Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the sesame-seer Cardinals using a cheeseburger phone to predict home buns (er, runs) by hitters who are dialed in, the varying fortunes of three offseason big spenders (the Mets, Padres, and Rangers) and the stakes of their success, Kumar Rocker’s Tommy John surgery, Dustin May’s flexor strain, the proliferation of ranked prospects, Jackson Holliday, the Orioles’ infield future, and what it takes for tanking to be justified, the need for a Lab League to test the pre-tacked ball, José Abreu’s power outage, Zac Gallen’s bird omen, and more, plus a Past Blast (1:38:22) from 2008 and a few follow-ups.

Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Wainwright interview

Link to burger image

Link to burger GIF

Link to home run rituals

Link to Mets celebration article

Link to Mets comeback homers

Link to Machado injury info

Link to FG post on Heim

Link to Rocker Pipeline thread

Link to SAL leaderboard

Link to article on pre-tacked ball

Link to Bird Bath Splash Zone info

Link to Gallen bird video

Link to asterisk-ball display

Link to 2008 Past Blast source

Link to MLB replay wiki

Link to article on David’s catch

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to competitions/drafts sheet

Link to Episode 201 draft

Link to Modesto game box score

Link to Modesto game thread

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