Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a good time to be a Pirates fan, whether the red-hot Rays or the ice-cold A’s will regress more toward the mean over the rest of the season, Rob Manfred’s comments about A’s fans, Logan O’Hoppe’s injury and Brandon Marsh’s hot streak, whether Bryce Harper has Wolverine’s healing factor, a Byron Buxton catch-22, the Twins’ lack of stolen bases, rosin’s real effects, the early-season injury rate, and more. Then (1:00:20) they Stat Blast about the one pitcher who won’t let the pitch clock rush him, Mookie Betts and the latest-career starting-shortstop debuts, and MLB trends in paternity leave, plus (1:37:41) the surprising origin of “velocity” as an alternative term for “speed” in baseball, a Past Blast (1:45:22) from 1998, and a few follow-ups (1:48:42).

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLBTR on Reynolds

Link to MLBTR on Shelton

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to MLBTR on Maggi

Link to CNN on Maggi

Link to old EW episode on Maggi

Link to “phantom ballplayer” wiki

Link to Maggi video

Link to worst season-starting run diff

Link to worst 23-game run diff

Link to best season-starting run diff

Link to best 23-game run diff

Link to Manfred on the A’s

Link to A’s attendance by year

Link to 1991 A’s payroll

Link to story on Lacob and the A’s

Link to Joe Pompliano on the A’s

Link to Sam Blum on O’Hoppe

Link to Jay Jaffe on O’Hoppe

Link to FG catcher depth charts

Link to story on Harper’s return

Link to Wolverine origin story

Link to Twins Daily on Buxton

Link to Buxton on DHing

Link to Buxton collision

Link to Birnbaum on the DH penalty

Link to Russell on the DH penalty

Link to BP on Rockies/Twins SB

Link to Gleeman on the Twins’ running

Link to MLBTR on pre-tacked balls

Link to Southern League pitcher tweet

Link to Laurila tweet

Link to rosin wars info

Link to Pages From Baseball’s Past

Link to Rob on rosin and spin

Link to Ben on sticky-stuff effects

Link to BP on early injuries

Link to Passan on early injuries

Link to new Topps NOW cards

Link to Topps NOW archive

Link to Isaac’s GitHub

Link to Gus’s GitHub

Link to 36-game sequences

Link to list of longest streaks

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to pitch tempo leaderboard

Link to pitch tempo spreadsheet

Link to Pivetta on the clock

Link to FG violations leaderboard

Link to FG post on Mookie

Link to story on Mookie’s SS debut

Link to Mookie’s SS dream

Link to most G before first SS start

Link to list without DH/PH/PR

Link to Kenny Jackelen on Twitter

Link to 1982 Evans article

Link to story on Martin’s debut

Link to paternity-leave data

Link to Murphy/Esiason story

Link to 2011 Lewis story

Link to 2011 paternity-leave story

Link to Jaffe on Muncy mashing

Link to 2019 article on paternity leave

Link to 2011 paternity-leave story

Link to 2022 paternity-leave story

Link to another paternity-leave story

Link to Carey Price on paternity leave

Link to speed vs. velocity

Link to speed vs. velocity sources

Link to 1998 Past Blast source

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to Buxton/Twins win

Link to Reds mascots page

Link to “Honey Bun” lyrics

Link to Craig Edwards on relievers

Link to Ben Clemens on relievers

Link to dilly dally/lollygag

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