Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Phillies re-signing Aaron Nola, the Braves signing Reynaldo López, trading for Aaron Bummer, and rearranging their roster, the Cardinals signing Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson, the Padres hiring Mike Shildt, Shohei Ohtani swearing teams to secrecy about his free-agent visits, and NHK’s Ohtani documentaries. Then (53:16) they talk to Vanessa Ivy Rose, host of six-part podcast Reclaimed: The Forgotten League and author of Hall of Fame DNA: The Legacy of Norman “Turkey” Stearnes, about the underappreciated greatness of her grandfather, Turkey Stearnes, telling the story of the Negro Leagues, and the past, present, and future of Black baseball.

Audio outro: The Shirey Brothers, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to InstaGraphs post on Nola

Link to FG post on Nola

Link to FG post on López

Link to FG post on the Bummer trade

Link to FG post on the Wright trade

Link to team 40-man counts

Link to FG post on Lynn

Link to MLBTR on three Cards starters

Link to Mozeliak’s strikeouts quote

Link to defensive efficiency ranking

Link to MLBTR on Shildt’s firing

Link to MLBTR on Shildt’s hiring

Link to Passan’s Ohtani report

Link to Ohtani dog info

Link to dog breed details

Link to 2018 NHK doc

Link to 2021 NHK doc

Link to 2021 NHK doc (alt link)

Link to EW on youth baseball

Link to Teasley EW episode

Link to Nettie Stearnes clips

Link to The Forgotten League feed 1

Link to The Forgotten League feed 2

Link to Vanessa’s website

Link to Turkey history

Link to more Turkey history

Link to Vanessa on Turkey

Link to Turkey photo

Link to info on Turkey plaque

Link to FG Negro Leagues leaderboard

Link to Hall of Stats ranking

Link to B-Ref Negro Leagues stats

Link to Turkey at Seamheads

Link to Turkey at the NLBM

Link to HR/3B leaders

Link to The Athletic on stat integration

Link to MLB.com on stat integration

Link to MLB The Show mode

Link to Secret Santa sign-up sheet

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