Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a failing effort to make peanuts a ballpark staple in Japan, preview the various Division Series (10:32), discuss the deep, enduring desire of former GM Paul Richards to trade his team for an entire other team (47:48), answer listener emails (1:06:50) about postseason “sweeps” and traitorous base coaches (and extraneous conductors?), and Stat Blast (1:22:21) about Tyler Clippard, Cam Gallagher, splitting the top 4 MVP finishers between two teams, the correlation between payroll and wins, and Orioles regression defiance.

Audio outro: Benny and A Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Horny)”

Link to WSJ peanuts article

Link to Cracker Jack wiki

Link to FG on Braves-Phillies

Link to FG on Dodgers-Diamondbacks

Link to FG on Orioles-Rangers

Link to FG on Twins-Astros

Link to Ringer division series piece

Link to Richards articles

Link to Ben on the Waxahachie Swap

Link to story on Kekich and Peterson

Link to EW listener emails database

Link to Russell on the 3B coach

Link to Russell on trying to score

Link to Topps Now

Link to Clippard Stathead

Link to Gallagher leaderboard

Link to top 4 MVPs sheet

Link to Ben on spending

Link to Ben on the O’s

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