Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a J.P. France postgame quote and ballplayer clichés, the death of first overall pick Mike Ivie, and how Masataka Yoshida’s debut season stacks up to the MLB rookie years of other ex-NPB stars, answer emails (36:57) about Mike Trout’s and Shohei Ohtani’s futures, a Trout/Hunter Renfroe trade deadline scheme (with a bonus Meg movie pitch), undoing pre-pitch-clock time-saving measures, and batters catching pitches to knock pitchers out of games, plus Stat Blasts (1:19:13) about robot umps in Triple-A, the most top 100 prospects to debut for one team in a season (or a two-season span), and Immaculate Grid efficiency, followed by a Future Blast (1:47:08) from 2037.
Audio intro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to France quoteLink to Ivie obitLink to other Ivie obitLink to Ivie wikiLink to 1980 Ivie articleLink to Athletic mental health articleLink to more on mental healthLink to Laurila on YoshidaLink to ex-NPB rookie batting leadersLink to Renfroe/Renfrow articleLink to Seinfeld clipLink to Realmuto catchLink to EW emails databaseLink to ABS splitsLink to ABS AP articleLink to ABS Athletic articleLink to Manfred on ABSLink to pitcher thread on ABSLink to one-season prospect debutsLink to two-season prospect debutsLink to Immaculate GridLink to Chris’s Immaculate Grid sheetLink to travelling salesman problemLink to Rick Wilber’s websiteLink to Sasaki storyLink to Maggi EW episodeLink to MLBTR on MaggiLink to SAG-AFTRA podcast infoLink to TV ratings info
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