Baseball Is Dead Episode 3: Rings Over Perfect Games

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

DraftKings

Sports, Baseball

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Jared, Dallas, and Joey are back for episode three to discuss an eventful beginning to the week for Major League Baseball. Of course, the story on everyone's mind is Clayton Kershaw being pulled after seven perfect innings against the Twins. Dallas describes his reaction when he saw that Kershaw wasn't on the mound for the 8th inning and discusses the long term impact that throwing a perfect game could have on a team, its fans and the game of baseball, but also factors in the importance of winning and staying healthy into a manager's decision to pull a pitcher in this situation. But first, Jared reacts to John Sterling's botched home run call and insists that the baseball Gods must be on his side for him to have heard it live on the radio. The guys also break down Brett Phillips' pitching performance and Dallas's call of his incredible catch as well as Phillips hitting his longest and hardest hit home run after receiving a good-luck bracelet from a girl who is battling cancer for the second time. We also touch on the video that went viral of Alec Bohm saying he hates Philadelphia, the Cleveland Guardians' consistently ridiculous offense, the situation with Gabe Kapler, an ejection during the Padres/Giants game that led to the first female coach to ever step on a field during a MLB game, and Albert Pujols hitting his first home run as a Cardinal since 2011 and whether he is actually the age that he says he is. Enjoy! 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), 888-789-7777/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	I mean, this is a sport that's on the precipice of irrelevance.
0:04.0	The games are taking over three and a half hours. Playoff games are taking over four hours.
0:09.1	Games too long, too slow. Who cares?
0:12.6	This is a situation where baseball is in trouble to begin with.
0:17.2	The NLD is officially dead.
0:19.5	Baseball is dead.
0:23.6	Rest in peace.
0:25.6	I don't know where to start.
0:30.3	I know that we, there's a lot of different places that we could start today.
0:34.2	I feel like I have to start with John Sterling.
0:40.1	I feel like I have to start with John Sterling. And this is, by the way,
0:44.8	this is not to make fun of John Sterling. I feel like it kind of is. I feel like I feel like I feel like I need is. Because if we're being honest, if this podcast were a kill on the serengeti,
0:52.9	right? And we're just a pack of hyenas. I feel like you're the hyena
0:57.8	that's like, yeah, fuck it. I'll start at the antler here. I'm going to just chew on the antler.
1:02.2	There's a lot of other meaty portions that we can dive into, but you want to start at the antler.
1:07.7	And you know what? I'm okay with that. Yeah, okay. Thank you. I appreciate that.
1:11.7	That's why I love it. I just, I want to celebrate John Sterling is what I want to do. I want to
1:18.3	celebrate him. So I'll just start with this. Let me, let me paint the scene. Let me paint the scene
1:23.7	Dallas. So I was, uh, the Red Sox had a one o'clock game yesterday.
1:31.2	Got the dub,
1:32.9	knocked Eddie around,
1:33.9	which was sad.
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