Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about whether or not Ben ought to apply for a full-time job masking Shohei Ohtani, MLB in search of a pitch-clock sponsor, the brilliance of Sandy Alcantara, clock violations resulting in ejections, post-Opening Day call-ups for prime prospects (most notably Grayson Rodriguez), Alcantara in comparison with Jacob deGrom, the feud between Tyler O’Neill and Oli Marmol, whether or not groups in final place will keep there, early playoff odds modifications, neither overreacting nor underreacting to early-season stats, and extra, plus a Past Blast (1:18:31) from 1990.

Audio intro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: SAVAK, “Reaction”

Link to Ohtani job itemizingLink to clock-sponsor storyLink to Ben on pitch-clock historical pastLink to Ben on AlcantaraLink to Machado ejectionLink to Anderson ejectionLink to Ohtani violationsLink to Ohtani and HobergLink to Elias on RodriguezLink to Rodriguez debut videoLink to story on O’Neill and MarmolLink to tweet about Bader/MarmolLink to Ben C. on Ohtani’s stuffLink to playoff odds modificationsLink to Joe Sheehan on stats thus farLink to quotes about ballLink to review on spring coaching statsLink to Rob Arthur on batted ballsLink to James on signature significanceLink to “whelmed” quoteLink to 1990 Past Blast supplyLink to 1989 Hadley paperLink to Sale scissors storyLink to Turn Ahead the ClockLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to pull dashboard

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