Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about All-Star-roster minimums and maximums, what the Aroldis Chapman commerce tells us concerning the how groups worth prospects, Jake Diekman’s exploits with the Rays, Evan Longoria’s late-career contributions, and the same-named siblings of Carlos Pérez, Carlos Pérez, Wilmer Flores, Wilmer Flores, Wander Franco, Wander Franco, and Wander Franco. Then (45:59) they discuss to Steve Wynn and Linda Pitmon of The Baseball Project concerning the band’s origins and longevity, its new album, the inspiration for its songs, its songwriting and recording course of, its historic accuracy, making certain that a number of eras are represented, being musical super-utility gamers, the band’s viewers and place in its members’ musical careers, the musicians they’d need to recruit, and extra, plus a Future Blast (1:35:36) from 2028.

Audio intro: The Baseball Project, “New Oh in Town”Audio interstitial: The Baseball Project, “The All or Nothings”Audio outro: The Baseball Project, “Screwball”

Link to All-Star rostersLink to All-Star-selection enjoyable infoLink to Jay Jaffe on the Chapman commerceLink to Sheehan on the Chapman commerceLink to Meg on Chapman in 2015Link to FG’s 2016 Chapman breakdownLink to Diekman projection episodeLink to Ben on Longoria in 2015Link to 2021-23 3B offense leaderboardLink to Octavio Hernández PerníaLink to FG name-linker pop-upLink to story on Flores brothersLink to Franco household photographLink to Franco profileLink to different Franco profileLink to story on Pérez brothersLink to Foreman quoteLink to stream Grand Salami Time!Link to purchase Grand Salami Time!Link to The Baseball Project web siteLink to imminent tour datesLink to Steve Wynn’s web siteLink to Spin musician baseball previewLink to The Dream Syndicate reissueLink to Rick Wilber’s web siteLink to Ellis LSD no-no videoLink to Emma B. on Ohtani’s JuneLink to Dan S. on Ohtani projections

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