Baseball Is Dead Episode 151: Red Sox Fire Chaim Bloom

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

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Sports, Baseball

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom and we get Jared’s live reaction to the move. We recap Bloom’s tenure in Boston and talk about who might be next in line to take over baseball operations for the Red Sox. Max Scherzer is out for the season and is “unlikely” to pitch in the playoffs. We’re talking about how this affects the Rangers chances of success in the playoffs and Jared has a take that may surprise you. The Braves won their SIXTH straight division title and look to be going into the playoffs as World Series favorites. Joey breaks down the contract situation and comes to the conclusion that the Braves are all set for the rest of the decade. We also acknowledge the Rays as one of the better teams in the league over the last two months and wrap up with some final thoughts. Thanks for listening and we’ll see you on Monday! If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-777 7/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OR/ PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Min. $5 deposit required. Eligibility restrictions apply. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Draft King's Network.
0:05.0	I mean, this is a sport that's on the precipice of irrelevance.
0:11.0	The games are taking over three and a half hours,
0:13.0	playoff games are taking over four hours.
0:16.0	Games too long, too slow, who cares?
0:19.0	This is a situation where baseball is in trouble to begin with.
0:24.0	The NLD is officially dead.
0:26.5	Baseball is dead.
0:29.4	Rest.
0:32.0	The Thursday episode, we're almost at the weekend.
0:36.9	Everyone's excited.
0:38.1	The rays are back.
0:40.0	The Scherzer News is not good.
0:42.9	There's still one in baseball games.
0:44.9	The A's have lost 100 games.
0:47.8	Dallas.
0:49.9	Did you think we'd be here?
0:51.7	Did you think we'd get to this point?
0:54.9	How shocked are you?
0:59.7	You know, Jared, sometimes it's seasons like these that you feel like you can prepare for,
1:06.3	you can hunker down for should they come to fruition.
1:09.0	The struggles of a young team absolutely were real this season, but the fruit that is
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