The Red Sox show from out of left field could not refrain from gushing over Wilyer Abreu and the rest of the young talent within the organization. The sun will shine upon Boston baseball once again, friends. (11:12)

ALSO:

-What's the deal with Alex Cora's platooning strategy? (19:55)

-Some 1999 All-Star Game (and dinosaur?) related trivia (42:51)

-There might be too many funky minor league baseball team names (56:50)

All of that and more on this edition of Pod On Lansdowne!

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