Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about a new contender for the highest bat flip, meet major leaguers (14:28) Ryan Johnson and Alan Roden, and (48:35) answer listener emails about how different baseball would be if losses were free for fans and wins cost extra, whether the Rockies will finish in first before the Dodgers finish in last, whether umpires would stand somewhere else in a full-ABS situation, the record for career games pitched without a decision, catcher’s gear designed for a one-knee-down stance, why more Japanese catchers haven’t joined MLB, and more.

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Link to Meet a Major Leaguer

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Link to Dan S. on Rockies vs. Sox

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Link to career G w/o decision

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Link to G w/o decision to start career

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Link to tall-catchers episode

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Link to Opening Day catcher video

Link to short catchers

Link to Allen on NPB catchers

Link to 2009 Johjima story

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Link to listener emails database

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