Amid a wave of pitcher injuries, Ben Lindbergh talks to Dr. Rich Nye (4:20), a former major leaguer whose career-ending injury became a career-beginning injury when he decided to become an exotic-animal veterinarian (among other occupations). Then (1:07:09) Ben talks to prolific TV creators/writers/producers Tom Fontana and Julie Martin about what might have been for Baseball Wives, a long-lost HBO baseball drama that was canceled after its pilot episode was produced in 2002. Lastly (1:43:25), Ben brings on Frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson to deliver eight Stat Blasts, plus (2:23:13) follow-ups.

Audio outro: Alex Ferrin, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLB.com on Freeland

Link to Freeland on EW

Link to Rockies airline story

Link to Meulens video

Link to The Athletic on McKenzie

Link to MLBTR on Stephenson

Link to MLBTR on Hurt

Link to MLBTR on Tiedemann

Link to The Athletic on Suárez

Link to 1969 Cubs-Giants broadcast

Link to Nye’s SABR bio

Link to 1967 rookie pitcher WAR

Link to Nye’s vet bio

Link to Nye wiki

Link to Nye’s debut game

Link to Nye’s 1970 game

Link to 1976 Nye Tribune article

Link to Seinfeld squirrel clip

Link to Nye’s woodturning site

Link to Kessinger on EW

Link to Hands on EW

Link to Ben’s Olerud interview

Link to The Wire Triandos clips

Link to SatC Yankee Stadium clip

Link to Ben on media exclusivity

Link to 2002 HBO AP article

Link to Race for the Pennant promo

Link to Fontana on IMDb

Link to Martin on IMDb

Link to Fontana WaPo profile

Link to Fontana Buffalo archive

Link to Baseball Wives wiki

Link to Baseball Wives article 1

Link to Baseball Wives article 2

Link to Baseball Wives article 3

Link to Baseball Wives article 4

Link to Baseball Wives article 5

Link to more info on Baseball Wives

Link to 2011 Baseball Wives

Link to Footballers’ Wives

Link to Ben on unaired pilots

Link to Stat Blast song cover

Link to Ryan’s previous appearance

Link to Stat Blast wiki

Link to article on Day no-no

Link to HoF on Feller no-no

Link to team BA spreadsheet

Link to lineup names sheet

Link to outs on bases sheet

Link to SABR on Tippy’s pickoffs

Link to Tippy pickoffs video

Link to lefty-starters sheet

Link to Russell on SP order

Link to Rockies lefties record

Link to “Darvishes” spreadsheet

Link to first BF screenshot

Link to first BF spreadsheet

Link to games played spreadsheet

Link to Calcaterra quote

Link to McCutchen steal

Link to Craig Wright on stealing home

Link to stealing home sheet

Link to listener emails database

Link to Bellinger on Boras

Link to Boras facility brag

Link to Sterling HR call ranking

Link to Yakkertech tweet

Link to Neil Paine on the White Sox

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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