Baseball Is Dead Episode 9: The New Alpha Ump (Feat. Jason Krizan)

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

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Sports, Baseball

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

With Joe West now retired, everyone has been waiting for the next Alpha Umpire of MLB to step up and claim the crown. Dan Bellino officially put his name in the hat this week during one of the most bizarre player/umpire interactions in recent memory where he stared directly at Madison Bumgarner for an uncomfortably long time during a hand check for sticky substances. Jared, Dallas, and Joey break down this unusual moment and try to figure out why it happened. The guys also get into some other topics from baseball this week which include the Yankees win-streak coming to an end, Dallas's call of Mike Zunino's game tying home run on the A's broadcast, John Sterling being up to his old tricks again, Aaron Judge's hot streak and moment with fan in Toronto, and Eric Hosmer being the hottest hitter in baseball. We also catch up with Jason Krizan who over the weekend played in his first MLB game and recorded his first hit in the big leagues after playing 11 years and 1,132 games in the minor leagues. 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.
0:04.5	The games are taking over three and a half hours.
0:06.4	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.
0:19.4	Baseball is dead.
0:21.0	Rest in B.
0:23.9	It is.
0:25.8	It's the midweek episode.
0:29.0	We got a bunch of different topics.
0:30.9	We got to talk about.
0:31.6	I think I think you know where we're going to have to start with the bizarre Madison Bumgarner situation.
0:38.8	Oh, let me shred a motherfucker that happened yesterday. And it coincidentally, you know what?
0:47.6	I have a conspiracy theory because I know that you're probably a big conspiracy theory being a fucking hippie pothead that you are.
0:54.8	I have a conspiracy theory about this.
1:02.0	And I think Joey, I think what's his first name?
1:07.0	It's something Bolino, Dan Bolino, right?
1:10.0	Yeah.
1:11.2	I think Dan Bolino is a baseball doesn't exist YouTube watcher.
1:18.2	I think he saw the last video that Joey made about Madison Bumgarner and his whole story in his history of being a hardo and I think that
1:29.5	he felt inspired to be like you know what I'm fucking calling you out cowboy I didn't there that is a
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