Avant Guardians

Alex and Bobby talk about the soon-to-be Cleveland Guardians and probe how genuine this transition has felt, check in on a pivotal vote to keep the A’s in Oakland, and read about — shocker! — minor leaguers in poor living conditions. This week’s Three Up, Three Down features electronic pitch signs and the freakin’ K-zone.

Links:

Tom Hanks’s relationship to Cleveland

Joon Lee on minor league player treatment in the Angels’ system

MLB testing electronic sign devices

The return of Thom Brennaman

The All-Star Game’s economic boom that wasn’t

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Songs featured in this episode:

Assembly of Dust — “The Honest Hour” • Jimmy Eat World — “The World You Love” • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”