* Now hear these: Baseball Confidential

So where’s this merger of XM and Sirius I keep hearing about?

When my wife leased her car, it came with a trial subscription to Sirius, which, of course, is the satellite radio station that does not carry the baseball channel.

Nevertheless, I found this entertaining series of Baseball Confidential on iTunes and highly recommend it, based on the interview with Hall of Fame pitcher Bruce Sutter. The program was hosted by the Hall’s Brad Horn and produced in a very professional manner (as opposed to those podcasts that sound like the host is talking into a tin can in a wind tunnel; even some of ESPN’s content is guilty of these crimes against audio. Shame, shame.)

In addition to Sutter, the interviewees include:

• Mike Schmidt
• Cal Ripkin, Jr.
• Tony Gwynn
• Earl Weaver
• Tommy Lasorda (who was also on a Barnes and Noble podcast and, sadly, does not come off very well there either)
• Derek Jeter (the only active player)

It’s worth noting that everyone but Sutter has been the subject and/or author of a book.

By the way, XM offers a free trial.