Chris and Julio talk about the Field of Dreams game and the cultural impact the movie has on the game of baseball. Spoiler alert, Julio hasn’t seen it and has terrible taste in movies. (00:00:32)
Then they talk about USA Baseball winning the silver metal in the olympics, Barstool Sports possibly doing a MLB broadcast next year and the controversy over the Rockies mascot and a fan being mistakenly criticized for saying racist terms at a game. (00:07:50)
After that, they jump into A’s news with the unfortunate and unexpected news of Ray Fosse announcing he has to step away from the team due to health issues, Ramon Laureano’s suspension, AJ Puk being called up, Nick Allen and Khris Davis join the Las Vegas Aviators in AAA and Julio reminisces from his first game back to the Coliseum in 3 years. (00:32:23)
After the break the guys give 3 keys to the A’s having a successful last month and a half of the season to make the final playoff push. (00:55:35)
Then they finish it off with previewing the coming schedule, pick their player of the week, give their Essential Tailgate Tools of the week and update the polls. (01:16:19)
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