Ken Rosenthal on MLB Opening Day, Rob Manfred, Shohei Ohtani, and more

Awful Announcing Podcast · Mar 28, 2025 · 34m

Host Brandon Contes interviews Fox Sports MLB field reporter/The Athletic MLB insider Ken Rosenthal. With Opening Day upon us, Brandon and Ken discuss a wide range of topics including not liking the idea of the golden at-bat rule, not being retained at MLB Network and Ken's relationship with Rob Manfred, Shohei Ohtani being a star, and more.

-:43: Excitement for Opening Day

-1:17: First full-time season

-2:11: What Ken likes about covering baseball today

-3:17: Favorite rule change while covering baseball

-4:01: Golden at-bat rule

-6:02: Going from local to national

-8:59: Being comfortable…