Theo Epstein joins Buster to discuss the overlooked aspect of banning the shift, seeing stolen base attempts go up, when he decided to leave the Cubs, players disliking downtime and analytic trends pushing the game in the wrong direction. Then, Sarah Langs shares how she met Steph Curry and Steve Kerr, and plays The Numbers Game. Later, Hembo on Jeff Saturday’s Dusty Baker-like touch in the locker room, hitters that will benefit from the regulations against the shift and, why he’d sign Justin Verlander over Jacob deGrom. Later, Alden Gonzalez talks about Yasiel Puig’s guilty plea, the erosion of trust between the Astros and James Click and the players being talked about at last week’s GM meetings.

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