Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Mike Trout’s latest season-ending injury, the Orioles’ latest top-prospect promotion, and a tweak to the postseason schedule, and answer listener emails (24:20) about ex-player umpires, eavesdropping on pitchers’ thoughts between pitches, whether and how they’d reintroduce baseball to a world without it, awarding belts or trophies for team rivalries, the viability of a pitcher who can’t field, how a player could win MVP in both leagues in the same season, how MLB would work if it were Patreon-supported, how international soccer’s transfer system would apply to MLB, and referring to a type of player by saying “a [player name]”, plus (1:29:48) a few follow-ups.
Audio intro: Ian Phillips, “Effectively Wild Theme”Audio outro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”
Link to Jim Downey memeLink to The Athletic on TroutLink to MLB.com on TroutLink to Trout’s tweetLink to SuperPretzel EW episodeLink to EW Trout hypotheticalsLink to MLBTR on MayoLink to postseason scheduleLink to ex-player umpsLink to Scully movie clipLink to mic’d up ManoahLink to Ben on YesterdayLink to Vedder Cup articleLink to Mayor’s Trophy wikiLink to Babe Ruth Award wikiLink to Gary’s Old Towne TavernLink to Sam on playing in a gameLink to listener emails databaseLink to Snell quoteLink to White Sox streak tweetLink to playoff ratios tweetLink to ballpark meetup formsLink to meetup organizer form
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