Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about MLB’s oddly extended YouTube highlight videos, the league’s handling of a crucial, rained-out Mets/Brave series, the zombie runner rearing its ugly head in games with playoff implications, teams that are well-positioned for an especially free-for-all October, Emmanuel Clase’s Cy case, the value of top position players vs. top pitchers, and the Pirates’ suspiciously timed ta-ta to Rowdy Tellez. Then (1:02:42) they talk to The Athletic’s Melissa Lockard about the Athletics’ last series in Oakland, the future of the franchise and its fans, the Coliseum’s charms, John Fisher’s inflammatory letter, and much more.

Audio interstitial: Guy Russo, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Nate Emerson, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MLB YouTube videos

Link to MLB YouTube Shorts

Link to long triple play video

Link to short triple play vid 1

Link to short triple play vid 2

Link to long Ohtani video

Link to long Judge video

Link to Harris quote

Link to NY Post on postponed series

Link to MLB.com on postponed series

Link to Royals zombie-runner win

Link to team offense in September

Link to Dan S. on playoff predictions

Link to Dan’s post last year

Link to Dan on playoffs crapshoots

Link to Ben on playoffs crapshoots

Link to team pitching WAR leaders

Link to team bullpen WPA leaders

Link to lowest RP ERAs

Link to Cleveland’s clinch

Link to Tango on reliever voting

Link to Epstein on reliever voting

Link to single-season pitcher WPA leaders

Link to pitcher cWPA

Link to hitter cWPA

Link to Ben on Britton

Link to top hitter/pitcher data

Link to MLBTR on Tellez

Link to Shelton quote

Link to Cherington quote

Link to Tellez incentives

Link to Tellez splits

Link to best Pirates hitters since June

Link to Defector on Tellez

Link to MLBTR on A’s and Andrus

Link to Allen’s Oakland WAR ranking

Link to best MLB hitters since June

Link to A’s preview episode

Link to Melissa on the A’s

Link to Melissa on the Roots

Link to Rooker rendering

Link to Portland ballpark news

Link to EW Ballers interview

Link to Dan Moore on the Ballers

Link to Fisher letter

Link to Moore on the A’s

Link to Moore on A’s fans

Link to Carig on the A’s

Link to Keown on the A’s

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