George Bissell and Mike Gianella banter about Rhys Hoskins hot start, Kyrie Irving traded to Boston, the solar eclipse, an intense episode of Game of Thrones, and then traverse the entire American League from a fantasy perspective.
From Ted Williams and Lou Boudreau to Anthony Rizzo and Brandon Moss, there’s more to the shift than meets the eye.
On the 25th episode of the DFA podcast, Bryan is joined by Rob Mains to talk about the AL Wild Card race and how a recent spate of injuries could change the playing field. Then it’s on to … more injuries to pitchers! And … more injuries to pitchers! Yuck!
Doug Fister shuts down the Indians, Gary Sanchez goes very deep, and Ichiro Suzuki out-slugs Giancarlo Stanton.
Orson Welles returns to the microphone, baseball players as iconography, and a review of a pleasant little board game.
The record has gone from oddity to embarrassment to a somewhat perverse point of pride.
Arrieta is looking more dominant than he has all season.
The Shift. Four-man outfields. Five-man infields. Joe Maddon madness. What does a ‘position’ even mean now?
Notes on Teoscar Hernandez, Antonio Santillan, Jake Burger, Jake Bauers, Freddy Tarnok, and more.
It might be scoreboard-watching time for the 2001 Mariners.
The Statue Got Me High, but Don’t Let’s Start the Spiraling Shape.