Hey everyone, Ben here, a couple updates before we proceed.

Megg and I started out the episode you're about to hear by talking about Mason Miller's hand

fracture.

Initially it was reported by an MLB.com beatwriter that Miller had fractured his hand

punching a training table out of frustration.

Then that report was retracted and the same reporter said that actually Miller had

heard his hand by merely leaning on the training table as he was preparing to do some sort of exercise.

That was the latest when we recorded.

Before the A's game, however,

A's manager Mark Kotse clarified what had actually happened.

Turns out that the original report was right,

and the reporter had retracted it after getting a message from Mason Miller's agency

claiming that that original report had been incorrect, but in fact it was that quote-unquote correction.

It was an incorrect.

As Kase said, there's some speculation, the original statement is pretty accurate.

Mason's agent might have thought differently and made a statement of his own.

How we do things here in this organization is to tell the truth.

Not everyone in the A's organization is known for that, but okay, maybe below the ownership level.

The truth is, post-game Monday night, after being done with his pitching, Mason came in the training room and was going

through his recovery.

He was reminded that he had a post-game lift to get in.

Out of a little frustration, he just kind of pounded his fist down on a padded training

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