Diamond Diehards: Happy Jarred Kelenic Day! Mariners-Mets Trade Retrospect, Angels Start Life After Pujols With Ohtani & Trout, Yanks vs. COVID

Joe Rizzo brings you baseball. Riz and "The Dawg" Jeff Healy "celebrated" Jarred Kelenic Day, as the Mariners' top prospect was promoted to the majors and set to play his first career big-league game. How did we get here? Riz & Dawg have debated the deal that sent Kelenic to Seattle since before it was official (Dec. 3, 2018), and now it was time for a retrospect and some background about their many debates on this subject over the years, outside of the Diamond Diehards airwaves. The guys hit pitch after pitch on this one: - The Angels' life after Albert Pujols, including insight into what manager Joe Maddon said on another podcast, with Jayson Stark and Doug Glanville, that happened on the field the next night. Yes, Shohei Otani was right in the middle of it! - Barstool president Dave Portnoy had COVID twice, and now some of the Yankees apparently have, also, despite being full vaccinated - Matt Harvey's emotional return to Citi Field to face the Mets - Is the pressure in Seattle now off Evan White? - Diehard Dads tugged at the heart strings Dawg kicked it off with Veteran of the Day. It was Hugh Miller, who was a rising star outfielder over 100 years ago in the Federal League, when duty called. Private Miller, USMC, earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at the key WWI battle of Belleau Wood. Injured in the war, likely robbing him of a great baseball career, Miller received his DSC from General Pershing, which he said was the highlight of his life. Please check out our sponsor, FMS Graphics (https://www.fmsgraphics.com), for all your print and promotional needs. Just give 'em a shot. After all, they gave US a shot! We welcome SportsMapz to the team in this episode as well! Check them out at SportsMapz.com. It's a great way to show support for your team, with a cool piece of art for your home or office. We need you to subscribe to the podcast! Please hit the SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW button from wherever you get your podcasts. And check out DiamondDiehards.com! Interact: Website: https://DiamondDiehards.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/diamond-diehards Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DiamondDiehards Twitter: https://twitter.com/DiamondDiehards Instagram: https://instagram.com/DiamondDiehards Watch, Listen Subscribe: iTunes: https://apple.co/2JzUd5e Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2KPgZq9 Youtube: https://bit.ly/3pBAvFE Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/DiamondDiehards Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/diamonddiehards Stitcher: https://bit.ly/3rBzVt7