Columns by Mike Barnicle

“The only sad thing about is there's not a game 8, 9, 10 and 11 to take us through the weekend,” says Morning Joe senior contributor Mike Barnicle at the top of the show, recapping the game. “But we are going to game seven! bats came alive. The kids on the Cubs clearly played a lot looser in [...]
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“It's such a relief from the campaign news and political news. You can just lose yourself in baseball,” said Morning Joe senior contributor Mike Barnicle about Game One of the World Series played last night. Hear the conversation between Barnicle and host Joe Scarborough about baseball - instead of politics - for all of 55 seconds on Morning Joe. [...]
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“The Cavaliers get their rings….The Cleveland Indians begin game one of the World Series. It’s great for Cleveland. It’s great to see these two mid-Western teams in it,” says Morning Joe veteran columnist Mike Barnicle in conversation with the show's host Joe Scarborough about the Cavs celebrating their first-ever NBA championship and the Indians in their first World Series [...]
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Following David Price’s pitching debut with the Boston Red Sox in a 6-2 win against the Cleveland Indians, Mike Barnicle makes light of Red Sox President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski’s decision to contract the ace pitcher for $217 million. Watch Mike humorously recreate the decision, only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. [...]
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On MSNBC’s Morning Joe, contributor Mike Barnicle shares his thoughts on the controversial Major League Baseball player Pete Rose, who was just inducted into the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame. "Pete Rose belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame,” states Mike. "Put on his plaque what happened and what he did to himself.” The all-time Major League leader in hits, [...]
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Morning Joe’s Willie Geist and Mike Barnicle talk about the newest additions to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown — Ken Griffey Jr. (Seattle Mariners) and Mike Piazza's (New York Mets). Find out who else Barnicle believes should make the cut and who may never make it. Only on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. [...]
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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.