Episode 23: Matt Harvey woes, Cubs-Yankees marathon, Manny Ramirez, The Rock for President
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After last week’s technically challenged episode, Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple bounce back with a perfectly executed Episode 23 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast. After some banter of how Jed and Jon met via throughthefencebaseball.com, we kick into Headlines and what is becoming a new segment — “As the Mets Turn” — with a discussion about Matt Harvey’s team suspension and the real reason why (girl troubles), Zach Britton’s ailing elbow and the ever-changing closers throughout the league, Jameson Taillon’s treatment for suspected cancer, the silly talk following the Yankees-Cubs 18-inning affair, MLB investigating the Dodgers for alleged discrimination against war veteran Nick Francona, Ryan Howard being cut by the Braves and Manny Ramirez’s first home run for the Kochi Fighting Dogs.
This week’s Starting Nine is a tribute to Mother’s Day, and features players whose names sound TV mom-ish. And this week’s Are You Buying It? focus on teams instead of players with a review of the current divisional leaders and whether or not Jed thinks they are contenders or pretenders.
Show wraps with Extra Innings, a look at news outside the realm of baseball, and discussions about Aaron Hernandez’s murder conviction being expunged, the 2008 champ Celtics’ reunion sans Ray Allen, and three announcements: Shaquille O’Neal running for sheriff, Melrose Place star Antonio Sabato Jr. running for Congress and the-anything-is-possible-in-Trump’s-America news of the week: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson saying running for president is a real possibility. Only in America!
