Episode 52: Bitcoin; Pirates abandon ship; Andrew McCutchen & Gerrit Cole; Christian Yelich; pitch clock; NFL playoffs; Nancy Pelosi
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First and foremost, the Pirates have officially walked the plank with trades of Andrew McCutchen and Gerrit Cole. Is Josh Harrison next?
Episode 52 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast — the CC Sabathia episode — is still mired in the Hot Stove doldrums, so there is talk of Bitcoins and cryptocurrencies and Trump’s fake news awards, before hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple dive into this week’s Headlines and the dismantling of the Pirates with Andrew McCutchen and Gerrit Cole heading to San Francisco and Houston, respectively, Christian Yelich crying on his big money pillow about the state of the Marlins and demanding a trade, the Fish wanting Braves top prospect Ronald Acuna in return for Yelich, the ongoing saga of who caves first between the Red Sox and JD Martinez, Curtis Granderson signs with Toronto, Adrian Gonzalez signs with the Mets, Addison Reed signs with the Twins, and the MLBPA disses the idea of a pitch clock to improve speed of play.
In honor of Pittsburgh’s fire sale, this week’s Starting Nine serves up nine players with actual pirate names. Aaargh!
And fresh from the humor mill that is Jed’s mind, a new desk bit: Baseball Philosophy (think Jack Handy).
This week’s show wraps with old reliable, Extra Innings, and a look outside the world of baseball, with the NFL Playoffs, Hawaii going ballistic over a false missile alert, Amazon’s HQ2 search narrowing to 20 cities, Nancy Pelosi getting all fabulous as a new judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars, and Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” finding himself in a serious situation after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
