Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Meg’s 500th EW episode, the architectural concept of the “Thomasson,” a forthcoming HBO documentary about Barry Bonds, the rebound of Juan Soto, common misconceptions about WAR, the declines of Noah Syndergaard and Kris Bryant, the NL West, MLB broadcasting Padres games, an MLB-MLBPA ad deal, a rules update, Francisco Álvarez’s defense, the return of Jordan Walker, Shohei Ohtani’s bat grip, a slowdown in injuries, and a D-III team that wins with HBPs, plus a Past Blast from 2014 (1:32:52), player responses to the Dodgers’ Pride Night, and follow-ups.

Audio outro: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Thomasson thread

Link to Thomasson wiki

Link to Thomasson at B-Ref Bullpen

Link to Thomasson podcast episode

Link to Bonds doc info

Link to A-Rod doc story

Link to A-Rod gum disease segment

Link to Trout/Griffey FB thread

Link to FG’s WAR explainer

Link to Syndergaard quote

Link to Syndergaard hypnosis story

Link to December Syndergaard story

Link to FG on Syndergaard’s 2022

Link to Rumpelstiltskin wiki

Link to MLBTR on Bryant

Link to Ben C. on MLB/DSG

Link to Sheehan on MLB/DSG

Link to Ginny Searle on MLB/DSG

Link to MLB-MLBPA partnership

Link to more info on partnership

Link to Ben C. on new rules

Link to Sheehan on new rules

Link to Jay on Álvarez

Link to MLBTR on Walker

Link to Ohtani tweet

Link to injuries tweet

Link to Jake on Misericordia

Link to 2014 Past Blast source

Link to other 2014 source

Link to David Lewis’s Twitter

Link to David Lewis’s Substack

Link to story about Pride Night

Link to story about player comments

Link to Buckley column

Link to “allies” lineup

Link to Abreu/Acton tweet

Link to hot mic video

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