Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Game 3 of the ALCS and Game 4 of the NLCS, follow up (39:05) on replay review, fly-ball classifications, and executive titles, answer listener emails (53:22) about retiring numbers for both home and road teams and correctly labeling bat “flips,” and Stat Blast (1:03:46) about postseason despair, ball behavior, and roster turnover, plus (1:50:49) a postscript.

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

Link to FG playoff coverage

Link to Noel HR call

Link to triple HR prediction

Link to Giménez play

Link to 2016 NBA Finals wiki

Link to Jaffe on Smith

Link to Johansson hat

Link to xkcd comic

Link to listener emails database

Link to Bautista bat flip

Link to Playoff Despair Index data

Link to Sheehan on October offense

Link to Ben on the 2019 ball

Link to postseason SLG-xSLG

Link to lowest postseason SLGs

Link to Tango on re-centering 1

Link to Tango on re-centering 2

Link to Smith flyout

Link to Sheehan on roster turnover

Link to Ben on roster turnover

Link to roster turnover data

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to Episode 1771 Stat Blast

Link to Episode 1586 Stat Blast

Link to hard-hit FB out %

Link to hard-hit LD out %

Link to Garcia nickname

Link to Sportico on sports betting

Link to Jeter clip

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