Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani taking over the MLB WAR lead, a Taylor Ward/Jared Walsh mixup, an on-air “zombie runner” endorsement, another fruitless hidden ball trick attempt, and the need for an amended rule about replay reviews of slide plays, then (26:03) discuss the Blue Jays firing manager Charlie Montoyo and the revelation that the Royals have 10 unvaccinated players. After that (57:28), they meet major leaguers Vinnie Pasquantino and Bubby Rossman, banter more (1:08:45) about Spencer Strider, Sam Haggerty’s walk-up music, the “pie slice” anti-shift rule, a Pesäpallo water feature, and PGA golfers sponsored by MLB, followed by (1:27:26) a Stat Blast about managerial longevity and teams with the most sequential uniform numbers, info on the etymology of “muffin games” and “batter” vs. “striker,” and (1:43:28) a Past Blast from 1875.

Audio intro: Bobby Darin, “Goodbye, Charlie”
Audio outro: Neil Young, “Ten Men Workin’”

Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard
Link to post about Ohtani as a DH or P
Link to video of the slide at second
Link to Dave on fixing the slide rule
Link to catch/transfer rule change
Link to cricket rule change video
Link to cricket “out of ground” rule
Link to cricket bouncing bat problem
Link to The Athletic on Montoyo’s firing
Link to Vlad’s “trailer” comment
Link to playoff odds changes
Link to Andy McCullough on the Royals
Link to Sam McDowell on the Royals
Link to Stephanie Apstein on the Royals
Link to Alec Lewis on the Royals
Link to CDC vaccination data
Link to report on unvaccinated players
Link to list of unvaccinated MLB players
Link to story on MiLB vaccinations
Link to Pasquantino scouting report
Link to Pasquantino on his call-up
Link to Pasquantino’s first homer
Link to story on Rossman
Link to other story on Rossman
Link to story on Gibson’s explanation
Link to Nerds Herd info
Link to Timothy Jackson on Strider
Link to Justin on Strider and Greene
Link to <162 IP pitcher WAR list
Link to Haggerty video
Link to Pesäpallo play video
Link to Pesäpallo play explainer
Link to water plays montage
Link to Saarikenttä wiki
Link to Pesäpallo EW episode
Link to MLB.com on the “pie slice” rule
Link to Jayson Stark on the rule
Link to story on MLB sponsoring golfers
Link to Stathead
Link to post about Stathead upgrade
Link to manager longevity data
Link to current manager tenure data
Link to manager longevity graphs
Link to Mariners homers tweet
Link to most sequential uni numbers data
Link to Richard Hershberger’s Strike Four
Link to 1875 story source
Link to story on muffins
Link to Facebook post about the EW wiki
Link to “How to Help” wiki page

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