Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Blooper, the All-Star-Game-hosting Braves’ flagging fortunes, the pre-deadline trade market, the simultaneous surges of Ceddanne Rafaela and Pete Crow-Armstrong, the performances of old pitchers Charlie Morton, Clayton Kershaw, and Justin Verlander, and the death and legacy of Lee Elia, then (1:01:44) share several Stat Blasts about players who were All-Stars in their worst seasons, teams with reverse records against good/bad opponents, Billy McKinney and serial replacement-level players, and more.
Audio intro: El Warren, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Blooper bio
Link to Blooper origin story
Link to Blooper origin story 2
Link to FG playoff odds
Link to Neil on parity
Link to Passan deadline preview 1
Link to Passan deadline preview 2
Link to WAR leaders since June
Link to Petriello on Rafaela
Link to over-40 pitchers
Link to run support
Link to best ERAs since 2021
Link to Elia obit
Link to Elia retrospective
Link to Elia retrospective 2
Link to Elia retrospective 3
Link Elia recording
Link to bleeped Elia recording
Link to oldest rookie hitter All-Stars
Link to oldest rookie pitcher All-Stars
Link to all-stars in worst season
Link to all-stars in worst full season
Link to Hunter obit
Link to one-run-game data
Link to backward team data
Link to MLBTR on McKinney
Link to replacement-level data
Link to Angels tweet
Link to Stat Blast notes
Link to listener emails database
Link to Kalkman on Clarke
Link to NCAA concussion news
Link to mound-movement math
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