Starkville | Joe Davis Reads the History Books, While Shohei Ohtani Rewrites Them
6/27/202658 min
A nickname is earned, not given—and after lighting up radar guns at 104 mph, Jacob Misiorowski’s fastball has certainly earned one. This week, we dive into listener-submitted suggestions and, with help from Jayson and Doug, try to land on the perfect name for The Miz’s electric four-seamer. Then, Dodgers broadcaster and Fox Sports play-by-play voice Joe Davis joins Starkville to talk about the defending champs, calling last season’s World Series, and what makes Shohei Ohtani unlike anyone else. Plus, Strange But True from a wild night in Philadelphia.
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First 90 secondsJayson Stark· Host0:00
Coming up on the new Starkville, the voice of baseball on Fox, Joe Davis joins us and he'll tell us that thing he did not do for seven hours while calling an 18-inning World Series game. Then Doug, myself, and you guys out there will kick around some ideas for what to name Jacob Miazgowski's fastball. Plus, in Strange But True, we'll go back to Philadelphia last weekend and debate whether Bryce Harper's cycle was even the most historic thing that happened in that game. It's all coming up on Starkville right after this. Greetings and welcome to Starkville. I am Jason Stark, writing about baseball for The Athletic. And guess who I'm joined by?
Doug Glanville· Host1:02
Yes.
Jayson Stark· Host1:03
Yep, it's him again, my good friend, writer, Substacker, a man who once got 1,100 hits in the major leagues, and our favorite voice of baseball on ESPN Radio, Doug Glanville.
Doug Glanville· Host1:19
Right.
Jayson Stark· Host1:20
Doug, how are you, buddy?
Doug Glanville· Host1:21
I'm doing great, man. I'm doing great. You know, the red eye reduction has been very effective. I was just in Philadelphia, so