Episode 188 - Overdue Umpire Safety Measures & Golf's Greatest Rivalry

Mitch Unfiltered

Mitch Levy

Sports, Football

5 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2022

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

RUNDOWN To kick things off, Mitch tries to wrap his arms around the free base-runner rule in extra innings and why so many major leaguers can't bunt. Then, the guys chat about Mike Salk's comments about Kyle and Julie Seager including the subsequent backlash. Four featured guests are umpire Kristi Moore, Mississippi state rep Fred Shanks, golf writer Bob Harig, and sports author Kotsya Kennedy. The show wraps up with the “Other Stuff” segment with stories such as Deebo Samuel's sour turn in San Fran, Mike Tyson's plane punch, and the complex legacy of Joe Paterno. GUESTS

Kristi Moore | Softball umpire
Fred Shanks | Mississippi state representative
Bob Harig | Tiger and Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry author
Kostya Kennedy | True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson author

TABLE OF CONTENTS

0:00 | Why is it so dang hard for MLB players to bunt the ball?

24:09 | Mitch and Scott discuss the comments and blowback of Mike Salk's criticism of Kyle Seager and his wife's social media presence.

51:00 | GUESTS: Softball umpire Kristi Moore shares her recent assault story and is followed up by Mississippi representative Fred Shanks to discuss a bill that would increase punishment for violence against officials.

1:11:17 | GUEST: ESPN golf writer Bob Harig returns to chat about his latest release "Tiger and Phil: Golf's Most Fascinating Rivalry".

1:36:13 | GUEST: Author Kostya Kennedy joins the show to preview his new book about Jackie Robinson "True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson"

1:57:41 | Today's “Other Stuff” segment features topics ranging from the talented and disgruntled Deebo Samuel, Mike Tyson punching an idiot in a plane, and the new documentary about Joe Paterno.

Transcript

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0:00.0	So I start episode 188 with a question hot shots guy. I'm ready. How many years? Okay.
0:06.8	How many years is it going to take until I stop falling for the guy on second to start extra
0:13.6	innings and not look up at my TV. See a guy on second and go wait a second. Wait a second.
0:20.0	Did I miss a hit? What did I do? I fall for it every single time. I forget that rule,
0:25.8	every single time and every single time the Mariners go to extra innings and I see a guy on second.
0:31.0	I'm convinced that I've missed it or I looked away or I looked at my phone. How did I miss the guy?
0:36.0	How did he get the second double? You know, I can't pay attention to anything. So I've literally
0:39.4	had to rewind my DVR just assuming I missed a hit. Like how did he get on second? Hey, by the way,
0:44.8	wasn't he up in the last inning? Yeah. How did he get up against it? I don't know. I don't know.
0:50.1	I'm not used to the rule that it's years old already and I still have not got it. And then on top
0:55.5	of it, don't get me started on my old fashioned. Can we please bump the guy over to third? Yeah.
1:01.1	He's at second with nobody else. Now I know, I know that it's old fashioned day. I get it. Yeah.
1:07.6	And the new Saber metric skies would say no, no, no, no, no. I know that. Be I also know that it's
1:13.8	different if you're the home team or if you're the visiting team. If you're the visiting team,
1:18.6	you might need more than one run. So maybe you don't want to play for one run on the top of the
1:22.6	inning. I see. But if you're the home team. Yeah. And they haven't scored in the top half of
1:27.9	the inning and you need one to win one run. Yeah. And you start with a guy on second and you've
1:32.2	got Abraham Toro. I'm just using him as an example. Okay. You've got somebody like Abraham Toro
1:37.0	up and you need one run to win because they haven't scored in the top half. Yeah. And you start
1:42.7	with a guy on second and nobody out. Bump the guy over to third, please. But isn't a base hit.
1:49.0	Isn't he going to score anyway, whether he's on second or third? What? If you bump over to third,
1:54.2	he scores on a sack fly. He scores on a hard chopper. Yeah. They bring the infield in. It's an easier
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