In Episode 495, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Craig chat about Hades II, and then discuss five mostly baseball topics. 
 
1. It's a cruel, cruel Summer: The Mets and Astros crash out of the playoffs, and the Rockies just keep crashing
2. AL WC Preview: We dive into the junior circuit best-of-threes and eventually rememebr how this segment is supposed to work.
3. NL WC Preview: Ditto for the senior circuit
4. Silver Linings Scorebook: What of the teams that didn't make the playoffs this year? Any hope for the near term?
5. Challenege: Remember players who were literally already mentioned on the show (Difficulty: Impossible) 

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