Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Akil Baddoo taking a baseball to the beans, broadcasters describing groin pictures, and gamers deciding whether or not to put on cups. Then they examine a resurgent Joey Gallo and a slumping Andrew Benintendi (20:25), recall reliever Zack Littell’s affinity for cruise ships (33:22), forecast MLB’s worldwide future (37:22), take into account the Dodgers’ secret Ugandan academy (47:06), talk about an replace on MLB’s integration of Negro Leagues stats (1:13:40), and assess their ranges of hysteria about game-fixing in mild of two school playing scandals (1:30:21), plus a Past Blast (1:42:35) from 2006.
Audio intro: Gabriel-Ernest, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Baddoo play
Link to first cup tweet
Link to second cup tweet
Link to MLB nutshots compilation
Link to a different nutshots video
Link to swinging nutshot video
Link to Ben Clemens on Gallo
Link to Ben L. on Gallo in 2014
Link to Gallo’s juggle catch
Link to Gallo on New York
Link to Gallo on New York once more
Link to Littell article
Link to previous Littell EW episode
Link to MLB worldwide plans
Link to South Korea sport information
Link to Uganda academy article
Link to information on Dodgers’ DR academy
Link to information on academies’ impression
Link to prospect exploitation report
Link to Horace Wilson article
Link to article on Negro Leagues stats
Link to Ben on MLB’s reclassification
Link to Ben on reclassification once more
Link to Baumann on the AL scandal
Link to Sheehan on the AL scandal
Link to extra on the AL scandal
Link to Iowa State information
Link to 2006 Past Blast supply
Link to 2022 article on Jones
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Rasmussen information
Link to 2022 Megill story
Link to 2023 Megill story
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