The Toronto Blue Jays are soon to return to Rogers Centre seen in photo in downtown Toronto after a two year absence they last played there in September 2019. The Canadian Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo said it was safe for the team to return to Toronto. (file photo from Grantland)

On the MLB podcast with Larry:

#1 Canada’s Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Howard Njoo said that the Toronto Blue Jays return back to Canada is going to happen. Dr Njoo said that talks have been going very well since Canada is 60% vaccinated and the province of Ontario has agreed to let the Blue Jays back at Rogers Centre to resume playing their home games with limited fan attendance.

#2 Three men have been charged with federal firearms crimes after a housekeeper discovered the cache in their hotel rooms at the Maven in downtown Denver. Richard Platt, Ricardo Rodriguez, and Gabriel Rodriguez were named as defendants in the US Attorney’s case. They only there to buy and sell guns. Ricardo said talked about using a weapon and putting people down. Gabriel said he was there to buy methamphetamine. Some talk shows have said that the housekeeper might have prevented a mass shooting.

#3 The Washington Nationals Starlin Castro became baseball’s second player to be put on administrative leave after the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer. Castro has been accused of sexual assault and domestic violence and child abuse. Castro was on family leave June 16th and Nationals manager Dave Martinez said if he had known about the abuse a month ago he would be having a different conversation.

#4 Speaking of the Washington Nationals they were on the opposite end of a laugher at Nationals Park in Washington on Friday night as the visiting San Diego Padres threw out the mercy rule and trounced the Nats 24-8. It was the kind of game where the Nats didn’t even have to ask Padres hitter Jake Cronenworth where he wanted his pitch Cronenworth contributed by hitting for the cycle.

#5 Larry, how sanitary was the National League clubhouse in Denver after it was discovered that four Colorado Rockies players right handed pitchers Antonio Senzatela, Yency Almonte, and Jhoulys Chacin and outfielder Yonathan Daza were tested positive for Coronavirus and Rockies manager Bud Black and first base coach Rod Gideon were out for Covid 19 contact tracing protocols.

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