The Quirk That Works

<p>We profile boyfriends from Toronto and St. Louis, detail the shake up in the <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/dl-hall-shaves-head-in-orioles-spring-camp">Os quality hair above replacement</a> (qHAR), and share first day fun with the pitch clock. <a href="https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2022/09/22/dreams-come-true-blue-jays-alejandro-kirk-has-always-tuned-out-body-shaming-and-wants-young-kids-to-do-the-same.html">Alejandro “Captain” Kirk </a>is still a Spring Training no-show for all the right reasons, and is Pottymouth’s TOR bf for this season.  Patti selects TOR trilingual utility player <a href="https://theathletic.com/1863449/2020/06/14/for-trilingual-blue-jays-prospect-otto-lopez-home-is-where-the-baseball-is/">Otto Lopez</a> because baseball is the universal language. On the Cards side of things, Pottymouth picks Pujols mentee <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/juan-yepez-hits-two-home-runs-in-win-over-marlins">Juan Yepez</a> while Patti chooses the fast-tracked big bat of <a href="https://247sports.com/college/east-carolina/Article/Alec-Burleson-ECU-Baseball-St-Louis-Cardinals-First-MLB-Home-Run-194001113/">Alec “Burly” Burleson</a>. Patti tries to bring the calm regarding the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/25/pitch-clock-spring-training-braves-red-sox/">new pitch clock rules</a> – it’s day one, friends, take a breath! In labor news, Tony Clark draws a line in the sand over <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35735339/mlbpa-tony-clark-vows-fight-efforts-implement-salary-cap">salary caps</a> while San Diego and Pittsburgh show opposite ends of small-market spending. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/26/manny-machado-padres/">Manny</a> gets his extension, Bobby sends a home run right to the gut, and we enjoy MLB’s school picture day.</p><p>We say “designated driver of the podcast,” “Usually i’m very pro-dark lord,” and “I ride Bus 4.” Get boosted, fight the man, send your game balls <a href="https://twitter.com/Bbl_Astrophyscs">