Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about Taylor Walls fulfilling a preseason podcast prediction by being ejected after tapping his helmet following a questionable call (and the many notifications Ben and Meg received from EW listeners), Luke Weaver’s stretching injury, the Rockies’ purported improvement, the decline of the closer as bullpen protagonist, a miraculous softball-delivery dirt clod, an unfortunate instance of replay review, the LSU Shreveport Pilots’ undefeated college season, Jac Caglianone’s call-up, Corbin Burnes’s bum elbow, Mookie Betts’s improved defense, the death of Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, and more.

Audio outro: Ted O., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to Walls story

Link to Reddit comments

Link to @EWStats ruling

Link to Walls and Trump

Link to Walls and DeSantis

Link to Revere ride info

Link to Weaver stretching story

Link to Dan S. on Weaver

Link to carrots myth

Link to Rockies quotes

Link to Rockies 10-day offense

Link to Rockies 10-day pitching

Link to Denver Post story

Link to The Athletic on Kenley

Link to Ben on saves

Link to Ben on SP protagonists

Link to softball clip

Link to softball story

Link to Ben on Capps

Link to Springer clip

Link to Springer story

Link to Dave on slides 1

Link to Dave on slides 2

Link to Shreveport story

Link to Wake Forest story

Link to Hill Triple-A game

Link to MLBTR on Burnes

Link to CBS on Mookie

Link to Ohtani Nagashima post

Link to Nagashima obit

Link to Whiting quote

Link to Nagashima NPB Stats page

Link to Oh NPB Stats page

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