Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about good news and bad news for Ben’s recent Meet a Major Leaguer subject Christian Montes De Oca, Craig Kimbrel’s short-lived return to Atlanta, the promotions of Roman Anthony and Jacob Misiorowski and a proposal for automatic call-ups, Denzel Clarke’s incredible catch and extreme stat line (and the nature of quantifying defense), Jhonkensy Noel’s offensive outage, two uncommon occurrences involving baseballs in strange places, Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s mic’ed-up error, Clayton Kershaw’s payback against the Cardinals, and (1:10:26) “Hometown Hero,” a baseball-themed episode of Poker Face.

Audio outro: Alex Glossman and Ali Breneman, “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to MaML episode

Link to Montes De Oca debut

Link to MLBTR on Montes De Oca

Link to The Athletic on Kimbrel

Link to BP on Kimbrel

Link to MLBTR on Kimbrel

Link to Orioles/Braves episode

Link to O’s/Braves since 5/6

Link to Anthony homer

Link to Misiorowski pitch

Link to Clarke catch

Link to Arneson posts

Link to A’s sprint speed leaderboard

Link to FRV leaderboard

Link to Clarke on-pace projection

Link to Sam on Clarke

Link to 2015 Trout robbery

Link to GMJ robbery

Link to White robbery

Link to JBJ robbery

Link to Pillar robbery

Link to Schanuel bat training

Link to worst wRC+ ranking

Link to Weathers story

Link to Weathers clip

Link to fan-thrown-ball story

Link to fan-thrown-ball clip

Link to Jazz error

Link to Ben on in-game interviews

Link to Kershaw story

Link to Kershaw clip

Link to Kershaw velo

Link to Panthers/Oilers fights

Link to Bing Bong explainer

Link to Hang Up and Listen

Link to recent reinstatements

Link to “Hometown Hero” wiki

Link to “Hometown Hero” IMDb

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