#21 | Justin Verlander's Third Birthday Party: No-Hitters, An Old Player Check-in, and PARRAAAAAA

This week, the thing Nick and Jordan love about baseball is no-hitters! Because come on, Justin Verlander. (Coach Dave is off this week.)

We also talk about the firing of Dave Dombrowski, we do an old player check-in - did you know Justin Turner is 34??? - and we come to the unanimous and thoroughly scientific conclusion that Enemy of the Pod™️ Gerardo Parra is responsible for the resurgence of the Washington Nationals.
 
Our other baseball podcast is The Drew Goodman Podcast with Julie Browman. Drew is the play-by-play commentator for the Rockies on AT&T Rocky Mountain Sportsnet, and Julie is a former sportscaster who's now the public information officer for the Adams County Fire Rescue! (Jordan here: this is the most deeply Denver thing and I love it.) The Rockies have had a TERRIBLE season, but that doesn't mean you can't support Julie and Drew. Subscribe and follow Drew and Julie on Twitter!

Thanks as always to the great @drawawalk for our artwork.

Stuff we talked about:
An explainer for Marvel's crazyballs "House of X" X-Men event (Jordan's non-baseball thing)
Fine wooden chopsticks at Williams-Sonoma (Nick's non-baseball thing)

Links:
Leadoff Grand Slam on Twitter
Leadoff Grand Slam on Apple Podcasts
Leadoff Grand Slam's Website

(Recorded 9/9/19)