Brian from Raise The Jolly Roger, Jim from Northside Notch, Corey from Three Rivers Burgh Blog, and I hopped back onto it for the second straight week and did another roundtable podcast. Topics covered were:The possibility of the A.J. Burnett / Garrett Jones tradeThe rotation with/without BurnettFirst base with/without JonesProspectsDmitri YoungAlex PresleyHow our blogs startedand more! Check it out! Search The "Mc" Effect on iTunes to subscribe and download. CLICK HERE TO PLAY / DOWNLOAD
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