Baseball’s annual All-Star Game means it’s time for Vermont Edition’s annual baseball show! Control of the American League East is being contested by the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees — with the Tampa Bay Rays close behind. We’ll look at baseball’s most storied rivalry, and the close pennant races across Major League Baseball. Bob Kinzel’s guests are Red Sox fan Jack Healey of the Northeast Sports Network, and Representative Kurt Wright, a Yankees fan. Listen
Also in the program, VPR’s Mitch Wertlieb visits Centennial Field in Burlington, home of the minor league Vermont Lake Monsters. The team has been warned their ballpark doesn’t mean minor league standards, and manager C.J. Knudsen explains to Mitch some of the ballpark’s shortcomings. Listen