Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the White Sox and the etiquette and timing of firing the manager of one of the worst teams of all time, Logan O’Hoppe and performance anxiety, Brusdar Graterol and the most demoralizing kind of injury, the return of Anthony Gose, next season’s scheduled game at Bristol Motor Speedway, other unorthodox potential locations for MLB games, and why baseball fields are deepest in center, Aroldis Chapman’s freakish velocity and durability, Craig Kimbrel, Grayson Rodriguez, and the outlook for the Orioles’ rotation, the recent performances of Jackson Holliday, Jackson Chourio, and Jackson Merrill, what Bobby Witt Jr.’s progression says about the aging curve, and more.

Audio intro: Austin Klewan, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Fegan on the Grifol firing
Link to MLBTR on the firing
Link to Grifol record tweet
Link to McCloskey wiki
Link to O’Hoppe tweet
Link to O’Hoppe article
Link to Abreu article
Link to Graterol injury story
Link to Senga injury story
Link to MLBTR on Marquez
Link to Fowler injury article
Link to Yount wiki
Link to BP IL Ledger
Link to article on Gose’s return
Link to Motor Speedway game
Link to aircraft carrier HR derby
Link to Carrier Classic wiki
Link to outdoor NHL games
Link to Reddit thread on deeper CF
Link to sidespin/spray graph
Link to Polo Grounds wiki
Link to track cycling wiki
Link to velodrome wiki
Link to Chapman velo article
Link to pitcher aging curves
Link to Sheehan on Kimbrel
Link to MLBTR on Rodriguez
Link to Holliday leaderboard
Link to Sawchik on Holliday
Link to EW preseason predictions
Link to leaderboard since 6/1
Link to Holliday HR streak
Link to B-Ref Jacksons tweet
Link to Jacksons HR highlights
Link to best age-20 seasons
Link to best rookie age-20 seasons
Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard
Link to aging curve article
Link to aging curve article 2
Link to Ohio Cup wiki
Link to Be the Match website
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Jesús Sánchez and the (perhaps) surprising longest-homer hitters of the Statcast era, the hot hitting of Victor Robles, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Tyler Fitzgerald, the competitive race for the (nonexistent) utility player of the year award, what lessons should be learned from the 2024 Padres’ clutchness correction, whether the Guardians have a clutchness correction coming too, whether we could have seen this White Sox season coming (and the mood of Miguel Vargas), follow-ups on team rivalry trophies and Mike Trout’s durability, and a question about ways to disrupt a Patreon pattern.

Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Sánchez homer
Link to Marlins salaries
Link to HR distance leaderboard
Link to Mazara record HR
Link to signature significance article
Link to study on single batted ball
Link to Statcast park factors
Link to BP piece on Robles
Link to wRC+ since 6/5
Link to wRC+ since 6/20
Link to Kikuchi changes article
Link to Rogers O’s tweet
Link to Castro positions tweet
Link to Rafaela positions tweet
Link to Ben on positional versatility
Link to Russell on switching positions
Link to wRC+ since 5/1
Link to wOBA-xWOBA since 6/20
Link to team wRC+ since 7/1
Link to World Series odds
Link to BaseRuns records
Link to Ben on the 2023 Padres
Link to EW on Padres postmortems
Link to Padres postmortem 1
Link to Padres postmortem 2
Link to FG Clutch stat
Link to Russell on one-run records
Link to Rob on one-run records
Link to Rob on one-run records 2
Link to Neil on the Guardians
Link to Vargas clip
Link to preseason win projections
Link to EW Sox team preview
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to Dan S. on the Sox
Link to Lone Star Series wiki
Link to Silver Boot press release
Link to Crosstown Cup Trophy wiki
Link to Pearson Cup wiki
Link to more on Pearson Cup
Link to Bay Bridge Series wiki
Link to MLBTR on Bean
Link to Bean EW episode
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest season-ending injury, the Orioles’ latest top-prospect promotion, and a tweak to the postseason schedule, and answer listener emails (24:20) about ex-player umpires, eavesdropping on pitchers’ thoughts between pitches, whether and how they’d reintroduce baseball to a world without it, awarding belts or trophies for team rivalries, the viability of a pitcher who can’t field, how a player could win MVP in both leagues in the same season, how MLB would work if it were Patreon-supported, how international soccer’s transfer system would apply to MLB, and referring to a type of player by saying “a [player name]”, plus (1:29:48) a few follow-ups.

Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Jim Downey meme
Link to The Athletic on Trout
Link to MLB.com on Trout
Link to Trout’s tweet
Link to SuperPretzel EW episode
Link to EW Trout hypotheticals
Link to MLBTR on Mayo
Link to postseason schedule
Link to ex-player umps
Link to Scully movie clip
Link to mic’d up Manoah
Link to Ben on Yesterday
Link to Vedder Cup article
Link to Mayor’s Trophy wiki
Link to Babe Ruth Award wiki
Link to Gary’s Old Towne Tavern
Link to Sam on playing in a game
Link to listener emails database
Link to Snell quote
Link to White Sox streak tweet
Link to playoff ratios tweet
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of a historic Clayton Kershaw streak, pitcher errors and unearned runs, the lack of top prospects traded at the deadline, the short-handed Marlins vs. the stripped-down Rays, the latest sign of the White Sox apocalypse, the resurgent Blake Snell, Brett Phillips the full-time pitcher, and whether the percentage of pulled homers is increasing. Then (52:11) they talk to Sports Reference software developer (and primary developer of Baseball-Reference.com) Kenny Jackelen about the possibility that catcher Danny Jansen could break B-Ref by having played for both the Blue Jays and Red Sox in a single game, how Kenny might prevent that problem, and other anomalies that B-Ref has had to adjust for, followed by (1:23:36) a few postscript updates.

Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Kershaw K streak story 1
Link to Kershaw K streak story 2
Link to no-K Kershaw game
Link to BA on traded prospects
Link to Marlins salaries
Link to Grifol tweet
Link to Rub-a-dub-dub
Link to lowest team OBPs
Link to farm system rankings
Link to Snell leaderboard
Link to Kirby knuckler
Link to Fletcher game log
Link to Phillips clip
Link to Phillips TikTok
Link to Dubuque on homers
Link to pulled FB %
Link to pulled barreled FB%
Link to FB HR pulled %
Link to Ben Clemens on Paredes
Link to Tango on spray angle
Link to Sam on homer highlights
Link to Ohtani Houston HR
Link to Ohtani L.A. HR
Link to ScoringChanges Jansen thread
Link to Boston Herald on Jansen
Link to suspended game story
Link to 2024 MLB rules
Link to reentry rule
Link to post on Holman
Link to AAA/NBA tweet
Link to courtesy runners page
Link to Ben on the 60-game season
Link to Soto suspended game HR
Link to JDM Silver Sluggers
Link to B-Ref newsletter
Link to B-Ref job listing 1
Link to B-Ref job listing 2
Link to Trout news story
Link to Mauer plaque
Link to plaque video 1
Link to plaque video 2
Link to plaque video 3
Link to Trout news story
Link to Cruz play 1
Link to Cruz play 2
Link to EW 2145
Link to Grant’s Haas tweet
Link to “Du Hast”
Link to “Box Elder”
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley recap the 2024 MLB trade deadline, discussing their big-picture takeaways, breaking down individual deals they found impressive, surprising, or perplexing, and examining the actions of the teams that drove the deadline by adding or subtracting, and the inaction of teams that didn’t do much.

