You want a World Series preview? You got it. After going through our email and getting into a serious, heavy discussion on Josh Hamilton and how we choose our heroes, Jason and I break down the Rangers/Giants matchup by position while making our series picks and MVP predictions. Then Jon Morosi, national writer with Fox Sports joins us for his take while also making his own predictions and getting into a fascinating talk about the future of the beat writer. Following that, it's the best eight minutes in the history of the podcast, as my mother joins us to make her picks and talk about cookies and tornadoes. Irony of all ironies? My mother is her basement as opposed to vice versa. Then it's the usual wackiness with Roy Blakely of kotowari.org joining us to talk Fallout: New Vegas, so cooking talk, and Jason's new cat.
Note: We do alert you to the presence of the occasional adult language. Don't say we didn't warn you.
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Table Of Contents
0:00 Intro, agenda review
3:38 Housekeeping (Email Us! Join our Facebook group!)
6:05 Emails: Yankee fans and Cliff Lee, Jon Daniels' staff, pretty swings, Elvis
26:07: A discussion of Josh Hamltion's faith, how we choose our heroes, and race
35:32: World Series preview: breaking down the players, managers, and who's going to win
69:44: Special Guest: Jon Morosi, National Writer, Fox Sports
- Predicting a Giants/Rangers World Series
- Can Cliff Lee be beat and should he be starting three games?
- San Francisco Giants: The little engine that could
- Dealing with the teams on a media level
- Chiming in on the debate over Elvis Andrus' ability to be a media star
- Why every baseball writer should learn Spanish
- The future of the beat writer
- Making his World Series pick, along with surprise players
100:52 Super Special Guest, my mother Judy previews the 2010 World Series
109:14 Pop Culture Moment: Fallout New Vegas with special guest Roy Blakely (kotowari.org)
128:41 More about Mom
131:52 Music guest switch-a-roo: The Muffs
133:44 What Are You Drinking?
137:54 Cooking With The Professor: Mole and Gumbo
151:27 Update on Jason's mental state and new cat
Music is by The Muffs from the album "Happy Birthday To Me", copyright 1997, Reprise Records.
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Please, a regular segment with Judy each podcast.