Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the abrupt end of Kim Ng’s tenure as the general manager of the Miami Marlins, Alyssa Nakken interviewing for the Giants’ manager job, the Rangers taking a 2-0 lead on the Astros in the ALCS, and the new Netflix documentary The Saint of Second Chances. Then (48:12) Ben talks to the documentary’s subject, baseball maverick Mike Veeck, about why he wanted to tell his up-and-down-and-up story, his legendary dad, Hall of Famer Bill Veeck, and the colorful Veeck clan, Disco Demolition Night, the origins of modern independent baseball, Darryl Strawberry’s season with the St. Paul Saints, the secret to a great baseball promotion, the Savannah Bananas, whether MLB could ever have a Veeck-ian owner again, MLB’s control (and contraction) of the minor leagues, and more.

Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ghiroli on Ng

Link to Passan on Ng

Link to Kepner on Ng

Link to MLBTR on Nakken

Link to Ben Clemens on the Astros

Link to Ken Rosenthal on Yordan

Link to article on Jordan’s flu game

Link to exploding-scoreboard video

Link to The Saint of Second Chances

Link to documentary trailer

Link to MiLB.com on Mike Veeck

Link to list of Veeck’s promotions

Link to Vice on Disco Demolition Night

Link to Ben on Bill Veeck 1

Link to Ben on Veeck 2

Link to Ben on Veeck 3

Link to Ben on Veeck 4

Link to SABR on the ’43 Phillies

Link to BJO on book inaccuracies

Link to SABR’s Bill Veeck bio

Link to Craig Wright on Paige

Link to EW interview about the Bananas

Link to Veeck As in Wreck

Link to The Hustler’s Handbook

Link to Fun is Good

Link to Mike’s website

Link to playoff-stats spreadsheet

Link to The Ringer-Verse podcast

Link to House of R podcast

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