Excerpts from the story "Game of Shadows" created a stir this week in the baseball world and beyond. Bill checks in with Associated Press Sports Columnist Jim Litke, Dallas Star Telegram Columnist Jennifer Floyd Engel, and ESPN's Jayson Stark.

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Arizona Public Radio's Daniel Kraker reports on the overlooked Mexican baseball team and discovers with a roster loaded with 21 Major Leaguers and the team's status as Pool B winner, players feel they have as much to prove to their own country as they do to the rest of the world.

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Bill discusses college basketball's conference games and predicts possible upsets and promising Cinderella teams competing in next week's NCAA tournament with college basketball writer Pat Forde.

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The National Developmental Basketball League serves as the NBA's version of a farm system. Each of the NBDL's eight teams are affiliated with NBA squads players can be called up or sent down for various reasons.

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Bill reads letters from the Only A Game mailbag.

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Bill and Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce discuss: reaching the billon dollar compromise, squeezing the juice out of Major League Baseball, and commissioning a resignation.

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The Emerald Diamond, a new documentary by John Fitzgerald, chronicles a determined effort to create an outpost for baseball in Ireland. Bill discussed the film and more with filmmaker John Fitzgerald.