Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the end of the Orioles’ sweep-less streak, Oneil Cruz’s mismatch between top-tier tools and pedestrian production, the Phillies’ strength of schedule, Steven Okert and the etiquette of tipping one’s bullpen-cart driver, Kyle Hendricks and the decline of the 2016 Cubs’ core, and some Shohei Ohtani real-estate news. Then (47:14) they talk to The Athletic senior writer Evan Drellich about Rob Manfred’s press conference on Thursday, the uncertainty surrounding MLB’s broadcast/streaming future, the possibility (and potential ramifications) of nationalizing the sport’s media rights, a private-equity takeover of the minor leagues, and more, plus (1:27:57) several postscript follow-ups.

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Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to O’s sweep story

Link to team records during streak

Link to Cruz tweet 1

Link to Cruz tweet 2

Link to Cruz tweet 3

Link to Cruz’s Savant page

Link to ESPN SoS

Link to Defector on SoS

Link to FG projected SoS

Link to Okert article 1

Link to Okert article 2

Link to MLBTR on Hendricks

Link to 2016 team batting age

Link to 2016 team pitching age

Link to Paine on the Cubs

Link to Russell article 1

Link to Russell article 2

Link to L.A. Ohtani house

Link to L.A. house 2

Link to Hawaii Ohtani house

Link to Hawaii house 2

Link to Evan on Manfred comments

Link to sickos meme

Link to Evan on national TV

Link to broadcast/streaming split

Link to article on churn

Link to Evan on Diamond Sports

Link to Evan on the other Diamond

Link to Steinbrenner comments

Link to Sheehan on Steinbrenner

Link to Winning Fixes Everything

Link to Manfred on framing

Link to first Ballers win

Link to EW Ballers episode

Link to GF w/o save leaders

Link to Ben on mid-PA changes

Link to Shildt game

Link to MLBTR on Baumann trade

Link to WDJDD song

Link to Phiten tweet

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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