Episode 82: Brock Holt Cycle; Divsion Series Yawners; Giancarlo Stanton Scapegoat(?); Kris Bryant Extension Nix; MLB in Las Vegas; Drew Brees
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First and foremost, how about that Brock Holt cycle in Boston’s 16-1 route of the Yankees in game three of the ALDS?
Episode 82 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast—the Johnny Lazor episode (only player in MLB history to wear 82 in the bigs)—kicks of this week’s Headlines with a discussion of how *yawn* boring *yawn* all four series were, save for the inkling of game four drama in the bottom of the ninth between the Yankees and Red Sox. The biggest story was how both teams trolled each other with Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York.” *yawn* Lest we forget, the Brock Holt cycle was a big deal since it was the first cycle in MLB postseason history. Let that sink in for a moment—the Brock Holt cycle will forever be etched in MLB lore. Brock Holt. And lest we forget, too, Giancarlo Stanton laid a giant egg in his first postseason.
Brewers and Astros dominated, and the Dodgers look more like the Dodgers everyone expected to see all season long. Jed expects a Red Sox-Dodgers showdown in the World Series, and Jon goes for Astros-Brewers, just because.
In other Headlines, Angel Hernandez made headlines during the Yankees-Red Sox series for all the wrong reasons. For someone pushing a law suit asking why he has been overlooked as an umpire crew chief, Angel made a pretty good case for why he’s not. The Indians retired the Chief Wahoo logo following their ouster, word on the street is Kris Bryant turned down a $200 million dollar extension from the Cubs during the regular season, the Marlins acquired significant international slot money to help lure the Mesa brothers by trading Kyle Barraclough to the Nationals, Astros sell out ALDS tickets in three minutes, Tigers announcers relieved of their jobs following late-season broadcast booth scuffle over a chair, MLB raises its hand and asks for a share of casino bet proceeds, social media explodes over rumors of MLB expanding in Las Vegas and Lenny Dykstra, god love him, is indicted on cocaine, meth and terroristic threat charges.
Starting Nine features nine players with NASA film-related names in honor of First Man, starring Ryan Gosling, opening this weekend. Around the Horn focuses on the most important player on each team for the NLCS and ALCS, while Extra Innings takes a look outside the world of baseball with banter about the NBA season kicking off next week and who will replace the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference, Drew Brees becoming the the all-time passing yardage leader in NFL history, and Kanye West meeting with Donald Trump to talk about something positive (maybe?) over lunch.
