MLB's Divisional Storylines + Rising Latino Stars

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

MLB’s divisional series saw tons of action on Tuesday. In the ALDS, the New York Yankees fell to the Tampa Bay Rays, bringing that series to 1-1. Earlier, the Houston Astros went up 2-0 over the Oakland A’s, thanks to George Springer’s homers. ESPN baseball insider Jeff Passan brings us his playoff insights from Arlington, Texas, where he’s covering the NLDS: Ronald Acuna Jr. and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Miami Marlins 9-5, then the LA Dodgers won the first game of their series with the San Diego Padres. Later, Mauricio Pedroza joins the show to explore the rising prominence of Latino players in MLB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Jeff Passon, it is 138 a.m. Eastern Time. And where are you?
0:10.2	I'm in Arlington, Texas, where an interminable baseball game just ended. It took almost four hours. It took 14 pitchers. It took almost four hours.
0:23.4	It took 14 pitchers.
0:26.8	It took 327 pitches.
0:33.7	And also the Los Angeles Dodgers could score five runs in the San Diego Padres won.
0:36.8	Thank you, baseball 2020. Physically, like, what's behind you? I'm staring at you on camera.
0:42.4	You're wearing a tie in a suit, and you're very professional, as always, but like, what is the
0:47.3	room you're in? I don't know. I don't know if I'm supposed to be in here. I don't know if I'm not.
0:57.2	So if you could sum up what baseball's postseason is like at the moment in one word,
1:05.4	Jeff Passen, senior baseball writer for ESPN.
1:08.3	What word are you selecting at this early hour of the morning?
1:14.6	One word for the baseball postseason. You are literally scratching your chin.
1:24.9	What's up, fellas? I am not getting kicked out, but a gentleman just walked in from the roof, I believe.
1:32.2	We are on the roof level, and I think they're closing the roof right now.
1:36.7	Did you guys just close the roof?
1:38.8	That's cool.
1:52.0	You know what the word that describes baseball in 2020 in the postseason is alive?
1:56.6	The sport lived through COVID.
2:00.4	It lived through this very odd season. and it is crackling with energy and excitement right now.
2:07.2	It is finally, thankfully, alive.
2:13.3	Our Jeff Passon is in one of baseball's bubbles in Arlington, Texas.
2:18.8	He shares what's fueling this year's MLB playoffs, while the rest of the sports smorgasb board, sports miss board, plays on.
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