“Beyond the Bylines” streamed early this week because Joe Starkey is heading on the road for a few days. So he joined me from the comfort of his car in a high school parking lot before coaching basketball.
The two of us got going quickly as we exchanged heated volleys about Evgeni Malkin’s new contract. We also had some pretty strong opinions about Paul Skenes, Braxton Ashcraft, the Pirates’ pitching rotation in general and Derek Shelton’s return to Pittsburgh on Friday.
Ben Roethlisberger has some hot takes on Drew Allar, and Joe has an offbeat thought on maybe adding yet another quarterback to the Steelers mix.
Plus, we get into some deep discussion about Gettysburg, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, ghost tours and school cafeteria ice cream treats.