Ep 196 - Talkin' Baseball w/ Richard Staff (Part I)

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Sean KB and AP Andy

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4.2 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sports writer and Mets Sicko Richard Staff joins us to talk about the Philadelphia Phillies World Series triumph, the unionization of the minor leagues and other labor conditions of ballplayers, and how the Mets are are the sinew that ties the world of sports and proletarian politics together.

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The Secret History of Richard Nixon, Mets Sicko by Richard Staff: https://defector.com/the-secret-history-of-richard-nixon-mets-sicko/

Inside the Drive: The Minor Leaguers Who Sprung a Union on MLB by Emma Baccellieri: https://www.si.com/mlb/2022/09/22/minor-league-baseball-union-daily-cover

Robert Moses' epic Shea Stadium groundbreaking speech: https://www.wnyc.org/story/flushing-meadow-stadium-groundbreaking-ceremonies-october-28-1961-address-by-robert-moses

Mets and Marlins walk-off field in protest after Kenosha shooting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LJfSQAO2cg

Other audio clips throughout the episode come from "The New Breed: The Story of the Fans of the '62 Mets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjqcVwCx_9U

Opening song: Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet - Narco

Transcript

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0:47.1	All right, cool.
0:47.7	So, you know, let's get started.
0:50.3	Okay, so as we all know last night the Phillies did the impossible.
0:54.7	Damn.
0:55.7	They completed a four-game sweep of the Houston Astros.
1:00.2	They hadn't lost a game prior the entire post- and then, you know, just right off game one.
1:05.8	Verlander shellacked in the first inning, knocked out after only getting one out,
1:11.5	and then it was off to the races for the Phillies winning the next three games and then the incredible thing that really you know
1:18.2	is horrifying to me as a Mets fan but you got to hand it to him Noah Sycindigard winning game four with a complete
1:26.4	game no hitter shut out to become the World Series MVP and when they interviewed him after the game he didn't say the typical I'm going to Disneyland or anything like that
1:37.0	He said he wanted to thank our guest today or actually the ex-wife of our guest today, we're actually the ex-wife of our guest today, for giving him his one joke and that one, that little bit of humor allowed him to be the champion he is today. So thanks for joining us, Richard Staff.
1:55.2	What are your initial reactions
1:57.8	to the Cindergarde and the Phillies Triumph?
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