Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about players being paid for on-field, in-game interviews, pitcher injuries and pitcher call-ups, how low Oakland’s attendance could go (and whether the team might bungle its move to Las Vegas), the NL West race, the AL East’s strength compared to the AL Central’s, which team invented the in-dugout home run ritual, whether the Angels should sign Gary Sánchez, Bryce Harper’s return, the Marlins’ record in one-run games, Colin Holderman and nominative determinism, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:18:13) from 2002.

Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to report about player payments

Link to Emma on in-game interviews

Link to Ben on in-game interviews

Link to article on Rockies trying

Link to FG’s prospect rankings

Link to Millers game

Link to lowest 2023 attendance

Link to lowest 2022 attendance

Link to lowest 1990-2019 attendance

Link to ’97 White Sox game story

Link to Passan’s A’s tweet

Link to 2014 Dodgers bubbles story

Link to 2013 A’s tunnel story

Link to 2023 HR celebrations

Link to Twins HR celebration

Link to Sam on WS dogpiles

Link to Sam on walk-off celebrations

Link to Mariners trident story

Link to article on AL East strength

Link to depth charts standings

Link to playoff odds

Link to Jay Jaffe on the Yankees

Link to Yankees IL tweet

Link to combined WAR leaderboard

Link to MLBTR on Sánchez

Link to catcher depth charts

Link to Sánchez’s Savant page

Link to article on Sánchez’s defense

Link to Angels coaches tweet

Link to Ben C. on Harper

Link to BaseRuns records

Link to Holderman’s game log

Link to 2002 Past Blast source

Link to 2002 source, cont’d.

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

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