SMELL THE GLOVE!

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MUSICAL GUEST: Wand

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HUMAN GUEST: BENNY HOROWITZ of the Gaslight Anthem, Antarctico Vespucci, and Mercy Union.

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THE BASEBALL THINGS

THE BAD

• We cursed the Rays and they got swept by the Red Sox, but then the Sox turned went and got swept in a DH by the Tigers
• Bo Bichette broke his hand
• The horrific Nick Burdi 
• Keuchel & Kimbrel still golfing or whatever

THE GOOD

• VLAD JR. GOT THE CALL! - DEBUT IS FRIDAY
• Freddie Freeman told Tyler Bauer to can it
• Gio to MIL
• Mets have the same record as the Yankees, which we all predicted
• Christian Yelich continues to destroy baseballs, esp to the opposite field 
• Halos update: Shohei is taking BP, Cody Allen lost his job, they’ve lost 9 of 11. This is fine. 

THE UGLY

• Which team will win their division with the largest margin? 
• The mammoths could be going extinct: only three mammoth jacks since our last podcast.

OLD SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DeWayne Buice

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MUSICAL GUEST: Town Portal

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THE BASEBALL THINGS

THE BAD

• The Ozzie Albies extension is the worst ever
• Chris Davis is historically bad … 
• ... And so is Trevor Rosenthal … he’s already worth -0.7 WAR this year. 
• Tim Anderson gets plunked

THE GOOD

• What the hell do the Rays think they’re doing?
• ASTROS won 10 straight 
• Ron Kulpa, that dusty adult toddler butthole, blew another call and wore a pitch right off his big dumb face 
• Khris Davis gets extended 
• This week in large adult sons: Dan Vogelbach is mashing
• SO MANY DINGERS 

THE UGLY

• MLB has a mammoth problem

OLD SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: FREDDIE PATEK

WELCOME BACK, BASEDBALL!

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MUSICAL GUEST: Low Dose

From Philly, third best city in the world. Ex Fight Amp and Legendary Divorce. Out now on Knife Hits/Brutal Panda.

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HUMAN GUEST: Colby James, eater of the Fowl Pole

BASEBALL THINGS

• All our AL predictions might have been wrong. We regret the error. 
• The legend of la Tortuga grows
• TULO to the IL.
• Pitchers are mashing taters
• Acuña's extension
• Bill Plaschke is still a fucking clown. Check this shit out. 
• Ump show in Arlington 
• The Blooper Burger :( 

NAME OF THE YEAR BRACKET

We handicap the only bracket that matters.

OLD SCHOOL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: HUGH YANCY