Doug Mientkiewicz joins the Sports Hounds full time! Doug played for the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of 12 MLB seasons. Doug won a gold medal in 2000 after defeating Cuba in the Summer Olympics, a Gold Glove in 2001 and was also famously a part of the curse-breaking 2004 World Series Winner Boston Red Sox. Doug currently coaches the USA 18U National Team. The Philadelphia Phillies aren’t playing good baseball at the moment. They are currently fourth in the NL East, seven games behind the Atlanta Braves for first place in the division. They struggled on their road trips out West and dropped two five-game losing streaks in the month of May. The good news, Bryce Harper returns to Philadelphia providing some well needed offense for the team.With the Phillies back home, the Phillies took 2 of 3 against the Chicago Cubs, the Phillies now face the Arizona Diamondbacks in a three game series. Can the Phillies figure things out? Will they be able to find a rhythm that works for them so they are playing baseball in October? Doug will take us through the National and American Leagues to break down some of the top stories from each league within the MLB. Rounding out the show, we will take a look at the collapse of the Philadelphia 76ers and much more during the “Wildcard Round”.