#31 – Baseball, Life and Staying Home with Dewayne Staats

Legendary Broadcaster and Tampa Bay Rays Play-By-Play Man Dewayne Staats returns online.

A perfectly timed diversion for sports and baseball fans, this episode commences with Glenn explaining why he says, “give a great day” vs “have a good day”, his purpose, why he loves baseball and his experiences with the Tampa Bay Rays from their inception.

Among the topics Dewayne and Glenn discuss are: what Dewayne and his wife Carla having been doing during his first April off from baseball,  “the greatest night in baseball history”, possible solutions for baseball this season, getting into the Hall of Fame, a possible coronavirus cure, why Dewayne doesn’t have a stock home run call, the biggest calls in his career, the parallels between American history and the game, the Rays being described as a “farm system” for MLB, the Houston Astros cheating scandal, a preview of the 2020 Rays team, book recommendations, a mea culpa from Glenn, plus much more.

Among the baseball men mentioned are: Stu Sternberg, Evan Longoria, Tony Kubek, Harry Caray, Gene Elston, Jack Buck, Ken Harrelson, John Sterling, Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Jim Abbot, Ken Forsch, Matt Garza, Steve Stone, Jack Brickhouse, Steve Stone, Andy Pettite, Todd Kalas, Brian Anderson, Joe Magrane, AJ Hinch, José Altuve, Alex Bregman, Andrew Friedman, Chaim Bloom, Erik Neander, Joe Maddon, Davey Martinez, Kevin Cash, Kyle Snyder, Tommy Pham, Hunter Renfroe, BJ Upton, Carl Crawford, James Shields, David Price, Charlie Morton, Austin Meadows, Willy Adames and more.

Let's play ball! It ain’t going to be boring.