217 - We are Getting Worried About Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander is struggling in his latest return from the injury list. Roger Maris would have celebrated his 90th birthday in the 10th -- he died in 1985. We noticed a lot of pretty famous people were born or grew up Maris's home town of Hibbing, Minnesota (pop. 16,000), including a couple of Hall of Famers (Maris is not one).

Finally, Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge and the Chicago White Sox are chasing milestones, for better or worse, and Matt Chapman bet big on himself -- and it paid off!

Errata: Matt Chapman and Alex Bregman are not so far apart in age after all.

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Chapters

• 0:00 We are getting worried about Justin Verlander
• 6:50 Remembering the ageless Jack Quinn
• 8:39 What do Roger Maris, Bob Dylan, Kevin McHale and Gus Hall have in common?
• 13:40 Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge
• 16:47 Matt Chapman had a very good week.
• 18:45 Tight pennant and wild card races
• 22:22 The White Sox are 21 games out of 29th place