Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney

@baseballtonightwithbusterolney · Podcast

Latest segments

• Brewers win the World Series, 2026-10-29
  Previews the Friday parade and Packers game
  Looks ahead to the Brewers' championship parade in Milwaukee on Friday and notes the Packers' rare Thursday night home game against the Panthers the night before, with Mendoza joking she had tickets only if there was a Game 6.
• Brewers win the World Series, 2026-10-29
  Compares the title run to great teams
  Places the title in historical context, stacking Milwaukee's 103 wins, 11-2 postseason and plus-214 run differential against the 1998 Yankees, 1976 Reds and 2005 White Sox. The bullpen is named as the difference over Tampa Bay. Framing and comparison, no new development.
• Brewers win the World Series, 2026-10-29
  Profiles Murphy's decade and hip surgery
  Turns to the manager behind the title: Murphy's decade building Milwaukee's culture, his benching of Pratt and Contreras, and his scheduled hip surgery. Adds a dated next step for Murphy that the celebration coverage did not have.
• Brewers win the World Series, 2026-10-29
  Reports from the trophy presentation
  Reports from the trophy presentation at Tropicana Field: Manfred hands over the Commissioner's Trophy, Misiorowski weeps, Yelich is asked what Bob Uecker would say, and Contreras is named World Series MVP with his brother Wilson flown in from Hawaii.
• Brewers win the World Series, 2026-10-29
  Opens on the final out of Game 5
  Opens from the booth at Tropicana Field on the final out of Game 5, with the Brewers celebrating their first title. Sets up the episode around the clinching win rather than re-arguing the series.
• Rays survive Game 4, 2026-10-28
  Recaps the comeback and Drohan's two lefties
  Recaps the 12th-inning comeback, then works through both bullpens for Game 5 and lands on a concrete detail: Shane Drohan faced two lefties and retired neither, which is what forced the Rays' rally. Stays inside the Game 4 story while adding the pitching-usage ledger.
• Brewers win Game 3, 2026-10-27
  Traces the logo history with a graphic artist
  A logo-history conversation with graphic artist Todd Radom: the ball-and-glove mark, the 1993 redesign, the Devil Rays throwbacks and Bud Selig's role in bringing the franchise to Milwaukee. It closes with a prediction that the series will not end in a sweep, staying inside the Game 3 story rather than adding to it.
• Brewers win Game 3, 2026-10-27
  Breaks down the Brewers' at-bats and foul balls
  Vitello, the Giants manager, walks through the Brewers' at-bats as the series' difference: 186 pitches seen and 45 foul balls in Game 2, against a league average of about 54 foul balls for both teams. Also covers Ashby's scoreless run, Pratt's Game 2 hit and Caminero's dugout outburst.
• Brewers win Game 3, 2026-10-27
  Recaps the 10-1 rout from the booth
  Broadcast booth segment from Tropicana Field recapping the 10-1 Game 3 win: the eight-run fifth, the 5.63 ERA against opposing starters, Contreras behind the plate, Woodruff's return and Chandler Simpson's catch. It stays inside the numbers already on the record, adding only a historical ranking debate.
• Brewers win Game 3, 2026-10-27
  Retells the eight-run fifth and Gasser's start
  Recaps Game 3 from St. Petersburg: the overturned out call that loaded the bases, the string of two-out hits in the eight-run fifth, Gasser's six shutout innings and Woodruff closing it in his first appearance since July 4. A retelling of the rout, with the record-book numbers left to the other shows.
• Brewers take Game 2, 2026-10-25
  Breaks down Game 2 from the ninth backward
  Sciambi and Mendoza break down Game 2 from the ninth inning backward: Murphy sticking with Ashby over McGill, Henderson settling in after the four-run first, Frelick's tying homer and Pratt's in-game adjustment. Analysis and reaction, all inside the Game 2 story.
• Brewers take Game 2, 2026-10-25
  Adds Gossage's 1981 scoreless benchmark
  Recaps Game 2 from Milwaukee with postgame audio from Murphy and Cash. The one addition to the record is the benchmark Ashby is chasing: Goose Gossage's 14 1/3 scoreless innings in 1981, which Ashby has now passed at 14 2/3.
• Brewers take Game 2, 2026-10-25
  Interviews Frelick on the comeback and ninth
  On-field interview with Sal Frelick after Game 2: he retells the 4-0 deficit, his game-tying homer in the sixth, Cooper Pratt's go-ahead hit and Aaron Ashby's scoreless ninth. First-hand color, but it stays inside the facts already on the record.
• Brewers reach World Series, 2026-10-24
  Highlights Misiorowski's 100 mph first pitches
  Booth segment on Game 1 individual performances: Contreras as possibly the best catcher in the game, and Misiorowski's first 10 pitches at 100 mph or more, 22 pitches over two innings, and a longer outing than his Padres and Dodgers starts.
• Brewers reach World Series, 2026-10-24
  Breaks down the Brewers' first-pitch aggression
  Booth breakdown of Game 1's small details: the Brewers swung at 10 first pitches despite ranking next to last in first-pitch swing rate during the season, and the Rays ran into outs, including Victor Mesa Jr. getting doubled off trying to steal third with two outs in the first.
• Brewers reach World Series, 2026-10-24
  Compares the bullpens after Game 1
  Booth discussion of the bullpen gap after Game 1: Ashby's 98-99 mph fastball, D.L. Hall unused, and Tampa auditioning Matz and Seymour. Analysis and reaction, with no new development in the series.
• Brewers reach World Series, 2026-10-24
  Questions Simpson's hamstring on the review
  Breaks down the overturned ninth-inning call in Game 1 and asks why Chandler Simpson did not keep running, noting he grabbed his hamstring while hitting earlier. Raises the hamstring as a question for Tampa's best baserunner.
• Brewers reach World Series, 2026-10-24
  Recaps the Brewers' first Series win since 1982
  Recaps Game 1 from the broadcast audio: Yelich's first-inning RBI double off DeLuca's glove, Misiorowski's start, Hicks driving in Tampa's first run, and the ninth-inning review that put runners at second and third before McGill struck out DeLuca. The result itself is the new fact.
• Rays reach World Series, 2026-10-23
  Questions Franco's visa with the case open
  Frames the Rays' pennant as remarkable given Wander Franco's absence, then goes to the unresolved state of his case: no suspension yet, and an open question about a working visa.
• MLB lockout forecast, 2026-10-23
  Reads Steinbrenner's cap remarks as owner unity
  Picks up Steinbrenner's salary cap remarks from the Cashman extension press conference and reads them as the tell on owner unity: the big-market owner helped draft the proposal. Frames the owners' resolve through the NHL's lost 2004-05 season and the 1995 replacement-player split.