The Book of Joe Podcast begins with hosts Tom Verducci and Joe Maddon introducing the 'potpourri' of topics of the day.  They both attended the reopening of Hinchliffe Stadium in New Jersey and relive the events of the day.  We touch on the death of St. Louis Columnist Rick Hummel and the 'rules' he lived by. Moving to starting pitching, Tom wants to know why so much less is asked of starters, but the state of overall pitching has never been worse. Meanwhile at the plate, Joe offers up advice for batters to get through batting slumps. We wrap with the guys exploring how listening to music has changed and Joe floats the concept of 'binge listening'.

The Book of Joe Podcast is a production of iHeart Radio.

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