{"id":1136,"date":"2016-10-19T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T20:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=1136"},"modified":"2016-10-19T16:20:48","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T20:20:48","slug":"crowding-plate-podcast-episode-29-alcs-nlcs-midseries-reveiw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/10\/19\/crowding-plate-podcast-episode-29-alcs-nlcs-midseries-reveiw\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 29: ALCS and NLCS Mid-Series Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both the <strong>ALCS<\/strong> and <strong>NLCS<\/strong> are well underway and are trending in interesting directions. <strong>Joe Hojnacki<\/strong> and <strong>Greg Hessen<\/strong> discuss how pitching has dominated both of the series so far and whether or not we see the bats come alive in the future. Can the <strong>Toronto\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Blue Jays<\/strong> overcome the <strong>Cleveland\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Indians<\/strong> tremendous bullpen and mount an improbable comeback? Can the <strong>Chicago\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Cubs<\/strong> remember how to swing a bat to make the NLCS\u00a0against the <strong>Los Angeles\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Dodgers<\/strong>\u00a0one to remember? Find out what they think in <strong>Crowding the Plate<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0ALCS and NLCS mid-series review.<\/p>\n<h2>Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 29: ALCS and NLCS Mid-Series Review<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/3qpai-63b820?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Music in this episode:<\/h3>\n<p>Intro\/Outro: \u201c<strong>Take Me Out to the Ballgame<\/strong>\u201d sung by <strong>Edward Meeker<\/strong> and \u201cTake Me Out to the Ballgame\u201d by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isotopespunkrockbaseballclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Break 1: &#8220;<strong>Big City<\/strong>&#8221; by <strong>Operation Ivy<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/montemi01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miguel Montero<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s go ahead grand slam in the eighth inning of game one of the NLCS, courtesy of <strong>MLB.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Break 2: &#8220;<strong>Search and Destroy<\/strong>&#8221; by <strong>The Stooges<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kipnija01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jason Kipnis<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s go ahead home run in the sixth inning of game three of the ALCS, courtesy of MLB.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hosted by Joe Hojnacki and Greg Hessen, Crowding the Plate is a weekly baseball podcast here on Last Word on Sports. It aims to cover the fun, yet analytical, side of baseball once a week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Joe Hojnacki writes about soccer for Last Word on Sports and is also co-host of the Crowding the Plate Podcast. An avid Red Sox fan, Joe idolizes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpebr03.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryce Harper<\/a> and feels that his fun showmanship is the way to save baseball from becoming overrun by old folks, and from dying out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Greg Hessen is the resident Detroit Tigers fan on Crowding the Plate. As somewhat more of a traditionalist, Greg longs for the days of pitchers hitting in the American League and a landscape that doesn\u2019t include things like bat flips and PEDs tarnishing the greatest of all games.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 10px 0; max-width: 550px;\"><a id=\"ld-3504-7889\" href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\/9112744049813528\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"auto\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Should the one game play-in Wild Card be expanded to a three game series?<\/a><span id=\"ld-3504-7889-equiv\"> in <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\/6169841350483521\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LastWordOnSports&#8217;s Hangs<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/lockerdome.com\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LockerDome<\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id,elid) {window.ldInit = window.ldInit || []; ldInit.push(elid);if (d.getElementById(id)) return;var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id;js.async=true;js.src=\"\/\/cdn2.lockerdome.com\/_js\/embed.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document, \"script\", \"lockerdome-wjs\", \"ld-3504-7889\"));<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/615552792\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/615552792?et=g9_eSqqGShNtgzYdEy_r7Q&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=qySuCo6QUIuKesC-P-evjaKSjCwLugpOh_qBw5yXvsQ=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both the ALCS and NLCS are well underway and are trending in interesting directions. 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