Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the highlights of the All-Star Game, a hypothetical Evan Longoria unretirement scenario, the newly announced 2025 regular-season schedule (featuring Tokyo contests and a “Rivalry Weekend”), a baseball movie-mention conspiracy theory, players possessed by Gameday 3D, the timing of Martín Maldonado’s DFA, and the potential effect of moving the foul lines. Then (36:54) they bring on FanGraphs lead prospect analyst Eric Longenhagen to break down the standout trends, teams, and players of the amateur draft, the demographics of amateur baseball, trading draft picks, and more.

Audio interstitial: Benny and a Million Shetland Ponies, “Effectively Wild Theme (Pedantic)”

Audio outro: Grant Brisbee, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Skenes ASG highlights

Link to Ohtani ASG highlights

Link to 2025 schedule

Link to featured rivalries

Link to Cubs promo video

Link to Longoria quote

Link to Superman news

Link to Caught Stealing

Link to Ben on movie sequels

Link to Gittell on EW

Link to Gittell’s book

Link to A Quiet Place scene

Link to Gameday 3D explainer

Link to possessed player clip 1

Link to possessed player clip 2

Link to Maldonado leaderboard

Link to MLBTR on Maldonado

Link to Ben on the foul lines

Link to Eric’s Day 1 recap

Link to Eric’s Day 2 recap

Link to Condor HR record

Link to college offense article 1

Link to college offense article 2

Link to Nightengale tweet

Link to ESPN top 100 athletes

Link to Manfred on draft picks

Link to ballpark meetup forms

Link to meetup organizer form

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