6/15/20 Hour 1- MLB & Matt Leon
Hour 1- Topic: Major League Baseball “negotiations” about restarting. Guest: Matt Leon, KYW Newsradio.
6/11/20 Hour 1- Major League Baseball draft
Hour 1- Topics: Major League Baseball draft analysis. Guest: Justin Martinez of the Las Cruces Sun News on the pick of Nick Gonzalez of New Mexico State to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, November 27, 2019 Hour 1
Guests: InviteManager.com CEO Tony Knopp on the business of sports, including the Los Angeles Chargers and a look back at the NBA controversy in China. Then, Kevin Reichard (Publisher, ballparkdigest.com) and Steve discuss Major League Baseball’s proposal of eliminating 42 Minor League Baseball teams, including teams in the New York – Penn League.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Hour 2
Guest: Kevin Reichard (Publisher, ballparkdigest.com) and Steve discuss Major League Baseball’s proposal of eliminating 42 Minor League Baseball teams, including the Williamsport Crosscutters, State College Spikes and others in the New York – Penn League. Topics: Myles Garrett, Mason Rudolph and Colin Kaepernick.
Steve Jones Show – Monday, October 21, 2019 Hour 1
Steve, Shawn and great friend of the show Bob Buehner, recap the Michigan/Penn State white out game. Then we discuss details from a story by J.J. Cooper, Executive Editor of Baseball America, regarding a proposal by Major League Baseball, that would eliminate 42 minor league teams, which would have a dramatic impact on the New York-Penn League.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, September 25, 2019 Hour 2
Guests: Penn State football writer Rich Scarcella (Reading Eagle) returns to the show to give his analysis of the Nittany Lions at the seasons’ quarter pole. Plus, our great friend Bob Buehner is with us. Steve looks back to the Nittany Lions game at Maryland in 1985 on a day with triple-digit heat. Steve and Bob also discuss the record number of strikeouts in Major League Baseball…also, we look at Maryland players to watch for Friday night at College Park.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Hour 1
National baseball writer Jared Diamond (Wall Street Journal) is back on the show to talk about bullpens and the reasons why a lot of them are struggling on the major league level as well as the concern about low attendance numbers in select cities during the first month of the 2019 season.
Steve Jones Show – Wednesday, March 6, 2019 Hour 1
Steve is in New Jersey as Penn State takes on Rutgers in their final regular season Big Ten road game. Topics: B1G basketball, Michigan State, NBA players and the problems they face, pros and cons of social media. Guest: Tony Knopp (CEO, InviteManager.com) returns to the show to discuss the legacy of Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, who will retire when his contract is up in 2020, the current landscape of sports business as corporate partners choose to spend their advertising dollars on college athletics, the uncertain future of Santa Anita Park in California after more than 20 horses have…
Steve Jones Show- Thursday, January 24, 2019 Hour 1
Steve talks about the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. We also welcome Dave Sheinin, Washington Post National Baseball Writer to talk about this week’s Hall of Fame announcement.
Steve Jones Show – Thursday, January 25, 2018 Hour 1
Steve is in Columbus, Ohio for Penn State basketball’s matchup with Ohio State. Topics: Larry Nassar, Michigan State, Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Guest: Greg Bishop (Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated/TheMMQB.com) shares his perspective of the New England Patriots as they prepare for Super Bowl 52.
