Cubs Collapse; Wild Card Down to the Wire; Twins to 300 HRs; Bryce Harper Heckle; The Joker; NFL to 17 Games? (Ep.111)
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First and foremost, how about that Cubs collapse? Yikes!
Episode 111 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast—the Dirty Rotten Scoundrels edition—gains some late-season momentum with back-to-back episodes for the first time since the trade deadline. Woohoo! And whatever Jed Rigney is on during this episode we hope to brand it and sell it soon! Apparently, whatever it is, it makes you feel good! On to this week’s Headlines:
- Indians, Athletics, Rays battle for final playoff spots
- Brewers seal playoff spot by eliminating Cubs, Mets
- Three years after having the worst record in baseball, Twins secure AL Central crown
- Twins become first team in MLB history to hit 300 HRs
- Record number of strikeouts for 12th straight season
- Injury ruins Ronald Acuna’s quest for a 40/40 season
- Agent Scott Boras rips MLB over wet bases after Kris Bryant slips and gets injured
- Brycer Harper thinks Nationals fans’ heckling crossed the line
- Astros’ Zack Greinke loses no-hitter with one out in ninth
- Red Sox fire Dave Dombrowski
- Theo Epstein dispels Boston rumors, says he is “focused on” Cubs
- Angels may go after Joe Maddon
- Padres fire Andy Green
- Mike Trout says ’19 is his best year yet
- Yankees’ Domingo German declared ineligible for postseason
- MLB commissioner Rob Manfred says “some changes” need to be made to juiced ball
- Athletics reliever Lou Trivino out for season after cracking rib in shower
This week’s Starting Nine is in honor the weekend premiere of the film The Joker with nine players with Joaquin Phoenix film names. In our final Around the Horn of the regular season, Jed runs through a recap of each team’s 2019 season. The show ends with Extra Innings and a lock outside the world of baseball at NFL Owners proposing 17-game season, the NFL Choosing DraftKings as its Daily Fantasy partner and Jed getting a kick out of Jon reading a headline he has no clue about: Wendy Williams supports Diddy after Cassie marries Alex Fine.
