Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about gamers being within the sexiest form of their lives, Rockies proprietor Dick Monfort’s feedback concerning the Padres’ spending, and the way Diamond Sports activities Group’s chapter may have an effect on the way forward for baseball broadcasting, then (28:09) focus on extra methods through which baseball stands out from different sports activities. After that (35:35), they reply listener emails about misspelled Cy Younger awards, why timeouts are referred to as timeouts, “offensive surroundings” vs. “scoring surroundings” and “run surroundings,” scoring extra runs for hitting a foul pole, rodeo-style “shark cages” within the outfield, how groups can rapidly change their vibes, whether or not anybody will ever throw a 110-mph pitch, gamers excelling on sure surfaces, a crew with limitless 1.0 WAR gamers, how larger bases may have an effect on bang-bang performs, and an each-way Shohei Ohtani. They end (1:40:29) with Stat Blasts concerning the newly retired Darren O’Day, the bizarre reliever-to-starter conversion of Jeffrey Springs, and a Mike Hampton–Shawn Green matchup from the 2003 film The Core, plus (2:08:56) a Previous Blast from 1962.
Audio intro: Tom Verlaine, “Down on the Farm”
Audio outro: Bettie Serveert, “Sundazed to the Core”
Link to Helfand tweet
Link to Hayes tweet
Link to Pratt tweet
Link to Warne tweet
Link to Ben on BSOHL
Link to Hamels comeback blog
Link to Monfort’s 2020 prediction
Link to latest Monfort comments
Link to Bloomberg on RSNs
Link to BP on RSNs
Link to Travis Sawchik on RSNs
Link to Ben Clemens on RSNs
Link to baseball exceptionalism wiki
Link to sac fly definition
Link to awards photos
Link to Hoch tweet
Link to timeouts story source
Link to EW Episode 1381
Link to rodeo shark cage video
Link to EW Episode 265
Link to 110-mph pitcher video
Link to fastest recorded pitches
Link to Ben on past FB speeds
Link to yearly average pitch speeds
Link to Baumann on artificial turf
Link to Pinstripe Alley on bigger bases
Link to Russell on defensive movers
Link to THT on defensive movers
Link to listener emails database
Link to O’Day retirement tweet
Link to O’Day Stathead query
Link to Dave Brown at B-Ref bullpen
Link to reliever-starter converts
Link to Ben on Wright
Link to the “Rule of 17”
Link to FG on the Springs extension
Link to Rays Pride Night story
Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter
Link to The Core wiki
Link to story on the real core
Link to The Core baseball scene
Link to Green vs. Hampton H2H
Link to 2004 Green vs. Hampton story
Link to lopsided batter-pitcher matchups
Link to ’99–’02 top position players
Link to Randall Munroe on the shuttle
Link to Higgins vs. Lawson H2H
Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter
Link to 1962 story source
Link to B-Ref East-West Game account
Link to David Lewis’s Twitter
Link to David Lewis’s Substack
Link to Kent on Survivor
Link to L.A. Times on Kent
Link to Kent’s salaries
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