Patti and the Pottymouth perform a public service by saving their Astros Cheating Scandal rant until the end of the show, so they can set you up with the happy first.

Boyfriends this week come from the Rangers and the Cubs. Pottymouth leads the Texas talk with Joey “Pico de” Gallo, an actual joey, and some puppies, and Patti counters with Nick “Hockey kid” Solak, an enthusiastic mom, and a holiday proposal. Over at Wrigley, Pottymouth finds her catcher in bat-dropping Wilson Contreras, and Patti looks to brainy Nico Hoerner to start this year. We are overjoyed to cheer on Alyssa Nakken, the first female full time coach in the majors, and give Gabe Kapler grudging credit for a good hire.

And then we rant. Patti catches you up on scandal to date, and Pottymouth is stuck with an “In Cora We Trust” T shirt. We look at things from the pitcher’s perspective, from the words of Mike Clevinger and Eirann Dolan. We toss around our need for guilty players to own up and take responsibility and the legal and personal reasons that they don’t. And the unchecked anger swirling around in the baseball world. Patti considers breaking up with her once and forever broadcasting BF Jessica Mendoza who really let her down this week with her opinion on Mike Fiers, after such a high from becoming a Baseball For All board member. And there is still Winter Baseball, which so far has not broken our hearts.

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