Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter concerning the scorching begin by Jarred Kelenic and when to imagine in a breakout, Jo Adell and the thriller of quadruple-A gamers, the chances of no Marlin hitting for the cycle till Luis Arraez did it this week, the Rays’ record-tying thirteenth straight win, new reviews about new guidelines, and extra. Then (51:12) they reply listener emails about the perfect city, non-ballpark setting for baseball, the MLB participant they might most wish to be stranded with on a desert island (with a digression on Matt Strahm and ballpark beer gross sales), a pitcher with one unhittable pitch per sport, and a black-box outfield, plus a Past Blast (1:26:19) from 1993.

Audio intro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Chicano Batman, “Cycles of Existential Rhyme”

Link to Kelenic homerLink to Passan tweetLink to article on Kelenic’s swingLink to Verducci on KelenicLink to article on AdellLink to Arraez cycle videoLink to cycles since 1993Link to group cycles since ’93Link to one-team cycle oddsLink to league-wide cycle oddsLink to Rays streak statsLink to Springs damage storyLink to Rays rallyLink to FG playoff oddsLink to Baumann on LodoloLink to FG violations reportLink to new B-Ref guidelines reportLink to aircraft-carrier diagramLink to aircraft-carrier derbiesLink to Mikolas lizard storyLink to AP story on beer gross salesLink to Astros beer informationLink to Strahm feedbackLink to Manfred on concessionsLink to BA on concessionsLink to Crain’s on concessionsLink to Strahm’s YouTube channelLink to EW emails databaseLink to 1993 Past Blast supplyLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s Substack

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