Bless You Boys Podcast 87: Snooty snoot snoots

On the 87th BYB Podcast, Kurt, Al and HookSlide look back at the past week of Tigers baseball, home field advantage in the playoffs, changes in left field, pinch running for Prince Fielder, swimming Dodgers and Kurt doesn't get any of Al's pop culture references.

By Al Beaton Sep 21, 2013, 2:00pm EDT

Bless You Boys Podcast 87 has a running time of 58 minutes and features Al Beaton, HookSlide and Kurt Mensching.

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Topics include:

The summer of HookSlide and HookSlide Jr. ends by attending Tigers' batting practice.
Kurt was WRONG.
Is playoff home field advantage as important as some in the media make it out to be?
Injuries continue to pile up, the latest being Jose Iglesias.
Bruce Rondon's bullpen role.
October left field candidates include Andy Dirks, Matt Tuiasosopo, Don Kelly and Jhonny Peralta. Someone is going to be left on the outside looking in.
Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez and pinch running.
AL MVP and Cy Young were thought to be all but locked up by Miguel Cabrera and Max Scherzer a month ago. Has their September struggles opened the door for other candidates?
More unwritten rules breaking! The Dodgers go swimming, Diamondbacks throw a hissy fit (Check out Grant Brisbee's take at SBN's Baseball Nation).

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