The CDC recently announced that kissing or cuddling your chickens is a health hazard. Because… Well, because people kiss or cuddle their chickens, apparently. Some people probably kiss and cuddle their chickens. But you shouldn’t kiss or cuddle your chickens. Because your chickens are basically just waddling featherballs of salmonella, it turns out. So, ya know. Don’t kiss or cuddle your chickens.
But before we get to that, two other stories:
Sandra Bland and Kindra Chapman both died in jail. But neither of them would have been in jail in the first place, if they had made bail. And there’s a growing legal argument that maybe that’s the problem, that maybe we shouldn’t have a cash bail system to begin with. Because maybe it’s unconstitutional.
And then: What’s going on with the pitching in baseball? Runs are down, strikeouts are up, fastballs are… faster. Cole Hamels pitched baseball’s third no-hitter of the year last week. And this week he’ll probably be traded to a contender, like pitchers Johnny Cueto and Scott Kazmir just were. Has baseball become a pitcher’s sport? Or is it just the natural ebb and flow of offense and defense?
*Not a euphemism.
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GUESTS:
- Ben Lindbergh – staff writer for Grantland
- Leon Neyfakh – staff writer for Slate
- Beth Teitell – features writer for The Boston Globe
Betsy Kaplan and Colin McEnroe contributed to this show.
