Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the A’s signing Luis Severino and year-end podcast-listening stats, follow up on the golden at-bat and Hall of Fame plaques, and (1:07:46) discuss the history of deferred payments in sports contracts.

Audio outro: Luke Lillard, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to FG post on Severino

Link to over/under draft results

Link to Gonzalez A’s tweet

Link to Passan spending tweet

Link to FG payrolls page

Link to Pesäpallo episode

Link to The Athletic’s Soto report

Link to Manfred and Stugotz

Link to non-Gandhi quote

Link to Russell on the golden AB

Link to golden thong story

Link to listener emails database

Link to plaque variations

Link to story on Jackie’s plaque

Link to AP on the Dodgers

Link to Dolgoff plan info 1

Link to Dolgoff plan info 2

Link to Ard interview

Link to ABA article

Link to “Sutter Day” on EW

Link to Sutter article

Link to Turner censure article

Link to reaping/sowing tweet

Link to Hunter article 1

Link to Hunter article 2

Link to Hunter article 3

Link to Hunter article 4

Link to Hunter article 5

Link to Hunter article 6

Link to 1981 article

Link to Rice article

Link to 2013 deferrals story

Link to EW gift subscriptions

Link to Secret Santa sign-up form

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