Ep.11 - Press Box Chronicles - Sean Casey
Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
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Sports, Talk Show, 01-Apr-2026
People gravitate towards a**holes -- If you watch this show, you know some of our biggest episodes are about the biggest a**holes in sports. But today, we're going in a different direction. Today, we're talking about arguably the nicest human to walk the Earth, and certainly the nicest athlete in MLB history: Sean Casey.
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