Game of Thrones; Vladimir Guerrero Jr.; Dodgers First to 20; Corey Kluber Fracture; Jeopardy; Detective Pikachu; NFL Draft (Ep.102)
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First and foremost, how could we not talk (extensively) about Game of Thrones after “The Long Night” episode? We do, and we’re not apologizing for it.
Episode 102 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast introduces a new naming convention to coincide with the number of the episode. Since we ran out of player numbers with episode 100, we’re now using top 100 comedy films of all-time. Since we have to catch up, this week’s episode is the Some Like it Caddyshack edition (combo of #1 Some Like it Hot and #2 Caddyshack).
Kicking off the baseball portion of the show, before we get into the ever important Game of Thrones banter, here are this week’s Headlines:
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr, Carter Kieboom, Nate Lowe and Nick Senzel debut
- Struggling Nationals fire pitching coach Derek Lilliquist
- Matt Scherzer becomes third-fastest pitcher to 2,500 career Ks
- Nats’ Stephen Strasburg fewest innings to 1,500 career K’s
- Brewers Sign Gio Gonzalez
- CC Sabathia gets to 3000 Ks
- Dodgers are the first team to 20 wins
- Tim Anderson, Cody Bellinger win Player of the Month honors for April
- Tyler Glasnow and Luis Castillo win Pitcher of the Month
- Noah Syndergaard shaves beard, pitches a shutout and hits a home run
- Corey Kluber out with forearm break
- Red Sox no longer playing Fortnite in clubhouse
- Yanks’ Aaron Hicks plays outfield in rehab game
- Angels plan to activate Shohei Ohtani in coming weeks
- Jeopardy superstar may be drawing interest from MLB teams
- MLB attendance is down again, and rebuilding teams are getting hit hard
For this week’s Starting Nine, Jed Rigney offers nine players with names that sound like Animated films he’s seen, in honor of the upcoming release of Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Show wraps up with the longest Extra Innings in history with discussions about the NFL Draft, the NBA and NHL playoffs, the passing of Chewbacca actor Peter Mayhew and an analysis of last week’s episode of Game of Thrones (warning: spoiler alert!).
