Episode 004: Cowboy Joe West + MLB Power Rankings
Barstool Baseball
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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Summary
On Episode 004 of Starting 9, Jake & Carl welcome legendary Umpire, Joe West to talk all things retirement, behind the scenes & his relationship with Jake Arrieta on the mound. Before and after Jake & Carl break down their Top 5 / Bottom 5. New Segment "Jake Explains" and more stories. Plus "Starting 9: Who Would You Golf With?". 00:00:00-00:00:25 - Intro 00:00:25-00:02:47 - Jakes Internet 00:02:47-00:04:23 - Red Sox 00:04:23-00:10:15 - Juan Soto 00:10:15-00:28:02 - Top/Bottom 5 00:28:02-00:31:05 - Owners 00:31:05-00:37:35 - Rehab Starts Explained 00:37:25-01:41:15 - Joe West - 00:39:16-00:47:32 Getting Back At Players & Coaches 00:47:32-00:52:06 - Leading By Example 00:52:06-00:57:08 - Pitchers vs. Umps 00:57:08-01:03:44 - Miss Umpiring? 01:03:44-01:07:17 - Jake Vs. Joe 01:07:17-01:14:07 - Transitioning From Umpiring 01:14:07-01:19:31 - Commissioner Joe 01:19:31-01:22:39 - Gambling 01:22:39-01:25:57 - Pete Rose 01:25:57-01:34:00 - Player Fights 01:34:00-01:38:27 - Foul Balls 01:38:28-01:41:15 - Final Thoughts - 01:41:15-01:44:07 - Joe West Recap 01:44:07-01:49:30 - Starting 9: Golfers
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, starting nine listeners. You can find every episode on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube. |
| 0:05.6 | Prime members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:08.3 | On today's starting nine, Carl and Jake welcome legendary umpire Joe West to talk all things |
| 0:15.6 | retirement behind the scenes in his relationship with Jake Ariad on the Mount. Before and after that, |
| 0:20.8 | we've got some top five bottom fives. We got a new segment called Jake Explains, |
| 0:25.7 | again, some big stories. And of course, the famous starting nine segment we all know and love. |
| 0:31.4 | Let's get into the show. Let's have a great day. Action! And welcome back to starting nine. |
| 0:36.8 | I'm your host Carl joined by Jake Ariad in Texas and obviously Colin Cooper on the ones in twos. |
| 0:42.5 | Jake, what's going on man? It looks like we got a little technical difficulties to start the show. |
| 0:46.8 | How's your second week of Arsenal sports? Is the studio up and running? |
| 0:50.8 | It's been good. It's pieced together with duct tape man, but we're making it work. |
| 0:55.6 | Once I get in this new house, hopefully we'll have better internet. I don't know if Brittany paid |
| 1:00.6 | the bill this month, but we're making it work. Yeah, you gotta get the look. What's the dial |
| 1:07.0 | at the commercial connection or something like that? The pixels coming out. Yeah, it's like T1, T2, |
| 1:11.7 | or something like that. I need that government line. Did you anticipate this much trouble shooting |
| 1:16.3 | early in your retirement? I did. With the podcast? Yeah, I absolutely did. I've got a plastic folding |
| 1:22.8 | table with a nice table cloth. We got a Amazon. Colin was nice enough to send me some of this nice |
| 1:30.5 | equipment. We got some lights off Amazon. Put some stuff on the wall behind me. So it's coming |
| 1:35.6 | together, but it's not where we need it to be just yet. But we're full. We're only this is our fourth |
| 1:40.8 | episode. So by the third or fourth week, we'll be dialed in. Yeah, progress is coming along. I feel |
| 1:47.8 | strong about it. It's funny because when we were talking early and you were like, yeah, so what's |
| 1:51.2 | it deal? Like, do I need to go buy the equipment? Are you guys going to send it to me? I'm like, |
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