Hosts Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple take an offbeat look at the world of baseball. Jon is a veteran writer currently involved in a love affair with the English language. Jed is an award-winning filmmaker who fancies himself a baseball writer.
Episode 19: Hot Twins, Yadier’s sticky ball, postseason award picks, United Airlines fiasco
Jed Rigney celebrated his birthday last weekend at Citi Field, and he shares his insights about the mystifying acoustics, looney fans and everyone crushing on Noah Syndergaard. Jed and cohost Jon Sumple then jump into this week’s Headlines, discussing the …
Episode 18: Opening Day(s), Hot-Not, Playoff Predictions, Pepsi Ad Fail
Opening Day is finally upon us, and Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple chat about the Sunday-Monday opening day activities on Episode 18 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast. The show kicks off with a new sponsor – HOPE – something …
Episode 17: Opening Day, Trump, NL Central Preview, Brexit
For Episode 17 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast, Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple wax poetic about the beauty of opening day, why President Trump won’t be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Nationals-Marlins game, Yadier Molina closing …
Episode 16: WBC wrap-up, AL Central preview, March Madness
It’s Episode 16 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast, and Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple recap the Word Baseball Classic finale, which was far from classic, along with Christian Yelich emerging as a household name (Christian, who?), Kevin Kiermaier and …
Episode 15: Ho-hum WBC, Kris Bryant, NL East projections
Episode 15 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast opens up with a discussion about Jed Rigney’s first experience with an almost-blizzard named Stella and Jon Sumple’s friends and family who were blanketed by the storm that avoided Jed and New …
Episode 14: David Price, David Ross, biometric monitoring, Adele
Episode 14 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast kicks off with the bit about not having a bit, which may become a standing bit for times when co-host Jed Rigney has no bit prepared for the big segment. Jed’s counterpart, …
Episode 13: Spring Training, Dellin Betances, Tim Tebow, Daytona
On episode 13 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast, Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple talk spring training baseball, brought to you by our sponsor “Spring Training Baseball.” We also dive into the Yankees arbitration spat between Randy Levine and Dellin …
Episode 12: 2017 kickoff, 2016 rewind
For Episode 12 of Foul Territory, Jed Rigney and Jon Sumple kick off the 2017 season with a recap of why Foul Territory came to a sudden halt last season. Considering the gap between the last show and this one, …
Episode 11: MLB Trade Deadline Recap
For Episode 11 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast, Jed dusts off his patented Baldwin Brothers ranking system to evaluate whether teams delivered a much-desired “Alec” rating vs. the oh-no, we’re a “Daniel.” Complete rundown of every team in MLB, …
Episode 10: Aroldis Chapman, Chris Sale, Rob Kardashian
This is the real Episode 10 of “Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast” since we somehow lost track and skipped a number along the way (Jon’s fault!). Jed and Jon talk a little politics and introduce a new sponsor, before jumping …
