It's a day early, but the guys have a whole lot of angst built up for this week's show. 2018 looks a lot like 2017, with both team's offenses struggling. They discuss where Manny Machado will end up at the trade deadline, and Ron's Rants makes a special appearance.

Elliott and Ron manned the ship for the first half while Pete made his way home. First up, the mess that Robinson Cano is in, followed by hitting coaches, the NL West vs. the NL East, Kyle Schwarber is the best defender in baseball, and the Cardinals' dismal offense.

Pete, Elliott, and Ron jump on to cover a WIDE variety of baseball topics. Has it really only been four days since the Cardinals swept the Cubs? So much has happened in MLB that they didn't know where to start. (Of course, it didn't help that Ron was called away just as the show started.) Still, they held it together long enough to discuss the Cubs' and the Cards' offensive woes, Joe Maddon's lineup games, The Machine's 3000th hit, and -- most importantly -- a topic that still makes Ron queasy.

Ron, Pete and Elliott are back together again to recap the week that was, to discuss the upcoming Cubs-Cardinals series (with a guest appearance from B), and the joke that Sammy Sosa has become. Ron also goes into the weeds to discuss his disdain for the Three True Outcomes.