Tyler Skaggs RIP; MLB All-Star Selections; Albert Pujols in St. Louis; Mets’ Ongoing Dumpster Fire; Taylor Swift (Ep.106)
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First and foremost, our condolences go out to the friends and family of Tyler Skaggs following his unexpected passing this week. Horrible day for baseball. RIP Tyler.
Episode 106 of Foul Territory: A Baseball Podcast—the “Young Frankenstein” edition—kicks off on a somber note with the passing of Tyler Skaggs. Other Headlines this week include:
- MLB All-Star selections and reserves
- Tampa Bay Rays given permission to pursue two-city solution with Montreal
- MLB and MLBPA begin negotiations
- Albert Pujols gets a ton of love upon his return to St. Louis
- Yankees HR streak still chugging along
- Pete Alonso tops Daryl Strawberry’s Mets rookie HR mark with his 27 (at the halfway point!)
- Mets manager Mickey Callaway and pitcher Jason Vargas curse out a reporter
- Mets GM denies discussing moves with coaching staff during games
- Mets sorry for having two living alums included in a memorial
- Dodgers to extend stadium netting after foul ball hospitalizes another fan
- Yankees broadcaster’s remarkable 30-year streak is ending
- Red Sox hoping Nathan Eovaldi can help fix bullpen problems
- July 2 International Signings
- Cody Bellinger pleads with fans to stop running on the field to hug him
In honor of the upcoming release of the action movie spinoff from the Fast and Furious franchise, Hobbs and Shaw, this week’s Starting Nine features nine players with spinoff movie names. For Around the Horn, Jed offers who should and shouldn’t have made the All-Star teams (where’s Xander Bogaerts?), and Extra Innings takes a look at the NBA free-agency signing period frenzy, the women’s World Cup, the Taylor Swift vs. Scooter Braun saga and the unfortunate times of South Korean Singer-actor Park Yoo-chun, who was sentenced for drug use.
