Lauren tries out a new identity, we talk about the pride nights at MLB parks, and two way players, then we do a big mailbag segment that was a lot of fun. Oh, and we talk about anime and Warhammer 40k. Not one to be missed!

The Batting Around crew talks about the draft then figures out how to fix All Star Week and talks about the halfway through the season standings.

Very chill episode. Someone got popped for "sticky stuff," MLB gets into crypto, All-Star uniforms look like trash, and 3.1 glorious innings of the knuckleball.

Jane jumps on a really dumb bandwagon, then Sung Min Kim gives us some great insight into Korean baseball, and we do the fastest mailbag ever.

Jane reaches the acceptance stage. Yankees suck lol. Giants. deGrom. Basketball? Sticky stuff (of course). More trivia and spreadsheets from Lauren.

Charles (twitter's @Ugarles) joins us to talk about The Play, then we do a deep dive on the state of the Pirates organization. The mailbag stays in the NL Central with a lot of stuff about the Brewers, and we do some music criticism.

Lots of good analysis this week. No-hitters, pine tar, stolen bases, Tony La Russa/unwritten rules stuff, some great Giants stuff, then we describe pizzas and talk about the masculine art of stews.

Our friend Lewis (@Pigeonize on twitter), an artist and writer, sits in as the fourth mic as we talk about what's going on in the league. We set the podcast's stance on a couple different birds and Lauren has a really good idea.

Defector's David Roth retuns to the podcast to explain why Mets are so weird, league-wide offense sucking, piffle, wet guys and the need for more dirtbag players.

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Going to ballgames again, Osama Bin Laden, chicken tendies, the Royals, the dangers of being based and Tonypilled, injuries, Stephen's countless blood feuds, and Lauren and Stephen have a clacky keyboard competition.