The MLB First Half Awards & Baseball Blackjack! | The Pitch Clock
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
So what, I went a bunch in a row and we got to bring Ethan into the studio to mix up the vibes for you? Yeah, what are you doing here? Got to break it up a little bit, you know?
So what, just to help Chris or what's the deal? Play a little BJ? Whoa. What? Blackjack.
Let's start the show. Yeah.
Welcome to the Pitch Clock. Here's the pitch. A two-part baseball segment combining a nostalgic baseball trivia game and an interview with an expert. This is the Pitch Clock. BJ Serhoff. Hey, welcome to the Pitch Clock. BJ Upton. Yeah. Yeah. All right, sir, you have the game that we're going to be playing today. We'll get to our MLB expert momentarily as we continue to roll through this season. But we're rolling.
We're rolling now. Hi, everybody.
Yeah. All right. Now we're really rolling now. We're rolling now. All right. We've got baseball cards in front of us. Ethan, what's this game we're going to be playing?
We're going to play some Pitch Clock Blackjack today, boys. All right. So the way Pitch Clock Blackjack is going to work is I'm going to do each of you three cards. Get your totals first, and then we'll start bouncing back and forth until you guys want to either be hit or tap out closest to 150 without going over. Terrific. Love it. 150 is obviously blackjack. Done. Best three out of five? I say three out of five. Okay. I think we can go three out of five. Okay. Yep. All right. We're going to start with hitters. I can't. You're too heavy-handed. Yeah. Be soft-handed. All right. I'm going to deal Jeremy three cards. You guys are going to show your cards to the camera, please. Johnny Damon. How many home runs?
Johnny Damon, who had 20 home runs.
What is Pitch Clock Blackjack and how do the hosts explain the rules?
Yep. Manny Ramirez. Manny Ramirez, who had 43 home runs. And a new favorite of the pitch clock. Corey Patterson. Look at that card. Corey Patterson. He had 24 home runs. So your starting total is 87. 87.
I have Tino Martinez who had, it looks like, 23 home runs before. Jim Thome. Jim what? I'm kidding. He always says Thome. 42 home runs for Jim Thome. And then, ah, Chone Figgins. Chone Figgins.
Man, I just want to, because I... Five home runs. The amount of tweets that I got after we all just only referred to him as Chone Figgins, it's obviously, so it's Sean Figgins. We all know that.
Yeah.
We're just doing a thing.
Yeah. Jim Thome.
Okay, so how many does he have? He's got 70. 70.
Okay.
Jeremy's at 87. So I'm going to go ahead and say, hit me.
Okay. Do it to you first.
Moises Alou. He had a big year in 04. Moises Alou. 39 home runs. All right. Jeremy's at 126.
How do the hosts play the first hitters round and which cards set early totals?
Man. Okay. Hit me.
Hideki Matsui.
Hideki Matsui. 70. He had 31 home runs. Okay, so Chris is at 101. We're at 126 to 101. I love where I'm at more than Jeremy.
I'm going to take the risk. I'm going to say hit me. Yeah. Jim Edmonds. He had a big year in 04. Oh, did he?
I was going to say, I kind of like that for you.
Ooh, he had a giant year in 04. A cardinal year. He hit... 42 home runs.
I'm way over.
168.
All right. Now what we'll do is if you also bust, it'll be closest back to 150.
Yeah, I'll hit. Just don't give me Barry Bonds.
Pat Burrell.
Pat Burrell.
That's going to be close, but a perfect one.
24.
Yeah. You're at 125.
Okay.
Should we maybe make it like you got to get to at least 100?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah. So that way it's like you're incentivized to go. All right. All right.
So Chris wins first. Chris is first. So now pitchers. Let's go. Let's go.
Happy to have Adnan Virk back with us for his monthly appearance, which will, you know what? I bet become more than monthly as we get closer and closer to the playoff race, but happy to have him back here on the pitch clock as we head toward the all-star game. This is our last. pitch clock of the first half, which means I want to give out some first half awards. So Adnan, I'm bringing you in to do it. We'll do some player awards. We'll do some team awards and projections as we move forward. So Adnan, who do you have as the Cy Young in each league for the first half of this season?
So story time first, Jeremy. We're brothers in town. He's from Wisconsin. Him and my nephew are huge Cubs fans. Let's go to a baseball game and go watch the Yankees.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:47
2
What is Pitch Clock Blackjack and how do the hosts explain the rules?
1:47–2:53
3
How do the hosts play the first hitters round and which cards set early totals?
2:53–4:44
4
Which big hitter draws change the scoreboard in early Blackjack turns?
4:44–8:03
5
When do the hosts switch from hitters to pitchers and introduce Adnan Virk?
8:03–9:21
6
Who does Adnan Virk pick for AL and NL Cy Young and why?
9:21–11:00
7
Which players does Adnan name as AL and NL first-half MVPs and rookies of the year?
11:00–12:35
8
What teams, managers and executives does Adnan praise for first-half performance?
12:35–21:17
Speakers
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