Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about saying the wrong episode number in the intro to Episode 2077 and the definition of a title drought, then answer listener emails (18:45) about whether it would make sense to choose a bye in the playoffs if your opponent got to draft a player from the team it defeated, letting a non-playoff team into the playoffs via a lottery, a lineup set by the opposing team’s manager, a NOBLETIGER technicality, placing trampolines on the field, tagging a runner on an object you placed on them, a slugger setting a single-minded goal to break the single-season home run record, loving baseball but not MLB, international talent vs. minor league talent, and Clayton Kershaw playing a partial season à la Roger Clemens.

Audio outro: Harold Walker, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Temporal Loom explainer

Link to anniversary-gift explainer

Link to types of droughts

Link to lineup-optimization post

Link to more on lineup optimization

Link to EW wiki trampoline page

Link to NOBLETIGER thread

Link to Semien tag explainer

Link to Semien tag video

Link to EW episode on Rendon

Link to league-quality comparison

Link to 2007 article on Clemens

Link to Clemens announcing return

Link to MLBTR on Hill in 2024

Link to EW emails database

Link to Ben on Jagger

Link to Ben on Super Mario Bros. Wonder

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