Starkville | USA... USA! Todd Frazier talks Olympic baseball, Ke'Bryan Hayes missed first base and MLB's ongoing struggles with sticky stuff

Fire up the Star Spangled Banner, USA Baseball is headed back to the Olympics. Todd Frazier joins Starkville to explain how he went from the Pirates to Team USA in a matter of weeks. Frazier describes some of the wild moments of the qualifying tournament. Also on this episode, Jayson and Doug talk about Gerrit Cole's struggles trying to explain illegal substances and why the sticky stuff is causing major problems for Major League Baseball. Strange But True covers the history of players failing to touch first base like Ke'Bryan Hayes. All that plus trivia (of course!) Follow Jayson on Twitter: @jaysonst Follow Doug on Twitter: @dougglanville Follow Todd Frazier: @FlavaFraz21 Follow Mayor Tim on Twitter: @TimMMcMaster Subscribe to The Athletic for just $3.99 per month at theathletic.com/baseballshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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