Episode 62: Opening Day Recap; Soft Tossing; Adrian Beltre Record; Shohei Ohtani HRs; Dodgers Doldrums; Giancarlo Stanton Booed; Gabe Kapler Kerfuffle; The Masters
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First and foremost, so much for all that Spring Training banter about Shohei Ohtani not cutting it as an MLB hitter.
Episode 62 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast—the Sean Doolittle episode—takes a fond look back at last week’s Opening Day excitement and the elegance of soft-tossing. In this week’s Headlines, hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple talk about Adrian Beltre reaching a hitting landmark for players from Latin America, Bartolo Colon potentially surpassing Juan Marichal as the DR’s all-time winning pitcher (assuming he gets more starts), Shohei Ohtani making naysayers look silly after belting two homers and picking up a W in his first week in MLB, Joe Panik single-handedly taking down the Dodgers and contributing to L.A.’s worst start in 20 years, Nelson Cruz landing on the DL after over-celebrating a home run, players galore hitting the 10-day DL, Giancarlo Stanton getting booed in his Yankee Stadium debut after striking out five times, Yasmani Tomas living comfortably in the minor leagues on $42 million, Phillies manager Gabe Kapler managing the bullpen like a Little League coach trying to get everyone in the game (including calling on a pitcher who had yet to warm up), Mets and Phillies in the first-ever, Facebook-exclusive MLB broadcast, Rockies locking up The Beard (Charlie Blackmon) through 2021, attorney for the estate of Jose Fernandez saying the pitcher was framed in his deadly boat accident, and Hankook becoming the official tire of MLB.
This week’s Starting Nine pays tribute to “Roseanne” and its triumphant return to television with ’80s TV show sounding names. Quite possible the best Starting Nine lineup from top to bottom.
Show wraps with the crowd-pleasing Extra Innings and a look outside the world of baseball. This week features the yawner of championship game with Villanova running roughshod over Michigan to cap off “March Sanity,” the hype surrounding The Masters and it being called the greatest ever before it even started, and the excitement surrounding the next installment of The Avengers.
