CBS Radio Internship

By Dan Rodgers

Thursday and Friday were definitely good days (Tuesday was Passover). However, the only complaint about Thursday was that someone brought in donuts for us and left them sitting on the desk right in front of me looking completely delicious. I like to keep Passover and not eat bread/bread-related products. It was awful, they smelled amazing and Tony (aspiring sports talk show host) even caved and ate one. I stayed true and controlled myself.

We had more guests, and I edited the audio as usual. Stacey gave me the task of finding another appropriate guest for the show, I have a few targets in mind and have contacted them. Hopefully, at least one will come through.

Unfortunately, I only have a few weeks left at the internship. I look forward to leaving my mark before I leave, though I think I may have already. Mark and Damon call me so many different names, it's like our thing. Most of the times it's something like Pablo and they will throw in something else every now and then. It's funny and I appreciate the on-air recognition. They may not know it but it's going to catapult me into a career on the radio (I can only wish).

I look forward to my last few weeks and maybe they'll let me in the studio just for fun after I'm done.

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MLB Season Surprises

By Dan Rodgers

We are almost an entire month into the MLB season. There have been a few surprises so let's talk about 'em.

Records

• The Indians (12-5) lead the Royals (11-6) by one game in the AL Central
• The Indians (12-5) and Rockies (12-5) are tied for the best record in the Bigs
  
• The Yankees (9-6) are the only AL East team over .500
• The Red Sox (5-10) have the second worst record in the Majors
• The Pirates (8-9) are one game back of the division lead

Stats

• Athletics pitcher Gio Gonzalez is 2-0 with a 0.47 ERA. He has given up one run in 19 innings of work
• Matt Kemp, Starlin Castro, and Joey Votto are the only qualifying players with averages over .400
• Three Yankees have five or more homers
• Colorado's Troy Tulowitzki leads the majors with seven home runs
• Two Royals are top five in the AL in batting average, Alex Gordon and Billy Butler
• Even though the Red Sox suck, they lead the Majors in fewest errors thus far (6)
• A fun one: Oakland's Daric Barton leads the MLB with 4.96 pitches per at bat

Fantasy

• Dan Haren and Jered Weaver, both Angels, are 4-0 and are the second and third best fantasy players, respectively
• Now on the Cardinals, Lance Berkman is the sixth best fantasy player with six home runs and an over .300 average
• The Pirates have two players, Jose Tabata and Neil Walker, in the top 20 best fantasy players

^Fantasy ranks based on Yahoo! rankings.

I'll pop up with more stuff like this later in the season. Also, later this week I'll have some predictions for this season.

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