Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the continued Yandy Díaz breakout and listeners’ suggestions for his new beef-related nickname, the greatness of post-peak Clayton Kershaw and the end of Diamondbacks Madison Bumgarner, the Oakland A’s (almost) officially leaving for Las Vegas, a Scott Boras metaphor about Juan Soto, Max Scherzer’s sticky suspension, the return of Fernando Tatis Jr., Rob Manfred’s comments about contract-length limitations, the Marlins walking back a Bartman promotion, the existence of Hoby Milner, the usage of batted-ball exit speeds on broadcasts, and the many twists and turns of the Jarred Kelenic, Edwin Díaz, and Robinson Canó trade, plus a Past Blast (1:24:00) from 1996.
Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ivan Julian, “Sticky”
Link to 2017 Kershaw article
Link to Ben on Kershaw in 2018
Link to Baumann on Kershaw
Link to Baumann on the Trash Pandas
Link to Soviet poster
Link to Ben on Kershaw in 2019
Link to Kershaw K streak
Link to MLBTR on Bumgarner
Link to Bumgarner-Contreras video
Link to MLBTR on the A’s
Link to Las Vegas report
Link to Boras baking metaphor
Link to Boras/Cuzzi comments
Link to suspension explanation
Link to Scherzer video
Link to Manfred’s contract comments
Link to Bartman promo story
Link to Bartman’s 2016 comments
Link to Escobar/Fogo story
Link to Jeff on the Kelenic trade
Link to 1996 Past Blast source
Link to 1996 NYT source
Link to FG on the zone and pace
Link to Jon Roegele on the zone
Link to Ben on the zone and Ks
Link to Dune kid clip
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Atlantic League experiments
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