Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the earthquake in the Northeast, Juan Soto’s choice of walk-up song, J.J. Hardy building a ballpark in his Arizona backyard, the pluses and minuses of living in or near a ballpark, and how Shohei Ohtani relates to the Tower of Babel, then (1:04:21) answer listener emails about the Moneyball A’s vs. the 116-win Mariners, Joey Votto and players’ skill with cursive script, how long a ceremonial first pitch thrower could potentially delay a game, the value of consistently throwing from multiple arm slots, and how much better a team would be if its opponents knew nothing about it in advance.

Audio outro: The Gagnés, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to NYT on the earthquake

Link to Gleyber’s BP

Link to Soto song tweet

Link to “Empire State of Mind”

Link to Correa Dior store quote

Link to Hardy yardwork report

Link to Olerud tree story

Link to Target Field view

Link to Minneapolis apartment building

Link to converted Indianapolis ballpark

Link to Indy stadium lofts

Link to converted Osaka Stadium

Link to The Athletic on the Dodgers ball

Link to Dodgers follow-up article

Link to Ohtani video clip

Link to Ireton profile

Link to Tower of Babel wiki

Link to Votto tweet

Link to NPR on cursive

Link to The Atlantic on cursive

Link to NYT on cursive

Link to Rangers first pitch

Link to Padres exhibition game

Link to Ben on rookie pitcher comments

Link to research on MLB debuts

Link to listener emails database

Link to Strider article

Link to Ben on pitcher injuries

Link to info on “misles”

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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