We start with CC’s take on what he would’ve done if he were Blake Snell the moment when Kevin Cash exited the dugout to pull him after allowing only two base runners in a World Series elimination game. Then, CC shares a particular frustration with ESPN and Odell Beckham Jr., and the guys discuss their quarterback tiers for this NFL season.

Hosts: CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco

Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Rays Manager Kevin Cash's decision to pull Blake Snell in the 6th inning of a 2-hit shutout which backfired as the Dodgers scored 2 and went on to win Game 6 and become World Series Champions. The bullpen couldn't hold the lead as the hitting only got 5 hits and couldn't score more than a solo homerun from Randy Arozarena in the 1st inning. Plus Chris Godwin will miss the Monday night game at New York with a broken finger he had surgery on.

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on the Rays chances in Game 6 tonight as Blake Snell is on the mound with Tampa Bay needing a win to force Game 7 on Wednesday. Plus Tom Brady is playing at a level he's only done 2 other times in his career and those years he won the MVP award in 2007 and 2010.

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Rick Stroud and Steve Versnick on Blake Snell's dominating performance as the Rays take the first game from the Blue Jays in the American League Wild Card Best of 3 series. The Lightning Stanley Cup celebrations have started ahead of today's public parties and the Bucs will play with fans this weekend at Raymond James Stadium albeit around 10,000.

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Marc after Dark - Blake Snell's entitled comments continue to irritate Marc and callers. The NFL offers a ridiculous incentive proposal of hiring minority coaches and GM's resulting in higher draft positioning.

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HOUR 1 - Marc is fed up with Blake Snell's entitlement. MLB owners need to take more control over the state of the MLB.

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This week, for their first offseason episode, the thing Jordan and Nick love about baseball is Blake Snell's Twitch Stream! We also talk about bad photoshopping, how deepfaking is the future of baseball, and why Rob Manfred is bad this week. He's bad every week, but there's a new reason this week. We also spend a good five minutes complimenting each other.

(Also, Jordan here: I realized I said I took Rachel to see her favorite band but never said what the band is. it's Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats. Check out them doing "S.O.B." live on the great British music show Later with Jools Holland.)

Thanks as always to the great @drawawalk for our artwork.

Stuff we talked about:
Peter Lerangis - aka Nick's dad - NYT-bestselling author of the Seven Wonders and Max Tilt series
Blake Snell's Twitch stream
Jordan's friend Watson's Twitch stream
That YouTube video Jordan watched about how to shave his beard
A Vox video about voguing for dumb white guys like Jordan
Native actor/activist Dallas Goldtooth's daughter's 7th grade social studies assignment

Links:
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(Recorded 12/14/19)

MLB.com's Anthony Castrovince (@Castrovince) and Richard Justice (@RichardJustice) break down the standings ahead of Memorial Day weekend. They also discuss the Nationals' bullpen woes and Joey Gallo's MVP-caliber season. Plus, reigning AL Cy Young winner Blake Snell joins the show to talk about rebounding from injury, Snellzilla at the Trop and his love for video games.