It was a helluva week. We do get to the baseball but we take a moment to remind you every day is a good day to join the resistance, and do what you can from where you are.  Congrats to the new Hall of Fame class, but is Ichiro rewarding the wrong voter with a drink and a chat? Max and Christian provide an unforgettable afternoon for Little League families in fire-plagued Encino, and Jurickson, Anthony, and Charlie get new gigs.  Meet our boyfriends on the Mariners and D’backs. Ippei Mizuhara’s crime gets even nuttier, and yet another young baseball fan turns a special baseball memento into a solid college fund.  Winter ball winds up at the country level as we move into Caribbean Series mode. And there’s just a little crosstraining from the Ohio girl/hockey fan.

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