{"id":8651,"date":"2017-08-30T20:34:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T00:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=8651"},"modified":"2017-08-30T20:43:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T00:43:40","slug":"crowding-plate-podcast-episode-60-wild-al-wild-card-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2017\/08\/30\/crowding-plate-podcast-episode-60-wild-al-wild-card-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 60: The Wild AL Wild Card Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AL Wild Card race is a wild one indeed. With seven teams within three and a half games of the second spot, there could be a crazy scenario that MLB has not planned for: a five way tie. Joe Hojnacki and Greg Hessen go over that possibility and come up with a way for them to trim five competing teams down to just one.<\/p>\n<p>They also talk about the Houston Astros and their escape from Hurricane Harvey, as well as a pair of players at different points in their careers mashing the crap out of the ball. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stantmi03.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Giancarlo Stanton<\/a><\/strong> is threatening 60 home runs, and a Philadelphia Phillies prospect named <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=hoskin000rhy\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhys Hoskins<\/a><\/strong> is bashing balls out of the yard at a torrid pace.<\/p>\n<h2>Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 60: the Wild AL Wild Card Race<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/cxuqq-7133ea?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;Stranger Than Fiction&#8221; by Bad Religion and a quote from\u00a0<em>The Natural<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Break 2: &#8220;The Future Freaks Me Out&#8221; and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a><\/strong> hitting a home run.<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harpebr03.shtml\" 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. 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