Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Drew Maggi’s major league debut and whether there should be a way for other journeyman minor leaguers to make the majors more easily, the story of short-lived Mariners mascot Spacey the Space Needle, the causes of a dramatic uptick in occurrences of catcher’s interference, Shohei Ohtani’s anti-pitch-tipping prowess, Jordan Walker’s demotion to the minors, the slow starts of the Cardinals and White Sox, and more, plus (1:17:03) a Past Blast from 1999 and a question about celebrities on major league rosters.

Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to video of Maggi’s debut

Link to article about Maggi’s debut

Link to Reddit post about Spacey

Link to 1990 Spacey article

Link to other 1990 Spacey article

Link to 1999 Spacey article

Link to video of stilts pitching

Link to video of stilts hitting

Link to Ben on pitcher roster limits

Link to Jay Jaffe on Ray

Link to interference spreadsheet

Link to CI at B-Ref

Link to CI rule info

Link to Jeff on CI in 2017

Link to Jeff on Ellsbury

Link to Emma on Senzel

Link to reach-on-error article

Link to Ben on one-knee framing

Link to knee-down catching info

Link to Grandal on CI

Link to Grandal on CI again

Link to Jake & Jordan on CI

Link to 2022 2-CI inning

Link to 2023 2-CI inning

Link to pitch-tipping post

Link to Suarez tweet

Link to other Suarez tweet

Link to 2019 Suarez article

Link to Walker pitch types

Link to article on Walker demotion

Link to other Walker article

Link to FG on the Cardinals OF

Link to playoff odds changes

Link to 1998 Past Blast source

Link to Past Blast source, cont’d.

Link to AP piece on Brooks

Link to B-Ref Bullpen on Brooks

Link to Sam on baseball embarrassment

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

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