The events of the week have us wondering if pieces of baseball tradition are slowly dying. The response to the Ronald Acuña Jr./José Ureña controversy might signal a new way of thinking about baseball's famous unwritten rules. We're also joined by Ozzie Albies of the Braves to talk about the upcoming Players Weekend in MLB, another sidestep from baseball tradition. Albies talks about speaking four languages, the surprise Braves and lots more. Elsewhere on the show, we're judging Mike Clevinger's Twitter beef with a fan, sizing up the super close NL playoff picture and discussing Trevor Bauer's CIA nanites.

 

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We've had Hall of Famers, MVPs and Cy Youngs stop by this podcast since we began in April, but never have we featured a duo like this. Today's episode of the Yahoo Sports MLB Podcast features conversations with Brewers backup catcher Erik Kratz and viral Little League sensation Alfred 'Big Al" Delia. Also on the podcast: Jeff, Tim and Mike talk about the fallout from Joe Simpson's comments about Juan Soto, David Bote's improbable grand slam on Sunday Night Baseball and what a weekend sweep of the Astros means for the Mariners.

 

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This week's guest is a man that Tim Brown likes to call "the 31st franchise." Super-agent Scott Boras is one of the most interesting men in baseball and in this discussion he hits on a variety of topics: How he fell in love with baseball, why his agency only represents baseball players and whether he still enjoys watching the game after nearly 40 years on the job.

Also on the show: Yahoo Sports writer Liz Roscher fills in for the vacationing Mike Oz, joining Jeff and Tim to talk about Houston's controversial trade for Roberto Osuna, whether the Red Sox can win 117 games and which player will end up winning the NL MVP.

 

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The trading deadline has come and gone. How'd your team do? The guys break down all of the month's big deals, giving out winner and loser labels in the process. Also, ex-Dodgers GM Ned Colletti takes Tim Brown inside a front office as the deadline approaches.

 

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We're at the end of July, which means two things in baseball: 1) A new crop of inductees is going into the Hall of Fame and 2) the trading deadline is coming up. We dive deep into both as Angels great Tim Salmon joins Tim Brown to talk about four contemporaries — Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman, Chipper Jones and Jim Thome — headed to Cooperstown this weekend. Jeff, Tim and Oz also talk about the upcoming trade deadlines and which teams need what. Other big topics on this week's show: Rob Manfred vs. Mike Trout, Stephen Strasburg vs. Max Scherzer, Milwaukee's warm reception for Josh Hader and Noah Syndegaard's bout with hand, foot and mouth disease.

 

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We're doing it live! Baseball's "most woke couple" — Washington Nationals closer Sean Doolittle & Eireann Dolan — join us for our first-ever live podcast and the results are fantastic. From the start of their relationship at a Taco Bell to where they'll honeymoon, the Doolittle/Dolans were the perfect guests for a live audience in DC just hours before the All-Star Game.

Also on the show: A surprise live appearance from Hall of Famer Dave Winfield and a remote appearance from Jayson Werth, who was in an unlikely location.

Thank you to WeWork DC for providing a fantastic venue and all of the great fans who showed up and made our first live podcast a success!

 

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OK, so Corey Kluber isn't as *out there* as his teammate (and previous podcast guest) Trevor Bauer. But that doesn't mean the two-time Cy Young winner doesn't have anything to say. In this week's episode, Kluber talks pitching, wine and why he's not particularly fond of the "Klubot" nickname. Also on tap: How Jeff, Mike and Tim would re-imagine the All-Star Game, where Manny Machado might land and the manifesto that Jeff wrote for his 10-year-old son's Little League team.

 

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The most interesting man in baseball sits down for an extended interview with Jeff Passan that you won't want to miss.

Among the topics that Jeff hits with Cleveland Indians pitcherTrevor Bauer:

How he designed his best pitches,

How much he respects the Houston Astros

Why he wants to pose for ESPN the Magazine's Body Issue

What every baseball teams is doing wrong

How he plans to pitch until he's 45

Whether he can win 300 games

His bets that involve winning three Cy Young Awards

Getting shot by a paintball gun in the nuts.

All of that and more on a special interview edition of the Yahoo Sports MLB Podcast.

 

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It's not every day that you can get a Hall of Famer on your show to talk about the Florida funeral home he owns. But today is that day. Expos and Cubs legend Andre Dawson joins Mike Oz to talk about a variety of topics, including his unlikely post-playing days career as an undertaker. Also on the show: Tim returns from vacation to discuss the stir his Archie Bradley made last week, the guys compare the rush of NBA free agency to the slow drip of MLB's hot stove and the possibility of seeing Tim Tebow playing at Citi Field later this year is discussed.

 

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Tim is out this week, but he left behind a great interview with D'Backs pitcher Archie Bradley so we don't miss him *too* much. (Archie tells at least one story we're sure is going to make the rounds in the baseball blogosphere.) Jared Quay of Yahoo Sports' new morning show "The Rush" fills in for Tim during the main portion of the show and he joins Mike and Jeff to talk about everything from Edwin Jackson's latest team to being a casual fan to all-time dumb sports injuries. Finally, we make a BIG announcement that our listeners in the nation's capital are bound to love.

 

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