Audio intro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”
Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG deadline roundup
Link to Ringer winners/losers
Link to FG transaction tracker
Link to Ben’s deadline spreadsheet
Link to Neil Paine’s deadline data
Link to Sheehan on early action
Link to Rosenthal on the Rays
Link to Kikuchi trade
Link to Kikuchi sleep tweet
Link to Fedde trade
Link to White Sox report
Link to Wash/Trout tweets
Link to Trout update tweet 1
Link to Trout update tweet 2
Link to 2020 McGuire news
Link to Sox-Rox brawl
Link to postgame simmering
Link to Jansen scoring issue
Link to Mears tipping story
Link to Yanks/Flaherty report
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Ben Clemens break down the Randy Arozarena, A.J. Puk, James Paxton, and Austin Hays trades (plus real-time reactions to the Yimi García and Zach Eflin deals), Stat Blast (29:21) about the most WAR ever dealt at a trade deadline, banter (54:45) about Garrett Crochet’s extension desire and the MVP cases of Francisco Lindor and Bobby Witt Jr. (and Witt’s/the Royals’ home-road splits), and discuss (1:12:27) the toughest calls, biggest snubs, and process changes in Other Ben’s annual Trade Value ranking.

Audio intro: Michael Baumann, “What Did Jerry Dipoto Do?”
Audio outro: Michael Baumann, “What Did Jerry Dipoto Do?”

Link to FG on Arozarena
Link to FG on the Phils-O’s trade
Link to MLBTR on Paxton
Link to MLBTR on Puk
Link to MLBTR on García
Link to MLBTR on Eflin
Link to Arozarena’s splits
Link to Puk’s splits
Link to Lindor’s splits
Link to leaders since 6/1
Link to FG WAR leaderboard
Link to Stat Blast cover
Link to Ben on the White Sox
Link to trade deadline data
Link to Kenny Jackelen’s Twitter
Link to Updike quote
Link to MLBTR on Crochet
Link to Witt splits tweet
Link to largest team splits
Link to largest batter splits
Link to park factors
Link to Trade Value intro
Link to Trade Value top 10
Link to Trade Value chat
Link to Ben on pitching prospects
Link to SP depth charts
Link to RP depth charts
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mason Miller’s hand fracture, the extremely slow pitches of Ildemaro Vargas, a Dylan Cease no-hitter, the punchless Mariners, the impending return of Rich Hill, what the teams with the toughest decisions at the trade deadline should do, updates on Clayton Kershaw (good!) and Mike Trout (not good!), Christian Yelich’s back, the ageless Carlos Santana, Juan Yepez as the new Joey Meneses, follow-ups on Aaron Judge’s zone rate and Oneil Cruz, a CBA change to mitigate the effects of the cable bubble bursting, and more. Then (1:21:55) they talk to Richie Flores, second VP of the National Beep Baseball Association and player for the Bayou City Heat, about the development of the sport and the league, and the Beep Baseball World Series.

Audio intro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme 2”
Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Kotsay quote
Link to reporter clarification
Link to ESPN on Miller
Link to Ben’s song
Link to MLBTR on Arozarena
Link to Vargas pitches
Link to Vargas clip
Link to Holt’s slowest pitch
Link to list of slowest pitches
Link to Petriello tweet
Link to Fast on slowest pitch
Link to Simmons tweet
Link to Tyson tweet
Link to Quora on slowest pitch
Link to Cease stats
Link to highest pitch counts
Link to MLBTR on Hill
Link to Hill on EW
Link to Hill Stat Blast
Link to Trout story
Link to Yelich story
Link to Santana/Martinez story
Link to previous Judge banter
Link to Judge before
Link to Judge after
Link to previous Cruz banter
Link to Drellich on TV revenue
Link to previous beep episode
Link to NBBA.org
Link to World Series info
Link to NBBA teams
Link to NBBA board
Link to NBBA on Twitter
Link to NBBA on YouTube
Link to NBBA on Facebook
Link to Richie’s podcast
Link to Beep book
Link to Beep book Q&A
Link to article on Richie
Link to Texas Monthly on beep ball
Link to news clip 1
Link to news clip 2
Link to MLBTR on Puk
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the likenesses, word counts, and stat citations on Hall of Fame plaques, what would happen if all past stats disappeared, the impending returns of Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw (and the recent return of J.T. Realmuto), the end of James Paxton’s time with the Dodgers, Jo Adell’s breakout fakeout and Jarren Duran’s belated breakout, Francisco Vicioso and Shaq Thompson, the morphing meme of Nick Castellanos, and the Brewers, the Mariners, and the challenge and payoff of rostering pretty good players.

