Angel Hernandez has been put out to pasture, Ben Brown was yanked with a no-hitter going, and the Cubs hitters aren’t really into the whole line-drive thing. David Brown joins Andy to discuss all of this, plus whether or not Andy cursed Ronald Acuna Jr to the injured list, whether they guys agree with Bob Costas and Chris Russo’s thoughts on whether Shohei should just bag pitching altogether and a young friend takes a break from breaking up sex trafficking rings in Thailand to pitch a defunct university into the College World Series. Is MLB counting Negro League stats like MLB stats really doing those stats a disservice by attempting to paper over why those players weren’t in the big leagues to begin with? Plus, are the Phillies the best team in baseball?

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