{"id":5611,"date":"2017-05-03T15:43:11","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=5611"},"modified":"2017-05-03T15:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T19:43:24","slug":"crowding-plate-podcast-episode-44-mets-injury-crisis-beanball-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/05\/03\/crowding-plate-podcast-episode-44-mets-injury-crisis-beanball-wars\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 44: Mets Injury Crisis and Beanball Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Hojnacki begins by expressing his embarassment to be a Boston Red Sox fan amidst the racist jeers aimed at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jonesad01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Jones<\/a><\/strong> from a small minority of the Fenway crowd. He and Greg Hessen eventually go over the worsening New York Mets injury crisis, as they lose <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/syndeno01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noah Syndergaard<\/a><\/strong> for an extended period of time. How does this affect their playoff chances and does it mean the Washington Nationals have a clear path to NL East supremacy?<\/p>\n<p>Also, the Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles have been beefing for over a week about <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/machama01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manny Machado<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>hard slide into <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pedrodu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dustin Pedroia<\/a><\/strong>. He was thrown at\u00a0<em>again<\/em> in Tuesday night&#8217;s ballgame and he went off to the media after the game. Is Machado right? Are the Red Sox carrying this grudge for far too long? Or are the Sox right to be standing up for their second baseman?<\/p>\n<h2>Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 44: Mets Injury Crisis and Beanball Wars<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/dbb7a-6a6926?from=yiiadmin\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Music in this Episode<\/h3>\n<p>Intro\/Outro: \u201cTake Me Out to the Ballgame\u201d sung by Edward Meeker and \u201cTake Me Out to the Ballgame\u201d by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isotopespunkrockbaseballclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Isotopes Punk Rock Baseball Club<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Break 1: &#8220;Out of Control&#8221; by Rufio, and Manny Machado&#8217;s profanity infused tirade after the Red Sox threw behind him again Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Break 2: &#8220;The New Pollution&#8221; by Authority Zero and a quote from the\u00a0<em>Futurama<\/em> Episode &#8220;Fear of a Bot Planet.&#8221;<\/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 <strong><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><\/strong> 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 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<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\/676827136\" 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\/676827136?et=5Jit7fujQOhPd9T551iHuQ&amp;tld=com&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=GCPM1intX27gSY9Uq6odaDOgQTPC7t2HWoQMmawpokk=&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>Joe Hojnacki begins by expressing his embarassment to be a Boston Red Sox fan amidst the racist jeers aimed at Adam Jones from a small minority of the Fenway crowd. He and Greg Hessen eventually go over the worsening New York Mets injury crisis, as they lose Noah Syndergaard for an extended period of time. 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