Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about new particulars about Freddie Freeman and Kris Bryant’s contracts, Stat Blast about gamers not touching the ball, after which (18:59) convey on Successfully Wild listener and Patreon supporter Kevin Brotzman to debate being an Orioles fan and season-ticket holder and reply listener emails about whether or not Goodhart’s legislation will apply to WAR figures used within the new CBA, updating baseball terminology to be extra inclusive, followers bragging about their groups’ titles, abandoning A’s fandom, and adjusting stats for the common DH.
Audio intro: Jim White, “Fighting My Ghosts Again”
Audio outro: The Bees, “These Are the Ghosts”
Link to ESPN on Freeman’s deal
Link to story about Bryant’s introduction
Link to Stat Blast data
Link to Kevin’s Orioles numbers site
Link to Kevin’s Orioles cards site
Link to Rosenthal on Correa
Link to Camden Chat on Correa
Link to Trezza tweet
Link to Apstein tweets
Link to Goodhart’s law wiki
Link to Ben on pitcher deception
Link to “manager” etymology
Link to ICC “batter” story
Link to Ben on league quality
Link to cosmic distance ladder wiki
Link to Russell on DH penalties
Link to Suzuki video
Link to FanGraphs transaction roundup
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