Episode 40: Bend the knee; Wild Card race (yawn); Aaron Judge HRs; Playoff overview; NCAA hoops scandal
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First and foremost, congrats to Aaron Judge on setting the new HR record for a rookie!
Episode 40 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast — the ruby episode — kicks off with a fun topic: To kneel or not to kneel! It’s the question Americans are asking this week, so, of course, hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple address the controversy in the most nonpolitical way possible (kinda) for the first 14 minutes of the show. This is how our baseball podcast rolls!
We dive into this week’s Headlines by talking about the ho-hum pennant race with all spots locked (save for the survivor race for the final NL Wild Card spot), the Angels’ swan dive out of contention, the aforementioned Aaron Judge and his emergence as the top contender for ROY and MVP, Miguel Cabrera’s back woes, Red Sox going 15-3 in extras this season, extending protective nets following the unfortunate event in New York last week, Derek Jeter indirectly firing Marlins special assistants, and former MLB star Raul Mondesi going to jail for political corruption.
This week’s Starting Nine will make you thirsty: In honor of Oktoberfest, nine players with beer names. Here’s to beer!
Are You Buying It? focuses on the playoff teams, and who Jed is and isn’t buying. Teaser: He’s not too keen on his Red Sox making a deep run!
This week’s Extra Innings, what’s going on outside the world of baseball, gives us Carmelo Anthony’s trade from the Knicks to the Thunder, the FBI sting that brought down NCAA basketball’s “secret” recruitment house of cards and Rick Pitino in the process, and Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian both being pregnant — yippee!
