Episode 71: All-Star Selections; Phillies Reach First; M’s Extend Dipoto; Mark Reynolds Hits & Pitches; Rays New Stadium; World Cup; LeBron James
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First and foremost, the All-Star selections are in! Who’s worthy and who isn’t?
Episode 71—the Josh Hader episode—of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast is in the books, and hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple talk Tour de France and World Cup before jumping into this week’s Headlines, including All-Star selections and snubs, Yankees and Red Sox entering the Manny Machado chase, Phillies reaching first place in the NL East, Mariners extending Tradin’ Jerry Dipoto, Shin-Soo Choo’s reaching base in 48 straight games, Indians bullpen snafu, M’s catcher Mike Marjama leaving the show for a gig with the National Eating Disorder Association, Mark Reynolds getting 10 RBI the day before mopping up in relief, Daniel Descalso and Alex Avila taking the bump for the D-backs, the Astros walking off in the goofiest of ways, Ken Giles getting demoted from closer to AAA, Rays unveiling plans for a $900 million+ new stadium in Ybor City, Papa Slam going bye-bye (thankfully), Citi Field vendor choking and dying, Jenrry Mejia getting reinstated after a lifetime ban, and fans potentially using fingerprints and facial scans to acquire tickets.
This week’s Starting Nine gives us nine players with landmark Supreme Court case names, and the show ends with Extra Innings and a brief chat about the World Cup, bull-goring in the running of the bulls in Pamplona, LeBron James selling a comedy film to Paramount that he intends to star in, and Mariah Carey being caught lip-syncing in the opening show of her Las Vegas residency.