Audio intro: Daniel Leckie, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Mauer plaque
Link to Mauer hair commercial
Link to Beltré plaque
Link to Helton plaque
Link to McGriff plaque
Link to Leyland plaque
Link to Ruth plaque
Link to DiMaggio plaque
Link to Mantle plaque
Link to Fingers plaque
Link to FB post on plaques
Link to botched fresco
Link to article on Cobb’s hits
Link to WAR through age 27
Link to stats on hitter plaques
Link to stats on pitcher plaques
Link to BP on rewriting plaques
Link to Robinson statue article
Link to rebuilt Robinson statue
Link to The Onion stats article
Link to CME wiki
Link to MLB reboot episode
Link to MLBTR on Realmuto
Link to MLB.com on Realmuto’s return
Link to MLBTR on Trout
Link to MLB.com update on Trout
Link to Jaffe on Adell
Link to EW on Adell in May
Link to Sam on Duran
Link to Gomes on Dodgers pitching
Link to Reddit post on Vicioso
Link to Vicioso footage
Link to Shaq Thompson wiki
Link to Ben on Shaq in 2012
Link to Shusterman on Shaq
Link to Ben on Castellanos
Link to Apstein on playoff Castellanos
Link to Petriello on playoff Castellanos
Link to Levine on Castellanos
Link to McCarthy on Castellanos
Link to Levi on Castellanos
Link to Castellanos incidents tweet
Link to Castellanos incidents thread
Link to Jeff on avoiding the awful 1
Link to Jeff on avoiding the awful 2
Link to leading Brewers by PA
Link to Sheehan on the Brewers
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the BBWAA’s new sports gambling regulations, then (11:22) discuss the stories they’re most interested in following for the rest of the MLB season (plus, the implications of a bearded Aaron Judge).

Audio intro: Cory Brent, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to tweets about BBWAA code
Link to EW about journalist betting
Link to Paine’s questions post
Link to Kram’s power rankings
Link to rookie pitcher leaderboard
Link to rookie hitter leaderboard
Link to Sheehan on Skenes
Link to Ben’s preseason prediction
Link to Yankees hair link 1
Link to Yankees hair link 2
Link to Yankees hair link 3
Link to Yankees hair link 4
Link to Yankees hair link 5
Link to ballpark meetup forms
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Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the highlights of the All-Star Game, a hypothetical Evan Longoria unretirement scenario, the newly announced 2025 regular-season schedule (featuring Tokyo contests and a “Rivalry Weekend”), a baseball movie-mention conspiracy theory, players possessed by Gameday 3D, the timing of Martín Maldonado’s DFA, and the potential effect of moving the foul lines. Then (36:54) they bring on FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to break down the standout trends, teams, and players of the amateur draft, the demographics of amateur baseball, trading draft picks, and more.

Audio intro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio interstitial: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”
Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Skenes ASG highlights
Link to Ohtani ASG highlights
Link to 2025 schedule
Link to featured rivalries
Link to Cubs promo video
Link to Longoria quote
Link to Superman news
Link to Caught Stealing
Link to Ben on movie sequels
Link to Gittell on EW
Link to Gittell’s book
Link to A Quiet Place scene
Link to Gameday 3D explainer
Link to possessed player clip 1
Link to possessed player clip 2
Link to Maldonado leaderboard
Link to MLBTR on Maldonado
Link to Ben on the foul lines
Link to Eric’s Day 1 recap
Link to Eric’s Day 2 recap
Link to Condor HR record
Link to college offense article 1
Link to college offense article 2
Link to Nightengale tweet
Link to ESPN top 100 athletes
Link to Manfred on draft picks
Link to ballpark meetup forms
Link to meetup organizer form

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