The Podcast: Yankees lose, Darnold makes first impression, Random Thoughts

Hard Hits Network’s Derek Flex Felix hosts another new episode of The Podcast on Blogtalk Radio. It is a special 90-minutes live on hard hitting topics. 

1.Yankees lose ugly to Texas 12-7. Tanaka bombed for six earned in five-plus innings, allowing three home runs. Ronald Guzman highlighted it with his first career three home run game. 

2.Baseball Playoff Race. Mariners win 5-2 over Astros. Oakland loses to the Angels 4-3. The Red Sox Rally from 8-3 down to beat back the Orioles 19-12. A football score. Plus the latest on the NL race. 

3.Sam Darnold’s Jets preseason debut at Met Life goes well. How he and Teddy Bridgewater performed in a 17-0 shutout win over Atlanta. 

4.Random Thoughts: anything that is on our mind entering a hot and rainy August weekend. Derek talks Barry Bonds, whose number 25 will be retired by the San Francisco Giants this weekend. How Bonds stacks up before the PEDs, and why baseball writers are hypocrites.