Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Andrew McCutchen’s latest “furries” tweet, the Pirates playing through a high AQI and the need for a safety standard, Domingo Germán’s perfect game and the state of the Yankees, Yandy Díaz turning back into Ground Beef, Shohei Ohtani lapping his league and strangely struggling at the plate with two strikes, and the Orioles’ Pride Night, then (1:02:25) answer listener emails about pointing giant fans at the field, an official scoring decision on a Luis Arraez single, whether the Reds should have called up Elly De La Cruz sooner, whether contending teams should aim for playoff matchups with the Central division winners, and whether playing MLB The Show could affect a player’s IRL performance, plus (1:34:46) a Future Blast from 2026.

Audio outro: Liz Panella, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to latest “furries” tweet

Link to McCutchen “furries” explainer

Link to info on fursuit protectiveness

Link to AQI concerns

Link to Pirates’ game-delay tweet

Link to Sheehan on Germán

Link to Paine on the perfecto

Link to “Her?” montage

Link to Yankees offense post-Judge

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to xBAs from the perfecto

Link to longest sub-100-pitch-GS streaks

Link to list of perfectos

Link to perfecto pitch counts

Link to Félix-meme tweet

Link to Germán apology article

Link to other Germán apology article

Link to MLBTR on O’Hearn

Link to story about O’s Pride Night

Link to O’s Pride Night tweet

Link to O’s Pride Night montage

Link to The Athletic on the Rangers

Link to Yandy’s monthy splits

Link to Ben’s Ohtani article

Link to MLBTR’s Ohtani job listing

Link to combined WAR leaderboard

Link to wOBA with <2 strikes

Link to wOBA with 2 strikes

Link to story about Cameron and Félix

Link to info on Félix and fastballs

Link to more on Félix and fastballs

Link to even more on Félix and fastballs

Link to Passan on Pedro and Elly

Link to story about Metrodome fans

Link to Arraez play

Link to info on DiMaggio streak scoring

Link to MLB.com on Elly’s call-up

Link to MLBTR on Elly’s call-up

Link to Harris II’s Real 99 card

Link to listener emails database

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

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