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Jul 22, 2020
Jul 22, 2020
52 min
Another Wednesday another episode of The Starting Lineup Podcast.
On today's show we discuss
Live baseball coming back
Madden 21 ratings
Eric tries to remeber who won the Super Bowl this year
Of course Eric has to mention Nascar
Who the Bears could have had instead of Mitch Trubisky
Golf 2K Video Game
Travis is stressed about the non decision from the IHSA which Braydon doesnt think is a big deal
And More
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Jul 15, 2020
Jul 15, 2020
1hr 26 min
With a little over week away from actually real live american baseball The Starting Lineup Podcast is here on this Wednesday to preview with the upcoming MLB shorted season.
We got our predictions for division winners, world series champions and award winners.
All predictions will be cataloged to be used against Eric at later date when his predictions inevitably fall apart.
Speaking of Eric he has a rant on Bryce Harper.
While we talk baseball we also find ourselves talking about the NCAA Tournament.
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Jul 8, 2020
Jul 8, 2020
36 min
The Starting Lineup Podcast rocking with you on another episode of the pod.
Today's episode come float along the lazy river of topics with Braydon and Travis.
Topics include
Joey Chestnut and hot dogs
High School Football Schedules Released
Bryson Dechambeau
Patty Mahomes getting paid
The TBT
More
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Jul 1, 2020
Jul 1, 2020
55 min
The Starting Lineup Podcast coming at you on this Wednesday the first day of July and we kicking it off strong.
Much to Travis dismay we talk about that B word (Happy Bobby Bonilla Day) the B word is baseball
We also talk about the NBA bubble, Cam Newton signing with the Patriots you know resident Pats fan Braydon has something to say about that.
Eric has a rant about the new Madden 21
We go down a rabbit hole of madden cover athletes and much more
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Jun 24, 2020
Jun 24, 2020
57 min
The Starting Lineup Podcast back with you on this last Wednesday of June and we got a good one in store for you today.
Next week 2020 will be half over according to the calendar (if you believe in those things) and we countdown the top three sports stories of the year so far. Minus COVID_19 and the Death of Kobe Bryant cause those two things are in a category and number 1s stories by themselves.
Plus baseball is back!!! Players and owners finally agree to a start to the season and we talk about that exciting news. Plus with the restart comes with new rules.
What stories make our list of top sports stories of 2020? Listen in to find out
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Jun 17, 2020
Jun 17, 2020
1hr 12 min
Another Wednesday Another episode of The Starting Lineup Podcast
On today's edition we discuss the announcement of the return of the IHSA Boys Basketball State Tournament returning to the newly renovated State Farm Center in Champaign.
We review the Long Gone Summer documentary about the summer of 98, Mcgwire, Sosa and home runs. We also look at the coloration from the state that baseball was in back then to its current state today.
What are we going to do now with no more fresh 30 for 30s?
And with Fathers Day coming up on Sunday we look at some father son duos in sports
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Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020
57 min
The Starting Lineup Podcast coming at you with another episode on this Wednesday the 10th day of June and 1,000th day without three of the four major live sports.
Today's topics include Major League Baseball and the MLB draft, the NBA officially passing the 22 team return to play format and Illinois TBT team,
Talking about U of I alums we discuss the most successful Illini in the NBA
Eric talks about creeping past a former NFL players house and Eric also participates in an impromptu spelling bee.
We also touch on the recently released IHSA guidelines for high school sports return to play.
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Jun 3, 2020
Jun 3, 2020
48 min
The first Wednesday of June and The Starting Lineup Podcast is back with another coming at you.
On today's show we talk about the NBA returning to play with 22 teams and we throw around some advanges the higher seeded teams could have in the playoffs.
MLB is still working on details of their return or if it happens at. We also talk about the importance of MLB 2020 return is vital to the sports survival.
Eric goes down memory lane of old QBs of the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys.
Those topics and more on another edition of The Starting Lineup Podcast.
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May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
50 min
What's good people The Starting Lineup Podcast coming at you with another episode on this Wednesday 27th day of May and we gots lot to cover on this edition of the podcast.
The NHL and NBA returns are taking shape and we discuss the proposed playoff formats when they did eventually return.
MLB is not looking so good as those other two sports we look at divide between players and owners as well as what could prevent baseball returning in 2020.
We also look at what we thought of the Match on Sunday, the Lance Armstrong doc and what we think the hopefully upcoming IHSA football season.
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May 20, 2020
May 20, 2020
58 min
The Starting Lineup Podcast back with another episode on this Wednesday May 20th 2020.
On today's edition of the podcast we start the pod getting back to the subject we do best high school football. We talk about the possible future of some conferences and when and if the new season can begin.
We also cover the final two episodes of The Last Dance and we discuss if the Bulls could have won another title or not with our very own resident Chicago Bulls homer Eric.
UFC, Nascar, and Dogs are also other topics covered on today's episode.
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