Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the 2024 regular-season schedule, the baseball relevance of a study about humans’ hunger for useless information, and the storylines they’re most looking forward to following over the remainder of the season, then (35:58) answer emails about a total solar eclipse during a Guardians game, sliding into a base covered in dirt, why baseball broadcasts don’t do a better job of showing baserunners, same-named players playing the same position in the same game, defining a “comeback win,” the meaning of “retiring x in a row,” why pitchers are still listed as switch-hitters, a way to save time with pinch-hitter announcements, making it legal for multiple runners to occupy the same base, and going winless in extra-inning games, plus a Stat Blast (1:21:36) about managerial ejections, a Future Blast (1:51:20) from 2033, and a few follow-ups.

Audio outro: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Horny Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to 2024 schedule

Link to study about pain and info

Link to The Ringer’s MLB storylines

Link to Rosenthal on buyers/sellers

Link to MLBTR on Ohtani

Link to Minasian on Ohtani

Link to Hal Steinbrenner comments

Link to milk cartons wiki

Link to MLBTR on Mozeliak

Link to EW Episode 1354

Link to list of rival-team streaks

Link to Trent on “Billy runs”

Link to Trent on HUaL

Link to Rob Mains on the ALC

Link to Ben on the eclipse game

Link to EW volcano event

Link to EW eclipse episode

Link to Pickles sprinkler video

Link to Pickles lights-out video

Link to electron repulsion article

Link to Mets “ghost runner” clip

Link to The Bear transcript

Link to Jones vs. Jones game

Link to double-Gonzalez game

Link to first “comeback win” episode

Link to Robertson batting in 2022

Link to Stathead on winless extras teams

Link to winless extras starts

Link to EW emails database

Link to Hyde ejection story

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to ejections data

Link to 1998 Leyland article

Link to 2006 Guillen article

Link to other Guillen article

Link to third Guillen article

Link to 2008 La Russa article

Link to 1973 Mathews article

Link to 1974 Berra article

Link to article on longest games

Link to 1982 Lasorda article

Link to other Lasorda article

Link to ejection reasons 1

Link to ejection reasons 2

Link to Garver ejection article

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Dahlen/Klem article

Link to Jay on Dahlen

Link to Dahlen SABR bio

Link to MLBTR on Bieber

Link to Judge-sighting story

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