We’re podcasting through The Worst Off-Season In Recent Memory, and frankly it’s making things feel a bit better. To be fair, we have a guest on to make things easier this week.

You all know Ryan Ruocco as the guy who calls play-by-play when Michael Kay doesn’t go on a road trip. What you might not know is that he hosts a podcast, R2C2, with CC Sabathia. No joke, it’s a damn entertaining listen. So after you listen to our interview with Ryan, make sure to subscribe to that one as well. And then make sure to follow him on Twitter, @RyanRuocco.

• You can subscribe basically anywhere at this point, so hooray for that. Some links of note:
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• You can call our voicemail at 716-393-5330 to leave us questions for future shows. Much better to play the audio of you asking rather than reading it ourselves
• Please email us or comment or whatever to leave some feedback. While our re-launch show feels same-old same-old in terms of podcasting, we’d like to make the show as original as possible. We have some ideas, but you’re the listeners. You know what you want. We’re seeking your help.

In our second episode back we’re chatting with RAB regular Sung-Min Kim about the lineup, starting pitching, Josh Harrison, Todd Frazier, and more.

We added audio questions to this one, so you can see how much better it is than us reading the questions. Dial-in info is below. Leave your questions for when we record later this week.

Some notes:

• We’re having some technical issues with iTunes, but expect to be up and running this week. Until then you can subscribe by URL in the Podcast app (or in any podcast app, I believe): https://riveraveblues.com/category/podcast/feed
• You can call our voicemail at 716-393-5330 to leave us questions for future shows. Much better to play the audio of you asking rather than reading it ourselves
• Please email us or comment or whatever to leave some feedback. While our re-launch show feels same-old same-old in terms of podcasting, we’d like to make the show as original as possible. We have some ideas, but you’re the listeners. You know what you want. We’re seeking your help.

It’s been three and a half years since we last podcasted*, so please bear with us as we shake off some of the rust.

The River Avenue Blues Podcast returns for what we hope will be a long, prosperous run. We’re starting it off simple, with Jay and me running down the Yankees’ current needs.

No guest today, though that should change for the next show — which we’re hoping is next week. You’ll also see a rotating cast of RAB characters on the show in addition to Jay and me.

Some notes:

• It appears that iTunes dumps your podcast if you’re inactive for a while. I expect we’ll be back up and running shortly, but until then you can subscribe by URL in the Podcast app (or in any podcast app, I believe): https://riveraveblues.com/category/podcast/feed
• You can call our voicemail at 716-393-5330 to leave us questions for future shows. Much better to play the audio of you asking rather than reading it ourselves
• Please email us or comment or whatever to leave some feedback. While our re-launch show feels same-old same-old in terms of podcasting, we’d like to make the show as original as possible. We have some ideas, but you’re the listeners. You know what you want. We’re seeking your help.

*Funny, my daughter is three and a half years old…

Guest: Jason Wojciechowski of BeaneBall, an A’s blog, and Back of the Bullpen, a general baseball podcast. We’re talking about the upcoming A’s series and how they have turned players like Brandon Moss and Josh Donaldson into stars.

To open the show Jay and I are running down some general items, including the recent series against Seattle and some frustrations with the team.

Mike joins us a bit later to talk about the draft, particularly about the Yankees’ strategy and how it fits with their intentions during the international signing period. And of course we’re talking Rob Refsnyder.

Spoiler: We don’t talk potential trade targets at all. Not once. A disappointment, I know.

iTunes link: here. Wanna leave us a review? It would be much appreciated.

Remember to email in your questions for the next show, podcast at riveraveblues.com.

You can also give us a call us at 716-393-5330 and leave a voicemail. We’ll play it on air and answer it. It’ll feel more radio-like that way.

Guest: Matt Klaassen of FanGraphs. If you follow him on Twitter, @devil_fingers, you’ll know that he’s pretty die hard on the Royals. For which we pity him.

There’s plenty to talk about, both about the upcoming series and about the Yankees, uh, not ideal play for the past week or so.

Remember to email in your questions before Friday’s show (recorded Thursday night), podcast at riveraveblues.com.

You can also give us a call us at 716-393-5330 and leave a voicemail. We’ll play it on air and answer it. It’ll feel more radio-like that way.

Guest: Former RAB weekend writer Hannah Ehrlich. She’s out in the bay area and makes it to her share of A’s games. It’s very nice to catch up with an old friend.

After lamenting the weekend series against the Twins, Mike and I launch into what became a state of the Yankees segment. From what I remember of the conversation, it all made sense. It also led to the poll question below.

Remember to email in your questions before Friday’s show (recorded Thursday night), podcast at riveraveblues.com.

You can also give us a call us at 716-393-5330 and leave a voicemail. We’ll play it on air and answer it. It’ll feel more radio-like that way.