Testing, testing, is this thing on?! We took a few weeks off from recording and boy oh boy were those a BONKERS three weeks. BUCKLE UP.

1:08 - A special shout out to one of our listeners, we discuss our trips to Dodger Stadium for Korea Night and Petco Park for Kim Ha Seong Bobblehead Night, and the next generation of Asian superstars were crushing it at the Little League World Series

15:49 - Position Players! Masataka Yoshida and Seiya Suzuki are given some games off to rest and then come back with a vengeance, Stuart Fairchild returns to the majors and proceeds to hit an inside-the-parker, Corbin Carroll remains a superstar with his own bobblehead night and joining Mike Trout in the record books, Kim Ha Seong smacks his first career grand slam and continues to be the bright spot for the Padres, and Kolten Wong is a DODGER! 

45:30 - Pitchers! The Dodgers finally sign a Korean with Jang Hyun Suk, Ryu Hyun Jin is finding his stride (and taking a page out of fellow elite pitcher IKF’s book), Bryan Woo is dominant after a brief stint on the IL, Sean Manaea is shaking off the first half of the season with a career high strikeout rate, Yusei Kikuchi is in control and coming into his own as an ace, and Shintaro Fujinami throws a “beautiful” pitch in his ongoing success with the Os. 

1:03:05 - Nothing else to talk about from the last three weeks…just kidding. Devastating blow with the news that Shohei Ohtani has torn his UCL and will not pitch the remainder of the season. We discuss who is at fault, how we think this will affect him in free agency, and how it’s not slowing him down as a hitter. 

Stuart Fairchild’s little league home run: https://www.mlb.com/news/stuart-fairchild-hits-little-league-home-run-against-the-marlins

Corbin Carroll’s parents unbox his bobble head: https://www.si.com/fannation/mlb/fastball/news/corbin-carrolls-parents-go-viral-for-their-reaction-to-seeing-arizona-diamondbacks-rookie-get-his-first-bobblehead

Adley Rutschman tells Shintaro Fujinami his pitch was “beautiful”: https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/orioles-adley-rutschman-told-shintaro-fujinami-missed-call-video-reaction-pitch