Episode 38: All-celebrity, all the time; Cleveland Indians rise; Los Angeles Dodgers free-fall; poor man’s lattes; Hurricane Irma
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A week after sending thoughts and positive vibes to Hurricane Harvey experiencers, we’re doubling up a week later on those who suffered through Hurricane Irma. No more hurricanes, okay? We’re talking to you Jose, got it?
Episode 38 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast focuses more on “and stuff” than “baseball,” as co-host Jed Rigney goes deep into the celebrity hole. There are convos about Jed’s celeb brushes with Rob Huebel, Robert Davi, volleyball with Ed Norton (and Selma Hayek during the free-for-all) and Josh Robert Thompson. Even Rob Lowe makes an appearance (conversationally speaking) as Jed explains the proper way to make a poor man’s latte.
Once Jed and Jon get into Headlines, it’s all about the rise of the Cleveland Indians and the fall of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and why the Tribe’s dominance has made the streak less sexy. There’s also a discussion about Yu Darvish being the newest “fastest to …” player with his mark of 1000 strikeouts. We discuss Hurricane Irma and the media’s fascination with cheering for the worst outcome to gain ratings — as well as forcing the Rays to play at CitiField and the Marlins to play in Milwaukee, both as home series. Then there’s the unfurling of the racism protest (kinda?) flag in Boston and David Ortiz’s return to the Red Sox as a special something or other to someone important. The Tigers didn’t really throw intentionally at an ump, but Jed thinks he would as a manager and we wrap with very brief discussion about Shohei Otani’s desire to head west young man.
This week’s Starting Nine starts with a Hillary Clinton memetic war discussion before jumping into nine players with presidential runner-up names in honor of Clinton’s new book, “Wha’ Happen???”
Are You Buying It? takes a peek at the Cy Young Award candidates, where it’s too close to call in either league.
Show concludes with Extra Innings and a discussion about Penultimate Fighting, since, if it was ultimate you could use whatever necessary to win, including PEDs. ESPN’s odd non-punishment for an employee calling Trump a “white supremacist” because “that’s how I feel personally” seems to be a good defense. Show ends with both Selena Gomez and Larry King sharing they had top secret medical procedures over the summer.
