Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the career of the incomparable Bryce Harper, more “Attaboy” blowback, the end of the Phillies-Braves NLDS, scoring and competitiveness in the postseason as a whole, a Phillies homer-prediction contest, the pitch clock in the postseason, the Championship Series matchups, their most desired World Series matchups, why we say “balls and strikes” instead of “strikes and balls,” and more. Then (1:16:44) The Ringer’s Zach Kram joins to Stat Blast about players who return from absences in October and how various rate stats differ between the regular season and postseason (plus an MLB/NBA playoff comp).

Audio outro: Beatwriter, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to The Onion on Mr. Autumn Man

Link to Verducci on Harper from 2009

Link to double-blow-dryer clip

Link to Harper on pandering

Link to Phillies as himbos

Link to 2014 Harper overrated

Link to 2015 Harper overrated

Link to 2019 Harper overrated

Link to Jake’s article

Link to Rizzo comments

Link to Rizzo apology

Link to BBWAA statement

Link to Jake’s thread

Link to Bissinger/Leitch article

Link to Baumann on NLDS Game 4

Link to Joe Sheehan on playoff scoring

Link to Joe Posnanski on playoff scoring

Link to Alex Eisert on playoff scoring

Link to Defector on the Braves

Link to Strider quote

Link to bullpen prediction game

Link to Dan S. on the ALCS

Link to Schoenfield on the pitch clock

Link to Petriello on the Phillies defense

Link to Kram on upsets

Link to article on balls/strikes in Japan

Link to 1887 umpire indicator

Link to 1886 umpire indicator

Link to Ngram viewer results

Link to paper on English binomials

Link to Topps Now

Link to Stubbs in overalls

Link to long-layoff-players sheet

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to Pinch Thomas SABR bio

Link to FG regular-season stats

Link to FG postseason stats

Link to HR reliance study

Link to playoff randomness comparison

Link to another randomness comparison

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