Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the sesame-seer Cardinals utilizing a cheeseburger cellphone to foretell house buns (er, runs) by hitters who're dialed in, the various fortunes of three offseason huge spenders (the Mets, Padres, and Rangers) and the stakes of their success, Kumar Rocker’s Tommy John surgical procedure, Dustin May’s flexor pressure, the proliferation of ranked prospects, Jackson Holliday, the Orioles’ infield future, and what it takes for tanking to be justified, the necessity for a Lab League to check the pre-tacked ball, José Abreu’s energy outage, Zac Gallen’s chook omen, and extra, plus a Past Blast (1:38:22) from 2008 and some follow-ups.

Audio intro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Wainwright interviewLink to burger pictureLink to burger GIFLink to house run ritualsLink to Mets celebration articleLink to Mets comeback homersLink to Machado harm dataLink to FG put up on HeimLink to Rocker Pipeline threadLink to SAL leaderboardLink to article on pre-tacked ballLink to Bird Bath Splash Zone dataLink to Gallen chook videoLink to asterisk-ball showLink to 2008 Past Blast supplyLink to MLB replay wikiLink to article on David’s catchLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to competitions/drafts sheetLink to Episode 201 draftLink to Modesto recreation field ratingLink to Modesto recreation thread

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