A Place that Was Safe, Where I Knew I Was Strong: Women in Baseball Week, with Kat Williams
We celebrate the 4th annual Women in Baseball Week by talking to Dr. Kat Williams about her new book, Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban-American Baseball Star. Yasiel Puig is a responsible adult. If Didi Gregorious can hit a three-run homer off of Max Scherzer while wearing a mask, you can damn well put one on to go grocery shopping. It's almost Opening Day!
We celebrate the 4th annual Women in Baseball Week by talking to Dr. Kat Williams about her new book, Isabel “Lefty” Alvarez: The Improbable Life of a Cuban-American Baseball Star. We examine what it means to view a life through the lens of sports identity, and celebrate the work of the International Women’s Baseball Center, where Kat is Board president. (The full interview with Kat will be released as a separate episode)
MLB’s testing results are markedly better this week, both in number and in process. Several players are finally getting cleared to train, just days before Opening Day. Among them, asymptomatic DJ LeMahieu with his rollercoaster of a testing experience, Victor Robles after the doomed plane from the DR, Anthony Santander recovering from mild symptoms, and Freddie Freeman coming all the way back from what he thought was near-death. Yasiel Puig is a responsible adult, and we hold out hope that he could still be an Oriole. And Pottymouth points out that if Didi Gregorious can hit a three-run homer off of Max Scherzer while wearing a mask, you can damn well put on one to go grocery shopping.
Can Dansby Swanson and Mallory Pugh both be our baseball boyfriend? Their Dansby vs. Mal Sweepstakes to benefit Good Sports, Inc. is straight-up adorable. Umpires are our Opt-out of the week. Patti may or may not be singing about Canada turning down the Blue Jays request to play home games at Rogers Centre. Are they Buffalo-bound? The Nationals compromise with the District to bring their health protocols in agreement and cementing Nats Park as home field. Dodger Stadium may be a question with a coronavirus spike in southern California. How ‘bout that Joey Bart kid?
Pottymouth demystifies CPBL playoffs, with the help of friend of the show Daniel Shih, and tries to hook us on Korean Baseball … movies?
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