Episode 34: More trades! Bartman gets ring; Adrian Beltre; Stephen King; best baseball movies; Anna Faris-Chris Pratt
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Tune in for the new segment Seventh Inning Stretch, where we talk about the top five best baseball movies of all time!
Tech woes show up for Episode 34 when a faulty microphone causes havoc at the outset, but once again, hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple persevere because that’s who they are — a couple of guys with a lot of time on their hands, apparently.
Before the show gets into high gear, Jed and Jon discuss morning wood, coffee sponsors and Jed’s surefire recipe for iced latte perfection. Listen. Learn. Enjoy.
The show kicks off with a PSA about Clint Hurdle’s managerial ineptitude before moving to this week’s Headlines about ongoing trades (Mariners nab Yonder Alonso and Justin Verlander to Astros rumors), Gary Sanchez getting a day off for shitty defense, Steven Piscotty being sent to the minors despite signing a six-year extension earlier this year (don’t miss the side convo about the vampire mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows!), the passing of Darren Daulton and Don Baylor, Steve Bartman getting a World Series ring from the Cubs to help make amends for the 2003 foul ball incident heard round the world, Adrian Beltre’s 3,000th hit and hair issues, Pete Rose being Pete Rose, the end of the Freddie Freeman 3B experience in Atlanta, and Little League Softball removing a team from the World Series after several players flipped-off their opposition in a Snapchat post. Oops.
This week’s Starting Nine is a salute to the film release of Dark Tower and writer Stephen King. If you’re a Stephen King fan, you won’t want to miss this. Maybe.
New segment debut! To add even more pop culture to the podcast, Seventh Inning Stretch will feature top five lists about movies, TV, music, and other stuff Jed finds interesting. This week: Top five baseball movies. In the mix are Field of Dreams, Bull Durham, Moneyball, Bad News Bears, Major League, The Natural, The Sandlot and Bingo Long’s Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings. Listen to learn who Jed and Jon have at the top of their lists.
This week’s Are You Buying It? focuses on recent rookie call-ups: Derek Fisher, Ozzie Albies, Yoan Moncada, Rafael Devers and Amed Rosario. Who’s Jed buying?
Extra Innings ends the show with a discussion about the HBO hack and the culture of spoilers, Anna Faris and Chris Pratt calling it a day — and why, and Chris Brown caught lurking in Rihanna’s Instagram account. Good times!
