Baseball Is Dead Episode 410: White Sox Jerry
4/23/20261 hr 29 min
Jared is at his breaking point with the Red Sox and considers trading in his fandom to be a White Sox fan. Meanwhile, Jared finds it weird that Juan Soto hasn't spoken to his teammates at all while injured. We cover Jose Soriano's hot start to the season and take a closer look at Munetaka Mirakami's rise in the AL Rookie of the Year race. -White Sox Jerry Era Has Begun -Soto's Silence -Jose Soriano Is Dominating -All Murakami Does Is Hit HRs -How Bad Are The Phillies? NEW BID MERCH IS HERE: https://www.baseballisdead.com Trade $20 get $20 on Kalshi - http://kalshi.com/r/BID Visit: cheershealth.com/BID Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsJared Carrabis· Host0:00
I mean, this is a sport that's on the precipice of irrelevance. The games are taking over three and a half hours. Playoff games are taking over four hours.
Dallas Braden· Host0:08
Game's too long, too slow. Who cares?
Jared Carrabis· Host0:11
This is a situation where baseball's in trouble to begin with. I hate to break it to you, baseball's dead. Baseball is dead.
Dallas Braden· Host0:20
Rest in peace.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:23
What, uh, what city are you in today, Dallas?
Dallas Braden· Host0:28
I'm in the great Republic of Texas.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:33
Wow.
Dallas Braden· Host0:33
The lovely city of Arlington.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:36
Mm.
Dallas Braden· Host0:37
It's a glorious day. We're just outside the golf course. It's a, it's a beautiful morning.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:44
Cheers.
Dallas Braden· Host0:44
It's a wonderful morning. I, I lo- I l- I love Texas.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:47
I do too.
Dallas Braden· Host0:47
I love Texas.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:48
Yeah, where do I... I gotta...
Dallas Braden· Host0:50
Texas is great. Yeah, I know you have a- Great state of Texas ... you have the state of Texas- Great state of Texas ... tattooed on your arm.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:57
I sure do.
Dallas Braden· Host0:58
You think you've been here, I think you've been here once. It's cool.
Jared Carrabis· Host1:00
I've been there th- double-digit times, I would say. Been to Dallas a bunch, been to Austin a bunch, been to Houston. Um, you ever heard of Pflugerville, Texas?
Dallas Braden· Host1:13
I have heard of Pflugerville, Texas.
Jared Carrabis· Host1:15
Yeah. There's a bunch of- Yeah ... silent letters in Pflugerville.
Dallas Braden· Host1:18
[laughs] There are.
Jared Carrabis· Host1:20
Um- There, there's a P that gets the party started. [laughs] Yeah. Yeah, shout out Pflugerville. Th- there's definitely people listening right now in Pflugerville being like, "Wow, did, did not expect to get a, a shout-out-" Mm-hmm ... "till