Episode 51: Please Unblock Sarah, José Bautista

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Jen, Sarah and Mary discuss the Rays’ “opener” strategy, José Bautista signing with the Mets, the Red Sox designating Hanley Ramírez for assignment, Carlos Gómez’s comments about how randomized PED testing doesn’t seem randomized, and a home run rate report done by a task force commissioned by Major League Baseball and its findings, which include that the increase is due to the ball itself. Twitter questions are also answered.

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0:00 — Intro
0:36 — The Rays and the “opener”
10:25 — José Bautista signs with the Mets
17:42 — Hanley Ramírez DFA
25:53 — Carlos Gómez’s PED testing comments
27:35 — The Home Run Rate Task Force and its findings
31:09 — Twitter Q: “Could Mike Trout beat a unicorn in a race?” –@xochi44
34:15 — Twitter Q: “Rank all five AL East teams by their roster’s capacity to cook a four-course meal together” -@StelliniTweets
41:23 — Twitter Q: “Has Bartolo Colon been disqualified from the sexiest man alive conversation because it would be unfair to everyone else?” –@CrazyLASports