Ben Lindbergh brings on Brandon Uffner, an Orioles and Braves fan, to talk about his two teams’ slow starts to the season, his prescription for fixing them, how he came to root for them, managing his competing loyalties, and more. Then (36:01) he talks to Austin, a White Sox and Rockies fan, about both of his teams bottoming out and how that has or hasn’t affected his appetite for baseball. Finally, (1:04:59), Frequent Stat Blast Correspondent Ryan Nelson joins to deliver several Stat Blasts.

Audio interstitial: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Audio outro: Josh Busman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to playoff odds changes

Link to BaseRuns standings

Link to Laurila on walk-off groundouts

Link to walk-off out 1

Link to walk-off out 2

Link to walk-off out 3

Link to Mets streak tweet

Link to rule 34 wiki

Link to catching mask trick

Link to lone pitcher example

Link to new-name data

Link to listener emails database

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