Jason moved into his new place in Mexico City and discovered that his internet connection was well, kind of horrible. So no Jason this week as I'm joined by best friend of the podcast Jorge Arangure of ESPN as we talk about some September call ups, everything awful with the Dodgers and how things really work in the Dominican Republic (he should know, he's writing a book about it). Our special guest is Josh Boyd, the Director of Pro Scouting for the Texas Rangers, and our listener of the week selected tawdry photos for the glossy pages of Us Weekly. Then it's the goofy stuff, including a pop culture moment that brought me untold joy. As always, we hope you enjoy.
Note: We do alert you to the presence of the occasional adult language and subject matter. Don't say we didn't warn you.
Up And In Episode 65: "Kickety-Flip, Flippety-Kick"
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Table Of Contents
0:00 Defending the Internet in Mexico
3:58 Housekeeping
5:58 Emails
22:51 No pennant races? At least we have Montero and Strasburg
28:34 A quick digression on the Dodgers
32:44 Baseball in the Dominican Republic: Crime, money and shenanigans
47:44 Special Guest: Josh Boyd, Texas Rangers Director of Professional Scouting
1:17:08 Listener of the Week: Peter Grossman, Photo Editor, Us Weekly
1:50:45 Musical Guest: Big Black
1:53:25 What Are You Drinking
1:56:53 Pop Culture Moment: Kickety Flip
2:12:28 The Week Ahead
Music is by Big Black from the album Atomizer. Used with permission. All rights reserved.
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'ATOMIZER' was an OK record. Having listened to most of that stuff for the first time in seven years yesterday, most of it is pretty embarrassing. I was sort of trying to figure out a way to weasel out of re-releasing it.
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