Episode 54: Winter Olympics; Lorenzo Cain; Chief Wahoo; Barry Bonds; Tim Lincecum; Joe Girardi; Super Bowl; Cavaliers
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First and foremost, it’s Winter Olympics time — someone remind Jed!
Episode 54 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast — the Goose Gossage episode — opens up with some Olympic banter before Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple jump into this week’s Headlines, and discuss the free-agent signings of Lorenzo Cain with the Brewers and Todd Frazier with the Mets, the always entertaining “What’s not new with J.D. Martinez,” extending the protective nets to the ends of the dugouts for 2018 (yuck), MBLPA setting up a spring training site for unsigned players (which may be the biggest camp of them all), Kenley Jansen suggesting a strike, Barry Bonds’ number to be retired by the Giants, Marlins firing guy in the Billy the Marlin mascot suit, Tim Lincecum’s new and improved comeback, Joe Girardi joining MLB Network as a commentator, MLB recording dugout phone convos to eliminate sign stealing (Whoa! Big brother!), pace-of-play suggestions and time clock BS. Can you tell we were off last week?
This week’s Starting Nine takes us all the way back to last week’s Grammy Awards with players who have Grammy winner names. No Shin-Soo Choo this week. Sad.
Show wraps with the always entertaining Extra Innings and a look outside the world of baseball, with discussions about the Super Bowl and why Patriots fan Jed went to the movies instead of watching the game, Josh McDaniels bailing on the Colts in what might possibly go down as “Kraft’s Revenge” for Deflate Gate, the gorgeous Jimmy Garoppolo becoming the highest paid player in the NFL, Seahawks QB Russell Wilson getting traded to the Yankees, the Cavaliers blowing up their roster, more Winter Olympics and, finally, will Black Panther live up to the hype?
