Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley are joined by FanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen and Michael Baumann to banter about the Phillies’ outlier legal name, Dave Martinez and the dying art of the theatrical managerial ejection, the benching of Wander Franco, whether the Diamondbacks’, Reds’, and Orioles’ surprising seasons are attributable to MLB’s new rules, and whether bad bullpens are good for baseball, then (59:48) discuss a classic College World Series pitcher’s duel, the College World Series final, whether the Shohei Ohtani comps for Florida’s Jac Caglianone are warranted, college pitch-count controversies, Eric and Michael’s takeaways from the MLB Draft Combine, whether there are indications of a baseball bounceback among young Black athletes, whether the scouts suing MLB over age discrimination are likely to succeed (1:40:57), and more, plus (1:54:05) a Future Blast from 2024.

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Cuda tweet

Link to latest Martinez ejection

Link to Martinez photo printout

Link to Martinez World Series ejection

Link to Wellman ejection

Link to NYT on ejections

Link to article on Nevin ejections

Link to article on Boone ejection

Link to article on Franco benching

Link to Freeman/Acuña comments

Link to story on Franco’s safe

Link to Stark on surprise teams

Link to FG BsR data

Link to BP BRR data

Link to BP BRR allowed data

Link to Patrick on bad bullpens

Link to Sam on the Royals’ pen

Link to BP on the Mariners’ pen

Link to Paine on payroll and standings

Link to Paine’s MANFRED scores

Link to pre-Skenes/Lowder story

Link to post-Skenes/Lowder story

Link to Betteridge’s law

Link to more on Skenes/Lowder

Link to Passan on Caglianone

Link to WSJ pitch-counts article

Link to Eric’s latest draft rankings

Link to ESPN on Black amateur players

Link to Eric’s Draft Combine footage

Link to scout lawsuit article

Link to other scout lawsuit article

Link to Regan lawsuit article

Link to squatting article

Link to stretching article

Link to other stretching article

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to article on Elly’s cycle

Link to MLBTR on Waldron

Link to article on qualified catchers

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