San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr took fly balls during batting practice before Fri Aug 6, 2021’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Petco Park in San Diego (AP News file photo)

On the MLB podcast with Larry:

#1 Larry, how deserving did you see the suspension of Oakland A’s outfielder Ramon Laureano for 80 games on Thursday night. Laureano says he didn’t dishonor the game of baseball and knows about it’s policy about illegal banned use of substances.

#2 Fernando Tatis Jr was taking fly balls before Friday’s game and some wonder if he’ll be back soon after suffering a shoulder injury. Tatis covered a lot of ground during the shag session and robbed some teammates of some home runs during batting practice.

#3 Larry, talk about the pitch that Boston Red Sox pitcher Hansel Robles threw that hit Toronto Blue Jays hitter Randal Grichuk in the elbow pad that drew warnings to both dugouts from umpires and that eventually had the Blue Jays leaving the bench to go after Robles after he gestured to them to “come out” and Sox manager Alex Cora came racing out to intercept Robles and stop what would have most certainly an ugly situation.

#4 The Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Adrian Houser tested positive for Covid 19 who became the latest Brewer to test positive. The Brewers who are hosted the San Francisco Giants on Friday night have activated outfielder Christian Yelich who said he’s feeling fine and ready to come back.

#5 Former Houston Astro JR Richard 71, who suffered a stroke in 1980 has passed away of Covid 19 he was not vaccinated. Richard pitched for the Astros for ten seasons was 107-71 with a ERA 3.15, 1493 strike outs and had a club season record of strikeouts of 313 in 1979 until the record was broken by Gerrit Cole in 2019.

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