Alex and Bobby banter about the All-Star Break festivities and Pete Alonso’s Home Run Derby prowess. Then they discuss the impasse in the Oakland A’s ballpark negotiations and John Fisher’s vision for his legacy, as well as player comments about priorities in this round of CBA negotiations. They take some listener calls about the Derby format, minor league team shuffling, and a run-scoring rule change. This week’s Three Up, Three Down features Good Guy Shohei Ohtani and All-Star opt-out #discourse.

Links:

Who Is John Fisher?
MLB All-Star talk labor priorities ($)
Won’t MLB All-Stars think of Joel Sherman’s feelings?
Will Craig on the move to the KBO
Colnessa continue to be couple goals

The Phillies and Vaccines