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Let's Get Two S2 Ep 62: "Baseball On Deck"

August 27, 2020 James Christopher Season 2 Episode 62
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Let's Get Two S2 Ep 62: "Baseball On Deck"
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(Open) Sports have reacted to another example of racial injustice in a way that we’ve not seen since, maybe, the 1968 Olympics. Then someone had the audacity to tell me how to feel about players kneeling during the anthem…

(0:09:31) Go Go Astros: We recorded Wednesday since Andy was in the path of Hurricane Laura. So we break down the 1st 30 games of the Astros.

(0:28:02) Show Me The Merch:
We’ve got gear from - 

(0:34:01) The Big League Chew: Scott is here to talk about the very abbreviated and weird trade deadline. 

(0:39:17) DugOut With Darien: Darien is back to talk sports in  a time when we’re at a crossroads as a country.

(0:58:34) Closing It Out:

  • I’m still mad about the kneeling thing
  • But here, we’ve got the rest of the Let’s Get Two Awards. We discuss:

The Slugger Award: Guest of the Year - Emma Tiedeman

Indie Club of the Year - Joliet Slammers

Collegiate Club of the Year - Normal CornBelters

GM of the Year - Tyler Stamm of the Sugar Land Skeeters

Executive of the Year - Jeff Lantz

Fan of the Year - Don Gillingham

Players of the Year:

AJ Hamilton

Ryan Hernandez

Anthony Silkwood

Luke Almendarez

Go Go Astros (w Andy Tomczeszyn)
Show. Me. The. Merch.
The Big League Chew (w Scott McEntire)
In The Dugout
Closing it Out