Ben Lindbergh and FanGraphs’ Ben Clemens dissect the glorious game in which Shohei Ohtani founded the 50-50 and 51-51 Clubs, Ohtani’s most awe-inspiring feats, and his future, followed (29:51) by banter about the state of defensive stats, the mystery of Salvador Perez’s swing decisions, questionable kudos for Bud Black, whether Victor Robles made the worst steal attempt of all time, and MLB’s Players of the Game. Then (1:19:55) Ben talks to trailblazing journalist Melissa Ludtke, author of Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside, about the landmark 1970s Ludtke v. Kuhn case that opened MLB team clubhouses to women.

Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Ben C. on Ohtani

Link to Ohtani highlights

Link to Ohtani single-game stats

Link to Mookie quote

Link to study on exit velo

Link to Lebron tweet

Link to power/speed number wiki

Link to most Total Bases

Link to 50-homer seasons

Link to 70-steal seasons

Link to Sheehan on Shohei

Link to Ben C. on Ohtani odds

Link to various Ohtani fun facts

Link to OptaSTATS fun fact

Link to Terminator 2 quote

Link to Tango on defensive stats

Link to Judge on defensive stats

Link to BP DRP

Link to previous Salvy EW discussion

Link to Sarris on not swinging

Link to Choi on not swinging

Link to SEAGER explainer

Link to latest SEAGER article

Link to SEAGER leaderboards

Link to SwRV explainer

Link to more on SwRV

Link to PLV explainer

Link to PLV swing decisions

Link to Robert Orr’s Twitter

Link to Drew Haugen’s Twitter

Link to Kyle Bland’s Twitter

Link to Bud Black tweet

Link to Black’s manager page

Link to Rockies managers page

Link to Leyland Rockies wiki

Link to Ben on pitching coaches

Link to Julio/Arozarena play

Link to Julio/Arozarena article

Link to Andrews on Robles

Link to Baumann on Robles

Link to AP on Robles

Link to Robles video clip

Link to Ryan Nelson’s Twitter

Link to Ryan’s stealing-home data

Link to 2023 post on stealing home

Link to 2020 “steal”

Link to MLB Player of the Game

Link to FG Player of the Game

Link to Melissa and Cosell

Link to Locker Room Talk

Link to Constance Baker Motley wiki

Link to Constance Baker Motley book

Link to Ludtke v. Kuhn decision

Link to Angell’s New Yorker feature

Link to Angell centennial EW episode

Link to Emma at SI on Melissa

Link to Melissa on Melissa

Link to Melissa’s TEDx talk

Link to Melissa’s website

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