Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the firing of Red Sox chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and the extension of Nationals president of baseball operations Mike Rizzo, accidents to Max Scherzer and Sandy Alcantara and MLB’s UCL scourge, and a proposed tier system for the Hall of Fame and single-season awards, then Stat Blast (1:08:33) about Zack Greinke’s win-loss report, Matt Olson and gamers with extra homers than their group has losses, probably the most group innings with a homer to begin a sport, two gamers 40 or older homering in the identical sport, walk-off balks, high-WAR seasons for a number of groups, and Ian Happ and the longest on-base streaks in opposition to a group, plus a Future Blast (1:38:32) from 2059 and a follow-up.

Audio intro: Andy Ellison, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Sox press launchLink to MLBTR on BloomLink to Alex Speier on BloomLink to Speier on Boston’s ’22 deadlineLink to story on Bloom and DermodyLink to FG farm rankingsLink to FG payroll rankingsLink to MLBTR on RizzoLink to CBS Sports on RizzoLink to Rizzo on StrasburgLink to Lerner’s Stras assertionLink to MASN settlementLink to DiPuglia resignation storyLink to scout firings storyLink to Alcantara UCL storyLink to story on velo and UCLsLink to Sam on UCLsLink to Ben on pitcher limitsLink to Bill James replyLink to Posnanski on JamesLink to Topps NowLink to Greinke W-L spreadsheetLink to Paine on GreinkeLink to Jaffe/Laurila on GreinkeLink to starter run assistLink to EW 1855 Stat BlastLink to Olson membership sheetLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to group innings w/HR docLink to Ryan on 40+ HR hittersLink to walk-off-balks sheetLink to story on second WO balkLink to Stat Blast on balksLink to high-WAR multi-team seasonsLink to Drake EW interviewLink to story on Happ’s streakLink to tweet about Happ’s streakLink to data on DiMaggio scoringLink to Sam on on-base streaksLink to on-base-streak sheetLink to on-base-in-starts streaksLink to Rick Wilber’s web siteLink to Future Blast wikiLink to Edman articleLink to switch-SH sheet

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