Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a silly kerfuffle involving Miles Mikolas, Willson Contreras, and Ian Happ, Triston Casas’s hot streak and previous unwritten-rules run-in, Bullet Rogan vs. Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge’s return and the Yankees’ underlying issues, the Mets trading David Robertson to the Marlins and the White Sox sending Lance Lynn and Joe Kelly to the Dodgers and Kendall Graveman to the Astros, White Sox historical franchise futility, which of this season’s most disappointing teams is most likely to bounce back in 2024, and Royals owner John Sherman’s claims about the economic impact of the team’s future ballpark, plus emails (1:19:45) about a homerless MVP and MLB ownership vs. NFL ownership, and a Future Blast (1:27:26) from 2039.

Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to story about Cardinals kerfuffle

Link to Cardinals broadcast commentary

Link to broadcaster ratings

Link to bottom-five broadcasters

Link to post on lizard incident

Link to Mikolas vs. Galvis

Link to Mikolas vs. Soto

Link to Ben on the Soto shuffle

Link to Casas/clubhouse article

Link to Cora on Casas

Link to best hitters since 6/7

Link to best hitters since 5/23

Link to FG combined WAR leaderboard

Link to FiveThirtyEight on Rogan

Link to Rogan wiki

Link to previous EW on Rogan

Link to B-Ref Negro Leagues stats

Link to FG Negro Leagues stats

Link to Kram on Judge

Link to Paine on Judge

Link to FG on Kelly/Lynn

Link to FG on the Graveman trade

Link to 2021 Graveman trade article

Link to White Sox playoff appearances

Link to FG on the Robertson trade

Link to FG post on the Cubs

Link to John Sherman’s letter

Link to BP on the Sherman letter

Link to FB thread on MLB vs. NFL owners

Link to EW emails database

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Twanisha Terry wiki

Link to MLBTR on Cronin

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