{"id":964,"date":"2016-10-06T16:38:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonbaseball.com\/?p=964"},"modified":"2016-10-06T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:38:18","slug":"crowding-the-plate-podcast-episode-27-division-series-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2016\/10\/06\/crowding-the-plate-podcast-episode-27-division-series-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 27: Division Series Previews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After going over a couple manager related news and notes, <strong>Joe Hojnacki<\/strong> and <strong>Greg Hessen<\/strong> get down to what really matters, their <strong>Division Series<\/strong> previews. After a couple of dramatic <strong>Wild Card Games<\/strong>, the <strong>ALDS<\/strong> and <strong>NLDS<\/strong> are ready to get started. Tune in for Joe and Greg&#8217;s looks at the series and who they think will win.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the breaks feature a couple of tributes to the great <strong>Vin Scully<\/strong>, who called his final game on Sunday as the <strong>San Francisco\u00a0Giants<\/strong> kept the even year narrative alive and well by clinching a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<h2>Crowding the Plate Podcast Episode 27: Division Series Previews<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/m6gxx-635838?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;45&#8221; by <strong>The Gaslight Anthem<\/strong> and Vin Scully&#8217;s final words of Sunday&#8217;s Giants-<strong>Dodgers<\/strong> game, ending his broadcasting career, courtesy of <strong>MLB.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Break 2: &#8220;<strong>Hold Fast<\/strong>&#8221; by <strong>Hi-Fi Handgrenades<\/strong> and Vin Scully calling the infamous <strong>Bill Buckner<\/strong> play from the <strong>1986 World Series<\/strong>, 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 Bryce Harper 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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