Ben Lindbergh and Meg Rowley banter about depictions of the pitch clock in popular media, how the lack of advancing visual fidelity in baseball broadcasts makes it harder to identify when clips come from (and other ways we might distinguish eras at a glance), Hunter Dobbins drama and why it’s harder than it used to be to fake a pro baseball career, a fan exchange program, and Jackson Jobe’s surgery (with a Jacksons update), plus Stat Blasts (1:16:57) about the longest team streaks of one-run outcomes, the ultimate vulture wins, game-winning RBI leaders, the longest-tenured lineups, and players who were overshadowed on the day they debuted.

Audio outro: Ian H., “Effectively Wild Theme”

Link to info on internet outages

Link to “Hometown Hero” wiki

Link to “Hometown Hero” IMDb

Link to ESPN on pitch clock drama

Link to edited Trout vs. Ohtani

Link to Trueblood on catching

Link to initial Dobbins story

Link to Sherman report

Link to Dobbins response

Link to more on Dobbins response

Link to third Dobbins response story

Link to Lance B-Ref page

Link to Griffey explanation

Link to Vladito on the Yankees

Link to Big South League

Link to Mizuhara story

Link to Eric Adams story

Link to Hill opt-out story

Link to Toys movie

Link to aircraft carrier derby

Link to fan exchange post

Link to MLBTR on Jobe

Link to The Athletic on Jobe

Link to one-run-wins streak

Link to one-run-outcomes streak

Link to one-run-losses streak

Link to Lee/Gipson-Long game

Link to Foulke game 1

Link to Santana game

Link to Law game

Link to Harvey game

Link to Wilshere game

Link to Knowles game

Link to Moore game

Link to Cup of Coffee

Link to @ScoringChanges tweet 1

Link to @ScoringChanges tweet 2

Link to @ScoringChanges tweet 3

Link to GWRBI wiki

Link to ’80s Mets wins ranking

Link to career GWRBI leaders

Link to single-season GWRBI leaders

Link to longest-tenured lineups

Link to Van Belle call-up

Link to overshadowed debuts sheet 1

Link to overshadowed debuts sheet 2

Link to two Barrys game

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