Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about the Rockies being so bad that mostly innocuous stories about them now seem like examples of organizational incompetence, a wild loss by a Rockies affiliate, and why recent terrible teams have been so bad, then (36:56) answer listener emails about catchers framing poorly on purpose, penalizing hitters when their bats make contact with catchers, whether the draft should be helping the worst teams more, and a potential sac-fly tactic in a walk-off situation, plus a Stat Blast (1:17:59) about runners making up for bad baserunning plays, pinch running too late, failed team attempts to reach .500 for the first time, and a piece of baseball wall art, followed (1:43:28) by postscript updates.

Audio outro: Kite Person, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to WhatIfSports offer page

Link to worst 50-game starts

Link to Dollander call-up story

Link to Dollander IL stint

Link to Gelb tweet

Link to Soto story

Link to lawsuit story

Link to “the baseball rule”

Link to @ScoringChanges tweet

Link to walk-off story 1

Link to walk-off story 2

Link to Aces call

Link to box score

Link to PCL standings

Link to Kirk/Bassitt story

Link to Stick It wiki

Link to strikes called balls

Link to balls called strikes

Link to FG post on Wilson

Link to pinch-runners spreadsheet

Link to Grichuk walk-off video

Link to baseball wall art

Link to FARTSLAM post 1

Link to FARTSLAM post 2

Link to listener emails database

Link to MiLB FAD tracking

Link to Hanel’s predictions post

Link to Stranger Things Night

Link to Victoria Day wiki

Link to Victoria Day Jays post

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