Baseball Is Dead Episode 70: Hall Of Fame + Pirates Mt. Rushmore

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

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Baseball, Sports

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 139 minutes

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Congratulations to Scott Rolen for getting into the Hall of Fame! Today we're reacting to the HOF voting results and seeing who fell short as well as notable names on upcoming ballots. The Angels are now NOT up for sale and we discuss what this means for the future of Shohei Ohtani in Anaheim. The Marlins have been active on the trade market and we're trying to decipher what their long term plan is. The Red Sox traded for Adalberto Mondesí and we're discussing if he might lead the league in stolen bases if he's healthy, or if he can get on base enough. The Oakland A's handed out a one-year mega deal to Jesús Aguilar and we're looking how it might affect season ticket sales as well as the overall economy in Oakland. At the end of the episode we're bringing back the Mt. Rushmore segment and kicking it off with the Pirates! 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	Pst, did you know? You can order McDelivery deals like the Feed the Family Deal from 1499. That's four selected burgers, two medium fries and two small fries. Who's in then? Oh yeah, me. And me? Mood
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0:42.4	That's as the price.
0:43.8	Selected stores and lines subject to availability.
0:45.8	Lamb offer ends 20th of April.
0:47.2	Vegge offer ends 21st of April.
0:48.6	Excludes Zadzer Express.
0:50.1	I mean, this is a sport that's on the precipice of irrelevance.
0:54.5	The games are taking over three and a half hours.
0:56.4	Playoff games are taking over four hours.
0:59.1	Games too long, too slow. Who cares?
1:02.6	This is a situation where baseball is in trouble to begin with.
1:06.9	The NLD is officially dead.
1:10.7	Baseball is dead.
1:12.7	Rest in peace.
1:15.9	But 15 seconds before we went live on the show,
1:20.3	I figured that there wasn't a ton to talk about,
1:24.3	and then we established that there's actually a lot to talk about.
1:26.7	We have the Hall of Fame. Congratulations to Scott Rowland. But unfortunately, the players who didn't make it.
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