dodgers job in 2005.

6) Ria Cortesio: in 2007, the second woman ever to officiate at a MLB Spring Training game; umpired in the minor leagues for 9 seasons, 2007 being her last.

5) Pam Postema: first woman ever to officiate at a MLB Spring Training game; last worked in the AAA Pacific Coast League, highest a woman has ever climbed and was thought to be in line to become the first female ump in the Majors, but was released by the league in 1989.

4) Julie Croteau: first woman to play NCAA men’s baseball and the first woman to coach a division 1 men’s baseball. She and Lee Ann Ketcham were the first women to play in a MLB-sanctioned league (Maui Stingrays of the Hawaiian Winter League). Her glove and photo are on permanent display at the Baseball Hall Of Fame.

3) Ila Borders: first woman to start as a pitcher in integrated professional men’s baseball (Duluth-Superior Dukes in 1998); first woman to pitch in an NCAA game (Southern California Coll 94-96 seasons, Whittier Coll 97 season)

2) Eri Yoshida: the first woman to be drafted by a Japanese professional baseball team; plays for the Kobe 9 Cruise of the Kansai Independent Baseball League; throws a sidearm knuckleball which she started throwing after seeing video of the Red Sox’s Tim Wakefield; professional debut March 26, 2009- faced 2 batters, walking one and striking out one.

1) Jennie Finch: two time Olympic medalist including gold in 2004 with Team USA; attended the University of Arizona where her number 27 was retired in 2003; Six feet tall; plays for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fast Pitch League; has five pitches- riser, curveball, screwball, drop-ball and changeup; widely regarded as the most famous softball player of all time.

Honorable Mention: Marge Schott; Effa Manley.

Coming Up On LATB Radio: The Mother's Day Show

2009-05-09T17:14:00.003-04:00

Tune in to LATB Radio tomorrow night at 11PM Eastern for a special Mother's Day Show.

Hear who the Top 10 Women in Baseball & Softball History are.

Listen to an interview with Erin Statmore, Assistant GM of the Philadelphia Force of the National Pro Fast Pitch League.

Other Mother's Day treats and suprises in store as well!

So, don't forget: Sunday night at 11PM Eastern on BlogTalkRadio.

Sunday Night at 11PM Eastern on BlogTalkRadio

2009-04-30T10:18:00.004-04:00

The newest chapter in LATB history begins this Sunday, May 3rd at 11PM Eastern, when LATB Radio debuts on BlogTalkRadio.

I'll have two great guests. Andrea Claster Greenspan of Tessuta Live Woven will be on to talk about her Game Day Purse:

Derek Gentile will discuss his new book New York Yankees and The Meaning Of Life:

At the end of the show one lucky listener will win a Game Day Purse! Click here to listen.

Enjoy the show!

Six Days & Counting To The First Show!

2009-04-27T08:38:00.006-04:00

LATB Radio begins this coming Sunday! It'll be a great show. My first guest will be Andrea Claster Greenspan of Tessuta Life Woven, creator of the Tessuta Game Day Purse:

At the end of Sunday's show one lucky listener or reader of LATB will win one of these cute purses. Here's how to enter for a chance to win- Send an email to latbradio@gmail.com with an answer to the question below:

When you go to a Major League Baseball Game, what's the one thing you must bring with you, the one thing you cannot leave the house without? Please include your favorite baseball team in your answer.

So enter for your chance to win now and don't miss the show on Sunday night!

Debuting Sunday May 3rd At 11 PM Eastern!

2009-04-20T14:54:00.000-04:00

Lady At The Bat, a blog featuring news and views from a woman who loves the game of baseball, will soon have a second home. A broadcast home! LATB Radio will go on the air on Sunday, May 3rd at 11PM Eastern.

More info to come soon. For now, mark your calendars and plan to listen on May 3rd!