https://somanyquestions.show/baseball/Recent content in Baseball on So Many QuestionsHugoen-usWed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:00 -0700https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:00:00 -0700https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0007-craig-calcaterra/<p>In this episode, Kendall talks with <strong>Craig Calcaterra</strong>, author of <a href="https://www.cupofcoffeenews.com/" target="_blank">Cup of Coffee</a>, a daily newsletter about baseball and everything else that&rsquo;s been running for more than five years. Craig came to newsletter writing after eleven years at NBC Sports and ten years before that as a litigation attorney—a career path he describes as less a plan and more a series of lucky breaks, bad fits, and quiet self-sabotage he didn&rsquo;t recognize until it was already over.</p>https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0002-cespedes-family-bbq/Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:02:50 -0700https://somanyquestions.show/episodes/ep0002-cespedes-family-bbq/<p>In this episode, Kendall welcomes Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman, baseball writers for Yahoo Sports and co-hosts of the Baseball Bar-B-Cast, for a wide-ranging conversation about life inside and outside the ballpark. From their teenage beginnings as Cespedes Family BBQ to becoming members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, Jake and Jordan reflect on how their creative partnership has grown over the past decade.</p> <p>They share behind-the-scenes stories of covering MLB, the unwritten rules of press box etiquette, balancing humor with serious reporting, and navigating relationships with players from the minors to stars like Bryce Harper. Along the way, they discuss creative collaboration, the evolving role of baseball media, and what it really means to humanize the game’s biggest names.</p>