Episode 80: NL Pennant Races; Red Sox Records; Roberto Asuna; A.J. Hinch vs. Ken Giles; David Wright; Barry Larkin; Pizza Spit
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First and foremost, how much fun have the the NL pennant races been this past week?
Episode 80 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast focuses on the nail-biting NL pennant races: Who’s in? Who’s out? Who cares, it’s great baseball! The Rockies and Brewers are hot, the Cubs and Dodgers are not, and the Cardinals still have an outside shot. Five teams still in the hunt with four games to go. Go baseball! Hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple discuss playoff races, the Red Sox setting franchise records for wins, Roberto Asuna having assault charges dropped but still getting boos in his return to Toronto, A.J. Hinch defending the Astros culture after former reliever Ken Giles offered some not so rosy insights, the Giants relieving Bobby Evans from GM duties, Barry Larkin turning down a chance to interview for the Reds manager job, David Wright returning to the Mets for one final start on Saturday, Mike Scioscia changing his mind about managing next year, Bryce Harper reaching 100 RBI, Shohei Ohtani opting for TJS and a Tigers Ballpark worker getting fired and charged for spitting on a pizza.
This week’s Starting Nine is a nod to Autumnal Equinox with nine players with autumn-sounding names. Around the Horn reviews postseason hardware probables for MVP, Cy Young and ROY, and for the first time in the history of FT, there is no Extra Innings content because it’s too darn dangerous to talk about anything other than baseball! Well, until next week, at least.
