⚾ THE CHASERS DUGOUT REPORT | EPISODE 490

🎙️ Host & Moderator: KEVIN L. WARREN and Co-Host D-DUBBZ

ft. MLB Resident Expert & Sports Chasers #1 Contributor — ALVIN CLAWSON

📅 Sports Chasers Podcast | Pre-Recorded Saturday, March 21, 2026

🇻🇪🏆 VENEZUELA MAKES HISTORY — STUNS TEAM USA 3–2 IN THE 2026 WBC FINAL!

On this Saturday edition of The Chasers Dugout Report, host and moderator Kevin L. Warren leads co-host D Dubs and Sports Chasers' #1 MLB Contributor Alvin Clawson through a complete breakdown of Venezuela's stunning championship run at the 2026 World Baseball Classic — and a full preview of the 2026 MLB season.

Tournament MVP Maikel Garcia delivered with a .385 average and 7 RBI. Eugenio Suárez's go-ahead RBI double in the 9th inning was the dagger. Wilyer Abreu launched a 414-foot homer off USA starter Nolan McLean. And despite arguably the best pitching staff ever assembled for a WBC — Team USA's bats went ice cold. Aaron Judge went 0-for-4 with 3 strikeouts. Bryce Harper batted .214. Alex Bregman hit .143. Stunning.

Kevin leads the crew in debating whether the WBC should move to the All-Star break, discussing the emotional meaning of Venezuela's win amid political turmoil — where the government declared a national holiday — and how Venezuela's gassed bullpen somehow closed out the title on back-to-back nights.

Then it's all 2026 MLB. Alvin drops his FULL division winner picks (Dodgers, Reds, Mets, Tigers, Mariners, Toronto), sleeper teams (Pirates & A's), and MVP favorites (Ohtani & Judge). The panel digs into MLB's new ABS Challenge System (robot umps), Netflix's Opening Night exclusive (Yankees vs. Giants, March 25), the streaming wars, blackout frustrations, and why regional sports networks are dying.

This is baseball the way it should be — passionate, informed, unfiltered.

52:13 🏆 THIS IS THE ONE YOU CAME FOR.

Host Kevin L. Warren hands the mic to Sports Chasers' #1 MLB

Contributor Alvin Clawson for his FULL 2026 MLB Division Winner

picks, the sleeper teams flying under the radar (Pirates & A's),

and his MVP favorites — Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge.

Pure expert analysis. No filler. If you want to win your fantasy

league and sound smarter than everyone at the bar,

jump straight to 52:13.

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🔴 SPORTS CHASERS PODCAST — EPISODE 489 | THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE

Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Powered by Sports Chasers Media Group

Venezuela are your 2026 World Baseball Classic Champions! Eugenio

Suárez delivered a walk-off double in the 9th to stun Team USA 3-2

in one of the most dramatic finales in WBC history. Maikel Garcia

named MVP. Bryce Harper's jaw-dropping 8th-inning bomb almost saved

Team USA — but it wasn't enough. We break it all down TONIGHT!

PLUS — the WNBA just made history with a landmark seven-year CBA

deal — salary cap jumping from $1.5 million to $7 million overnight.

MLB signs a controversial $150M-$300M exclusive prediction market

deal with Polymarket. March Madness brackets are LIVE and already

bleeding. The NHL playoff race is heating up. The NBA is on absolute

fire. And special guest A.M. Pfeffer — co-host of Beyond The Surface

on the X-Rayted Sports Network — joins the Chasers panel live to go

deeper than any headline on every single one of these stories.

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🎰 33:20 — MLB's Controversial $300M Polymarket Prediction Market Deal

MLB just signed a multiyear exclusive deal with Polymarket worth

between $150M and $300M — making baseball the latest major league

to embrace prediction markets. But with Arizona filing criminal

charges against rival platform Kalshi just two days before the

announcement — is MLB being visionary or signing with the devil?

Kevin, A.M. Pfeffer, and the full panel go DEEP on the business,

the integrity risk, and what this means for the future of sports.

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☢️ TONIGHT'S SPECIAL GUEST — A.M. PFEFFER

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Co-Host of Beyond The Surface | X-Rayted Sports Network

If tonight's conversation hit different for you — that's A.M.

Pfeffer. He brings a perspective to sports that goes beyond the

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🏆 SPORTS CHASERS PODCAST | THE INTERVIEW SESSIONS — EP. 487

He created the format. Now he's IN the seat.

Dorian Albritton Jr. — the former Super Producer of Sports Chasers Media Group and the architect behind The Interview Sessions — joins host Kevin L. Warren for a conversation that goes far deeper than sports. This one is personal. This one is about legacy, leadership, and what it truly means to think like a leader before you ever carry the title.

Dorian Jr. was the creative force behind the one-on-one interview format that has now produced 100+ conversations, replacing the large live panel model with something far more intentional and intimate. Now, as a master's student in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at George Mason University and host of the Think Like a Leader podcast, he's building his next chapter — one framework, one system, and one leader at a time.

🎧 IN THIS EPISODE:

→ The origin story of The Interview Sessions — straight from the man who built it

→ Growing up in the Bronx, relocating to North Carolina, and navigating two worlds

→ His basketball journey from Davidson Day through VMI, King University, and UNC Charlotte

→ Why he left Sports Chasers and what purpose he found on the other side

→ The Think Like a Leader podcast — mission, message, and who it's built for

→ The Four Ds Framework: Do, Date, Delegate, Delete

→ Self-trust vs. self-awareness — and which one actually moves the needle

→ How weekly resets and Notion eliminate mental overload

→ Leading before the title — and what that really requires

→ The father-son dynamic with Dorian Albritton Sr. — "The D.A." himself

→ A Rapid Fire Round that gets raw and real fast

📌 HIGHLIGHTED CHAPTER — MUST LISTEN:

⏱️ 26:21 — Lead Before The Title

This is the moment that defines the entire episode. Dorian Jr. shares the workplace story that rewired his entire understanding of leadership — the difference between a manager and a true leader — and why humanity in management is the most underrated skill in the game.

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