Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about extra examples of gamers whose names describe what they do (like Colin Holderman), the return of Justin Verlander, Juan Soto’s overdue sizzling streak, Keynan Middleton calling out Carlos Correa, the distinction between Craig Kimbrel’s leverage and outcomes, and the way success lowers the boo threshold, then (16:22) react to excerpts from Ben’s dialog with an MLB exec about guidelines modifications and strikeouts. After that (37:38), they create on top-tier Patreon supporter Mack Mashburn to debate his background as a podcaster listener and baseball fan and reply listener emails in regards to the pitch clock and suspense, the subsequent step for dwelling run celebrations, narrowing honest territory at excessive elevations, the aggressive benefit of cloud seeding, whether or not relievers all lengthy to be starters, whether or not Baseball Zen isn’t zen sufficient, MLB Gameday’s latest redesign, why lefties are likely to throw slower than righties, the causes of accelerating harm charges, the results of improved pitching machines, a wizard who makes gamers shorter each time they get hits or strikeouts, and Aristides Aquino’s DRS, plus a Past Blast from 2003 (1:58:40) and follow-ups (2:01:56).

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