Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter in regards to the the right pluralization of “POBO,” then (7:12) reply listener emails about baseball with a five-second pitch clock, how lengthy followers will proceed to boo pickoff makes an attempt, what it will take for a workforce to pay a specific fan to attend (or not attend) its video games, Freddie Freeman’s base stealing, bringing turnovers to baseball, golf equipment that would obtain “perfectly average success” within the 30-team period, the boundaries of fan tolerance for playoff growth, a proposal for the postseason to be like faculty bowl season, boosting beginning pitchers with a “bullpen bank,” whether or not Harold Baines would’ve been higher off declining Cooperstown induction, Adam Wainwright and the Hall of Fame, and fan voting on Hall of Famers, plus a Stat Blast (1:30:13) about whether or not awards voting has gotten extra homogen(e)ous and carefully correlated with WAR.

Audio intro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Tom Rhoads, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to POBO pluralization alternateLink to information on forming pluralsLink to pitch tempo leaderboardLink to hurry chess wikiLink to Episode 1453Link to Tango on pickoff makes an attemptLink to Bruce Chen’s pickoff makes an attemptLink to Gonny Jomes wikiLink to MLB Ballpark Pass-PortLink to MLB Ballpark appLink to Stathead on 1B SBLink to FG submit on Freeman’s stealsLink to L.A. Times on Freeman’s 20–20Link to graphic on Freeman’s 20–20–200Link to Sam on Freeman’s enhancementsLink to NYT on O’Neill’s 20–20Link to Stathead on oldest 20–20 guysLink to Pujols steal streak videoLink to H-E-B wikiLink to baseball exceptionalism wikiLink to EW on batters catching pitchesLink to The Athletic fan survey outcomesLink to NHL playoff format wikiLink to playoff randomness by sportLink to “paper champions” examineLink to Ben on the SP protagonistLink to Ben on pitcher limitsLink to @dril “turning a big dial” tweetLink to newest Hall of Fame pollLink to HoF tiers EW dialogueLink to article on Baines inductionLink to Ben on BainesLink to Jay Jaffe on Wainwright’s two hundredthLink to Jay on HoF SP requirementsLink to EW episode 114Link to HoF by election methodologyLink to Ben on Mauer’s candidacyLink to EW emails databaseLink to homogenous vs. homogeneousLink to Kenny Jackelen on TwitterLink to Ryan Nelson on TwitterLink to B-Ref awards voting outcomesLink to awards information, all years, with WARLink to awards information with calculationsLink to Ryan’s Stat Blast graphsLink to focus ratio explainerLink to HHI explainerLink to SABR examine on WAR and awardsLink to win likelihood of scoring workforceLink to Secret Santa sign-up sheet

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