John and Darius join Tom to muse how many pitches they'd take to get a hit off Chris Sale. They also dig into the Bruce Maxwell story, whether there are too many home runs in baseball and make ill-advised playoff predictions. Tom introduces a new spot - 'Hot Cakes'.

Here's the Ron Darling article John mentioned:http://www.newsday.com/sports/media/ron-darling-explains-the-lack-of-anthem-protests-in-baseball-1.14278874

And Jeff Passan's great interview with Maxwell: https://sports.yahoo.com/bruce-maxwell-knelt-national-anthem-172301672.html

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