Episode 73: Big Trades; Daniel Poncedeleon bounces back; Anthony Rizzo pitches; Steaming Pile of Mets; Viral Video; Buyers/Sellers; James Gunn; Taco Bell Botulism
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First and foremost, how about Daniel Poncedeleon bouncing back from a possible career-ending injury to throw seven no-hit innings in his MLB debut?
Episode 73 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast—the Ricardo Rincon episode—starts with some technical challenges before finding what you could call its “Daniel Poncedeleon” rhythm.
This week’s Headlines feature trades galore—Zach Britton to the Yankees, Jeurys Familia to the A’s, Seung Hwan Oh to the Rockies and Nathan Eovaldi to the Red Sox—as well as Noah Syndergaard’s hand, foot and mouth disease (Let’s Go Mets!), Gary Sanchez’s lack of hustle (or hamstring), Bryce Harper’s derby ball, Stephen Strasberg and Max Scherzer’s dugout misunderstanding, Anthony Rizzo’s pitching debut, Yoenis Cespedes’ bone issues (Let’s Go Mets!), Cubs’ foul ball viral video, Derek Jeter’s pettiness gambling, Billy Butler’s softball prowess, Orioles players’ elevator woes, Washington’s shallow pockets for assistant GM Doug Harris’ Go Fund Me for battling leukemia, and Tim Tebow’s broken hamate bone (Let’s Go Mets!).
Winnie the Pooh takes center stage for this week’s Starting Nine: nine players with children’s story names. Jed delivers big-time with a single, double and triple!
Around the Horn takes us through each teams’ status as either a seller or buyer, and Extra Innings ends the show with a look outside the world of baseball and stories on pepper spray interrupting the Tour de France, James Gunn getting ousted from Guardians of the Galaxy 3, Demi Lovato’s heroin overdose and Kraft Heinz recalling Taco Bell cheese dip for a botulism risk.
