Columns by Mike Barnicle
Listen in on this Morning Joe conversation with Joe Scarborough, Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle as they recap and discuss the 2019 MLB All-Star Game, which featured players being mic’d up while playing so they could interact with broadcasters Joe Buck and John Smoltz during the game broadcast on Fox. “That was one of the most enjoyable games to watch [...]
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Click here to listen in on the conversation between columnists Mike Lupica and Mike "The Mayor of Fenway" Barnicle about the wild worlds of baseball and current politics in The Mike Lupica Podcast. [...]
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While the Morning Joe panel talks about the slow start to the baseball season for the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, veteran columnist Mike Barnicle praises the Tampa Bay Ray’s early season success as the team sits atop of the American League East Division. “Nobody goes to see Tampa Bay. The fans stay away in droves, and they [...]
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"Baseball is part of us. You know, it's like our faith. You're born with it, and you live with it, and it’s every day. It's a constant. The days get longer, the weather gets warmer. It's a relief from the everyday stress of things that we talk about each and every day, and it is back—finally—today,” says veteran columnist Mike [...]
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Listen in on the Morning Joe discussion about the record-breaking $426.5-million contract extension signed by Major League Baseball superstar Mike Trout with the Los Angeles Angels. “Certainly, (he’s) the greatest ballplayer since Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle in the early 1950s—there’s no doubt about that. He is a generational player, a generational talent, and if he had waited to go [...]
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“Joe, I'm going out and buying a new catcher's mitt today in anticipation of tomorrow. That’s what tomorrow is all about,” says veteran columnist Mike Barnicle to Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough as the two of them share their excitement for the start of the new Major League Baseball season as Boston Red Sox pitchers and catchers report to spring [...]
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Mike Barnicle is a well known TV, radio and print political and social commentator. He is also a life-long Red Sox fan. With "Mike Barnicle on Baseball" he shares his love of the game and Boston's team.