Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a report that Jerry Reinsdorf might be willing to sell the White Sox, then (13:22) discuss the tactics and storylines of ALCS and NLCS Game 2, including controversial Vogt decisions, how Yankees fans would perceive a pennant or championship, the importance of Max Muncy, visualizing success, Shohei Ohtani’s small-sample splits and playoff history, and more. After that (1:08:02), they answer listener emails about people who don’t know Ohtani can pitch, why some plays aren’t reviewable via replay, expanding the three-batter-minimum rule, and pedantry concerning squaring up foul balls, “taking a souvenir away” when robbing a homer, flying out sharply, and Canadian baseball-executive titles, plus a postscript featuring Ben’s daughter’s Effectively Wild debut (1:39:06).

Audio outro: Jonathan Crymes 2, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Reinsdorf report

Link to MLBTR on Reinsdorf

Link to Clemens on Vogt

Link to recent franchise sales

Link to more on recent sales

Link to playoff batting leaders

Link to Baumann on Ohtani splits

Link to Ohtani on the postseason story

Link to Ohtani on the postseason video

Link to Ohtani NPB postseason stats

Link to Ohtani New Balance ad 1

Link to Ohtani New Balance ad 2

Link to xkcd comic

Link to Buehler game story

Link to neighborhood play explainer

Link to replay review explainer

Link to McTaggart tweet

Link to squared-up-barrels rate

Link to squared-up-rate explainer

Link to Greene robbery video

Link to listener emails database

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