Slighted dated episode, but still relevant, since we're hitting up the AL West! Brent threatens to withdraw all his money from the Phillies directly if they re-hire Pete Mackanin (which happened later that day.)
AL West Crown comes down to a terrible texas tumble, with the Texas (Dallas) Rangers vs the Houston Astros. Astros are a young team being overtaken by a team of veterans in the Rangers. Metaphor for Texas of old gruff marlboro men vs space age rockets? Angels of Anaheim (Los Angeles, too) with men of Trout, Trout, Trout. Seattle still has a baseball team or has Robinson Cano sunk the entire city? Oakland Athletics has sunk to the bottom of the Coco Crisp cereal bowl. Billy Beane, overrated? And some other topics like Matt Harvey, NFL, hot topics (Sabermetrics as management philosophy? Vin Scully, Rube Waddell), Brent likes the Jets over the Eagles. Draft Kings, not sponsoring us, so we debate the merits of how annoying they are vs gambling joy.
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Dick Miller's National Pastime Orchestra "If You Can't Make a Hit in a Ballgame, You Can't Make a Hit With Me"
Mad Professor & Prince Fatty "Devil Dub (feat. Winston Francis)"
Robert Palmer "Every Kinda People"
Big Grams "Fell in the Sun"