Mascot Relevance Waning With Time and Bob Lemon's Career Up For The Climb?
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The episode discusses the relevance of mascots in sports, highlights Cy Young's 500 wins, evaluates Bob Lemon's Hall of Fame candidacy, and examines the Phillies' performance post-firing of Thomson.
This week we discuss the relevance of mascots in professional sports. Do they even have a place anymore and should they persist? For our This Week In Baseball, we discuss Cy Young reaching 500 wins. This milestone is bonkers and will never be surpassed, but just how unreachable is it? Our Hall of Famer this week is Cleveland Pitcher Bob Lemon. Was his good stretch good enough to warrant a place in Cooperstown next to his rotation mate? In our singlular parting shot this week discusses the post-Thomson firing resurgence of the Phillies and if they dug themselves too big a whole to recover this season. Enjoy our new crop of weekly commercials featuring Barbasol, William Frawley for Major League Baseball, and Rafael Palmeiro for Viagra. Please join us as we discuss baseball topics and we continue our mission to make The Hall small. We hope you'll enjoy the ride. Timestamps This Week In Baseball - 15:07 Hall of Fame Discussion - 29:13 Parting Shot - 45:54
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