Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter concerning the continued Yandy Díaz breakout and listeners’ ideas for his new beef-related nickname, the greatness of post-peak Clayton Kershaw and the top of Diamondbacks Madison Bumgarner, the Oakland A’s (virtually) formally leaving for Las Vegas, a Scott Boras metaphor about Juan Soto, Max Scherzer’s sticky suspension, the return of Fernando Tatis Jr., Rob Manfred’s feedback about contract-length limitations, the Marlins strolling again a Bartman promotion, the existence of Hoby Milner, the utilization of batted-ball exit speeds on broadcasts, and the various twists and turns of the Jarred Kelenic, Edwin Díaz, and Robinson Canó commerce, plus a Previous Blast (1:24:00) from 1996.
Audio intro: Nate Emerson, “Successfully Wild Theme”Audio outro: Ivan Julian, “Sticky”
Hyperlink to 2017 Kershaw articleLink to Ben on Kershaw in 2018Link to Baumann on KershawLink to Baumann on the Trash PandasLink to Soviet posterLink to Ben on Kershaw in 2019Link to Kershaw Ok streakLink to MLBTR on BumgarnerLink to Bumgarner-Contreras videoLink to MLBTR on the A’sLink to Las Vegas reportLink to Boras baking metaphorLink to Boras/Cuzzi commentsLink to suspension explanationLink to Scherzer videoLink to Manfred’s contract commentsLink to Bartman promo storyLink to Bartman’s 2016 commentsLink to Escobar/Fogo storyLink to Jeff on the Kelenic tradeLink to 1996 Previous Blast sourceLink to 1996 NYT sourceLink to FG on the zone and paceLink to Jon Roegele on the zoneLink to Ben on the zone and KsLink to Dune child clipLink to David Lewis’s TwitterLink to David Lewis’s SubstackLink to Atlantic League experiments
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