Episode 25: Louis Robert to White Sox, live VR baseball, Cubs rain delay conspiracy, Roger Moore
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First and foremost: Bond. James Bond. RIP Roger Moore.
With that said, welcome to Episode 25 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast with Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple. This week’s Headlines kickoff with a discussion about Freddie Freeman and how the Braves hope to replace him with Matt Adams, the White Sox signing Cuban free agent Louis Robert, Chris Sale falling short of setting the record of nine consecutive games with 10 or strikeouts, MLB’s new competition committee (it’s for spitters!), live baseball games via virtual reality starting in June, umps reversing a call without going to video reply and one manager’s tirade over it, and the newest conspiracy theory to hit the mainstream: the secret of the Cubs rainouts.
This week’s Starting Nine, in honor of Memorial Day, features players with U.S. military names, generally speaking. Our weekly Devon Travis update leads off Are You Buying It?, before a deep-dive convo on what’s wrong with Andrew McCutchen, the wonderful Justin Bour, the soon to be sliding into oblivion Chase Headley, the powerless power of Xander Bogaerts, the launching of Yonder Alonso and the allure of Joe Berries, aka, Jose Berrios.
Extra Innings wraps up the episode with a look at the Golden State Warriors’ current 12-0 playoff run, David Ross hoarding the Cubs’ mojo to make it to the finals of Dancing With The Stars, Pippa Middleton’s royal-tastic wedding and the passing of 007 #4: Roger Moore. (For those shouting “Roger Moore is not number four, he’s number two!”, you’re forgetting David Niven, Sean Connery and George Lazenby, who all played Bond before Roger Moore.) Peace out, Sir Roger.
