It feels like our last recording—in Peoria, the day before the trans-Pacific flight to Japan—was about three months ago. Plenty has transpired since then, from a two-game sweep of the A’s to a baseball legend calling it a career, and we get to all of it on The Wheelhouse this week.
Here’s the full outline of what’s covered on Ep. 044 of the podcast.
- 0:30 — Culinary adventures in Japan
- 4:50 — Ichiro’s farewell
- 7:45 — Ichiro’s exit in game one
- 9:15 — How the players responded to and coordinated on Ichiro exiting
- 11:30 —Yusei Kikuchi and Ichiro
- 13:00 — What was Ichiro’s clubhouse announcement like?