On the 43-minute podcast, Andrew Marchand interviews New York Post baseball columnist/MLB Network analyst Joel Sherman. Sherman tells legendary stories about covering George Steinbrenner, the beat with Michael Kay, Jon Heyman and Jack Curry. Plus, some of the best advice you’ll get on how to become a sports writer and succeed. Here is what you need to know:
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The "little death walk" to the newsstand when covering Steinbrenner
Calling Steinbrenner and sitting by your hotel phone
Sherman was on the beat with All-Stars like Kay, Curry, Heyman, Moss Klein, among others
Sherman’s crazy first week at The Post when he was 24
His advice how to break in and succeed as a sports writer
How Sherman came up with calling five people a day as a rule
Sherman’s goal to make other reporters regret breaking stories
How Buck Showalter gave him his PhD in baseball
How David Cone stood out as a player and a tremendous Derek Jeter anecdote
The Giancarlo Stanton advice that resonates for any public figure on social media
The full legendary late-1990s story on if Sherman punched Mr. Met or not
Mr. Met was egged on by Sherman's fellow Post MLB columnist Tom Keegan
How the New York baseball writers commemorated the Mr. Met tale
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