Ben Lindbergh addresses an interview improve on the previous episode, chats with FanGraphs’ Dan Szymborski about Luis Arraez’s probabilities of batting .400, Stat Blasts (22:36) about extremes in workforce profitable and dropping streaks, welcomes in David Lewis (28:00) for the ultimate Past Blast, and talks to prolific science fiction (and baseball science fiction) creator Rick Wilber (44:48) about being the son of huge leaguer Del Wilber, his profession and love for baseball and sci-fi, and the podcast’s forthcoming Future Blast collection, plus a postscript (1:26:00) about Tyler Wells and Taylor Walls, Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani, Rob Manfred and public ballpark funding, contentious performs on the plate, and a brand new walk-up-music database.

Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Carleton interview episodeLink to MLB.com on ArraezLink to Statcast park componentsLink to Foolish thread on AVG+Link to AVG+ leaderboardLink to story about Reds’ newest winLink to Reds streak enjoyable realityLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to longest in-season-streaks sheetLink to extra streaks knowledgeLink to Past Blast EW wiki web pageLink to 2023 Past Blast supplyLink to Ben on the pitch clockLink to Ben on the pitch clock once moreLink to B-Ref’s new guidelines web pageLink to Rickwood Field storyLink to Hinchliffe Stadium storyLink to first Dick Trueman episodeLink to second Dick Trueman episodeLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Rick Wilber’s web siteLink to Wilber’s baseball worksLink to My Father’s GameLink to Del Wilber’s SABR bioLink to Lucky Starr wikiLink to Wade/Ward wikiLink to Trout/Betts interviewLink to Trout/Ohtani at-batLink to Bochy ejection videoLink to Melvin ejection videoLink to the NYT on plate-blockingLink to Heim’s replay-review gestureLink to Manfred’s Time interviewLink to students survey on fundingLink to story on the Astros remarkLink to commerce bushes websiteLink to commerce values websiteLink to string on walk-up-songs websiteLink to MLB walk-up-songs websiteLink to The Walk-Up DatabaseLink to walk-up-site requests thread

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