Season 6 Episode 15- Tom Verducci, Kenny Albert

On the fifteenth episode of the sixth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Tom Verducci (Sports Illustrated, MLB Network) and Kenny Albert (NBC Sports, Fox Sports). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the conference finals in the NHL and NBA Playoffs before detailing a miserable new social media policy for the Buffalo Bills and a weird backtrack by their GM. The book club covers the first few chapters of Steve Hyden's, "Your Favorite Band is Killing Me." The show ends with Don talking about embarrassing NFL jerseys and Steve mocking Tim Cook for claiming to see an iPhone in a 400 year old painting. -Tom Verducci is making his fourth appearance (0:30:28) on the podcast. Verducci joins us to talk about his SI cover story on Vin Scully. Verducci shares details of sitting down with Scully for the articles, speculates on any involvement Scully might have with the World Series broadcast, and shares extra anecdotes that didn't make the article. Verducci also talks about his study of the cliff season for pitchers, Matt Harvey's struggles, and the dominate of Clayton Kershaw. -Kenny Albert is making his fifteenth appearance (01:00:53) on the podcast. Kenny joins us to give a first hand description of the NHL's Western Conference Finals between the San Jose Sharks and the St. Louis Blues. Kenny talks about the stars being stars for the Sharks, the disappointing series for Vladimir Tarasenko, and the buzz for the Sharks in the Bay Area. Kenny also talks about preparing to call the Stanley Cup Final on radio for Westwood One, calling baseball for Fox, and looks ahead to another season calling NFL football.