Bobby and Alex talk Kevin McCarthy’s ramblings on the All-Star Game move, the return of minor league baseball, an unceremonious halt to Albert Pujols’s career, and #RatcoonGate in New York. Then they take some calls on franchises half-heartedly tanking and the prospect of real labor solidarity in baseball. This week’s Three Up, Three Down features John Means and the necessary evil of the dropped third strike rule.

Links:

The Tipping Pitches Store (code: AROD)

More Than Baseball’s opening day thread

Kevin McCarthy whines about MLB

The MLBPA on the PRO Act

Arizona passes public tax to fund Chase Field renovations