Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the highlights of the MLB at Rickwood Field game and broadcast, Mike Trout’s unsurprisingly slow return from knee surgery, Matt Waldron’s sustained success, the incredible Royce Lewis, the challenge system’s continued ascendance over full ABS, Barry Bonds as a baseball ambassador, Elly De La Cruz’s stolen-base slump, the Yankees-Orioles AL East race, Michael Jordan and subjective stats, Buck Showalter’s scouting criteria at the MLB Draft Combine, and Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge as MVP candidates.

Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Jackson clip

Link to full Jackson appearance

Link to retro broadcast clip

Link to Smoltz-Alexander trade

Link to Trout update

Link to EW 2158 Trout intro

Link to BP IL Ledger

Link to Waldron leaderboard

Link to Lewis leaderboard

Link to Lewis WAR/600

Link to ABS/challenge story

Link to Bonds/Griffey clip

Link to Bonds allegations

Link to EW 2165 on Elly

Link to Sam on Elly

Link to Trueblood on Elly

Link to Becker on the Reds

Link to Becker on Yanks-Orioles

Link to FG playoff odds

Link to team SP projections

Link to Haberstroh on Jordan

Link to DiMaggio streak scoring

Link to HR rules changes

Link to book on Babe’s HR

Link to errors/scoring Stat Blast

Link to Draft Combine page

Link to Showalter clip

Link to Jim’s Dwight impression

Link to FG WAR leaders

Link to Petriello on Judge

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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