Minor League Matchmaking, Now With Bonus Chihuahuas

<p>In one month, Michael Rivers matched up dozens of financially-struggling minor league ballplayers with individuals willing and able to commit to a seasons’ worth of care packages and gift cards, and he’s still going strong. In this episode, we talk with Michael about how “<a href="https://twitter.com/adoptmilbplayer">Adopt a MiLB Player</a>” began and how fans of the game can help out until MLB fixes its labor policies. Our boyfriends this week include a couple of Baby Bombers, <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/03/17/gleyber-torres-is-right-at-home-on-the-new-york-stage/">Gleybor Torres</a> and <a href="https://www.pinstripealley.com/2020/2/26/21153144/yankees-miguel-andujar-defense-position-changes-feel-good-story-spring-training">Miguel Andújar</a> of the Yankees. After a you-knew-it-was-coming <a href="https://www.insidehook.com/daily_brief/sports/atlanta-braves-tomahawk-chop-spring-training">Tomahawk Chop rant</a>, Pottymouth tells you about Atlanta SS <a href="https://www.fox5atlanta.com/sports/atlanta-braves-shortstop-dansby-swanson-talks-about-soccer-star-girlfriend">Dansby Swanson</a>, why it is perfectly acceptable to choose a Baseball BF based on <a href="https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/mallory-pugh-united-states-world-cup-reckless-child">his girlfriend</a>, and we learn an important lesson about Jane Austen vs. frozen dinners. Patti tells the origin story of BF <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/hechavarria-settles-in-with-blue-jays/article567259/">Adeiny Hechavarria</a>, and connects the dots between this week’s picks. The wagging finger of <a href="https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/report_mlb_warned_astros_red_sox_about_cheating_prior_to_2018_alcs/s1_127_31432853">Joe Torre</a> is not all that effective at policy enforcement. MLB makes some long-awaited diversity news in the upper ranks of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/27/us/kerwin-danley-mlb-umpire-spt-trnd/index.html">umpires</a>. <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/baseball-prospectus-ta