Northeast Sports Network voice Jack Healey and Burlington Rep. Kurt Wright joing VPR’s Bob Kinzel to discuss the first half of the baseball season and what to expect after the All-Star break
Baseball’s annual All-Star Game means it’s time for Vermont Edition’s annual baseball show! The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees are
fighting for the top spot in the American League East. We’ll look at
baseball’s most storied rivalry, and the close pennant races across
Major League Baseball.
The
team learned earlier this year that the baseball program was being
eliminated–along with women’s softball-to help UVM deal with a multi-million
dollar budget deficit.
Officials with Amtrak warn that Vermont could find it difficult to re-start rail service if budget cuts force the state to discontinue a route between Albany and Rutland; AT&T says it will upgrade its wireless broadband network in Vermont this spring to make it faster and more reliable;
ESPN Senior Baseball Analyst Buster Olney examines the impact the current steroids scandal will have on major league baseball. And Mitch Wertlieb and Burlington Representative Kurt Wright discuss the prospects of the Red Sox and Yankees.
Get a crash course on what you can and can’t recycle, how to set up a composting system in your backyard, and
what role all this plays in reducing our waste. Also, a
Vermont reporter in Havana updates us on an Upper Valley youth baseball team
that’s visiting Cuba.