Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s latest former major leaguer Facebook friend recommendation and an important update (3:49) to the dictionary.com definition of “ghost runner,” then follow up (17:00) on a previous rumination on free-agent tours by touching on a Carlos Correa comment about playing in Minnesota, Eduardo Escobar’s deep-seated affection for Fogo de Chão, and the research the Red Sox did on Carl Crawford, before discussing (41:58) the most notable ways in which baseball is unique among sports (including a comparison of the number of balls used per contest), MLBPA leader Tony Clark’s reputation restoration (57:12), the latest Disney windfall for MLB owners, and Ben’s conditional desire to play more recreational sports (1:11:42), followed by a Stat Blast (1:27:05) on Shelby Miller-like career arcs and a Past Blast (1:41:15) from 1936.

Audio outro: David Schwartz, “Balls in the Air”

Link to Bush’s book

Link to old “ghost runner” page

Link to new “ghost runner” page

Link to “automatic runner” page

Link to “imaginary runner” page

Link to 2018 automatic runner story

Link to other 2018 story

Link to 2008 automatic runner story

Link to Correa clip

Link to 2018 Escobar story

Link to 2019 Fogo study

Link to Fogo video

Link to Milwaukee Fogo story

Link to 2022 Fogo story

Link to DiComo Fogo tweet

Link to Fogo locations

Link to 2011 Crawford story

Link to Crawford on Boston in 2014

Link to Crawford on Boston in 2017

Link to Crawford’s wiki

Link to story about soccer balls

Link to story about baseballs

Link to story about foul balls

Link to Chiarella story

Link to other Chiarella story

Link to story on golf balls

Link to Evan on Clark

Link to Evan on the subcommittee

Link to story about Scherzer

Link to CBA tick-tock

Link to Marc on Clark

Link to story about Latino players

Link to thread on BAMTech deal

Link to story on BAMTech deal

Link to Seinfeld clip

Link to Stat Blast data

Link to Eno’s Stuff+ tweet

Link to Donohue SABR bio

Link to Campbell SABR bio

Link to Kirby SABR bio

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to 1936 story source

Link to SABR on Shaughnessy

Link to 1933 Buffalo article

Link to 1933 Decatur article

Link to 1933 Allentown article

Link to 1933 IL standings

Link to Shaughnessy Playoffs page

Link to Jacob Pomrenke’s website

Link to Jacob Pomrenke on Twitter

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