Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about an NPB matchup between Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, these aces’ present expertise ranges and MLB futures, how velocity has climbed in NPB in comparison with MLB, and the way stealing bases appears to be the one factor Shohei Ohtani (and, for that matter, Mike Trout) can’t do. Then (18:52) they observe up on earlier conversations about Cast Away, enjoying baseball on high of a tall constructing, and a pitcher who throws an unhittable pitch, focus on partial runs (26:53), a wierd MLB survey query (37:10), whether or not Rob Manfred is immediately primarily based (44:34), Jim Bowden’s pro-ownership stance (55:17), and why groups aren’t stealing third base extra typically (1:06:45), adopted by Stat Blasts (1:12:43) about probably the most first main league hits in a single recreation, groups with probably the most gamers who had profession years, the largest years for outstanding retirements at every place, and mascot clothes, plus a response to an assault on Rockies mascot Dinger (1:42:04), a Past Blast (1:48:04) from 1993, issues about ESPN micing up Martín Maldonado throughout a recreation (1:50:28), and some follow-ups (1:54:47).

Audio intro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Kelley Stoltz, “Memory Collector”

Link to Yamamoto/Sasaki storyLink to Yamamoto/Sasaki strainsLink to Yamamoto/Sasaki highlightsLink to DeltaGraphs NPB knowledgeLink to 0 SB gamersLink to Sam Blum on Angels stealsLink to Sam Miller on Trout stealsLink to Ohtani “by the way” lineLink to Burj al-Arab tennisLink to Tom Cruise climbing sceneLink to MLB survey screenshotLink to Manfred on blackoutsLink to Bowden on opt-outsLink to 2023 basestealing statsLink to Petriello on basestealingLink to Rob Mains on going for thirdLink to Topps NOW playing cardsLink to information on Julien debutLink to 1938 Feller recreationLink to 1938 debuts recreationLink to 1947 debuts recreationLink to first-hits knowledgeLink to best-seasons knowledgeLink to best-seasons abstractLink to player-retirements knowledgeLink to mascots surveyLink to Dinger assault videoLink to article on needed manLink to Charmin’ bear advertLink to Ben’s bidet articleLink to Abbott Elementary referenceLink to Ryan Nelson’s TwitterLink to EW emails databaseLink to Maldonado informationLink to Ben on in-game interviewsLink to Manoah videoLink to Cortes/Trevino videoLink to 1994 Past Blast supplyLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Dinger arrest informationLink to Dinger summons

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