Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a wave of injuries around MLB, affecting Oneil Cruz, Adam Duvall, Ian Anderson, and several other players, the Rays’ undefeated start, the hot starts of James Outman, Miguel Vargas, and Jason Heyward, the sensual stance of J.D. Davis, silly team celebrations, the Rocket City Trash Pandas’ no-hit loss, a downturn in pitch spin, the lack of a downturn in position player pitching, pickoff attempts and game theory, running out the clock on an intentional walk, whether the clock could change perceptions of MLB’s competence, the clock and concessions, a Royals OF shift, a ball-kid collision, a Ronald Acuña Jr. base grab, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:31:32) from 1992.

Audio outro: Fujiya & Miyagi, “Ankle Injuries/Electro Karaoke”

Link to Dan S. on Cruz

Link to video of Cruz slide

Link to story on Kelly

Link to Emma on bullpens in brawls

Link to Jay Jaffe on Duvall

Link to MLBTR on Anderson

Link to 2022 25 under 25

Link to Jay on the Rays

Link to Stathead on 10-0 starts

Link to Joe Sheehan on the Rays

Link to record career-starting streak

Link to Jay on L.A.’s outfield

Link to info on Heyward

Link to Davis thrust

Link to Angels homer helmet

Link to cheesehead celebration

Link to dong bong

Link to Baumann on the Trash Pandas

Link to Trash Pandas montage

Link to Grant on the Hawkins game

Link to Joe on position player pitching

Link to article on Eaton

Link to Ben on active pitcher limits

Link to Rob Arthur on spin

Link to Tango on pickoffs

Link to Rob Mains on stolen bases

Link to Manfred on concessions

Link to BA on concessions

Link to Crain’s on concessions

Link to article on concessions cutoffs

Link to Silver/Manfred on pace

Link to Sam on spectator attention

Link to Andrus shift violation

Link to Royals OF alignment

Link to Tango on the Royals’ results

Link to Tango on two-man outfields

Link to Ben C. on the Royals’ shift

Link to Chen’s pickoff attempts

Link to ball-kid collision

Link to ball-kid pace info

Link to Acuña base article

Link to breakaway bases

Link to bat-carrying article

Link to 1992 Past Blast source

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to AP on warming study

Link to 2012 McCarver comments

Link to 2012 Nathan analysis

Link to 11-game record run differential

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