Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the difficulty of watching Yoshinobu Yamamoto in the Japan Series, the last time an MLB pitcher threw as many as 138 pitches in a game, their hopes for Joey Votto’s next act, and the Brewers trading Mark Canha to the Tigers, then (32:13) answer listener emails about Silver Slugging Gold Glovers, pitching a perfect game in a time loop, whether the Rockies will win a championship before one of the next expansion teams does, a playoff lottery system, and how players could convince owners to let them hold trophies first, plus Stat Blasts (1:22:25) about Jose Altuve and the best pound-for-pound (and inch-for-inch) players and Frank Howard-esque all-offense players.

Audio outro: Jimmy Kramer, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Yamamoto game story

Link to Yamamoto K montage

Link to info on Japan Series streaming

Link to info on the Curse of the Colonel

Link to EW on the Curse of the Colonel

Link to Jack Moore’s tweet

Link to 138-pitch regular-season starts

Link to 138-pitch postseason starts

Link to MLBTR on Votto

Link to 2016 Votto quote

Link to 2023 Votto profile

Link to MLBTR on Canha

Link to MLBTR on Rodriguez

Link to Silver Slugger/Gold Glove list

Link to Silver Slugger/Gold Glove sheet

Link to Chris Gilligan’s FG post

Link to Sam on expansion teams

Link to Manfred on expansion

Link to story on owners and trophies

Link to Commissioner’s Trophy wiki

Link to Topps Now

Link to Altuve/Bregman photo

Link to heights/weights sheet

Link to Frank Howard obit

Link to Howard +200/-200 club

Link to listener emails database

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