About this episode

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci discuss various baseball stories and milestones from the current MLB season.

Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci  dive into the stories of baseball this season including another milestone for Shohei Ohtani.  Tom looks at the surprising feat of Royals outfielder Tyler Tolbert. Kyle Schwarber tells Tom how he struggles with 'catcher's brain' versus his 'hitter's brain'.  31 year old Matt Seelinger makes his MLB debut with the Mets, but it didn't go as planned.  Plus, the little known story of Nick Testa and his MLB connection to 9/11.  The Book of Joe Podcast is a production of iHeart Radio.   #fsr See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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