Del Jones On "At The Bat: The Strikeout That Shamed America", Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup Chances, DiDi Richards' Comeback, Start-Bench-Cut (Acuna-Guerrero-Soto-Tatis)
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English - April 18, 2021 22:22 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSports Comedy maple leafs sports la lakers nhl la clippers jumbo joe mlb doc rivers toronto nba Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Alex, Chris, Jesse, Jon, and Josh discuss Marc-Andre Fleury's milestone of passing Ed Belfour for sole possession of fourth most wins by a goaltender (5:50), the Toronto Maple Leafs' chances of winning their first Stanley Cup since 1967 (8:56), and takeaways from the young MLB season (20:17). The crew offer their Qualin Awards (23:54), and play a round of Start-Bench-Cut focused on budding MLB superstars (30:06). Alex interviews longtime USA Today columnist and author Del Jones to discuss his book, "At The Bat: The Strikeout That Shamed America" (37:07). Del recounts the fascinating time period of the 1880s (when his historical fiction novel takes place), and how he paid homage to actual people in his book (44:56). Del offers his perspective on what needs to change in the modern game of baseball (49:12), and gives a brief history of the evolution of the game from the dawn of professional baseball in 1871 to the current game (50:43). Del ends the episode by sharing some hilarious and surprising stories of his time umpiring baseball and slow-pitch softball (56:19).