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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Welcome to this week’s Terry’s Talkin’ podcast, featuring cleveland.com columnist Terry Pluto and host David Campbell. In this episode, they look at Meleek Thomas’ outstanding Summer League and what it might mean for his role with the Cavs next season.
Terry also looks at the road Steven Kwan and Travis Bazzana took through Oregon State to get to the Guardians.
And they look at analytics about a strategy that NFL teams should look at when they are facing a first and goal from the 1.
Highlights:
- It’s (pretty much) a “LeBron-free zone” on this week’s podcast.
- Guardians teammates Steven Kwan and Travis Bazzana share a history of overcoming intense skepticism and set the stage at Oregon State for their MLB careers.
- How Steven Kwan got back to being Steven Kwan.
- Lane Thomas: Why Terry thinks he could be a fit for the Guardians at the trade deadline in a deal with the Royals.
- Celebrating Guardians beat writer Paul Hoynes, who will be recognized this weekend at the Baseball Hall of Fame for his 43-year career covering Cleveland baseball.
- A listener emails in with info on the last Cleveland pitching rotation to start every game in a season.
- Cavs second-round pick Meleek Thomas shocked analysts with his elite offensive poise, earning a rare spot on the First-Team All-Summer League roster,
- Some data about a foolproof way teams can score touchdowns on first and goal from the 1-yard line.
- And a new Browns fan asks Terry: What advice do you have for me?
Here’s the podcast for this week, and previous weeks:
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