Episode 415: Framber Crash Out
5/6/20261 hr 36 min
Framber Valdez gets tossed after throwing at Trevor Story following two absolute nukes, but was it retaliation or sign stealing? The guys break it all down, plus take a look at Matt Olson’s monster season and whether he can chase down Shohei Ohtani for NL MVP.
- Framber Valdez Ejection
- RIP John Sterling - Matt Olson NL MVP Odds
- Carlos Correa Out For Season
- NL Central Battle
- Cristopher Sanchez Tongue Bath -Logan Webb Trade Destinations NEW BID MERCH IS HERE: https://www.baseballisdead.com Trade $20 get $20 on Kalshi - http://kalshi.com/r/BID This episode of Baseball is Dead is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/BASEBALL #ad 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.
Dallas Braden· Host0:04
The games are taking over three and a half hours. Playoff games are taking over four hours.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:08
Game's too long, too slow. Who cares?
Speaker 30:11
This is a situation where baseball's in trouble to begin with.
Justin Havens· Panelist0:15
I hate to break it to you, baseball's dead.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:18
Baseball is dead.
Dallas Braden· Host0:20
Rest in peace.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:23
Jay, hey, you know who probably supported Framber Valdez last night? Dallas Braden. Um, just a couple of assholes standing together- [laughs] United as just- Ugh ... two pricks who [laughs] who absolutely just don't get it.
Justin Havens· Panelist0:42
Conspicuously absent- Um ... were his takes from the stream last night on Framber Valdez.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:46
Correct. Yeah.
Justin Havens· Panelist0:47
Tough not to notice that.
Jared Carrabis· Host0:48
I, I wanna say, didn't, didn't you notice that he, he tried to throw a wrench in it? Like, he... So Dallas did pop in the stream last night, but it was while the brawl was happening, and it was like, "You guys gotta check out the A's-Phillies game." It's like, dude, there's a literal brawl happening right now, and you want us to tune in to the A's getting dildo'd by the Phillies.
Dallas Braden· Host1:07
What? Is that, is that when I... Was I- Right in the middle of it.
Jared Carrabis· Host1:10
Yep.
Dallas Braden· Host1:11
That's hilarious. I mean- Yeah ... obviously I don't, I don't know that's happening because- Sure you don't ... I'm working a Major League Baseball game.
Jared Carrabis· Host1:17
Sure, sure. Yeah.
Dallas Braden· Host1:18
I'm doing things.
Jared Carrabis· Host1:18
Also, he was a very big proponent of Framber getting signed all, all winter. Like, I'm starting to wonder- Oh, my God ... if he's kind of, like, on his PR team at this point.
Dallas Braden· Host1:29
Wow. It's,