Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies (and their charter pilots) running afoul of the FAA, Jackson Holliday’s slow start, whether the Astros or Twins has hurt their division-title chances more, two embarrassing umpire incidents, offense being down relative to last season, the concept of a “combined Maddux,” Shohei Ohtani’s WAR as a DH, the Blue Jays’ self-funded ballpark renovations, new research on Tommy John surgeries in Japan, and more.

Audio outro: Philip Bergman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Rockies plane video

Link to AP on the Rockies

Link to new flight deck rule

Link to Blum on Holliday

Link to O’s prospects joke

Link to Animorphs meme

Link to white guys selfie meme

Link to article on Scott

Link to story on Mays start

Link to story on Mantle start

Link to change in division odds

Link to García injury update

Link to RP fWAR

Link to Dan S. on the Astros

Link to Boone ejection video

Link to EW on ump-heckling

Link to CNN on Boone ejection

Link to SI on Boone ejection

Link to KBO ABS incident

Link to offense through 4/22

Link to Joe Sheehan on offense

Link to BallparkPal thread

Link to “Maddux” glossary entry

Link to “combined Maddux” mention

Link to WAR leaderboard

Link to Jaffe on the Dodgers

Link to Cardinals funding post

Link to more on Cards request

Link to article on Jays funding

Link to Diamondbacks statement

Link to Jim Allen TJ research

Link to archived version

Link to SABR on Tippy’s pickoffs

Link to Tippy video

Link to Tippy call

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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