Episode 56: JD Martinez moves East; Eric Hosmer heads West; trades aplenty; Miami-Dade sues Loria, Marlins; every team’s “wild card”; hacking the Olympic halfpipe
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First and foremost, how about that JD Martinez finally signing with the Boston Red Sox? About time, huh?
In Episode 56 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast — the Al Leiter episode — Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple kick off the show apologizing for last week’s hilarious and unintended butchering of the Netflix show Grace and Frankie, before getting into this week’s Headlines, including JD Martinez and Eric Hosmer finally signing, the Rays’ ongoing downsizing with the Jake Odorizzi traded to the Twins — along with the surprising DFA of Corey Dickerson, the three-team trade that sent Steven Souza packing and the signing of Carlos Gomez — Cuban defector Juan Pablo Martinez gaining free-agent status, more pace of play initiatives, MLB teams paying tribute to Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS, Miami-Dade County suing Jeffrey Loria and the Marlins, the Angels lowering their outfield walls, Elias Diaz’s mom rescued from kidnappers and New Jersey Little League being investigating for post-LLWS cash issues.
This week’s Starting Nine pays tribute to Black History Month with a list of nine players with Negro League team names. Around the Horn was a big success last week (was it?), so we’re back again with every team in MLB’s “wild card,” a reference one of Jed’s favorite shows, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
Show wraps with Extra Innings, as usual, and discussions about Louisville having to vacate it’s 2013 nation tittle, US citizen “skis” for Hungary in the halfpipe after qualifying in an unconventional way, the USA women’s hockey gold-medal victory, and Fergie’s butchering of the national anthem at the NBA All-Star game.
