While Steve is off attending a couple Blue Jays games this weekend, Matt welcomes guest Connor Newcomb to talk some Orioles baseball leading into their series next week. Matt also doubles down on how disappointingly the Blue Jays handled the Anthony Bass situation as well as crediting Jays fans with standing up for the LGBTQ2S+ community. 

Plus: Cue the training montage music for Alek Manoah’s triumphant return. 

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Matt returns from his HALF marathon to talk about a much brighter week for the Blue Jays, who went on to win their third straight series leading into today's podcast. Matt's strikeout is everyone's strikeout: Anthony Bass. But happily the rest of the team's play overshadows that dark cloud and Bo Bichette was named to MLB's Team of the Month. Later, Matt reaches his goal of solving Worlde on his first guess.

Break music: The Halluci Nation, Rob Ruha - Takarita (One More Saturday Night)

Daulton Varsho's 2-run Home Run
[Ottawa Titans first franchise triple play](https://twitter.com/ottawa_titans/status/1663982552556683282?s=20
Liam Hendricks returns from cancer diagnosis

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Steve hosts the baseball portion of the podcast solo as Matt ran the Ottawa Race Weekend marathon, so notes are short. Steve laments the Jays' poor baserunning, is unsure about Jordan Romano, and is bullish on Bo Bichette's hitting prowess. Then, Matt welcomes author Paul Semendinger back to the show. Leading up to Matt’s half-marathon on Sunday, they talk about all things running and how it relates to baseball. They also talk some Yankees baseball later on. 

Roy White: From Compton to the Bronx

Break Music: Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run.

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Matt and Steve discuss a not-so-positive week that included Aaron Judge's shifty eyes, Schneider's forgetfulness, and another pitching gem from Chris Bassitt. Leo eats the food inside the breading this week and Steve has a much better softball week.

Break Music: The Zutons - Pressure Point

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Matt and Steve break down what was a short week, seeing the Blue Jays lose both games in Philly against the Phillies, and win the first two games (and the series) vs the Atlanta Braves in their return to Toronto. Matt calls the Friday night win the best game of the year, and Steve makes some progress with his puzzle. Plus: Matt mourns some vegetables.

Break music: Matt Mays - "The Dartmouth Soundsystem" (album: When The Angels Make Contact)

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Matt and Steve talk about a disastrous 4-game series (or did Thursday really happen?) vs the Boston Red Sox and the first two games vs the Pirates. Matt reads out the Blue Wahoos game notes written in the meter of Gordon Lightfoot's "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"; and Matt continues to deal with rambunctious children.

Break Song: "Early Morning Rain" by Gordon Lightfoot.

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Matt and Steve talk about the really great week the Blue Jays had - 6 straight wins! Some talk about Gausman's great pitching...and, well all of the starters pitching great. Steve mentions Manoah & Springer's struggles and Matt has a kite return to him...

Break song: Herr Jazz - Hey Merlin, Thanks for the Free Coffee! ("Friends Are Relatives" MASA Records 10 Year Anniversary Compilation)

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Another week in the books with mixed results for the Blue Jays - the starting pitching staff did well, but the bullpen did not. Matt & Steve talk about the second phase of renovations for the Rogers Centre, Springer's continuing struggles at the plate against the Astros, the Athletics buying land in Vegas, and Scherzer's sticky 10-game suspension. Also in this podcast - Matt talked to John Gibbons! (36:11) Gibby recently released "Gibby: Tales of a Baseball Lifer" (ECW Press) and spoke with Matt about snowy owls in Ottawa and "buffalo mentality".

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Matt & Steve recap another winning week for the Blue Jays, highlighting the individual success of José Berríos and his strong outing, helping to snap the Rays 13 game win streak. Later on, they look at a new city entering a MLB expansion bid and review the Ottawa Titans recently released promotion schedule.

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On today’s show Matt recaps the end of the Blue Jays road trip in Kansas City & LA, worries about Brandon Belt, is impressed by Matt Chapman & Daulton Varsho, takes measure of Yusei Kikuchi’s up & down outings and interviews Noah Woodward about all things scouting. 

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