Ben Lindbergh, Meg Rowley, and Patreon supporter Max Harris banter about Ben’s problems remembering Orioles rookie Heston Kjerstad’s name, Baltimore’s lookalike offensive core, and Max’s history with the podcast and baseball, then (18:22) answer listener emails about seat fillers at MLB games, hypothetical players “Mr. Repeat” and “Mr. First Time,” centralizing MLB R&D, systemic vs. individual explanations for changes in the game, instituting minimum and maximum pitch counts, Kyle Schwarber vs. Nick Ahmed, the good-but-disappointing Blue Jays, the Mariners’ streak of not losing by a lot, and Theo Epstein pedantry, plus a Future Blast (1:27:39) from 2059 and a follow-up (1:30:31) about a tiered Hall of Fame.

Audio outro: Justin Peters, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to first tweet about Orioles

Link to second tweet about Orioles

Link to Swanson/Culberson story

Link to The Athletic on tech spending

Link to Scouting Bureau story

Link to Ben on Scout School

Link to Swanson interview episode

Link to Ben on Dunn and Pierre

Link to Ben on defense vs. offense

Link to offense vs. defense spending

Link to Ben on pitcher limits

Link to no-blowouts streaks

Link to Sam Kennedy quote

Link to listener emails database

Link to Rick Wilber’s website

Link to Future Blast wiki

Link to Kjerstad homer

Link to Bill James proposal

Link to Hall of Stats

Link to career tiers sheet

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