Baseball Is Dead Episode 35: Mets Steamroll The Braves

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

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Sports, Baseball

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2022

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Baseball is dead? Nah. Over the weekend the MLB set a record for the largest one-day crowd total since 2019. Dallas is crediting the A's even though everyone at the Coliseum were Giants fans. Jared gets a tweet saying that he's everything that's wrong with America and we give our takes on whether that's true. The Mets took four of five from the Braves and we're getting Joey's live reaction to his division hopes going down the drain. They also caught the Yankees in the standings, who haven't won a game since they traded Joey Gallo. Meanwhile, the Dodgers haven't lost a game since acquiring Gallo. The Dodgers/Padres series was a dud because the Dodgers blew out the Padres in almost every game and reminded them that they're still king of the AL West. Dallas thinks we shouldn't sleep on the Cardinals and Joey reminds us that Albert Pujols does damage against lefties. The Mariners have a new clubhouse dog which gets us thinking which animals we should introduce to the Red Sox and Braves clubhouses. The Phillies set a franchise record with 14 home runs in four games while sweeping the Nats; Jared thinks the Phillies are good. We end the episode with a heated discussion on whether Daniel Vogelbach is fat, and Jared plans to find out in person tonight. 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 do 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.
0:19.8	Baseball is dead.
0:21.8	Rest in peace.
0:24.2	Starting there, I saw that tweet yesterday about the attendance from MLB Communications.
0:33.8	Saturday's games drew 596,775 fans.
0:42.7	The numbers are hard, dude.
0:44.2	You think reading words is hard?
0:46.0	Numbers are way harder.
0:48.3	The largest one-day total for an MLB crowd since 2019 traditional opening day.
0:54.9	Yesterday's average crowd was 35,104.
1:00.3	You want to know who you can thank for that?
1:04.2	I would like to take a moment to thank the Oakland A's fans who showed up yesterday and the day before yesterday to the Bay Bridge series,
1:16.7	to the finale of the Bay Bridge series, because that's what it was, Jared.
1:20.3	It was two days of 35 plus thousand. Watching the Oakland Athletics
1:27.5	baseball franchise perform baseball activities on the baseball field.
1:33.3	Mainstream media doesn't want to cover it.
1:35.6	It was the day.
1:36.6	That's right.
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