Morgan Sword’s Youth Army

Alex and Bobby return to their regularly scheduled programming with — what else? — a betting controversy involving umpire Pat Hoberg, and discuss the sport’s increasingly hard-to-ignore gambling problem. Then they react to some comments from former agent Jeff Berry on the league’s economic landscape, cross a couple of items off their season bingo card, and run through this week’s edition of the Unnamed Ranking Segment.  Links: MLBUA’s statement on Pat Hoberg  Tucupita Marcano banned from baseball  Mark Attanasio on Bloomberg Business of Sports  Arctos Sports Franchise Index  Q&A with former agent Jeff Berry  Michael Bloomberg joins bid for Timberwolves  Tipping Pitches bingo card  Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon  Tipping Pitches merchandise  Songs featured in this episode: Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”