Kumar Rocker debut, Bowden Francis has another no-hit bid broken up in the ninth, the NL East is gonna have a fun last two weeks, the Nats and Reds are going buckwild on the basepath, the A's bunt three times in a row in extra innings, and a bizarre story about the Twins prospect released for purposefully tipping pitches to opponents.

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The playoff picture, the White Sox clinch worst team in the league already, Ohtani chasing 50-50, Ludacris dusted off the big arms, Aaron Judge and the Paw Patrol Curse, and a lesson in the dangers of being horny but not normal about baseball players.

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Lauren and Jane talk about their night at "the internet/baseball" table at their friends' wedding and the stuff they've been up to in Minneapolis. Ohtani gets to 40-40. Joey Votto retires. Stephen goes to an evil home décor store.

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A lot of topics this week! Jarren Duran's extremely Boston moment gets him a two-game suspension. Mets celebrity first pitches. The Padres and Diamondbacks are nipping at the Dodgers' heels. Players' Weekend. Obama's summer playlist. The Phillies are bizarre. The ump who wore a Kramer shirt during a game. The Onion returns to print. John Kruk. A bunch of White Sox/Yankees stuff. Alex Verdugo is allergic to batting gloves and his own tattoos. The suggest six inning minimum for starting pitchers.

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We talk about Grifol getting canned, Lauren does a Guess the PItcher segment, then we talk about the Olympics and Billy Bean before getting into some mailbag.

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Defector's David Roth is back on the show to talk about the bare minimum amount of ball required by law in the month of August, including the Mets playing pleasantly adequate baseball and the White Sox being on the verge of historical terribleness.

We talk about our new boundary setting king, the big trades so far, some littler trades, and come up with a plan for the White Sox.

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We're back and we're gaming it out. We're plotting. We're Vizierpilled. We're Jafarmaxxing.

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Stephen's back and we're pivoting to business.

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ALAB's Charles Star is back to talk about the historic game-ending pitch clock violation, Buck Showalter talking about butts, Willie Mays, and the Rickwood Game.

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