Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Shohei Ohtani’s near-cycle and newly hot hitting on days when he’s pitched, the Cardinals reinstating Willson Contreras at catcher (and Zac Gallen’s comments on the Cardinals Way), the Sean Murphy/William Contreras/Esteury Ruiz trade revisited, post-peak Christian Yelich and the breakout of Brent Rooker, the dominant Rays’ possible vulnerability, Aaron Judge peeking while at the plate, the verdict on the shift restrictions so far, the confounding seasons of the Red Sox, Cubs, and Padres, MLB app notifications about old games, mini-reviews of two new documentaries about Yankees icons, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:26:36) from 2007 and follow-ups.

Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ohtani quotes

Link to Ohtani homer

Link to Ohtani’s yearly splits

Link to Ohtani’s career splits

Link to Ohtani Stat Blast

Link to post on Chisholm’s defense

Link to news on Chisholm’s injury

Link to Marmol’s Contreras quote

Link to Post-Dispatch on Contreras

Link to The Athletic on Contreras

Link to Nightengale on Contreras

Link to Woodward on Contreras

Link to Gallen comments

Link to FG on William Contreras

Link to Rooker story

Link to Rooker interview

Link to Jay on the Rays

Link to Judge story

Link to Judge video

Link to Tango on the shift

Link to Ben on the Red Sox

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to story about Pint promotion

Link to Reggie

Link to It Ain’t Over

Link to 2015 greatest players

Link to Crane lawsuits info

Link to Mays doc episode

Link to 2007 Past Blast source

Link to article about 756 sale

Link to asterisk info

Link to article about 762 ball

Link to Hample incident info

Link to Hample banning tweet

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to Jays-Yanks story

Link to Rosenthal on tipping

Link to Casas clip

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