Ron Coomer

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1,294 appearances 34 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 1 Sep

Ron Coomer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Rahimi & Grote Show · Ron Coomer & Brooke Fletcher talk Cubs-White Sox series (Hour 2) · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

And I I just look at him and matched

He reminds you of old school baseball. matched

He's not matched

popular with what he throws, it just works. matched

And that's that sinker slider changeup combination puts the ball in play and with our defense it works. matched

Do you feel like matched

Yeah. matched

Well I I would say I I listened uh to Will's comments after the PCA walk off Homer and I understood it. matched

I there's there's different trains of thought and and I we were talking about this in the booth yesterday well before the game with you know matched

Darren Jackson and Jeff Francore and I you know, ex players that played the year before this. matched

And we were always taught, and this is straight from my manager, this is from Joe Torre and um Kelly, uh Tom Kelly with Minnesota. matched

They would flat out say in the team meeting before the series, if they had a star player, we are gonna do our best not to have that guy beat us. matched

And I watched Roger Clemens in the final game of a series matched

ready to chew nails because Joe would not let him pitch to Barry Bonds. matched

And finally we're up eight to two in the seventh and Clem just looks into the dugout and the skipper just gives him the shrug of the shoulders like go ahead big boy go get him and matched

I'm playing first base and holding the runner on and I come off the bag and Bonds hit a ball so damn hard. matched

I went like, whoa and the ball went over my head and hit the upper deck, the third deck, and I flinched and I was like, Oh my god. matched

And and it makes sense, right? matched

And I I I went, Boy, skipper's pretty smart, man. matched

He's had my life in his hands, me playing that close to the hitter. matched

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