Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Ben’s surprise presence and PitchCom conspiracies, recap the big moments (and big swings) from the end of the ALCS and NLCS, compare and contrast Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, consider the 2025 outlooks for the Guardians and Mets, discuss the implications of a World Series matchup between big spenders, preview the Series, and share stats about Emmanuel Clase’s postseason implosion, the meeting of Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, and the star-studded-ness of the Yankees’ and Dodgers’ rosters.

Audio outro: Dave Armstrong and Mike Murray, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG playoff coverage

Link to Clerks montage

Link to Ben on SP playoff familiarity

Link to Soto at-bat breakdown

Link to Stanton at-bat

Link to Soto at-bat

Link to Soto quote

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to Clase query data

Link to listener emails database

Link to Verducci on Dodgers-Yankees

Link to ZiPS WS projections

Link to Sterling clip

Link to Langs stat 1

Link to Langs stat 2

Link to Langs stat 3

Link to Ryan Nelson on Twitter

Link to MLBTR on the Mets

Link to series star data

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