Don't Get Rob-Ed June 18, 2025

Barry M. Bloom joins Don't Get Rob-Ed on Thursday, June 17, 2025.

We will cover some of the hottest topics in MLB, including "The Trade", the Wild Western Division races, Ohtani's return to the mound, How good are the TIgers, Is the season over for the Orioles and Braves and more.

Barry, has an illustrious career as an award-winning sports columnist and reporter for newspapers, magazines and the internet, having written about professional sports since 1976. Barry joined the Sportico staff in May 2020. Prior to that he penned a sports business column for Forbes, MLB.com , Bloomberg News and the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Bloom has been a voter for the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1992.

His books include biographies of baseball’s Larry Bowa and Tony Gwynn, and he’s currently working on a project about the 1984-era San Diego Padres, plus his own autobiography. Born and raised in New York City,