Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s recent resurgence, then answer listener emails about what a dynastic team could do to avoid being widely hated, a mid-plate-appearance batting change, widening the foul lines to increase offense, whether reducing pitcher injuries would be worth bringing back pitcher hitting, the popularity of a perfect ump, the fairness of unintentional foul tips, and which Mario Kart power-up would be best in baseball, plus additional banter about the Angels’ surprisingly small post-Ohtani attendance drop and ((1:09:51) a Stat Blast (with Michael Mountain) about championship win probability MVPs, combining regular-season and postseason stats, and more.

Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Vlad leaderboard

Link to Ben on the Dodgers

Link to Paine on the Giants

Link to Ben on mid-PA changes

Link to PH penalty post

Link to foul lines article 1

Link to foul lines article 2

Link to foul lines article 3

Link to foul lines article 4

Link to foul lines article 5

Link to foul lines article 6

Link to foul lines article 7

Link to Ben on pitcher hitting 1

Link to Ben on pitcher hitting 2

Link to Hoberg EW segment

Link to Mario Kart items

Link to previous Mario question

Link to Caldwell article 1

Link to Caldwell article 2

Link to listener emails database

Link to Sam’s Angels tweets

Link to team attendance changes

Link to ESPN strength of schedule

Link to Michael’s Stat Blast cover

Link to Sam on postseason stats

Link to Michael’s cWPA spreadsheet

Link to yearly cWPA leaders

Link to Kiner and Rickey article

Link to Ben on Britton

Link to Ben on pitch-clock history

Link to 1970 GCL batting

Link to 1970 GCL Pirates

Link to Andino headshots

Link to Curse of the Andino

Link to Sam on single-play WAR

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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