Quote of the Week
“ I miss the Red Sox. I wish they were playing this year. ”
– Stephen King, author and Boston fan
This Week in Baseball
World Series Winner...
This week the Dodgers were the first team to get 20 wins. In the last three years the first team to win 20 games also won the World Series. That's great news for the Dodgers because if there's one thing that's certain about baseball, it's that it is a very predictable sport with extremely consistent outcomes. (Editor's Note: The previous sentence is sarcasm.)
Pitch Out...
The struggling Nationals have fired pitching coach Derek Lilliquist. In other Nationals pitching news, Max Scherzer becoming the third-fastest pitcher to 2,500 career Ks and Stephen Strasburg reaching 1,500 career Ks in the fewest innings ever. So, congratulations to them and to their pitching coach-- oh, wait.
Surgical Precision...
Indians ace Corey Kluber won't need surgery on his broken right arm. Kluber sustained a non-displaced fracture of his ulna bone when he was hit by a line drive against Miami. The biggest surprise was that anyone from the Marlins could even hit the ball.
More Like Fort-Not...
A report came out earlier this week that the Red Sox had banned playing Fortnite in the clubhouse this season because players were spending too much time on it before games. Pitcher and noted video game enthusiast David Price said, "There is no ban on Fortnite. That’s not true." Then he added, "I can quit whenever I want. IT'S NOT AN ADDICTION!"
Crowd Source...
MLB attendance is down again, but only slightly so. Last year the attendance drop was blamed mostly on bad weather, but this year rebuilding teams have seen the sharpest attendance drops. Compared to last April, overall attendance is down a total of about 80,000 fans – that's the equivalent of two Yankees games or one Marlins season.
On the Air
“ Pyramid schemes are bad. But the world needs pyramids. Otherwise why would the aliens have made them? ”
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Game of Thrones; Vladimir Guerrero Jr.; Dodgers First to 20; Corey Kluber Fracture; Jeopardy; Detective Pikachu; NFL Draft (Ep.102)
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 …
Going Deep
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Better Luck Next Time, Chris Sale
Poor Chris Sale It’s bad enough that Chris Sale’s breaking pitches are sweeping across home plate on a hittable plane, affording batters juicy looks at pitches that once bewitched them, but then batters smack the ball straight at a Boston …
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Luke Voit Delivers the Wow for Depleted Yankees
Oh, that Luke … … is Luke Voit. The big first baseman. Home-run hitter. And the man making Yankee fans forget … Greg who? Greg Bird. Oh. Him. Yawn. Injured again? Too bad. So, asking Luke Voit what have you …
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Would You Pitch to Mike Trout?
Would You? Why would any team throw strikes to Mike Trout, as things stand right now with the Los Angeles Angels? When the game is on the line, would any rational manager allow his pitcher to throw a fastball to …
Off Base
